But what do you all think about this??

Discuss.

Hey, Sydney.

By Anne E. Kornblut and Jon Cohen

Washington Post Staff Writers

Monday, October 13, 2008; A01

With just over three weeks until Election Day, the two presidential nominees appear to be on opposite trajectories, with Sen. Barack Obama gaining momentum and Sen. John McCain stalled or losing ground on a range of issues and personal traits, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Overall, Obama is leading 53 percent to 43 percent among likely voters, and for the first time in the general-election campaign, voters gave the Democrat a clear edge on tax policy and providing strong leadership.

McCain has made little headway in his attempts to convince voters that Obama is too “risky” or too “liberal.” Rather, recent strategic shifts may have hurt the Republican nominee, who now has higher negative ratings than his rival and is seen as mostly attacking his opponent rather than addressing the issues that voters care about. Even McCain’s supporters are now less enthusiastic about his candidacy, returning to levels not seen since before the Republican National Convention.

Other thoughts are…

Imagine if there were more choices for the Presidential spot. Race probably would’ve been spoken of more often due to more candidates running for the job. There’s only 2 candidates, the race card is too easy, however it’s still an important topic in this election. But since everyone quit before the nomination, except Hillary (Lord knows she wanted the job badly), I’m wondering. Could this be a “set up”? What I’m saying is since race/racism is such a relavent factor in this country, could this be a lesson in the making? Kind of like a reverse “Bradley Effect”.

For those of you that don’t know about the Bradley Effect”, basically this is when you have people saying they’re going to vote for one candidate, making it appear as if that paticular candidate w/win but then when they vote they don’t vote for that said candidate.

Americans are saying they want him in office, successfully get Barak in the White House, will he be “sacraficed” just so some folks can get an ‘I told ya so’or ‘stay in your place’moment? I’m just wondering.

There seems to be conflict from every angle. The general media has been uncommonly kind to this Black candidate, more than we expected them to be. You have White folks acutally saying on TV they want him for President and the polls are boasting of his lead over McCain. Then you have the flip side: racist comments at rallys, news spots about racist voters, Black republicans saying “no Obama” and Fox news.

I want Obama to be President not because he’s Black but because I believe in him. However, I wasn’t born in the 50′s or 60′s and I damn sure don’t want any of those days to return. If we have ignorance coming out of the woodwork right now and the man hasn’t even taken office yet, imagine what may happen if and when he does.

I’m afraid for him, but I’m also afraid of what I might do if that sh*t were to happen.

Peace.

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