What is "true" is that YOUR prejudices match Obama's prejudices.

But make no mistake, those prejudices don't match truth or reality.

Not in midwestern small town MN, not in small town western PA (where my partner is from, and he was in Philly for the debates last night, and is now headed home for the weekend).

You see, in those places, Obama's elitist pandering to the wealthy San Fran money folk DOES matter. It DOES change their opinion of him.

Now, will it cause them not to vote for him?

Not likely. EVERYONE is desperate to get rid of this Republican stranglehold on our way of life and our government.

But don't mistake those votes with either agreement with Obama, or with liking him or believing in him as a great leader. People just want the Republicans out of the White House, so will vote for whomever the Democratic candidate is--and voters have been telling us that for months.

It is all doublespeak and hypocrisy, from the Clinton camp and the Obama camp and the McCain camp. Voters know that. This is lesser of two evil voting. The "surge" in voter registration shows how unhappy voters are--NOT that they are gung ho for a particular candidate.

We all just want the nightmare to end.

No one can make me believe that voters are swinging to Obama because he is the next JFK. I haven't spoken to one single Obama voter who says that, including the African American colleagues I work with who will vote for him in the fall.

No, that isn't what this election is going to be about.

What this election will be about is getting rid of the neocons.

Nothing more, nothing less.