Silly Sully says...

Obama will win tonight; but the euphoria of the past few days will be impossible to sustain. ... This is not over by any means.

That's great he's coming to his senses, but for God's sake, can somebody please step up and teach him the difference between a simple comma and the need for a semi-colon? Because that's not how it's done in America; if the second clause can't stand on its own, use a simple comma. He'd probably be one to kill a bird with a rifle, eh?

And speaking of... how do you suppose Obama's stances on gun control will sit with folks in those Red States?* A nanny state is a nanny state, even if the new nanny is an attractive black man, eh?

"A victory for Obama in single digits is more likely than a blow-out. Then we'll have the Clinton campaign shake-up stories. Then she and her husband will unload whatever dirt they can on him - using the classic arms-length 527 Rove techniques. Then they will try to use their party muscle to intimidate Democratic loyalists to stay with the establishment in California and Florida and New York."

Say, is that fear I'm smelling, Silly Sully? And he's already showing how he'll spin an Obama general election defeat:

The Clintons have too much to lose and they have no scruples in fighting to keep their power. If they can destroy Obama, they will. His job is to stay calm, cool and determined. And all of it is good training for the fall. What we're seeing is if Obama can survive brutal attacks. It's a good system to testing future candidates. So far, he has shown he can out-organize, out-argue and out-fund-raise the Clinton machine. Can he now outlast their bile and rise above their anger? That we will now find out.

Funny how if his guy wins, he trusts the faith and intelligence of the American people. If not, it's those meanie Clinton's to blame! Those who've committed more long term to the Democratic party goals and successes might take his advice for what it's worth:

And all of it is good training for the fall.

Because just like all of the disappointed gays across the country misled by Sully's liberation rhetoric who found themselves targets in subsequent elections and in reality less close to their goals thanks to subsequent constitutional amendments, I doubt he's going to take much responsibility in "the fall" for misleading those youths and African-Americans willing to trade up their take on reality for cheap rhetoric.

Do you think the military families with soldiers on their third tours -- whose cause he once championed, remember, before the going got tough -- are going to vote for the "Imagine Peace" and "Hope is Change" unity candidate?

Somehow, I just don't see it.

And I've watched enough American sports to know that while you might profit in some instances by just remaining "calm and cool" and letting your opponents make unforced errors, that kind of simple strategy is never, ever going to win you the championship. Not at that level. At some point, you have to show confidence in your own game, honed by years of practice and confidence in what you've got. And color alone in the sports arena doesn't earn you point one these days. Thankfully.
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*And I guarantee you:
the Republicans will follow up on the drug-use question. If only a little more than a decade ago the pot question was such a biggie (the question of inhaling) why does Sully think the admissions of high school cocaine will get a pass from conservatives and Republicans? Because the candidate self admitted?

I imagine he will be asked if he sold, and what his position is on those unlucky ones unlike him who got caught -- with either powder or crack -- and are serving jail sentences for it. Do as I say, not as I do? Or, it's cool, because I didn't get caught?

In short, like any honeymoon period, it's going to end one day. And then we'll really get to see how Sen. Obama plays the game, when he's actually got defenders in his face challenging him, and no special points awarded for not committing any penalties, remaining cool and calm and above it all. If he's not challenged until the general election though, it might be too late for the Democrats (and not just the pseudo-Democrat Andrew-come-latelies) then.

Think about it, if you really want to see a change in the White House from these past 8 Bush-Cheney years? Because if not, I really think we're on the path toward handing the game over to the Republicans yet again. Look at the gas/milk/food staple prices and the overall economy and tell me if you think the country as a whole can really afford that? It's like pushing for a war, and then reversing course when you finally realize how high the price will be -- a little too late then, that's why you have to do your rational thinking in advance, no matter how cute and seemingly clean he might be...