Democrats Are in Trouble

This according to Willie Brown, who should know. Don’t care for his politics, but he’s a master politician. Better than Bill Clinton.

The Democrats are in trouble. Sarah Palin has totally changed the dynamics of this campaign.

Period.

Palin’s speech to the GOP National Convention on Wednesday has set it up so that the Republicans are now on offense and Democrats are on defense. And we don’t do well on defense.

Suddenly, Palin and John McCain are the mavericks and Barack Obama and Joe Biden are the status quo, in a year when you don’t want to be seen as defending the status quo.

From taxes to oil drilling, Democrats are now going to have to start explaining their positions.

If they have to start explaining their positions, they are really in trouble. Because a house built on sand has no foundations.

Just a week ago, the Real Clear Politics average of polls showed Obama winning by 8 points. Now he’s down to

losing by 2.9 points (updated). Gallup has McCain up by 3 points in their latest poll. Zogby has him up by 4.
Obama’s now going to have to show what he’s made of when the chips are down. That will be interesting, or not.

UPDATE:  USA Today has McCain 10 points ahead!

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