Even Katie Couric was having problems with Obama’s logic about the surge when she interviewed him last.

Even so, Obama’s ghastly stupidities mean nothing unless McCain and the Republicans can find effective ways to exploit it. I don’t have much confidence in them being able to do so. Enough voters lacking critical thinking skills can push Obama over the top. All such people care about in regards to Iraq is that the MSM is putting up headlines that imply that Obama’s pullout time-table is hunky-dory with the Iraqis.

The modern American voter can (not always is but can) be a paradoxically dumb creature. More than ever, they expect much of a President, while at the same time showing a striking disinterest in the details of a given candidate’s world-view and pronouncements.

The reactions of most of us in this thread may not be typical of enough actual voters to make a difference unless the points brought up here can be made to other likely voters. While “Teresita” may be a frequent irritant to more typical Belmont posters, she may have the most important point about the news-cycle issue and how it will play to a general audience that’s paying any attention.