The Devil Went Down to Georgia

In this instance Barack Obama plays the unlikely role of Charlie Daniels, and John McCain could very well be the fiddle playing devil who just can't win the bet. That's right, the Obama campaign smelled something on the breeze down in Georgia, and decided to make it a battleground. Jeanne Cummings at Politico detailed some of the reasoning and expenses as related to the campaign in that southern state.

McCain talking mouthpiece Tucker Bounds said he can't understand Obama's strategy, but normal people like myself see it quite clearly. Barack destroyed Hillary in Georgia's Democratic Primary. McCain narrowly took second place among his competitors there, losing to Mike Huckabee and barely defeating Mitt Romney. Clearly John "The Human Glowworm" McCain didn't even appeal to Republican voters in the Peach State. The Obama campaign doesn't have to turn the state blue. All they have to do is get more voters to show up one time, this November. A less than enthusiastic voter base for John McCain could amount to an Obama win, regardless of state politics.

The McCain campaign seems to take a win there for granted. The condescending way John McCain has treated the Obama campaign all along amounts to drastic overconfidence, and that can be seen quite clearly when it comes to Georgia. The Republican candidate apparently believes that it is his God given right to win in all southern states because he's white. While he may win Georgia in the end, the lesson to be learned here is that Obama refuses to make it easy. If the Obama campaign exploits every weakness they perceive in their opponent's strategy, then the gap between the two candidates will widen, whether it be because of Georgia or Florida or Arizona.