John Moltz

Kerry in the lead? Kill it.

If this (link via Atrios) is true, it is another egregious example of how the media has failed to learn where it failed in the 2000 election. The Conventional Wisdom is that our Wartime Preznit is the folksy choice chosey security moms choose when they ain't choosin' Jiff, and that Librul Senator Kerry had better be up by twenty god damn points before you say he's got the lead.

But all this does is give ammunition to those who will scream "Illegitimate!" when Kerry wins both the electoral college and the popular vote. How could he have won?! The carefully rigged polls didn't show him up! He must have stolen the election by getting those black folks to come to the polls!