Obama on Offense; But Does Playing Field Lean Republican?

The fact that our country leans Republican explains why we elected George W Bush twice and now get stuck in two battles with no end in sight and face the biggest economic crisis in decades. We deserve the problems we are facing and we will continue to if we don’t make a smarter choice this time.

Obama is also ahead in Nevada, Ohio, Florida and Virginia. McCain has to win Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida. Obama only needs one of those states, McCain needs all of them. Also, Indiana and Missouri are very close.

Chris, we are winning, read the news. Economic crisis mostly related to democratic legislation with which Bush had nothing to do. And bipartisan lack of oversight.

If the election were held tommorrow, Obama wins easily. Now there is still a month to go but being up 8 is something Obama should be happy with for now. I’m sure that would have made Kerry pretty happy.
He’s ahead in OH, FL, VA, CO, NV, MO, etc.

Don’t forget Obama has to get at least a 10% margin in Florida, Missouri, Ohio and Michigan in order to squeak out a victory because of poll challenges, dodgy voting machines, and the like.

Jake:
I’m guessing you haven’t looked at all the other polls…
When McCain’s average polling in Indiana is 2.2% in a State that Bush won by 20% in 2004…he has MAJOR ISSUES.
You should take a look
That’s how real polling is done.
McCain is going down and going down hard.

This is a seriously misleading analysis, Jake. You know, or should know, that according to RealClearPolitics Obama is up by something like 101 in the electoral college. With no toss-up states he wins by 164 – and the value of Realclearpolitcs is that the take an average of all the major polls. So to present the information like Obama HAS to be campaigning in the Red states or he will Lose is misinformation. Things may change, but right now Obama/Biden are seriously slaughtering McCain/”Palin”. And Jake, you damn well know it.

No, Kerry was behind 2 in the oct 4, 2004 gallup poll. Very close to the final result.
Obama is up 8 in today’s gallup poll.
This race ended when John McCain said, “the fundamentals of the economy are strong”. It will be mentioned in textbooks as a classic gaffe.

I think McCain can turn this around if he would take a cue from Sarah Palin and starting winking in his speeches.

McCain has pulled out of Michigan and will soon pull out of PA. NC is very close to flipping to Obama.
Every time McCain or Palin tell one of their lies, I volunteer another hour at my local Obama headquarters. They sure know how to motivate us to work harder.

Obama skipped 45% of Senate votes
Voted against funding our troops
Obama made 45 trips to Iowa but only 2 to Iraq
After weeks of mocking John McCain for his claim that the fundamentals of the American economy are strong, Obama said: “After this immediate problem, we’ve got the long-term fundamentals that will really make sure this economy grows.”
So along with the reservoir of political support that came to Obama through his close ties with Jeremiah Wright, Father Michael Pfleger, and other Chicago black churches, Chicago Acorn appears to have played a major role in Obama’s political advance. Sure enough, a bit of digging into Obama’s years in the Illinois State Senate indicates strong concern with Acorn’s signature issues, as well as meetings with Acorn and the introduction by Obama of Acorn-friendly legislation on the living wage and banking practices. You begin to wonder whether, in his Springfield days, Obama might have best been characterized as “the Senator from Acorn.” The larger point is that Obama’s ties to Acorn — arguably the most politically radical large-scale activist group in the country — are wide, deep, and longstanding. If Acorn is adept at creating a non-partisan, inside-game veneer for what is in fact an intensely radical, leftist, and politically partisan reality, so is Obama himself. This is hardly a coincidence: Obama helped train Acorn’s leaders in how to play this game.

WE WIN BIG.
OBAMA/BIDEN 2008!

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Saturday accused Democrat Barack Obama of “palling around with terrorists” because of his association with a former 1960s radical, stepping up the campaign’s effort to portray Obama as unacceptable to American voters.

Wrong analysis Jake, McCain has to play defense because Obama has many roads to the white house.
Winning CO and NM with existing Kerry states.
Winning VA and NM with existing Kerry states
Winning Nevada and NM will result in a tie, but Maine and house of reprensentative may give him the edge.
He has so many of the red states in play. NC, IN , CO , NM, FL, MO, OH
How many blue states are in play for McCain ?

