Slam Dunk

This election should be a slam dunk to quote George Tenet.

Could Bush be any more unpopular? Well, to my mind, yes. I'd like to see a -5 rating. Is there any topic more talked about than gas prices? Are people freaking out? No and yes. Banks are failing. The stock market is a roller coaster ride. (Could someone please explain to me how Apple can be down when the iPhone is selling like hot cakes?)

The Democratic nominee should be up by at least 10-15 points. Why then can't Senator Obama close the deal?

He should have gotten a bounce when Senator Clinton suspended her campaign. He should have gotten a bounce after his world tour. And yet, in the latest CNN/Gallup poll McCain is ahead.

I live in the coveted I-4 corridor in Florida. I drive about 500 miles a week. I have seen one Obama bumper sticker and one Obama yard sign. There are more Ron Paul signs still up.

Are people still un-engaged? Maybe. I don't think that the FISA capitulation or the lie about Public Financing are affecting the polls. I don't think that Senator Obama calling the Senate Banking Committee "HIS" is the reason, either. That's for the political junkies like us. It could be the lingering impact of Reverend Wright. It's no longer news, of course, but it says so much about who he is. How could he sit in a pew for twenty years and listen to that bile? It could be that we're tired of being called racist because we don't support him. It's an insult and it negates what is real racism. It could be his "bitter" comment. We're not smart enough to see the greatness that is Obama. It could be he said he would get all of "her" votes. It could just be that in these scary times we are nervous about putting a man in power who has no experience.

CNN blames Senator Clinton for not campaigning enough for Senator Obama. She's been in the Senate doing the job she was elected to do. Including voting against FISA.

Maybe it's Katie Curik's fault for pushing him on the Surge.

Maybe it's going to the gym in Berlin instead of visiting Landstuhl and then blaming the Pentagon. That's a great way to be Commander in Chief!

This election is Obama's to win or lose. Even for people who barely follow the news, there's something not right about him. Snobbery? Arrogance? Flat out liar?

He may be able to hit a three pointer but this election is no slam dunk.