Richard L., you are correct. I am voting Obama, but I promise to keep the discussion civil. The Economist is a pretty well respected magazine, so I wouldn’t go down the Euro-rag road that quickly. That said, I read the WSJ article, where about half declined to respond:

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2008/05/08/many-economists-back-mccain-but-more-are-silent/

Only about 27 people responded compared to 142 for the Economist.

Frank, I would ask you to google some of the videos at Palin rallies where crowd members shouted “kill him” or the McCain rally where someone yelled terrorist within earshot, or the “parking lot video” from Strongsville where people identified Obama as an actual terrorist or Mr. Keating’s latest comments on Obama being a “street guy”.

Is winning so important that we have to go there? I’m fine defending policy, character or intelligence, but the vitriol is getting a bit much, no?