Patriotic Barack Obama lapel pins unveiled honoring all 57 states
The Democrat let it slip that during this marathon 16-month party presidential nomination struggle against Hillary Clinton from New York who won’t surrender easy, he had already visited **57** states with one more to go.
Gee I can’t wait to visit these new states, Thanks Barak!

John McCain did not wear a lapel pin during the debate or almost everytime on the trail. The issues matter and republicans are empty suite..

Many bloggers were wondering why Barack Obama was not prosecuted by the State of Illinois for not telling the truth on his legal paperwork. In 1991 Mr. Obama signed an application to IBAB and denied that he owed outstanding parking tickets, he falsified his application and gained admission to the bar by fraud. It is because he resigned as a lawyer sometime in March 2007, and he could not be prosecuted because he no longer had his law license. Therefore if he loses the Presidential run he will not be returning to the law. By the way, he was blatantly flagrant as he had 17 outstanding parking tickets. Of course this does not clear up the part that he also lied about ever having used another name which there seems proof that he went by Barry Soetoro; Barry Obama; Barack Dunham; Barry Dunham.

Obama is a fake. He says that change is possible. But if elected, change will be very hard. It will not be done in the first 100 days, nor in 1000 days nor even in our lifetime. But let us begin.

Maverick my *****
John McCain is running as a republican and not an independent. The platform and policies are the same and will be the same..
NO CHANGE WITH McPALIN…

We need change and it is definetly not more of the same. The republicans have lost all respect and dignity.
They have nothing to run on. Bush ran on their platform of small government and we have the biggest government ever , biggest deficit ever, spending out of control and a 700 billion bailout in addition to the Bush tax cuts.
Are you kidding me ?

There is absolutely no doubt Obama is a pathological Liar. Obama lies about the littlest things. For instance Obama during the ABC George Stephanopoulos interview said he registered for the draft in 1979. I am not sure when Obama registered or even if he did but it certainly was not in 1979. By Presidential Proclamation 4360 the selective service registration was suspended in 1976. There was no more registration until JUL 21, 1980. This started a two week period of registration for anyone born in 1960 and 1961. That means that by law Obama would have had to register by 05 AUG 1980. So Obama obviously lied. Had Obama told the truth or said “I registered in 1980″ no one would have questioned it. But now that Obama is a proven liar he should be forced to release records showing he followed the law.

Will McCain break ALL his promises to America?
McCain promised pledged to run a clean respectful campaign.
Now let’s see what he’s coming up with next.
Since Americans have had it with going negative and spreading smears, he’ll risk to sink his campaign even faster than it’s sinking now.
McCain will lose everything, his honor included.

Right Wing Express go to Rush Limbaugh and spread your lie and hate. You guys cannnot even discuss issue. Republicans are empty suites..
I’ll stay where I like and bug you. It’s still a free country (unless Obama gets in).

Why would Barack Obama hire three costly and expensive attorneys (John P. Lavelle Jr, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP; Joseph E. Sandler, Sandler Reiff & Young PC; Robert F. Bauer, General Counsel, Perkins Coie) when all he has to do is let the courts examine his birth certificate?
Because he’s probably hiding something

Why would Palin ignore subpoenas, obstruct justice, and hire a dozen lawyers if she was innocent.

“I’d rather lose my dignity than lose an election”
John McCain

Why does sarah palin hang out with terrorists? Her husband belonged to the AIP, whose founder hated the USA and was killed in 1992 trying to buy PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES!
Alaskan extremists who hang out with terrorists dont belong in the white house.

This is off topic but I sure hope the Cubs win tonight, man I sure don’t want it to be 101 years of futility.

This is off topic but I sure hope the Cubs win tonight, man I sure don’t want it to be 101 years of futility.
At least in politics things eventually change for better or worse. Some times Republicans are in power and some times Democrats, but as a Cub fan you may never see things change! Sorry but I think they’re getting swept.

