Colin Powell

Who would have guessed that Colin Powell would have endorsed Barack Obama publicly. One of the most conservative republicans around going with the democrats. People say that race has had an effect on his decision, but i think that is not the reason for his endorsement. If he was merely voting for Obama becuase of his race there would have been no need for a public endorsement. He must obvisously feel better with Obama running the country then McCain, even though they happen to be close friends. This endorsement may help Obama win some electoral votes from some of the more conservative states. They might be thinking that a conservative republican like him endorsing a liberal democrat must mean that he ios the better candidate. this could be helpful in soldifiying some of the states leaning democrat. TO conclude, McCain just had his good friend vote for the other guy, Sucks to be him, especially wiht these poll numbers.

The Polls

Let me start by retracting my previous statement about palin and soccer moms. What i failed to realize when i wrote that is that her plan was to get down to our level so to speak. She wanted to portray herself as one of us.
Anyway, lets talk about the polls. The Gallup Poll has Obama leading by 7% today. But, even though seemingly every poll and all the media say that Obama has won it already, you cant know till its over. While watching the news this morning they talked about this very subject. While talking about this they brought up the 1982 governor election in California. A black man was a candidate in the election, and was ahead almost 10% in the polls. For the last month before the elections it was clear that he would be the next governor, his name was Arnold Bradley(correct me if i am wrong). When the elections were over, he had lost the race. Even though the polls had said he was up by 10% he still lost. They then named this the Bradley effect. It means that people will agree with one candidate because it is popular, and becuase they dont want to appear to be racist in this case. So even though the polls have Obama way ahead of Mccain, you wont be sure till the election is over.

VP Debate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXJ4Dk33cCQ

Well, this video sums it up. Both candidates failing to really say anything most of the time. But, remember if we ever need an opinion on the economy go to a soccer game and ask a soccer mom. Palin also failed to answer a question directly and even said she wouldn't answer the question the way the moderator wanted them to be answered, but talk to the American people. Biden also liked to repeat his answers several times before handing the question over to Palin. Another bad part of the debate was how off topic the candidates got. Sarah Palin remembered to give a 'shout out' to a class of third graders, cant forget them when in a debate. In conclusion the debate was a failure, i would say Biden won, but only because he wasa the lesser of the two evils so to speak. Neither of them really swayed anyone, if anything they both discredited themsleves through this debate.