August 6th, 2008 1:49 PM Eastern

The paradox of the last week is this: The fortunes of Republican presidential candidate John McCain have been rising, while the fortunes of the Republican candidates, overall, have been falling. So what gives? Is McCain destined to win a lonely victory at the political pinnacle, while other Republicans sink further into minority status in lesser competitions? The answer, to be blunt about it, is probably “yes.”

And why will we see “two tier” election results in 2008?


One obvious reason is the fact that McCain is doing well; he has thrown Barack Obama onto the defensive, and he is now ahead in the latest polls. Meanwhile, the Republicans running for Congress have faced mostly bad news, including the recent indictment of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. Just this morning we saw a long report from The New York Times, detailing the decline in Republican voter registration nationwide. Now admittedly, the Times is a liberal paper, but unless it is simply making up numbers, these data should be legitimately scary to Republicans: “In six states, including Iowa, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, the Democratic piece of the registration pie grew more than three percentage points, while the Republican share declined.”

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Misrepresntative? How? Are you suggesting there are no pols that show McCain ahead? Surley you jest.

 

Great then there is no misrepresentation. This is true of course if you can read plain english and consider that Obama has fallen in every other poll.