Palin vs Obama

Far far too early to conclude this is all over for Obama. The national polls at present show McCain with a 1 to 2 per cent lead, but it is quite likely that this post convention bounce will fade. Palin has attracted much publicity but if she continues making clangers like not knowing what the Bush doctrine is - the central flank in George Bush's foreign policy since 9/11 - then the attractiveness of Palin to the McCain ticket will also start to fade. Also, if ones look at the way the all important electoral college is playing out, it seems that Palin is boosting massively McCain's support in the South, but the South was his anyway. In the East / New England, it has also boosted McCain but the Dems have a lock on the New England area. In the West there has been no bounce at all and in the critical mid west, a very small one. So it is all to play for and the debates will be key

I agree evans...that's what I'm waiting for...the debates. I have read both candidates history and views but I want conversation...I want unscripted answers to the questions we have on our minds.

I'm so glad you mentioned the Bush Doctrine. I am surprised more people aren't disturbed by this major blunder. The Bush Doctrine is the essence of the current administration's justification for the war. Whether you think the war is right or wrong, or that the doctrine is right or wrong, isn't nearly as important as knowing what the Bush Doctrine is. IT'S THE 'JUSTIFICATION' FOR THE WAR!!!! How can a potential leader of a warring nation NOT know what the justification of that war is? HOW CAN REPUBLICANS IGNORE THIS? I don't get it. I listen to republican radio everyday. I am not a republican, but I have to listen to what conservatives are saying because they scare me. I was hoping, foolishly, that someone would take issue with the fact that she doesn't understand foreign policy AT ALL. Nope. They just felt it was nit-picking. I just don't get blind party allegiance of registered republicans. There's evidence of her lying, rewriting history, evading the judiciary process, and being dangerously ignorant of international relations. Still, they band together and chant "give 'em hell, Sarah!" Well, Bush has been giving them hell for 8 years. Republicans must love the results.