Ben Smith at the Politico reports on his blog about an email he received from a flabbergasted GOP consultant running focus groups in a Midwest state showing the harshest Obama attack ads to a group of blue-collar independents and Democrats:
The next was a woman, late 50s, Democrat but strongly pro-life. Loved B. and H. Clinton, loved Bush in 2000. "Well, I don't know much about this terrorist group Barack used to be in with that Weather guy but I'm sick of paying for health insurance at work and that's why I'm supporting Barack."
I felt like I was taking crazy pills. I sat on the other side of the glass and realized...this really is the Apocalypse. The Seventh Seal is broken and its time for eight years of pure, delicious crazy....
In general, the people believe lots of terrible things about Obama but are voting for him anyway. Maybe the backlash really is over. For now.
They also think he'll be a bad president. So if he's anything north of bad...
