Bob McCarty Writes

Basketball is the first sport that comes to mind when I think about Barack Obama.  In reality, the Democratic Party presidential nominee probably has more in common with a Major League Baseball team that’s making  a lot of news these days.

Don’t believe me?  Consider these facts:

• Based on his voting record for the year, Obama earned the distinction of being named the nation’s “most liberal senator in 2007″ by the nonpartisan National Journal.   Today, the Democratic Party presidential nominee stands on the precipice of being elected president of United States and becoming de facto leader of the Free World.  To win, he needs only win once — in the general election Nov. 4.
  

• Based on their win-loss record for the year, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays earned the distinction of being named the worst team in the league for 2007.  Today, the Tampa Bay Rays — now sans “Devil” — stand only four wins away from being named World Champions.  To win the World Series, the Rays need only win four games of a best-of-seven series.

The difference: If Obama wins the general election Nov. 4, this election will be recorded in the history books as a tale of a candidate going from “worst to first” without even having to change his devilish name to do it.