AS continues peddling that Obama is the most formidable opponent - it's part of his return to the politics of fear:
[McCain's new strategy to ] try to keep his most formidable opponent from gaining strength. -AS
We have to be afraid of the GOP?
There is not a soccer mom in America that is going to vote another "100 years war" for McCain.
Hillary can whoop him in Florida. Women will turn out (would have turned out?) for her.
Obama's "negatives" will go up.
I'm not a Hillary-hugger (she's gotten plenty-o-criticism here). But I doubt seriously that McCain wins anything but the white-male vote against Hillary.