It seems the coronation was a tad premature. You had exactly one day to get your money from the bookies on your Obama bet. I hope you cashed in.
I just don't buy all this "comeback" nonsense. All that's happened is that Clinton and Obama are in a tight race and the polls got it wrong.
This has happened so often that you'd think that the media would be a little more circumspect about polling data, but that doesn't suit the profit models. Rather we have to be convinced that this is like a football game with "Big Mo" and leads coming and going. The media wants it to be exciting because they've learned that viewers stay tuned when the game is close.
I suspect that by tomorrow we'll see all sorts of columns and talkshow discussions on whether Obama's done now.
UPDATE 8:35am: Just found these headlines from today's Irish Examiner: "Obama deals Clinton second blow in crucial poll" and "Obama victory big blow to Clinton". And, there's more. Must be awful to have your whole World News section devoted to an event that didn't happen. Uggh.
At least the front pages of today's Irish Independent and Irish Times only claim that Obama's "poised" for victory.
