Joe,

As it has been said about presidential contests, "The Dems have the 6 point proposals and the Repubs the 3 point victories"...

The Repubs have mastered winning these things... Right now MccIna has packed his campaigne with Bush speechwriters and strategists... It is rumored that Karl Rove has been secretly advising the McCain people and lets not forget the T.Boone's of the world who if the election gets close will spend whatever it take in 527 money to smear the Dem...

Plus, this year there are a large number of people who absolutely won't vote for a black man... Especially in the Southern Staegy states...

LH,

I still have ***hope*** that Obama will outflank McCain in enough states to win and be that "Trojan Horse" and actually be the kind of leader that can sell Congress and the American people on some major mid-course corrections which the country desperately needs...

B~