Has Obama vs. McCain been like The Rays vs. The Red Sox?

As we open the World Series tonight with my hometown Philadelphia Phillies vs. my parent's hometown Tampa Bay Rays (see what taking the Devil out of you will do) I found it interesting to look back at the AL series pitting the defending champion Red Sox vs. the Rays and see how that compared to the Presidential Campaign.

The representative of the incumbent team fell behind early but had shown on several occasions that they could come back from the brink of extinction.

Throughout the campaign the upstart team had a lot of people asking "Who are they" and "How did they get in this position".

Earlier in the season, even after a strong start, it was assumed the upstart would fade but they not only hung on but got even stronger.

The upstart pulled ahead to a commanding lead in their head to head competition before the incumbent could regroup.

The incumbent did pull back to even and made things exciting for a while.

Youth and consistency was on the side of the upstart and they didn't waiver or get rattled, they just kept playing the game the way they had all season.

I'd love to see the Phillies win the World Series, but I think this is the year of the upstart.