Am I wrong?
No, but I've got a different take.
I believe the primitives are self deceivers, so regardless if the polls showed Romney up +20 they'd be saying Dear Leader would win.
What I'm seeing is more of an acknowledgement of Dear Leader being cooked either way. If he loses, then obviously he's cooked. If he wins, he is such damaged goods going into the next 4 years there's nothing he can do to recover.
Would they care that he's damaged goods? No. But this wouldn't be 2 years as a lame duck, it would be a full 4 years of him being constantly pounded, and rightfully so. Part of her exhaustion might be the recognition that if Dear Leader were to win the worst is just beginning.
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