January 2009 Is A Huge Question Mark
By Malcolm Hedges (08/05/08)
The current polls indicate that with Obama campaigning and McCain pretending to campaign, McCain is gaining if not actually passing Obama?
Perhaps a telling message is that neither has managed to get real friendly with 50%. It's not necessary to have 50% of the popular vote to win the Presidency, but is somewhat indicative in an essentially 2-party system.
There are a few of the ways to ponder the present status:
1) Perhaps the Obama candidacy is so shallow that any perceived depth by McCain is an advantage?
2) Maybe McCain has less anti-American positions than Obama?
3) Could it be Obama's projected arrogance and elitism is rubbing voters the wrong way?
4) It's very possible that the polls don't actually represent political reality?
5) Obama is a Leftist Progressive Socialist and McCain is Moderately Conservative Socialist, maybe the electorate is sensitive to that?
6) McCain is more appealing to the non-Progressive voters, while Obama's core is essentially in the openly Progressive states?
7) Perhaps the political climate has changed so much since the early primary contests that the Obama premise is not as attractive as the McCain premise?
8) The Democrat party pretty much splintered in the primary contest, the Republican suffered considerable internal strife but didn't splinter. So McCain may be benefiting from less internal issues than Obama?
9) Finally, has Obama's open pandering to the Black vote weakened his appeal to other voters?
Whatever the reason, Obama should be running away in the polls with a 10 to 15% lead in this general time frame to win and he isn't even close.. That not being the case, many are of the opinion that McCain is actually ahead in the practical political standings.
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