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MANIFESTO

The Los Angeles Times points out this morning that

both Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama probably would win the White House against presumptive GOP nominee John McCain if the election were held now, according to a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll.

Arizona Sen. McCain remains competitive, but the poll identified one important vulnerability: Voters ranked him lowest among the three candidates on who could best handle the nation's economy—by far the most pressing concern for the public irrespective of party, gender or income.

It's always been the Bushies' policy to create distracting issues so that the truth of the declining economy could be disguised. Now that even a blind man (like, say, ABC news) can see the economic damage being wrought on most economic classes in the US, the electorate is starting to pay attention.

And given the fact that Senator Septuagenarian has absolutely no clue when it comes to economic matters (except to know that his wife is rich), these results certainly aren't surprising.