There is a well-known human phenomenon whereby we tend to believe true those things we want to be true. The everyday phrase for this is "wishful thinking." If you don't believe wishful thinking is widespread, stop reading here.
Everybody except the netroots left now agrees that the MSM wants Obama to win the presidency. A quick survey of MSM sources suggests they also report that Obama will win the presidency.
The real question now is the extent to which that assessment of probable outcomes is a result of wishful thinking versus actual data. I've read the polls and if you read this blog, you probably have too. The polls say Obama will win.
I say we will know who won on Wednesday, November 5. Let's let the voters have their say and then we'll live with their collective judgment, whatever it is.
The U.S. has, in my lifetime, survived some bad presidents chosen by our electorate. Whichever candidate wins this time, we will probably have another bad one.
Hang in there, friends. I expect we have sufficient institutional inertia to survive the next one. Of course, that too may be wishful thinking.
