Mr Moran, there are plenty of problems where 80% of the people agree there is a problem, they just don’t agree on the solution. I’m sure you could find that 80% of Americans think there are problems with the health care system and 80% agree that Social Security is going bankrupt and so on and so forth. What they don’t agree on is the solution to these problems. Some want to fix health care by going the socialized medicine route. Others want free market solutions. 80% of Americans may say the things are headed the wrong way but that in no way implies that they think the secular messiah Obamba has the answers. Obamba is ultra-liberal, has no experience except for running for office, his only credentials for being a uniter seem to be a sincere desire to bridge differences between the far left wing and the conventional left wing of his party. Oh, and he supported an ethics reform bill that passed, if not unanimously then near so. Something with that kind of support is not contentious or controversial. There are only two men in national politics who risked their standing in their own party to reach across the aisles on matters of conscience and they are John McCain and Joseph Leiberman.
Beyond all that, it is early days yet. At this point Dukaka held a double digit lead over old Bush. Gore and Kerry were both ahead. People are not paying attention yet and won’t really focus until this Fall. I predict that while many people are not overly enthusiastic about McCain, they won’t be able to bring themselves to drink the Obama Kool-aid. Look at how well the Hillary did in the April and May primaries. She was shrill and not terribly likeable but she cleaned his clock in state after state. He drew huge crowds, was the subject media adulation, and outspent her 2-3 to 1 but she kept winning the primaries. Also, notice in primary after primary, the people who made up their minds in the last 2-3 days before the primary went overwhelmingly for the Hilary. In state after state he polled well early on (remember the polls about how he was gaining ground in Ohio, Texas, Indiana, and so?) and lost in the end. Obamba has a 5-7 point edge now, will it hold up and be enough come election day? Hmm, I don’t think so.
