August 12, 2026

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Lessons in politics from Yogi Berra

“This is like deja vu all over again.”

And once again, this glorious quotation from Yogi Berra has relevance — this time in the presidential election.

By merely replacing deja vu with George W. Bush in the quotation, you can get an idea of what a John McCain presidency might look like.

Does that mean Barack Obama has a lock on the White House? Maybe. But Big Brown was thought to have a lock on the Belmont Stakes and look what happened.

It may be that the only sure thing is, “It ain’t over till it’s over.”