I hope citizens of this country are coming back to their senses, I don’t know how in the world they had re-elected Bush for second term and now McSame(I used respect McCain even with my liberal leanings, He has now embraced almost all major issues same as Bush) still has 40% support.
The Rupublican principles and current leaders have brought our Country to such a terrible shape, If people don’t wake up and realize then people really deserves further downslide in every aspects of this Great Nation.
Wake up, 8 years of Republican Presidency had been devastating and we can’t afford same principles in domestic and international affairs.
Do not be fooled by all the lies and not able to accept the realities of Republican propaganda.
Vote Obama and save this Nation!!!!

There is only one choice in this election, anyone with common sense knows Obama is that choice…
I guess that settles it. You obviously know more than the rest of us so we’ll just go home now and vote Obama on the 4th of Nov.

Barack Obama is the wrong change.

Obama is ahead in these so called “lean Republican” states so they are now leaning Democrat.

WONDER WHAT PALIN DRINKS–SHE SEEMS A LITTLE HYPER—

The fact and the matter are that the state of the economy will dictate who to vote for. And we all know that Democrats are always better at handling the economy that Republicans. Truth to tell, see how a republican administration got us in this mess. The choice is very simple: 4 more years of McCain/Bush/Palin or Change with a democrat administration who can steer us from this mess. It is amazing how we democrats always clean up after the republicans. Go figure!!

Kerry was behind 2 in the oct 4, 2004 gallup poll. Very close to the final result (within half a point). Obama is up 8 in today’s gallup poll.
This race ended when John McCain said, “the fundamentals of the economy are strong”. He just doesnt get it. It will be mentioned in textbooks as a classic gaffe.

This woman has little room to speak given her long association, and the association of her husband, with members of the AIP, who openly advocate the secession of Alaska from the United States. Also, the leader of this organization stated, and I quote: “the fires of hell are glaciers compared to my hatred for the United States of America.” This sounds worse than anything Rev. Wright ever said about the United States. Of course, a big difference is that, while Sen. Obama has publicly condemned Rev. Wright for his hateful contents, Sarah Palin has never so much as criticized the leader of the AIP for his expressed hatred of our country. The more one gets to know this woman and her associates, the more one realizes what a danger she presents to the security of our nation and the freedom of its citizens. Johnny McSame is desperate and will say anything over the next month in an effort to derail the inevitable election of Sen. Barack Obama to be President of the United States. WE CAN STOP HIM!!! Obama/Biden 2008!!!

Jan 20th. Obama, Pelosi and Reid – WHATTA TEAM!!! Don’t know if I should gather up my traps, fishin gear and guns, or just head for Hudson Bay, ON where some years ago I was promised land and home if I would marry Cree bride!! Wonder if I can still get the same deal??

Economy’s in the worst shape since the Great Depression. 159,000 Americans lost their jobs last month. We’re still fighting two wars while the people who murdered 3,000 people are freely roaming around the hills of Afghanistan. Tens of millions of Americans don’t have health insurance. Gas prices are still astronomical. The public education is in crisis.
Whenever I see someone obsessing about Obama’s birth certificate, I’m reminded that Rick Davis, McCain’s campaign manager (and paid Freddie/Fannie “influence peddler”) said that this campaign “won’t be about issues.”
After eight years of deceit, incompetence and division, it’s time to return to national sanity and make this campaign about issues.
We have serious problems that are going to require serious people with serious solutions. We’re not going to get out of the messes we’re in by oozing slime and slinging mud, creating diversions and distractions, or trotting out divisive “wedge” issues so that we can holler bumper sticker slogans at one another.

