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July 13, 2008
not so different
The election campaign is settling down. The race is basically tied at this point with neither candidate having the upper hand. This should be a Democrat year. Many pundits are predicting that the Democrats could win up to as many as 25 seats in the house and 7 seats in the Senate. It's kind of odd that Congress now has the worst approval rating on record but the majority is going strengthen in November. Evidently the public views the entire Government as an extension of the Executive Branch.
Despite the anti-republican sentiment Senator McCain still has a good shot at winning. He's not viewed as a right-wing Republican. In fact, the press' adoration with McCain over the last eight years every time he disagreed with Bush is going to make it difficult to label the Senator from Arizona as another term for Bush. Many on the left are trying to make that argument, but it doesn't appear to be working. Surprisingly enough McCain is viewed more favorably than Obama. Perhaps the bitter primary process is still haunting the Senator from Illinois. It could also be the fact that Obama has decided to rush to the center on Gun Control, wire tapping, NAFTA, capital punishment, and Iraq.
Obama built his entire image on being a new kind of politician. He said he'd stay clear of special interests and accept public financing; however, he's done whatever is politically expedient. Obama's idealism made up for his lack of experience, but now that's he's abandoned his principles on so many different issues it's difficult to take him seriously. He might become president, but I doubt he'll do anything in the White House without taking a poll first.
Many on the Right were very concerned with Obama's liberal voting record, but it doesn't look like he's a hard Left ideologue. My guess is that Senator Obama and Senator McCain aren't really that different. I'm sure they have different ideas on social issues, but that's basically just cannon fodder for the base of each party. Neither candidate has a real plan to tackle the looming fiscal crisis and as far as I'm concerned this race is a beauty contest. Things might turn around in the short-term, but the long-term economic prospects aren't good for our country.
Posted by nemov at July 13, 2008 11:01 PM
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McCain will loose by at least 10 percentage points.
I do sort of hope for a split legislature. That way no to much damge will be done.
Posted by: BunE at July 14, 2008 4:59 PM