Is McCain closing the gap? For the first time, I saw upset and worry tonight among Obama’s normally whistling acolytes on MSNBC. Chris Matthews was angry and defensive after the 30-minute yawnamercial. He argued that Obama has done everything white Americans expect of black Americans — gone to school, raised his kids, etc. — and therefore he deserved to be elected. Huh? Before the most boring half-hour in history, Matthews went on and on with his schtick about white American men expecting to be breadwinners for their wives and kids, like his father, and that Obama had connected with them. What about working married women? Single mothers? Olbermann had to remind Chris. Even the smart and interesting Rachel Maddow was concerned about heavy Republican absentee voting, and low youth voting.

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