I have read these memes on Obama not showing any ‘real’ strength in these red states and his efforts are for naught. If this spin or POV is correct, shouldn’t the Republicans brag that they made Obama spend his money in Republican strongholds or that he has been walking on a hope and a prayer that have no chance of winning?
When I read blurbs on how Obama is lucky to have 1) money, 2) an army of canvassers, and 3) been allowed on this great big national stage…I wonder whether some Democrats, the MSM or the Republicans will admit that the man has some organizing talent and rare political acumen. How many times have you all set limits to which you think he can’t reach and he has overcome them?
He can’t possibly win a primary because no nonWhite person ever has.
He did it.
Hillary Clinton is unstoppable with the Clinton machine behind her.
He did it.
Obama should go on the negative to win because no candidate can win office without going nasty and distorting facts.
He is continuing to strive to do this very thing.
No one can come back from having a pastor who is not elected and not running for office, saying things which make the majority of American people cringe.
He seems to have won the primary, the polls seem to indicate that he might even get those hard working white people Clinton talked about in the primary to vote for him.
What else can you all make up in time for November 4th?

It’s funny how many Obama supporters are
mad at Palin for being so popular. After all no one is really supporting Obama because he is qualified to be President
(he is not, less exp. that Palin) they
are voting for him for the same reason
so many others are excited about Palin,
they LIKE him. All this talk about putting
the country first is a lot of bull. They
simply like Obama better and it has nothing to do with what he is capable
of doing for us. Which is very little.
And now they’re mad because someone
came along that is even more popular than him! They want a president that
has to have the VP sit beside him to
help make every decision. That isn’t
leadership, that’s knowing you don’t
have what it takes to do the job.

John McCain is afraid to run on the war, he’s afraid to run on health care, and he’s terrified to run on the economy, so he’s going to go for fear and smear. It’s all John McCain has left. And as McCain campaign manager Rick Davis once said:
“The premise of any smear campaign rests on a central truth of politics: Most of us will vote for a candidate we like and respect, even if we don’t agree with him on every issue. But if you can cripple a voter’s basic trust in a candidate, you can probably turn his vote. The idea is to find some piece of personal information that is tawdry enough to raise doubts, repelling a candidate’s natural supporters. [...]
It’s not necessary, however, for a smear to be true to be effective. The most effective smears are based on a kernel of truth and applied in a way that exploits a candidate’s political weakness.”
Davis wrote that in 2000, decrying George Bush’s smear campaign against John McCain during the South Carolina primary, saying that:
“Rebutting tawdry attacks focuses public attention on them, and prevents the campaign from talking issues.”
And of course today, the last thing John McCain wants to do is to talk about the issues.

Anyone remember PassPortGate?
Remember when that story broke, saying that Obama’s privacy had been invaded? The media was all over this story and tried to imply that it was the Clintons’ doing. Then the internet broke the truth. Obama’s own people were the ones responsible for the break-in. “Suddenly, in a completely amazing and dreadfully convenient disclosure, it seems our Passport Invaders looked at McCain’s and Clinton’s passports as well.”
The question is – what were Obama’s operatives trying to remove/cover up????
Hmmm – How about Obama’s birth certificate? You know, the one that he has shown all over the internet but is unable to produce in court to get that “bogus” lawsuit dismissed?
PUMA! McCain/Palin 2008 – In lieu of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
“No self respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party which ignores her sex.” – Susan B. Anthony

“Why did the DNC file a motion to dismiss in the lawsuit that is pending against obama in regards to his birth certificate? ”
Because it has already been made available. This is already a dead issue. See factcheck.org where they are holding and photographing and verifying the ORIGINAL birth certificate. Was born in Hawaii.
You bunch of liars. Your hate-mongering makes me sick.

From Factcheck:
The truth about Obama’s birth certificate.
Summary
In June, the Obama campaign released a digitally scanned image of his birth certificate to quell speculative charges that he might not be a natural-born citizen. But the image prompted more blog-based skepticism about the document’s authenticity. And recently, author Jerome Corsi, whose book attacks Obama, said in a TV interview that the birth certificate the campaign has is “fake.”
We beg to differ. FactCheck.org staffers have now seen, touched, examined and photographed the original birth certificate. We conclude that it meets all of the requirements from the State Department for proving U.S. citizenship. Claims that the document lacks a raised seal or a signature are false. We have posted high-resolution photographs of the document as “supporting documents” to this article. Our conclusion: Obama was born in the U.S.A. just as he has always said.
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For all the details, check the site itself.
And stop talking BS in the future, please.

