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Just saw the new Cindy Hensley McCain on CNN. Something out of Lemony Snicket. Scary. Now that McCain has morphed into McBush, expect to see things get ugly.

So Barack has won the Upper Midwest: Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin. Just how will Begala spin this? The weather kept all of those elderly white women home?

My take: The Clintons post-Lewinsky are not the Clintons pre-Lewinsky. Democrats are taking their votes back. A bit of voter payback coupled with genuine enchantment with Obama.

- fougasseu

February 19, 2008 at 9:43pm

McCain's unfavorables are in the high 40s.

The myth of his strength is a myth.

The guy will probably die of old age before June.

- virginiacentrist

February 19, 2008 at 9:51pm

I think the most interesting and important fact of the evening is that Hillary, the loser, received considerably more votes than all Republicans combined in their primary. That's pretty amazing.

- bhunziker

February 19, 2008 at 10:06pm

Just for some perspective on this thing, yeah McCain is old for a presidential campaign but are we really expecting Hillary & Bill (10 years younger than him) to drop dead in a decade? I mean, McCain's the same age as Jack Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman and they seem to be doing OK.

- CharlesFosterKane

February 19, 2008 at 10:31pm

vc,

Predicting McCain's death is going to far. Having said that, what happens if a nominee dies before the general election?  

- adamvaught

February 19, 2008 at 10:32pm