October 16, 2008

1.) Barack’s biggest problem throughout his whole campaign has been the people that support him. He is said to be leading in PA but McCain is turning up the pressure in this state. That lead won’t stand too much longer if Obama’s friends keep doing things like this…
“Congressman John Murtha raised the controversial topic this week while speaking to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette in his home region of Pennsylvania.
"There is no question that western Pennsylvania is a racist area,'' Murtha was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
Murtha was forced to quickly apologize Thursday as word of his remarks spread and were carried in newspapers and television stations around the country.”
Don’t forget Pittsburg and western PA is ideologically and culturally tied.

2.) McCain has gained an identity for his economic plan. In the final debate Johnny Mac began speaking to “Joe the Plumber”. One huge element that he lacked was a way to connect with the middle class on his policy. He needs to pull some of these people away from Barack. This new discussion has the ability to do that. Even though it has been exposed that Joe the Plumber is not really named Joe nor is he a plumber, it is what the character represented.

3.) The ACORN investigation is going federal. The FBI is now looking into several fraudulent registration cases in Indiana and other states. The longer this story goes the more Obama’s ties to another group or person will hurt his campaign.

4.) From Tuesday to Thursday BO’s lead dropped from 8.1 to 6.8 according to realclearpolitics.com. This website compiles numbers from many credible polls and surveys and averages them for accurate representation.


SIDE NOTE: CNN reported an individual poll, outside of CNN, had Barack only leading by 2 points as of yesterday evening.