Nicholas: Instead of ‘half facts’ about Obama’s ‘alleged’ ties to ‘terrorists’, why don’t you read about the Keating 5 and McCain’s involvement – proven involvement – and McCain’s admitting that he cheated on his income taxes – those are not the kind of values this Democrat looks up to.

If you really think the country’s leaning Republican, Jake Tapper, then I’ve got a Bridge to Nowhere to sell you.
John McCain is campaigning today in Flagstaff, Arizona. The latest Arizona Poll shows his lead rapidly eroding in his own home state. That alone speaks volumes about the GOP’s prospects right now.

It’s really simple folks, a vote for Sen. Obama is a vote for a government of the Left, by the Left and for the Left. Entrepreneurship and hard work will be punished instead of rewarded. Corporate American, small businesses and the free market will be decimated by government interference. And the American Dream will become just that–a dream!

The Arizonan’s campaign is also eager to move the conversation away from the economy, an issue that strongly favors Obama and has helped him to a lead in many recent polls.
“We’re going to get a little tougher,” a senior Republican operative said, indicating that a fresh batch of television ads is coming. “We’ve got to question this guy’s associations. Very soon. There’s no question that we have to change the subject here,” said the operative, who was not authorized to discuss strategy
On a day after we learned that America lost three-quarters of a million jobs this year and a week after our financial system teetered on the brink of collapse, John McCain and his campaign have announced that they want to ‘turn the page’ on the economic crisis facing working families and spend the last month of this election launching dishonest, dishonorable character attacks against Barack Obama. We understand that it’s not easy for John McCain to defend the worst economic record of our lifetime, but he will have to explain to the people struggling to pay their bills and stay in their homes why he would rather spend his time tearing down Barack Obama than laying out a plan to build up our economy,” said Obama-Biden Spokesman Bill Burton.

Im an Obama supporter and this election is still close everyone has to vote if they want change!
We can not afford four more years of the same!
obama 08

Now we know that not only Obama can lead, but also he had a plan for the future of this great country!
Now McCain can snooze tight. Obama can answer the 03.00 am call any time!
Rebublicans can spin like wash machine all day long! The truth is
Senator McCain past actually impairs him from to be flexible and confront the future with open mind. .Senator Obama foreign policy is moderate but also smart. That helps to keep our friends near, and or foes nearer! The last days of the campaign confirmed that McCain -Plain are the most inadequate people to run this country. If Obama was O’Brian and he was white and not black,
He would not have had any trouble winning the election,
The same people who gave George Bush a second term should feel responsible for the mess that is occurring today. They are the same ones who today have doubts about the ability of Obama to be a good choice for President. The only thing that I can say is that all of you messed up the first time and now you are ready once more by voting for McCain!

“It’s funny how many Obama supporters are
mad at Palin for being so popular.”
The long-time democrats are dismayed at her popularity in the same way that they are still cringing at the thought of bumpkin Bush and his folksy ways.
It’s the ex-republicans, like me, who are mad at Palin, or more specifically, at McCain for picking her. As a non-religious, moderate, fiscal conservative, I have to say it was that move that pushed me into the Obama camp. I can’t see how Obama would be any worse than the Bush crowd in terms of increasing gov. And it’s pretty clear that Maverick=loose cannon, which is much more disturbing to me.

I’m curious to see of the main stream press will facilitate a McCain/Palin comeback by giving them excessive goofy coverage of their wildass statements, the crazier the better. It’s the only way they can get attention is to say some crazy crap everyday, throw some ####, and see what sticks. The only way this behavior works is if the MSM repeats ad nauseum, as if it was really substative news. The MSM media, instead of looking for sensationalism should be reporting on the candidates stands on issues, factchecking, and rendering analysis. Leave the crap for FOX and kids.

