There are several reasons this race is still close, and they all have to do with John McCain:
1) McCain is running like he's McCain the independent, (the man I would've voted for) he's not, he's flip-flopped (again) and become McCain the Republican, with Palin as a throw away to satisfy the ultra right wing special interests. 2) McCain has more times than not voted with the status quo, in this case, George Bush II, People are wondering if they can trust the US to his stewardship, especially in a time of crisis. 3)McCain has surrounded himself in the past with questionable people - the Keating 5, Council for World Freedom (http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1848122,00.html),Oliver North 4. Some people will vote for him on the basis of his race. It's ugly, but there it is. this entire commentary can be flipped either way, it's a close race because you have two candidates who are more alike than they are different, they're barking up two sides of the same tree. And they'll both get the same amount done in Washington..... nothing. Robert Munn wrote: > 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:273086 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
