How can you turn down what the voters have commanded?

Candidly, it is an awkward position to be in, because when the voters speak, they speak,

Voters who are for McCain now in New Hampshire are not going to turn away from McCain because he did poorly in Iowa because there's no expectation for McCain in Iowa.

This is a way to poke fun that doesn't turn off voters. In 2006, when so many people are taping everything on TV and skipping commercials, this is a way to engage people.

By an eight-point margin, voters are now more likely to call themselves Democrats than Republicans; there was no gap in self-identification a year ago.

They're going to start using their bank accounts to define themselves. Most voters don't have a firm handle on who the candidates are.