James Danley opined:
“Brooklyn Democrat, it is Obama advisors Franklin Raines (former chairman and CEO of Fannie Mae) and James A. Johnson (another former CEO of Fannie Mae) who ran Fannie Mae into the ground while they reaped millions of dollars in benefits.”
Firstly, Raines was never an Obama adviser. Secondly, the GOP has held the White house for the past 8 years… appointed 7 of the 9 Supreme Court Justices… and controlled Congress for 6 of the past 8 years. Johnson left Fannie Mae, during the Clinton Administration.
Thus, you MUST be saying that the GOP has been asleep at the wheel, and incompetent, since they’ve controlled power. I agree with you.

John McCain wasnt born in America and can not be the President google it!
He is not a natural born citizen..

All this talk of Clinton in 2012 makes me sick if anyone is going to be President in 2012 its Sarah Palin!
The Clinton had their time and shamed the Whitehouse.
Sarah and Todd will honor the WhiteHouse and god.
McCain/Palin 08
Palin 12 16
Palin will be the first woman President!

I live in Florida and I will not vote for a person who I view to be a socialist at his best and a Marxist at his worst.
A left learning Democrat party is forcing me to vote for McCain.

“Your smeers on a good dead man are sick you should be ashamed of yourself LeeLee07.”
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Yoo hoo, Andrew!!!!!!!
First of all, God Bless Walter H. Annenberg, may he rest in peace.
Secondly, give me a break – Here are the facts:
The Annenberg Foundation supports both FactCheck and the Chicago Annenberg Challenge.
William Ayers was the founder and driving force and Barack Obama was the Chairman of Chicago’s Annenberg Challenge. A brewing controversy, google the Annenberg papers, concerns whether Obama used foundation funds to reward political allies.
PUMA! McCain/Palin 2008 – In lieu of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
“No self respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party which ignores her sex.” – Susan B. Anthony

The invented controversy regarding the birth certificate…. what about McCain not releasing his full war record? He makes his service a campaign issue and keeps his record hidden?

LeeLee07
Your silence regarding Palin for Pres’s post prove you are no Clinton fan!
Fake Fake Fake!

Baz, a report from the Washington Post (July 16, 2008) included the following: ”
“In the four years since he stepped down as Fannie Mae’s chief executive under the shadow of a $6.3 billion accounting scandal, Franklin D. Raines has been quietly constructing a new life for himself. He has shaved eight points off his golf handicap, taken a corner office in Steve Case’s D.C. conglomeration of finance, entertainment and health-care companies and more recently, taken calls from Barack Obama’s presidential campaign seeking his advice on mortgage and housing policy matters.”
It was during the Clinton Administration that legislation was passed that created this mess. In an attempt to have more low income families to own homes, they passed regulations that forced lenders to lower their lending standards and threatened banks with heavy penalties and fines if they did not make the loans–regardless of whether the individuals had the means to pay the loans.
If the Democrats really believed that the causes were Republican policies they would already be holding Congressional hearings. Instead there is nothing. That’s because they don’t want the public to know just how complicit they (the Democrats) have been in this crisis.

PS LeeLee07
The fact you blog in the old fox news blog style—————————– gives away the fact you’ve always been a Republican!
Hillary will be the first woman president in 2016 with the support of Obama and his supporter!

Paty Unity My ###
Website page clicks since Septermber:
120 LOL

“Paty Unity My ###
Website page clicks since Septermber:
120 LOL”
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Ummmm, Andrew – There is no such thing as “Paty Unity My ###.”
Also, there are over 250 organizations associated with PUMA. Trust me, the membership numbers are substantial.
It’s ok – you will believe on Election Day.
PUMA! McCain/Palin 2008 – In lieu of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
“No self respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party which ignores her sex.” – Susan B. Anthony

LOL, it is so odd how the “polls” change every couple days and blue states become toss-ups even though some media outlets report Obama almost in double digit leads… strangely, everytime he is reported making gains somewhere, one of his sure thing states drop off. Couldnt be misinformation could it? The count seems mighty close to a tight race even though the reports are that the lead Obama has is getting pretty solid and unfluctuating from day to day. Hey somebody wouldnty want us to think its a very close race would they? Seems mighty peculiar. LOL ! This time it wont be like the last times !

