Election 2008 Vol.1

Well, it is finally getting where we can see some light at the end of this looooooong election campaign tunnel. A little over a month to go, and the race is surprisingly close. I say close because historically when economic times are bad, the party of the current administration usually takes a great deal of the blame and trails badly in the polls. The economic times are certainly bad, but McCain/Palin are in a dead heat with Obama/Biden. This raises several questions.

Would the Democrats have been better off if they had not gained congressional majorities? If they had not, they could lay all the blame on the Republican party for the economic mess. Is race a factor or not? Few people will ever state that they are not voting for Obama - or are voting for him - because of the color of his skin. But one has to wonder how many voters are impacted by this. I hope none are, but my best guess is that is not the case. The most significant question for the Dems right now is "what must we do to put some distance between us and the Rep. candidates? We should be comfortably ahead, so do we get very attack minded now or not?" For the Reps, it would seem that their big question is "How do we maintain the lack of losses? We are doing better than we expected, and maybe the country does not disapprove of our policies as much as was reported!" Let's follow the next 5-6 weeks VERY closely. It will be fun!!