McCain and Obama's Football Strategy

With less than a month to go before the election, things will get ratcheted up a notch. McCain has already announced he'll be taking things to a different level. Obama will stick to what's been working for the past several months.

McCain has definitely been the aggressor. If you have a football analogy for him, it's been a constant barage of Hail Mary passes and gadget plays designed to throw the opponent off balance. Very unpredictable play-calling and the rule book has basically gotten tossed. From picking Sarah Palin to shutting down his campaign, you just don't know exactly what this guy is going to do next. Plus, his campaign does a lot of trash talking for the opponents to post in their locker room to get them fired up.

For Obama, he has strictly been in a prevent defense for months and will remain so until the election. In other words he is not playing to win, but playing not to lose. Republicans are not scared of losing this election because they've been expecting to do so all along. Democrats are downright terrified to lose, so Obama is being careful not to stumble here at the end. This kind of defense typically works, although it drives fans crazy because the outcome tends to be closer than they think it should be and it keeps the opponent in the game longer than they are comfortable with.

Final score: Obama pulls out the victory as expected. McCain puts on a better show than many were expecting, but was just too overpowered to pull off the upset.