There are several reasons this race is still close, and they all have to do with Barack Obama, not John McCain:
1. Obama is the most liberal candidate since McGovern. I'd say he is more liberal than McGovern. 2. Obama has no record of accomplishment in government. People are wondering if they can trust the US to his stewardship, especially in a time of crisis. 3. Obama has made a decided habit of hanging around questionable characters - Rezko, Ayers, Wright. People wonder whether he will bring those habits to the White House. 4. Some people just will not vote for him on the basis of his race. It's ugly, but there it is. Hillary would probably be up 10-15 points right now, although there is a lot of hatred for her on the Right, so who knows what kind of inroads she could have made there. On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Vivec wrote: > And its really a shame that considering the two candidates that this > race is still so close. > > It's incredible actually, but that's what I thought when Bush ran for > a second term as well. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:273083 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
