Very interesting article, but I have to say that if Barack is gonna spend more time pointing out racism where there is none, the fact that he himself won't let racism go out of politics today (with his conatnt "First Black Man" title)will only make him look even worse than he already does. This just proves not that his opponent is succeeding in making him look bad, but that Barack's true nature and his "I am not your regular kind of politician" BS is being seen for what it really is, BS. Barack is just another politician who has played his hand right to woo the country and the world with his "change" campaign, and his flip flopping proves just what exactly he meant by change, as in changing his position on issues to win votes. Just as someone else pointed out before, Barack and McCain, more of the same.

You have it all wrong, but then getting your information from the MSM which adores him, that is not surprising.

First, he has made many major Faux Pas. The latest of which is to dismiss the energy crises as just "under inflated tires and a tune up".

Second, it was not the adoring crowds that angered americans, but the statements he made to them. Better re-read what he said and look at it from the perspective of the FIRST citizen of the US, not a world citizen (he may be both, but he only has to be elected to one of the positions).

Third, the Hilton ad was a fun one, and shows that democrats (or more precisely liberals) have no sense of humor. It did not denigrate him in the least. It was factual and funny, and therefore bad form for the messaniacs. Sorry, for a change that was a good ad, not a bad ad. Teh only racism in it, is in the eye of the offended - the racists themselves who are afraid that socializing among races is verbotten.

Fourth, He is showing the same problems kerry had. Arrogance. He seems to think he already has won, not that he wants to win the election. Over confidence is not a good attribute.

Fifth, Jon Stewart is a liberal. His job is to get laughs. If it is only acceptable to make fun of conservatives, then it seems the people making that statement and the people being offended by Stewart are the ones with the problems.

You get a better idea of the real campaign by reading the literature here than you will reading the fawning press. Obama is being treated better than others because of his race (the press is supersensitive about it and so they are bending over backwards to not offend Obama). for the most part, his campaign is the same old tired liberalism, with nothing really new. Why? because he thinks he can not campaign on anything concrete and still get elected. Much like Kerry did.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. The democrats may not be insane, but they sure are acting that way now.

Imagine if that lead was for McCain over Obama. you would have seen the whole media saying it is over for Obama ... wouldnt they? ... even now when that margin drops to 3 points they say ... look he is losing ....

It is really amazing how they spin his lead ...

Considering all the factors that you listed .... it is very surprising that he has any lead at all.

The McFool goes around and mumbles nonsense policies and they give him a pass ... no challenge at all to his misinformation and lies and sarcasm ... at the same time Obama makes one trivial mistake (and readily understandable) and they parse it in a million way to show he is not ready .....

consistent 4-6 points lead in the middle of all that attack and trivializing ... is truly a big achievement.

Keep in mind that very few won their first term of the presidency with over 2 points margin. GWB won it by 0.0005% (that is 500 votes out of 110 million votes)

  I think you give him too much credit.  I think a decent man would have defended Hillary.  His silence on the sexism issue spoke pretty loudly.  I don't think decent men are constantly condescending to the electorate.  The examples are numerous but I'll just bring up the bitter comment, the fact that he basically thinks we are too stupid to air our tires or speak a foreign language.  The man doesn't even like our country, why does he want to lead it except for self-aggrandizement. 

  People want to see hidden racist agenda in everything.  There was an article about whether Obama was too skinny to be President.  Somehow to some people "skinny" became code for black.  I really don't think it would have mattered if the celebrities were Beyonce and Oprah.  The point is whether Obama has any substance.  I think no. 

  Do a google search on Jesus Obama and you will see that there are over three million results.  Jon Stewart is just commenting on an already existing phenomena.  I think Obama plays into the whole "savior" philosophy. 

President Bush didnt win the popular vote at all mate. He won what really counts, the electoral college.  Nor was it even close to 500 votes, you needed to add 3 zero's on the end. He won the electoral college 271 to 266. 

Thanks for the correction. You are right. I meant 500 votes out of Florida's voters . and yes it is less than 500 votes. i think it was about 300+ votes. but lets say it is 500. then he won the office by winning less than 0.1% of Fl popular votes.

Ah but popular vote doesnt really matter mate, its just the way all the states decide how to elect those that go to the Electoral College.  The U.S. is a Democratic Republic, we dont have mob rule here.

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Well, it may have been but ist was surely in bad taste as it provokes a kind of reaction that is not desireable.

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I agree but that is not due to his race. Obama is a talented man and an exellent speaker with charisma of a rare kind.

I do not think one can doubt the patriotism of Barack Obama. He is a good public servant and I think his stint in the US Senate has been a noteworthy one.

Wow, you give this man way too much credit Bahu. His patriotism can be and has been questioned. His own wife did not feel proud of her country till her husband began to run for president. And his Senate record? Shameful does not begin to describe it. What's the purpose of making yourself the representative of the people of your state when every time a vote was required you put in "Present" rather than "yes" or "no" (or what ever they use to agree or disagree)? I am totally blown by how some see Obama as simply making minor mistakes while McCain is bashed as some kind of war criminal for doing the same.

When you say media, are you talking about Foxnews? Cause from where I stand the media loves making Obama to be Obi Wan Kenobi "our only hope". One would think Obama is "The One". The guy who can free mankind from "The Matrix", the one "who will bring balance to The Force", "Superman".

Seriously folks. Obama is just another politician, a guy who wooed everyone with his stance against Big Oil and is not considering some offshore drilling, a guy who criticized his own countrymen for not knowing French while illegal immigrants don't have to learn English because all 1-800 numbers have "Para Español, oprima 2 (Please press 2 for Spanish)". A guy who thinks oil prices are not too high, they just went up too fast. A guy who thinks our oil problems could be solved by check our tire air pressure. A guy who won't accept that the surge in Iraq worked.

Not mature enough to discuss a subject intelligently instead of childishly?

McCain is not in the same league as Obama.

Yes when Obama is the official candidate he has to pitch to the center of the political field and this means making compromises.

He is the problem with racism and fear mongering.

And there I was thinking that Bill Clinton was the first black President.

It will be tough to elect a guy who shares the same name as the dictator of a regime we just toppled.