Ok, so most of us already knew this. But I am happy to see that others are coming to the same realization. Given that “change” was never part of McCain’s front-and-center campaign slogan, it is understandable that jumping on the change bandwagon halfway through the campaign season won’t just change the public’s perception of a candidate. And to read that polling finds that McCain “is widely viewed as a ‘typical Republican’ who would continue or expand President Bush’s policies” is even better. For a while there, I was beginning to wonder just how gullible the American people were. I mean, if you want to vote for McCain because you like Bush’s policies, or because he was a P.O.W., or because you’re more committed to ending a woman’s right to choose than you are to sound economic, domestic, and foreign policy, that’s fine. But don’t vote for him because he says he’s going to change Washington. That just doesn’t make sense.

 

The polls do put McCain ahead of Obama in terms of who is better prepared to be Commander-in-Chief, but voters have greater confidence in Obama’s ability to manage the economy. Obama is up in the polls nationwide, but not by a landslide by any means. Read more.

 

Even though it still seems like it’s going to be a tight race, I’m happy to see that the post-convention high is dissipating and that people are getting back to focusing on the real issues. Because no matter how many times McCain says the word change, it doesn’t change his record. And no matter how many countries Palin can name or how many cutsie lipstick jokes she’s got up her sleeve, none of that will substitute for her lack of knowledge and experience on the very real problems that face the American people. 

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