By the Way, Obama Will Win

Did you notice Peter Lawler dropped that into the Cruz McDonnell thread below?

Minor detail that. So what do y’all make of it? Peter has a pretty good track record of predicting GOP doom.  He smelled the 2006 disaster well ahead of most, even if I do recall his also getting No Left Turns folks like yours truly in 2008 a bit too excited about the prospect of some unknown governor by the name of Sarah Palin becoming McCain’s veep pick.

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