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I came across this article in "Time" magazine and it talked about something I've been observing since the start of the campaign. We know that race plays a role in America.
It's not something that can be easily talked about without distracting from the message of this campaign. The Republican party has tried to use race as a wedge between Obama and small-town, working class white America.
One of the strange comments I've heard is that we don't know much about Obama. What is there left to know?
Obama has been very open and we've seen him speak honestly about who he is and his vision for America. That comment says less about Obama and more about those who make such comments. What about Barack makes them uncomfortable?
During the campaign there has been an attempt to portray Obama as the other: a Muslim, a foreigner, or an angry black man. Still, no matter what has been thrown at him, Obama has stayed calm, focused and poised. That says a lot about his character.
Well here is the Time article:
We hear about the latest polls in the media, which at one time favour Barack Obama and at other times they favour John McCain. Polls give a random snapshot of the mercurial mood of voters but they can be inaccurate predictors of the future, especially in a contest as close as this election.
Over this week we had the Republican National Convention (RNC) scheduled to gather in Saint Paul, the capital and second largest city in Minnesota. An unexpected guest crashed the party as Gustav headed toward Louisiana.
Hurricane Gustav came almost exactly three years after Katrina. The botched response and insensitivity during Katrina was something the Republican party wanted to avoid this time.
