On the drive to Indiana I heard a radio commentator state that a survey found that 8% of white voters will vote against Obama ONLY because he is black and 20% of black voters will vote for Obama ONLY because is black.

I am suspect of such polls, because they say so little. Does this mean that black voters are more racist than white voters? How did the polls isolate the race factor from other factors such as policy? Would the same 8% have voted against Hillary because she was a woman? I suspect that these ‘racist’ oriented voters would have voted for the same party regardless of the race of the candidate.

Likewise I do not understand how a Hillary supporter will now vote for McCain JUST because he now has a woman on the ticket. Palin is about as politically opposite from Hillary as you can get.

Perhaps the critically important middle third that has a mixed bag of viewpoints will make the switch. These people are likely economically conservative and personally liberal. They acknowledge that evil must be fought but may disagree on how. They realize that power must be restrained whether it is in the hands of the government or the private sector. They are pro choice but it is not the litmus test issue it is for many on the left.

Personally I do not think that disaffected Hillary voters are going towards Palin and McCain; I think they are running away from Obama. I also think a lot of Obama’s supporters were running away from Hillary.

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