Will Keeps It Up

George Will goes after John McCain's hyperbolic dismay following last week's Supreme Court decision:

The day after the Supreme Court ruled that detainees imprisoned at Guantanamo are entitled to seek habeas corpus hearings, John McCain called it "one of the worst decisions in the history of this country." Well.

Does it rank with Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857), which concocted a constitutional right, unmentioned in the document, to own slaves and held that black people have no rights that white people are bound to respect? With Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which affirmed the constitutionality of legally enforced racial segregation? With Korematsu v. United States (1944), which affirmed the wartime right to sweep American citizens of Japanese ancestry into concentration camps?

Hard to argue with that.

The demographic loyalties this election are really mixed up. Liberal women, angry about Hillary, are going to vote red or stay home more than in the past. Evangelicals are going with Obama in droves. Hispanics shunned Obama in the primary, but according to polls, now appear ready to embrace him. And traditional conservatives like George Will will likely stay home. This is going to throw some states and play and take others out. A lot of bottom line stats based on previous elections --Obama needs X percentage of Hispanic votes, McCain must have Y percentage of evangelicals-- could wind up being disproved.