Nightmare Reality

Love gone (but without an agent); Westbrook gone (also without an agent). Mbah Moute and Collison... the word's still out on (but Collison's probably a goner). Toss on top of that, Afred Aboya may go to grad school next year and forgo his senior season... and oohhh, I hope that great recruiting class can come through.

As for last night's debate. No one's calling Obama the winner. He took a beating (as in like a dead horse) on matters like Wright, Ayers (still not completely clear on that one), and the FREAKING flag lapel pin. And since he was being hammered not only by Clinton but also George Stephanopoulos (hmmmm, a William Jefferson Clinton campaign advisor from '92), and Obama WOULD NOT TAKE SHOTS at Hillary on the matter of the Bosnia "misremembering"... well, many are saying he looked tired and weak.

Tired maybe. Weak only to the pundits, who in the 24/7 news cycle have to say SOMETHING. Something else, I think, will resonate with voters: the desire to get away from "old school" politics (thus the lack of counter punching or all-out attacks).

Maybe that's just an apologist's view...