An excerpt from D.R. Tucker:
Yet McCain is like the veteran Ali—an experienced fighter who knows how to defeat younger, less gifted opponents. McCain has had high-profile bouts in adverse climates: he hasn’t won all of those fights, but he’s learned from every battle. He knows what it’s like to have hard punches thrown at him, and he knows how to throw hard punches right back. Like Ali in the “Rumble in the Jungle”, he goes into this fight against Obama with all the odds stacked against him, with all the observers insisting that he has no chance. Yet he has a clear strategy to win the championship—a strategy that his younger, cockier opponent cannot possibly anticipate.
All McCain has to do is wait for the right opening—for that moment when Obama loses his cool, loses his footing, and loses his nerve. He will then pounce, hitting Obama with so many rights he’ll be begging for a left. Despite his clear political talent, Obama does not have enough experience in the sweet science to send McCain to the mat. He will try his best to knock McCain down—but once McCain gets going, Obama’s punches will have little force behind them.
Obama’s hands can’t hit what his eyes can’t see—and Obama and his supporters can’t see the winning combination McCain is waiting to deliver. Years from now, when we look back upon this fight, we’ll say that not only did McCain knock Obama out, he picked the round.
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