cfbleachers, You are absolutely correct the race will be decided in the middle. The electorate is a perfect example of a standard deviation curve (Bell curve) with 10% on each extreme and 80% in the middle. McCain is seen as a conservative by the left and as a liberal by much of the right, placing him in the middle. Obama is seen as a socialist or worse by the right and he’s all over the place as seen by the left because he’s changed his position so much. Blacks, as a voting bloc have never been in the middle, at least in the last 40 years. Hispanics are not monolithic in their voting habits, at least not in Texas. During the primaries, Hillary excoriated Obama. She exposed him to her 18 million voters, as the empty suit with the radical (Ayers), racist (Wright-Flegler), and crooked Rezko, longtime associates. Many of them see Obama just the way you and I see him. A recent Fox News Poll indicated that “28% of Hillary’s supporters, up from 21% in June were voting for McCain. Read the comments of any blog that supported Hillary in the primaries and you will see that their anger is real and it runs deep. What this all means is the democratic party is split. This means that 350,000 Hillary supporters in both Ohio and Pa. for example are going to vote for McCain. In 2004, Bush won Ohio, by 135,000 votes and lost Pa by 130,000 votes. If Obama loses Ohio and Pa he can NOT win.
http://www.timesleader.com/news/Dem_group__backing__McCain_10-06-2008.html
