The election's still very much up in the air, but it's Obama's to lose: this is a very bad year for Republicans, and if Obama can present himself as a plausible president in the next three months, he'll win. John McCain's basic strategy will be to try to prevent him from doing that, mostly by arguing (on serious and trivial grounds) that Obama is inexperienced and a bit too exotic and aloof. We'll find out in November who finally wins this unedifying and uninformative spectacle.

This is what current polling shows, but summer polls can be unreliable:



http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_vs_mccain/

The South is all against Obama, naturally.

The Democrats have been a tough sell in the South ever since the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and there is an apocryphal story that Lyndon Johnson said, "We've lost the South for a generation," after he signed the bill into law. Carter in 1976 was the last Democrat to do well in the South.

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The South is all against Obama, naturally.

They have been deep "Red" states for many years now. It's amazing that a state like TX is labelled as "somewhat Red", Bush really messed up to yank TX out of the deep Red category.

Have you ever wondered how silly an election campaign can get? I just found this sitting in one of my email boxes:  

Like anyone with a functioning brain I'm always sceptical of politicians... And since Americans are, for our standards, generally very conservative and since America is, from a non-American point of view, uncomfortably powerful, I'm always especially sceptical of American politicians... But I really think very highly of Obama. I'm sure this guy would be the best president in many decades. He just appears to be an incridibly wise, righteous and sincere guy. I really believe that Obama is the best thing to happened to the USA in a long time.

So my dear Americans, please don't screw it up (again) this November...  

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^^^^^^^^YOU ARE TOOOOOOO CRAZY!!!!!  I just fell out of my computer chair and spilled my beer all over the place laughing so hard..............

wonderful! need a running mate? its all swines at the moment so i got a lot to add

pc31, well done! Unfortunately this is absolutely impossible with the domination of the 2 parties. All the ways to run for the election are blocked, which is rather undemocratic.

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pc31, well done! Unfortunately this is absolutely impossible with the domination of the 2 parties. All the ways to run for the election are blocked, which is rather undemocratic.

Recently I heard something that I thought was funny and disturbing at the same time.

One guy: "I hate Republicans!"
Other guy: "Just be glad there are Republicans, without them our country would have a one party system. Just like China."

So I agree. With just two parties there's not much to choose.

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Quality.

This has got to be the only election year I can remember where it's definitely going to be a "toss up".............on one hand, you have Obama, a man of color, and now McCain picks a woman to be his vice president.  The old school "politickers" ain't gonna go for either one of these.  I watched Obama's speech last night and he is a gifted speaker.............but can he help this country????  Just my thoughts and opinions........

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This has got to be the only election year I can remember where it's definitely going to be a "toss up".............on one hand, you have Obama, a man of color, and now McCain picks a woman to be his vice president.  The old school "politickers" ain't gonna go for either one of these.  I watched Obama's speech last night and he is a gifted speaker.............but can he help this country????  Just my thoughts and opinions........

Winston Churchill did rather well for Britain with words. As long as the people can be inspired, then the change can come. Obama should take this one down...It's all in his hands. With a good team rallying around him, there is surely no better option right now for America?

interesting to see what else McCain can come up with.

^^^^^^I know what you mean AppleBeatle.  Obama really "opened" my eyes last night with his speech.  He seems young, energetic, "wanting change"..................let's see come November................