Obama: Nervous Democrats?

Despite what the polls say, the New York Times writes that plenty of Democrats are nervous about the election. “Certainly, national and swing state polls suggest that Democrats might allow themselves a deep breath or two. But liberals are not inclined to relax, given the circumstances of their last two defeats. Hanging chad, the Supreme Court decisions, and Florida and Ohio’s electoral problems: it is a lifetime of agita to staunch Democrats. The prospect of success now comes scented with dread.” Per Politico’s Ben Smith , Geraldine Ferraro has endorsed Obama. Smith writes, “This was, in a way, the mistake we all made after the primary: Hillary's loyalists were almost all, like Ferraro, partisan Democrats. That's where her strength was. And those just weren't people who, in the end, could consider voting for McCain, or probably for anyone with an R next to his or her name.” Obama was able to work in a Halloween-themed hit on McCain while campaigning in Indiana yesterday, NBC/NJ’s Athena ... (link)