Obama Vs. McCain

Age versus beauty. Middies and independents are likely to drink the Kool-aid and throw their support behind the change monger. A large slice of conservatives will lack the passion to get out and vote. Obama will also have a towering advantage in debates and campaign speech rhetoric, since the maverick has shown a alarming tendency to rely on the same tired clever tropes that we've heard many times before.

McCain's only hope for winning this one - and it's a grim, awful thought, and obvious not a really hope - is an Al-Qaeda dirty nuke on the National Mall. If that happens many American will stop fooling around with fanciful ideas like hope and unity and support the guy who will bring hardcore war on the enemy.

Hillary Vs. McCain

All of the creatures of Middle Earth unite. Tribes of dwarves come down from the mountains,