Posted by
Bob B on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:01:15 PM
The Short answer is the ‘likely voters’ are getting to know Barack Obama. They are discovering his associations with Rezko, Wright and Ayers are not mistakes he made along the way. Rather they are what defines the man. It is becoming apparent that this candidate who never crossed the party line on a controversial issue has no grounds to call himself more of a unifier than a maverick from the other side. Likely voters are turning from a candidate with a Messianic image to one who is an earthly straight shooter.
From Saddleback Mountain to Georgia, McCain shines while Obama demurs with responses like “That’s above my pay grade”. The Rev Warren’s debate was as fair as it gets and the American people know that. Obama came out number 3 in that 2 man contest. And on Georgia, McCain condemned Russia immediately for their invasion of a free and democratic sovereign nation. It took Obama 3 tries and 3 days to do the same. This did not go unnoticed.
To some Barack may be the Messiah they have been waiting for, but others are coming to see him as just another garden variety Democrat and one who is something less than presidential at that.