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Originally Posted by independent_thinker2002  The three "issues" I was talking about were his race, experience, and her gender.
Once McCain and Obama are juxtaposed the differences are stark. If your neighbor likes this economy a) have her head checked or b) she is wealthy and the economy isn't a big issue for her.
Who is to say that Obama won't have Bill's help? |
First thing to remember is, you are preaching to the converted here. I plan to vote for Obama.
No, my friend does not like the economy, she just has little to no confidence in democrats not named Clinton to fix it. I disagree, but that is how it is. it is also important to realize that, post convention, when the campaigning begins in earnest, that while we will try and protray the economy on Bush, McCain will be painting it as being problems from the Clinton era, and the democratic congresses fault.
I do want to point out again, I am a democrat, and proud of it. I have real questions about Obama, but consider him a much better option than McCain. Alot of this is just stuff to make myself worry. I look at people I know, who are potential Obama supporters, and try and figure out how Obama can win them over, and not seeing a whole lot yet. Obama has done himself a whole lot of harm with his own words, and the Wright thing just makes it worse. Comparing Wright to his grandmother was politically stupid, and alot of older women are not happy with the comparison. The "bitter" comment was even worse. Those are big hurdles that Obama is going to have to overcome. If we eliminate Clinton from the ticket(and I do think it is probably unlikely that she will be the VP pick, though I think it would be a good idea, and it is a definate possibility), Obama has a very, very hard time converting many voters, and he does need to.