How The Hell Is Obama Doing So WELL???!!!

[Beetwasher]

I mean a black, young, relatively inexperienced politician, who's middle name is "Hussein" is going up against an established, white, POW/War veteran w/ decades of connections, HUGE celebrity-like name recognition and the reputation of being a moderate "maverick", and yet Obama is maintaining a lead in pretty much every poll. How is that possible? What is wrong w/ McCain that he hasn't put this thing away already?

[tblue]

1. One word: B*SH! n/t

[Virginia Dare]

9. Let's give Obama some credit though too...

I was an early Edwards supporter, but damn he's good.

[tblue]

13. Of course.

I was an Edwards supporter, too.

[Phredicles]

28. As a Kucinich/Gore guy, I agree.

[Olney Blue]

2. That's a great way to frame it- It's McCain who's unable.....

[Motown_Johnny]

3. Being right on the issues helps.

[knixphan]

20. ex-ACT-ly.

[eleny]

4. Excellent!

That really is the question, isn't it! :thumbsup: :kick:

[I Have A Dream]

5. Because Obama's a better candidate than McCain.

:eyes:

[Windy]

6. I love the way you think!!! :0) keep talkin' !!! nt

[Wickerman]

7. I've often wondered how he is doing so well, considering all the mis-ques

his campaign makes¹.





¹ - According the pundits on DU.

[Sparkly]

8. K&R

Wonder when Tweety et al will start asking THAT question!!

[BeatleBoot]

10. October.

Talk to me then.

Like around October 20th.

If you think this is a free ride, you've got another thing coming.

[Beetwasher]

11. Uhh, What?

Who said anything about free rides?

[BeatleBoot]

15. Me for one, It's been exactly that., so far.

A free ride.

Things are going to get bumpy - right quick.

I would love for them not to, but I'm a realist.

That's what I meant.

[Beetwasher]

23. LOL!

Do you mean to say Obama's had a free ride? :rofl:

On what planet?

Next you'll tell me it's the "liberal" media that's giving him this free ride and that they're too tough on McCain. :eyes:

[BeatleBoot]

24. Buckle up.

Helmet on.

[Beetwasher]

26. That's What She Said

n/t

[nolabels]

37. That was just what i was thinking too, that dang liberal corporate run media again !

Too bad for McSame, he could of used a fairness doctrine :rofl:

[MonteLukast]

12. This has been done to death, but...

I will never stop smiling about this. :)

[JuniperLea]

14. Obama is a human being...

That other guy, not so much.

[MadMaddie]

16. Iraq

...Katrina...Brownie.Rove....Failed banks, ..home foreclosures...car industry tanking....loss of jobs....food price increase......

Obama is everything that McCain, the Neocons and this administration are not.

[TheCowsCameHome]

17. Mummified old men typically do poorly in presidential contests.

Like the one the 'pukes are offering up.

[BeatleBoot]

19. Just ask Jimmy Carter what Mummies did for him.

Buckle up and put your helmet on, girls.


They won't go lightly in the night.

[MonteLukast]

21. Obama's the first politician in years to be saying things with actual substance...

... and that we're actually listening to.

It could've been John Kerry. It should've been.

We didn't give him a chance, but that doesn't stop him from saying salubrious things.

[Posteritatis]

33. Hey, Ashcroft did lose an election to a corpse once.. (nt)

[CatWoman]

18. Hi Snoogums

:hi:

always a pleasure to see you.

The reason Obama is doing so well?

look at GD.

look at LBN.

People are SICK TO DEATH of the impotent, incompetent GOP!!!

0h yeah: also McCain is a doddering old fucking IDIOT!!

[Median Democrat]

22. Perspective - Obama Could Be The First Democrat To Win Pop Vote Since 1976!

I think folks who complain about Obama not doing better in the polls simply do not know their history. No Democrat has won 50% of the popular vote since Carter, who won in part due to the disgust with the impeachment of Richard Nixon, and Carter only won 50.1 percent of the vote. Consider that, Nixon was impeached! Nixon/Ford presided over the tail end of the Vietnam war in which thousands of Americans died. Yet, Carter only won the popular vote by 0.1 percent!

Bill Clinton did not win a majority of the popular vote in either of his elections even in 1996 as an incumbent against a weak challenger.

So, the Big Media theme that Obama should be doing better is bullshit. We may hate the Iraq war, but the Vietnam war was far more bloody and divisive, and Nixon was actually impeached. With this history, it is naive to assume that Obama was going to have an easy ride to the White House. Indeed, with the consolidation of Big Media into just 5 large pro-GOP corporations, I would argue that it is harder now than ever before for a Democrat to get elected to the Presidency.

If it weren't for Obama's use of the internet, Obama's personal charisma and ability to fundraise, and the efforts of thousands of volunteers, Obama would be getting rolled by the GOP Big Media juggernaut.

[ileus]

25. Old turd that even his own party doesn't like.

[ecstatic]

27. i like that framing :) nt

[cliffordu]

29. Excellent observation, excellent post K&R.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

30. Excellent point. Any other Dem would be ten points behind McCain

[Cha]

31. The Perfect Storm for America

to actually benefit from hard work and intelligence.

[Gregorian]

32. He knows how to orate.

He projects an image of knowledge and trust. He's also extremely politically bright. Take a look at the way he presented himself to the world with his Europe trip.

If being right on the issues counted, Kucinich would be our nominee. But he doesn't present like Obama.

There is a facet to your question that I keep asking myself, just as you are. And i don't have complete answers to it. It IS surprising on face value how he got into this position.

Plus I think a fraction more Americans are starting to come out of unconsciousness after all of the disasters we've been subjected to.

[kurtboss]

34. This Is Great

Of course the answer is two part.

1. He's amazingly gifted.

2. He's running at exactly the right moment.


But, obviously the frame is what's important, not the answer. The media needs to get this somehow.

[redstate_democrat]

35. I KNOW! Obama is kicking butt right now and some on DU act like thesky is falling on their heads.

Obama is doing fine and as expected for right now. People are involved in this election that have never even been involved let alone VOTED before.

I'm already doing 1000% more in this election than I did in 2004. I know I am not the only one either. This thing will be a landslide by the time November gets here.

[opihimoimoi]

36. Its Destiny, the Perfect Election for Obama, the Timing...and McGrumpys

Neg persona, etc...

The Need for Sanity and Reality....Obama fills that need.

[RNdaSilva]

38. It WILL BE a landslide...

[DangerDave921]

42. No No No

It will not be a landslide by any stretch. Don't get overconfident. Coasting is not the answer.

[VolcanoJen]

39. Crazy Talk!!!!

;-)

:hug: Beetwasher :hug:

[barack the house]

40. That's the real question. Like it.. =)

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[Beetwasher]

43. Kick

n/t