One Week To Go: State of the Race

When Obama said that the race will "tighten up", he wasn't joking.  his once-double-digit lead in the polls has shrunk to somewhere between 7 points and a statistical tie.  Now, I'm not a fan of the polls.  In fact, I think they're one of the worst ideas for our political system.  But that's another story for another day (I seriously have said something to that tune a million times, I don't know when I'll get to writing about all of them).

Anywho, onto the race today.

A few posts ago, I mentioned how McCain needed to rally the Republican base.  Boy has he done that.  Republicans left and right are coming out of the woodworks, and this election is looking tighter and tighter by the day.  What is it that makes Republicans so excited come election day?  Fear?  Nah.  Loyalty.  Democratic thinktanks all over the place will tell you how the Republican support has been deteriorating over the years, but they never fail to come out and make a race of it.  Even when Democrats have called this race already won by Obama, the Conservative base is still radically supporting their boy, John McCain.

The VPs are hitting rough times, with the Liberals finding more and more pointless things to say about Palin and the Conservatives questioning the sobriety of Joe Biden.  But this is typical.  The VPs get more scrutiny than the actual Presidents, it's whatever.  Not a huge issue.

One more thing to touch on.  Obama boycotting an entire news station?  Yup.  In Florida, Joe Biden was slammed by Barbara West, a television anchor.  Hard questions for the Obama campaign?  UNHEARD OF!  Anyway, they reacted by shutting down all potential interviews with that station.  So that's why the media puts the baby gloves on when they're interviewing Obama.