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letsgocards89 wrote:
But hey, Obama inexperience = good Palin inexperience = bad. Go figure.

letsgocards89 wrote:

BW23 wrote:

JG1982 wrote:

Freed Roger wrote:

jim wrote: I still have a hard time getting my brain around the fact that this race is even this close.

McPalin's campaign seems to have done everything wrong, compared to Obama's being efficient, well-financed and cool-headed. McCain seems out of touch, and has severely compromised the values that I admired in him in the first place. McPalin's campaign is based on fear-mongering and capitalizing on ignorance. Obama's based on generalities -yes. But positive messages that appeal to peoples' better side and the logical conclusion that what we've had the last 8 years doesn't work and is not sustainable.

Yes it appears close. I have more than a suspicion as to why its close at all. There is a preconceived notion in this country that wealthy older white males are the only ones suitable for being the president. There is 230+ years of history to back this up. OK maybe a few were not wealthy, but other than that...

No, I'm not saying this is the only reason this election is this close, nor is it the only reason people are voting for McCain. But its the main reason.

Should McCain happen to win this election, the message sent will be clear. Oh I believe a woman or minority can still become president within a decade or so, but it will have to be someone with an ideology that panders to the extreme right - such as Palin or like an Alan Keyes.

I'm sorry but that's a complete and utter cop out..

If Obama loses the only message that will be sent is that people didn't buy what he was selling...sure there will be people that don't vote for Obama because he's black, and there will be people who don't vote for McCain because he's white, or old, or because he's got a woman running mate..

But neither one of those factors is going to significantly affect this race, and its attitudes like that that continue to set the country back..

Let's not start the excuse train before it's over, Obama is going to win, but if the hail mary is complete and McCain does win, like I said, it's NOT going to be because Obama is black...sorry....not true

Obama will likely get more votes because he's black than he'll lose because he's black.

He should lose because of how extremely left he is and how suspect, at best, his judgment is, but he talks a good game (without saying anything) that all of that is mostly glossed over.

Not to mention his having only 3 years of national-level experience. (and spending 2 of those years campaining)

But hey, Obama inexperience = good Palin inexperience = bad. Go figure.

letsgocards89 wrote: Not to mention his having only 3 years of national-level experience. (and spending 2 of those years campaining)

But hey, Obama inexperience = good Palin inexperience = bad. Go figure.

ThatGuy wrote:

jim wrote:

ThatGuy wrote:Would GRB implode if McCain were to win Tuesday?

GRB would be the least of our worries if that happens.

That's the attitude that makes me want to root for the old dude.

letsgocards89 wrote:

BW23 wrote:

JG1982 wrote:

Freed Roger wrote:

jim wrote: I still have a hard time getting my brain around the fact that this race is even this close.

McPalin's campaign seems to have done everything wrong, compared to Obama's being efficient, well-financed and cool-headed. McCain seems out of touch, and has severely compromised the values that I admired in him in the first place. McPalin's campaign is based on fear-mongering and capitalizing on ignorance. Obama's based on generalities -yes. But positive messages that appeal to peoples' better side and the logical conclusion that what we've had the last 8 years doesn't work and is not sustainable.

Yes it appears close. I have more than a suspicion as to why its close at all. There is a preconceived notion in this country that wealthy older white males are the only ones suitable for being the president. There is 230+ years of history to back this up. OK maybe a few were not wealthy, but other than that...

No, I'm not saying this is the only reason this election is this close, nor is it the only reason people are voting for McCain. But its the main reason.

Should McCain happen to win this election, the message sent will be clear. Oh I believe a woman or minority can still become president within a decade or so, but it will have to be someone with an ideology that panders to the extreme right - such as Palin or like an Alan Keyes.

I'm sorry but that's a complete and utter cop out..

If Obama loses the only message that will be sent is that people didn't buy what he was selling...sure there will be people that don't vote for Obama because he's black, and there will be people who don't vote for McCain because he's white, or old, or because he's got a woman running mate..

But neither one of those factors is going to significantly affect this race, and its attitudes like that that continue to set the country back..

Let's not start the excuse train before it's over, Obama is going to win, but if the hail mary is complete and McCain does win, like I said, it's NOT going to be because Obama is black...sorry....not true

Obama will likely get more votes because he's black than he'll lose because he's black.

He should lose because of how extremely left he is and how suspect, at best, his judgment is, but he talks a good game (without saying anything) that all of that is mostly glossed over.

Not to mention his having only 3 years of national-level experience. (and spending 2 of those years campaining)

But hey, Obama inexperience = good Palin inexperience = bad. Go figure.

ghostrunner wrote:

letsgocards89 wrote: Not to mention his having only 3 years of national-level experience. (and spending 2 of those years campaining)

But hey, Obama inexperience = good Palin inexperience = bad. Go figure.

Obama took office in January of 2005, so he's had at least two and a half solid years in the Senate before campaigns kicked up full steam. Then he has seven years as a State Senator representing a heavily populated metropolitan district.

I'm not going to knock Palin's experience. I don't find that to be a big issue, and if you look back I was giving her credit for what she had done well. But experience is the least of concerns people have about her at this point. Those interviews she gave were disastrous, and it goes beyond not being good at interviews. She couldn't even BS effectively. She seems to have very little grasp whatsoever on the functions of national government or foreign policy. Experience aside, she's as unqualified a candidate as I can remember.

pop_haines wrote:

BenNX74205 wrote:If you can fathom that MAINE is up for grabs, then anything is possible. I mean seriously, if Obama doesn't have Maine locked up a week before the election, he's in big trouble.

Obama is positively slaughtering McCain in Maine.
Rasmussen has it at 56-43, and they are slanted
to the right. He's wasting his money there.

JG1982 wrote:Has anyone ever thought that these polls might not be right?

I mean, I understand that if all of them are saying the same thing, then it's probably somewhat truthful, but aren't these polls are rather small sample sizes?

Also, I've heard multiple times now that the majority of early voters have been for Obama, does that mean that Obama has all these new voters for him, or just energized democrats wanting to get out and vote early? There's no way to tell that