McCain's Advisors, Living In Fantasy Land

The NY Times just posted a pretty good article about the coming battle royale between Obama and McCain. It's a fun read, especially because McCain's camp is so freakin' delusional about how tough this campaign will be for them.

One line that really sticks out, showing how out-of-touch McCain's advisors are:

“We believe America is still a slightly right-of-center country, and that is what McCain is,” said Charlie Black, a senior adviser to Mr. McCain.

Yes, run with that boys. See how far it gets you. A recent Pew poll doesn't agree:


And another gem from the article:

Republicans said they hoped to put New Jersey and possibly California into play.

Wow. That's some chutzpah. Let's look at some recent poll results from CA and NJ.

California:
Obama 50%
McCain 43%

New Jersey:
Obama 56%
McCain 32%

Good luck with that strategy. Considering how poor the McCain campaign will be, I just can't see them wasting tight funds in expensive media markets like CA and NJ, especially when they are almost doomed to lose. But hey, it's a long time until the election and anything can happen.

Anyway, I suggest reading the article. Horse race numbers aside, this should be a fascinating matchup.