Religon plays a far less important role this time around. They now know that Bush Inc. used them & that many hold them to blame for the condition of the present day state of the union & their priorities aren't the focus this time around. Gay rights, civil marriages, pro-life, while not under the radar those issues are certinally not as important because McCain can't find a way to play those cards effectively & he can't figure out how to play the "race card" either. But McCain has played it so close to Bush's hand following him like a puppet that he can't break away from the "new Bush" image & that card the dem's will hopefully keep throwing out onto the table. McCain has also made a good few enemies within his own party as well as outside with his temper, so when his passion finaly does come out it's gonna seem like Howard Dean's "scream", just let it happen once. Oh, McShame's "family values" his second wife doesn't come close to Obama's 1st but put her aside Joe Biden's wife & family & the republican family value trumpet will be blowing their nose.

As far as liberal, it's not gonna amount to much. I truely belive that the republicans have made their party very "unhealthy" & "sick" in the eyes of many voters, oh ya, they (the American public) may forget but.... When one looks over the past 8 yrs it's hard not to remember what this country's lost (they just need to be reminded, constantly) & after watching parts of the DNC, I seem to see a common thyme developing. Obama will not trash & go on about the past 8 yrs but I'll bet that Dennis (who's gonna be seen & heard from a lot more in the future, hopefully), Joe & a good few other high profile Dem's are gonna start pounding away at how this country's been raped by those that the Repub party's been seen sleeping with. Like a brick wall that the wrecking ball keeps hitting at I believe that this will be a landslide election year for the dem's. Most people I know & talk to aren't moderate or liberal, they're fuming, they're really pissed, they're more scared, more hungry, poorer than they've ever been before.
They're losing their homes, they can't figure out how to pay for their kids education or how to pay for their own medical bills. They haven't got a clue about how they'll survive into retirement, how to afford the long commutes to work & still pay the grocery bills at the same time. They see that big business is doing fantastic & they wonder where their American Dream went wrong, who foreclosed on their plans for the future? Who sucked the blood out of their lives.
Never mind the war or our rights to privicy or how homeland security has stolen our freedoms, theyll look past all that but they won't look past what's in front of their faces, they won't look past an empty bank account or refridgerator or the look in their kids eyes when they lose their house or can't afford to send them to college or can't afford anything health calls except when it's to the ER. If anyone thinks that the whole of the working class isn't wondering about these things, even if they won't admit it then they're blind.

Yes, it'll be quite an election, let's hope it doesn't get stolen for the 3rd time, that'll be really ugly.

Barry