Is Southwestern Ohio Still McCain Country?
Statistics would probably tell you that a pick-up driving, hair-dressing, white woman in her 40s from Hamilton, Ohio would be solidly in McCain’s column. Yesterday, one such woman showed up at our Bakesale for Barack ($450 raised) having seen our sign from the road while scoping out the parking situation in Oxford for today’s walk-a-thon. Not only is she solidly for Barack and terrified of the possibility of Palin ending up as President but she sees the same fear eroding McCain’s support among her Republican friends and clients. As a hair-dresser at a nursing home for women, she’s finding that the staunchest of Republican grannies are becoming increasingly uncomfortable with Palin’s presence on the ticket (can you blame them?), and are beginning to see Obama as a viable alternative to lead the country. Post-debate polls seem to confirm that this view of Obama is taking hold.
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which is exactly what happened with Obama during the Obama-McCain debate. Everbody expected McCain to trounce Obama during the foreign policy part. It wasn’t an absolute thrashing, but (i feel) he still bettered Obama. But nevertheless–whammo!–an Obama victory!
I too am excited for Thursday night…honestly, I feel like the expectations are so low for SP after her fumbling interview w/ Kitty Couric and overall inaccessibility, that a moderately lackluster performance will be seen by some as a success.
Agreed, regardless of what she says there’s probably a fairly large contingent of folks who will vote for her b/c she’s like someone they know.
my take is that Ohio will again have the most narrow of margins, like 2004, and likely let McCain squeak by.
I think Palin may have disappointed some potential voters in the last week with a lackluster and conflicted response to some foreign policy questions, but I think her presence on the ticket still activates more potential voters than anybody has been able to count. I’m anxious for the debate Thursday night–it’s possible more people will tune into that debate than last Friday’s debate.
Okay, this one isn’t my fault… I specifically chose the “politics” category this time.