ws1835 @ 58: But now we have gotten to a point where a goodly number of voters are absolutely deaf to any message that does not emanate from their corner of the culture.

I think that’s brilliantly put. I really believe that if through some kind of crazy magic you could have Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert slagging Obama for the next two weeks the way they’ve slagged Bush/McCain/Palin, then McCain would win in a walk.

I’ve often thought the Republicans spend way too much time on “serious” ads with ponderous, worried voices intoning doom scenarios. What they should be doing is sending up Obama every chance they get. Play the “57 states” clip ten thousand time. Make him out an idiot. People 40 and under are completely tuned in to the wavelength of snark and flip irony.