My Prediction of Vice-Presidental Debate

I have a prediction that more people will watch the vice-Presidential Debate than any other of the Presidential Debates. What we are about to witness is historical and people will want to see it.

Now I do not want to put any pressure on Palin but this debate is so vitally important for the McCain campaign.

I believe that if Palin can hit a triple or knock one out of the park in the debate the boost hat the McCain campaign will receive will help them glide comfortable into the election. I think that they will even get a couple of points ahead in the polls from this.

Yes I do know that they are behind in the polls by 5 points but that is all the medias polls. As I said before I really think that McCain is behind only by 1 maybe 2 points at the most. If Plain can hit a good one in this debate I think she might sum it up for them.

Let me know what you think and what you want to hear from the Vice-Presidential Debate.

Pastors Preach Politics from Pulpit and Risk Tax excempt status

For more than half a century, members of the clergy in the United States have been prevented by federal law from endorsing political candidates from the pulpit. But now, with five weeks to go until Election Day, some clergy are saying the 2008 presidential election is too important to remain publicly impartial, and they are openly breaking the ban.

On Sunday, the Rev. Wiley Drake, pastor of the First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, California, put his congregation at risk of losing its tax-exempt status by endorsing third-party candidate Alan Keyes for president.

“If I’ve been asked once, I’ve been asked a dozen or more times, why are you doing what you are doing,” said Drake, who was once targeted by the IRS for supporting political candidates from the pulpit.

“Well I’m doing what I’m doing because I’m angry, I’m mad.

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Obama inches ahead in tight race | csmonitor.com

Obama inches ahead in tight race | csmonitor.com

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Barack Obama has picked up steam.

Over the past two weeks he’s seen a small but steady rise in the polls. Immediately after the Republican Convention, the Illinois senator trailed his rival John McCain by three points in the various daily tracking polls. Senator Obama is now up by as many as six or seven points.

Pollsters say that’s in part because the vital independent voters are now shifting his way.

“There are still a substantial number of independents that are undecided, principally independent women,” says pollster John Zogby. “But as a group, they’ve begun to swing over to Obama, but not in large enough numbers yet to close the deal.”

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McCain Accuses Press of ‘Gotcha Journalism’

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By Howard Kurtz
John McCain accused the media of “gotcha journalism” in response to a question about whether his running mate had contradicted him on his policy toward Pakistan.

Over the weekend, Sarah Palin told a voter in a restaurant that the U.S. should launch cross-border attacks from Afghanistan into Pakistan to “stop the terrorists from coming any further in.” That appeared to contradict McCain’s criticism of Barack Obama for talking about such potential tactics in public.

In a joint interview with CBS’s Katie Couric Monday, McCain defended Palin and at one point intercepted a question intended for her. Here’s how the exchange went:

COURIC: Is that something you shouldn’t say out loud, Sen. McCain?

McCAIN: Of course not. But, look, I understand this day and age “gotcha” journalism. Is that a pizza place? In a conversation with someone who you didn’t hear … the question very well, you don’t know the context of the conversation. Grab a phrase. Gov. Palin and I agree that you don’t announce that you’re going to attack another country.

COURIC: Are you sorry you said it …

McCAIN: …And the fact …

COURIC: Governor?

McCAIN: Wait a minute. Before you say, “is she sorry she said it,” this was a “gotcha” sound bite that, look …

COURIC: It wasn’t a “gotcha.” She was talking to a voter.

McCAIN: No, she was in a conversation with a group of people and talking back and forth.

I think that what this reporter reported said is so right. All the journalist are trying to do is catch Plain in a lie or slip up so they can say “Ha caught you”. It is ridiculous. You do not see them doing that with Obama.

One of my biggest clicked on articles is “Obama says he is a Muslim”. Why did the media not play that all over the country. Well we all know why no need to waist my fingers typing it out.

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How is Palin doing

How is Palin doing with her image in America. Has she become a liability to the McCain Campaign or is her image continuing to help them.

In a recent Associated Press-Yahoo News poll conducted during the first half of September, 61 percent said they did not think Palin — governor for less than two years and former small-town mayor — has the right experience to be president. Lately though, with more of a public view, that has changed.

“If you only have one or two interviews, the focus goes on those and any mistake is going to be amplified dramatically,” Mitt Romney, who lost a bid for the GOP nomination and now supports McCain, said Monday on NBC’s “Today” show. “So let her get out there and be herself.”

Palin though continues to help with the conservative bade that makes up the Republican party. With certain states like Pennsylvania and Ohio the conservative image is key.

“If you look at the states that are really in play, at least here in the upper Midwest, the criticisms that come from the coasts don’t play here,” said John Truscott, a GOP consultant in Lansing, Mich. “If anything, they infuriate people more.”

Palin also still gets that I can be you image. At a dinner last night I was having with a doctor friend of mine he was saying how woman can relate to Palin and how they could see themselves in her shoes.

“She represents the average American more than anyone else in this election,” said Tricia Crabb, 26, a McCain supporter from Hilliard, Ohio. “You want someone to run the country who has the same views as you.”

As Palin continues to grow I think it will be a help to the campaign. The more she stands her ground the better. And I know for a fact that she will be a contender in 2012.

Bush is disappointed with bail out results

A White House spokesman says President Bush is very disappointed in Monday’s House vote rejecting the administration’s rescue plan for the nation’s financial industry.

“There’s no question that the country is facing a difficult crisis that needs to be addressed,” said spokesman Tony Fratto. He said the president will be meeting with members of his team later in the day “to determine next steps.”

Bush is “very disappointed” with the vote, Fratto said.

Obama ups criticism of McCain, Wall Street

GREENSBORO, N. C. — One day after a debate in which some of his supporters here thought he was too polite, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on Saturday came out swinging against Wall Street and his Republican rival, John McCain.

Appearing with his running mate, Joe Biden, in front of a flag-decked train station, Obama tried to turn McCain’s aggressive style to his own advantage, portraying his opponent as more interested in scoring points than in presenting a program.

“John McCain had a lot to say about me, but nothing to say about you,” Obama told a crowd of 20,000 who waited for the Democratic candidates under drizzly skies.

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