Andrew -
Lol. I am not fake and you have certainly been enjoyable to blog with.
However, there are a number of sister organizations with PUMA. My fellow PUMAs are out there and there are wayyyyyyyyyy more than 120 of us.
:D
PUMA! McCain/Palin 2008 – In lieu of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
“No self respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party which ignores her sex.” – Susan B. Anthony

John McCain reminds me of Mr Burns from the Simpsons…
Homer votes for Obama!

RIChris :
Chavez is dead (1993)
Castro is senile…
Putin and Ahmadinejad can not spell constitution.
What’s your point?
Obama/Biden ’08

What would the headline look like if Obama was trailing? Perhaps I overlooked the wittiness?

I live in New Mexico. Obama is not “flipping” New Mexico.
This backward state I am stuck in is a Demoidiot state and always has been.
Until nov 4 that is…

Speaking as an Independent for Obama, Democrats must keep a keen focus on the road ahead and prepare Plan B and Plan C ready for the Rape-publican Lie Machine.
They know how to lie really, really well.
Prepare to hear lots of “character” and “family values” arguments from the candidate who cheated on his wife & family before calling Cindy the “C” word in public. ‘Can’t wait to hear that come up again.
(On a separate note, if Ayers is/was a terrorist WHY IN THE HELL hasn’t this Administration locked him away?!)

Obama will win because:
1. McCain looks more and more out of touch by the day. He is the epitome of social coservatism on its last legs.
2. He has only half-heartedlt tried to distance himself from the obviously failed policies of the Bush administration. No one believes that he isn’t a closet Bush clone.
3. Obama is younger, more alert, less easily flustered, more together, more genial, and has a better team behind him. He is increasingly showing his readiness to be President and has already more than amply demonstrated the requisite leadership qualities.
4. Palin is “Dubya without the brains,” as someone perhaps a little too cruelly put it. Worse, she comes across as the archetypal stooge who will do the GOP’s bidding without the slightest degree of compunction. She is the antiheroine of the feminist movement.
Everyone’s dread is that she might well one day herself assume the role of President, especially as McCain is so old and has been diagnosed as having a virulent form of cancer which people of his age are not expected to survive much past two years after having contracted the condition.
5. People don’t just *want* change now, they need it. The collapse of the economy is now rapily driving Obama into the White House.

Virginia won’t send Democrat to the white House, but they send Dem to be the Governor.
McCain will win Virginia.

Obama is leading in the polls, in even in the red states. But we are forgetting that 4 million people registered to vote since Barack has been on scene. Just wait on the day of the election and see the turn out for Barack. The racist is a minority the young voters will decide this election. Mccain already pulled out of Mi,I think he should pull out of the race. We are tired of the republicans and there foolishness. There is no way we can let Mccain win. The republicans can’t be put back in office. Now the republicans are crying fraud in Ohio it is not fraud just a new wave of voters like never before. To truthful peolpe think it will be close, I don’t believe that Barack will win easy.

Judging by the shrillness and the unhinged rage of some of the Republicans posting here, they must be pretty worried. They view the polls and they know what is happening.
And when I see some of the name-calling and the hysteria against Senator Obama, it doesn’t make me like McCain more; it does the opposite. It makes me wonder what some of his supporters are like. I personally don’t want to be associated with some of these people.
When people are confident and secure, they don’t lash out. They don’t act desperate. They don’t slander and exaggerate in a last ditch effort to turn things around.
Why can’t McCain and Palin stick to the important issues and stop the personal attacks?

To all of you people who say that McCain was a traitor when he was a prisoner of war and gave millitary secrets to the enemy! So would you if someone tortured and beat you and broke both of your arms and one of your legs and you thought that they were going to kill you at any time!