"It ain't over till it's over."

 Yogi Berra

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The odds always were against McCain. And the outcome in these last few days may seem contingent in large part on breaking news beyond the candidates’ control. Yet McCain still has it within his own power to win the election. Obama’s view of America is mostly rosy emulation of the European Union; McCain’s is to restore fiscal sanity, keep our defenses strong, and ensure that American exceptionalism remains a fact, rather than descends into an empty slogan. In that context, it makes no sense to sneer at McCain for being behind, but a great deal to hope that he isn’t. — ©2008 Victor Davis Hanson

After capitulation, what then? Perhaps clarity of vision. Perhaps a surge of hope. God-willing, "a new birth of freedom".

The markets may be regaining composure. Time will tell, though time is the most precious commodity, and it's forever running out. "Reprehensible politically correct cynicism" is racing against awakening American common sense.

"Common sense" is not code for racism, though the racists would have you believe it. Common sense is what it is — the opposite of demagoguery. Choose not to swallow bullshit; choose to exercise common sense.