November 3rd, 2008 | 
Author: On the day before many Americans will vote, the candidates and their vice presidential nominees are now putting their attention on just a few States and their emphasis is on swaying those who are still undecided and on trying to make sure that those who have supposedly already decided who to vote for, actually go out and do so.
The vice the vice presidential nominees are probably more important this year than at any time in America’s history and although much has been written about the dangers of voting for McCain because of his age, not much has been written about the dangers of voting for Obama because of his color.
I have many black and white friends that have been telling me for months that if Obama wins that his life will be under constant threat because of his color and it is known that he already receives the protection that is given to a President and not a candidate.
So who would the country want to take over the Presidency if something did happen to either McCain or Obama, and I stress that I wouldn’t want anything untoward to happen to either of them.
Sarah Palin is both adored and hated and there is even talk of her running for the Presidency in 2012 but at the present time there are certainly a great many people that wouldn’t want her to take over the Presidency.
Biden unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 and 2008, both times dropping out early in the process so it doesn’t seem the country would rally around him either.
What were Biden And Palin saying during the final countdown?
Joe Biden was in EVANSVILLE, Ind. and he said that he and Barack Obama would take a bipartisan spirit to the White House in working to revive the nation’s economy and in restoring America’s reputation in the world.
“We have to unite this country”, Biden told about 1,600 people at a downtown rally. “We need to move past the political attacks”.
And in MARIETTA, OH. Sarah Palin unleashed a new attack following the discovery of an audio file of an interview that Barack Obama gave in January 2008.
What does Obama say on the tape?
“So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it’s just that it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted. That will also generate billions of dollars that we can invest in wind, solar, biodiesel and other alternative energy approaches”.
And last minute news from the Obama campaign is that whilst there is optimism about winning the election there are several factors that still raise cause for concern.
Although Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida are still in the Obama column they have all been tightening in the final days and Pennsylvania Democratic Governor Ed Rendell said on Friday, “It’s time for a reality check. We’ve got our work cut out for us.”.
Pennsylvania looks solidly behind Obama but the latest NBC/Mason Dixon poll is showing a a lead of only four points which is within the margin of error and RealClearPolitics shows McCain has whittled six points off Obama’s once 14-point lead in Pennsylvania in the last three weeks.
The most accurate poll in 2004, the Investor’s Business Daily poll has consistently put the national race closer than most other polls do and yesterday it had Obama up only 4.5 points nationally and with 8.7 per cent still saying they were unsure and yesterday’s Hotline Diageo tracking poll put McCain and Obama tied among independent voters when just a week ago Obama led by five points.
Much emphasis has been put on the idea that the youth vote will greatly help Obama, but will the cheering supporters actually vote?
In Florida, where 3.4 million people have already voted, an Orlando Sentinel study found only 15 per cent of them were under age 35.
The Pew Research just came out with its final pre-election poll. After allocating undecidedes nearly evenly between the two candidates, Pew is projecting Obama will finish with 52% of the vote on Tuesday to 46% for John McCain.
This represents an 8-point move towards McCain from Pew’s survey released five days ago showing Obama with a 15-point lead over McCain among likely voters, 53 to 38, as compared to today’s 7-point margin, 49 to 42.
Whereas the so called Bradley effect is not expected to have any major effect it is certain that many Republicans have refused to answer polls and have not disclosed to others who they will vote for and are keeping their heads down until tomorrow.
The following is from a talkback that I read on 10/19/08
25. There is no “Bradley Effect”
because Bradley’s race years ago is the ONLY extant example of it, it cannot be given a name. I call it “bad polling”. But there’s a very real fear out there, and it isn’t of ‘terrorist violence’ as you lamely put it. It’s a fear of telling someone you don’t know, who HAS your phone number, that you WON”T be voting for Obama. In this age, that’s enough to be worried about a future episode of someone calling you a racist publicly. It wouldn’t surprise me in the least if people are not answering correctly, not because they’re racist but they fear to be CALLED racist.
Dave – USA (10/19/2008 19:51)
Whatever the result, it looks as if tomorrow night will be a long and emotional one for hundreds of millions of people, not just in America but around the world.
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