How many guest commenters on Cable News programs trotted out this new talking point yesterday?
To paraphrase; " In fact, we are quite delighted that the presidential race is as close as it is. We come to this contest as the underdogs."
"We are really very surprised. This isn't supposed to be as close as it is."
Hosting family visitors reduced my usual overdose levels of infotainment during the first day of the convention, and yet I managed to catch this being employed by GOP "guest-contributors" on at least 3 occasions.