A very strange election

You got it...Obama is backing away from all of his hard left stances and McCain is caught trying to be "independent" and still appeal to his base.

My addition to your post is that the hard left while stay by Obama no matter what while the Repub base will either stay home in some numbers or venture to some 3d party...

Charles,
I think you've got it right.

I think McCain has one major thing going for him that will ultimately get him elected our next President...

...his name is not Barrack Obama.

Half the time, Obama recants his own policy speeches, sometimes within hours. If this keeps up, McCain can just stand there.

I agree with you 100%. One of the other intersting things about his election is if McCain win the election conservative republicans really lose. McCain isn't one of them, and if he wins then that means that they won't have a conservative in office until 2012. This is why I really wonder why people like Rush, and Hannity are starting to support McCain, I am sure there is a reason for this, I just haven't figured it out.

Tim, if you look at McCains voting record for the last eight years you will think that aliens took over his body in 2004. His voting record did a complete 360 in 2004, it is as if he changed everything that he believed in to conform to the conservative base of the republican party. If you look it up you will be amazed, he was either wrong then, or he is wrong now.

I've voted for RINO's in one of the most RINO friendly States in the nation, Minnesota. Trust me, for a RINO, this is standard operating procedure.

I'm also a delegate for the Minnesota Independence party. Our nominating conventions are even more confusing, but there is quite alot of space between left and right to play in.

Both Candidates are shifting to positions they don't agree with to get elected. Pretty pathetic year. As far as Obama being an agent of change? He sure is.

Yes, McCain is making a mistake by moving right. The diehard republicans would have supported him before Obama anyway.

Given the choices most long-time Dems will stick with Obama, as will many of the older women that Hillary brought into the party, but I have my doubts about many of the newbies he brought into the political process. However, I also do not think they will switch to McCain, Having realized Obama is more of a typical politician than he presented himself as being many of them will simply stay home on election day.

I also suspect many of those whose supported Obama , particularly the women, will end up wishing they had supported Hillary rather than Obama.

This is a tough one to predict. Obama seems to have the enthusiasm on his side, but often elections come down to who the people are more comfortable voting for. There is a long time for Obama to fall from his "sainted" status. The issues that McCain is "moving rightward" on are things that a majority of the public agrees with, like offshore drilling. His position on the war, and foreign policy has remained fairly constant, and is also his strongest asset in this campaign.

There are many fronts to attack Obama on, such as the Columbia free-trade pact. The issue is this: Columbia will not get much of increase in exports to us, but allows us to export much more to them. Why does Obama not support this? Because of union opposition, among other special interests. Columbia is also a partner in the war on terrorism, against the Chavez-supported FARC. I suspect that was one of the reasons that McCain just visited Columbia this week.

Mark,

My review of McCain's record doesn't show a dramatic change in 2004.



See McCain is not Bush

I have to second Bill's comment, as well. The name is a factor in people's decision on who to vote for, and Barack should have kept calling himself "Barry." Not that it's a valid reson to base a vote on, but there are many people, of all types, out there, and they all have the privelege to vote for whoever they want, for whatever reason. America has not elected it's first Italian, Jewish, or Greek president yet, so Sen. Obama has some signifigant hurdles to jump, in a historical context.

At one time I considered voting for McCain but then he showed his true colors. He is not the Maverick I was lead to believe he was. He embraced Bush and french kissed him. He flip flops and calls Obama a flip flopper.
I saw a video of McCain actually admit he knew nothing about the economy and then LIE and say he said no such thing. Had Hillary done something like that, the whole world would know it.
I still respect the man but America is too important to me, my vote goes to Obama.