Waiting in Line

Much emphasis has been put on the idea that the youth vote will greatly help Obama, but will the cheering supporters actually vote?

In Florida, where 3.4 million people have already voted, an Orlando Sentinel study found only 15 per cent of them were under age 35.

And last minute news from the Obama campaign is that whilst there is optimism about winning the election there are several factors that still raise cause for concern.

Although Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida are still in the Obama column they have all been tightening in the final days and Pennsylvania Democratic Governor Ed Rendell said on Friday, "It's time for a reality check. We've got our work cut out for us.".

Pennsylvania looks solidly behind Obama but the latest NBC/Mason Dixon poll is showing a a lead of only four points which is within the margin of error and RealClearPolitics shows McCain has whittled six points off Obama's once 14-point lead in Pennsylvania in the last three weeks.

The most accurate poll in 2004, the Investor's Business Daily poll has consistently put the national race closer than most other polls do and yesterday, it had Obama up only 4.5 points nationally and with 8.7 per cent still saying they were unsure, and yesterday's Hotline Diageo tracking poll put McCain and Obama tied among independent voters when just a week ago Obama led by five points.

Mike

http://tiny.cc/thedaybefore for a greater look at the above.

As to your ???angry??? comment, I will concede that some of what you say may be true. However, the skinny per my situation is that IN THE PAST I HAVE HISTORICALLY LEANED REPUBLICAN and can thus speak from experience. It is just that point which yields my infuriation. Your analogy per ???economic participant vs. welfare recipient??? is not too far out of bounds either as that???s typically how the pendulum swings. To that point, I own a successful business and have done quite well both professionally and financially. Trump! As such, believe me when I say that I???ve noticed an increasing number of like-minded ???Republicans??? looking to jump from this sinking ship! Personally, for me it is the GOP of the last few years that simply forced me to look to other affiliation alternatives. I draw the line when a party I???ve endorsed permits my parents and/or other hard working people (albeit blue/white collar) across the country to lose their jobs, homes, retirement, fractions of life savings, etc. simply to pad the pockets of lobbyists or other special interest groups. It???s as though every time I switch on the television I learn of another Republican male that???s either being investigated, indicted or being sentenced to prison for being on-the-take, playing with little boys or seeking gay sex in airport bathrooms. How can anyone condone such behavior? However, the real decisive factor for me was when my party???s economic ???rehabilitative initiatives??? proved to systemically reward the very same wrongdoers for the very same heinous and unconscionable acts which initially led this country into the worst economic period since The Great Depression. Then, McCain (in an effort to distract the public from reality) fails to address even one viable, documented strategic plan as to how he will rectify any of the tabled issues i.e. gas at $5.00/gallon, the Dow at -700, the ever increasing number of parents, brothers/sisters, sons/daughters being killed daily while fighting a useless war. On top of that, the Party then engages in ???smear campaign after smear campaign??? in an effort to subvert those very issues to which Americans seek guidance. My belief is that if you don???t have anything positive to offer to the issues, don???t (as a last refuge) attack an opposing campaign that???s at least addressing or attempting to ratify at least some of them. It's simply embarrassing and the entire world sees that it is a smoke screen. Very few positives result from desperation and thus my point of resentment! Talk about a quicksand vortex, the GOP???s ???rationale??? of the last eight years has adversely affected a huge number of decent, hard-working and well-intentioned people that deserve better than what they have received from this administration. Bush got us into this mess and (TODAY) he won???t even show his face to support his ???successor???. If he can???t ??? I can???t! I suppose one???s conscious can truly prove to be one???s most dreaded of demons.

Michael Malone, one of the country's leading technology writers, said he's embarrassed to admit he's a journalist because "the sheer bias in the print and television coverage of this campaign is not just bewildering, but appalling."

The problem hasn't been the tough reporting on Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin, Mr. Malone wrote for the ABC News Web site Oct. 24. It's been the virtual absence of such reporting on the Democrats:

"Are Bill Ayers and Tony Rezko that hard to interview?" Mr. Malone asked. "All those phony voter registrations that hard to scrutinize? And why are Sen. Biden's endless gaffes almost always covered up?

"If the current polls are correct, we are about to elect as president of the United States a man who is essentially a cipher, who has left almost no paper trail, seems to have few friends (at least who will talk) and has entire years missing out of his biography," Mr. Malone said.

BREAKING NEWS ALERT....

Obama taped conversation with San Francisco Chronicle states his policies ???will bankrupt coal mining operations that produce gas emissions in states like Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia and North Carolina
which it will cause energy prices to skyrocket....." .....more info nobody knew until now about what Obama wants to do!!

The problem with Obama is a simple one. One association does not a radical make. But in Obama's case, the list of left-wing radical mentors and associates is seemingly endless, (Davis, Ayers, Wright, Khalidi , etc., etc.) with a new revelation practically every day. With that trend, a picture begins to emerge, and that picture is that Obama is as steeped, not in just left-wing political thought, but in radical left-wing economic and race ideology, to the same extent that Pat Robertson was steeped in the ideology of the radical Religious Right. I would not have voted for Pat Robertson for dog catcher, and for similar reasons, I will not vote for Obama.

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The RCP Readers Article Obama Dosen"t Want You to See..Hackers removed It from Blogsom
This RCP article hacked and removed. Can Obama Pull Off A Hugo Chavez???You can bet your assets. The power provided by these ???laws??? allows suspension of the Constitution and the rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights during any civil disturbances, major demonstrations and strikes and allows the military to implement government...
Submitted By Marion Valentine - Nov 2, 2:54 pm

Go to Http://valsword.spaces.live.com to veiw this post...it still will not pull up on RCP

This moronic scumbag Samuel J. Wurzelbacher "Joe the Plumber" had his AZ driver license suspended

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/128323

Wurzelbacher, who lived in Mesa in 2000 and had an Arizona driver's license, had his driver's license suspended by the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division on May 4, 2000, following a nonpayment of a court-imposed fine for civil traffic violations, according to court records.

...owes nearly $1,200 in back taxes, according to public records, still owes more than $700 to the Mesa court system.

Records show he was cited for failure to stop at a red light and for failure to provide proof of insurance on Feb. 9, 2000, in a black Dodge truck at the intersection of Dobson and Baseline roads in Mesa.

After failing to pay his original fine of $627.50 issued in March 2000, his license was suspended and the fine was handed over to a collection agency along with a 16 percent surcharge. The now-resident of Holland, Ohio, still owes $727.90 to the Mesa Municipal Court, according to court records.

Hopefully the collection agency will break both of his legs so he'll never be able to walk nor work ever again. This typical Republican scumbag deserves it.

http://obamaoursavior.blogspot.com