Polls

Battleground States
Florida: 48.5 vs. 45.0
Obama +3.5
North Carolina: 49.0 vs. 46.0
Obama +3.0
Virginia: 51.0 vs. 44.5
Obama +6.5
Ohio: 49.2 vs. 43.4
Obama +5.8
Missouri: 48.0 vs. 47.8
Obama +0.2
Colorado: 50.8 vs. 44.3
Obama +6.5
Nevada: 50.3 vs. 43.3
Obama +7.0

I really wish I could vote.
Despite my mildly insufficient blogging, I really am interested in the election. :)

Misc.

1)I saw two semi-trucks today with 'Vote Obama-Biden on November 4th' on the side of them with a huge picture of each. It was really funny. And it just demonstrates really how much money Obama's campaign is pulling in that they can invest in something like little moving billboards like that.

2)Christian's grandma voted for Ralph Nader because she didn't want to be responsible for either Obama or McCain taking office. That was funny too. I've heard people say that the public seem to be voting for or against Obama, rather than for McCain. This seemed to be an example of that attitude to me because she didn't want Obama in office but she didn't like McCain.

3)A few people on t.v. a few days ago said they were scared of Obama. What? They're scared he'll take their money? Or scared he'll keep abortion legal? This wasn't funny, it was just ridiculous. Give me one legitimate reason to be scared of him. Really.

Kids Voting

Kids Voting was a little stupid. We didn't get to voice our opinions on any of the really controvercial issues, just on the tax issues. I helped my dad fill out his real mail-in ballot, which was much more exciting. The two issues I thought were most important were whether or not to make amendments to the state constituion harder to pass, and whether to change the 'definition of a person' in the Colorado constitution. These two pair together well because if the first goes into effect, it will be harder for amendments like the second to get on the ballot. One girl got the abortion issue on the ballot, and I don't think it's a fair representation of what the state wants. The ballots would be shorter if it was harder to get amendments on them, and overall would be more significant.

P.S.

Colin Powell?
Obama is reinforcing, activating and converting.
He's unstoppable.

Gov. Sarah Palin

Spoof Katie Couric interviewing Sarah Palin

I love it.

I'm still deciding whether I'm going to go see Palin tomorrow. It would be really interesting to hear what she has to say from her own mouth, to see if she seems more intelligent in person. And the FMHS Jazz Choir is singing so how could I not go?
But really, I don't know if it would be worth it.

She opposes everything that women have been working to achieve for the last 200 years. And she doesn't recognize that she's reaping the benefits of all of it.

Healthcare

McCain is proposing to give $5000 dollars a year to every family or $2500 to every individual, as well as tax any money that people's employers would give to them.
Most people would easily have to pay that much in 6 months, and much, much more per year.
Tell me why he thinks this is going to work?

My friends...

McCain really said nothing in the presidential debate last night. He defended himself against whatever Obama said, but added nothing new to the arguments. It was like he was giving a series of pep talks as opposed to addressing any plans of his. He did talk about his $5000 health insurance plan, but it wasn't clear if that money would be given to families or individuals. If it was for individuals it would work most of the time but not all, and if it was for families it would not work. This one plan that he did explain was so unclear that it fell short of a good argument. His performance last night did nothing for his campaign.

Obama's performances have been consistent, and last night was no different.

McCain looks like he's going to have a heart attack. This concerns me.

holla.

VP Debate

I didn't really learn much from the vice presidential debate. Both of the candidates seemed pretty middle of the road, or they talked around the questions. It's been suggested that Palin step down as McCain's vp because she knows so little, and although this debate didn't really strengthen Biden's image, it did no good for Palin either. She still seems a little out of the loop.