Why Obama will win

From the WaPo:

Late last month, a roomful of volunteers in Arlington [Virginia] made calls looking for supporters to come out for a Democratic canvass that drew 2,000 people statewide. [...]

The energy level was a bit lower a couple of days later at McCain's Crystal City office, where 50 volunteers gathered before going to knock on doors.

Things I wish I had written

The Debate Link on a Rasmussen poll finding that 53% of Americans thought that Sen. Obama's "dollar bill" comment was "racist":

It is interesting to me that White voters considered Obama's words to be racist, given that they don't pass the general threshold of racism in American public discourse, which is that nothing can be racist unless it explicitly and overtly expresses malice and hatred towards a racial group. Obama's comments were way to subtle for that, but presumably were covered under the "Black speaker" exception where anything that a Black person says that ties to race or otherness automatically is presumed to be a playing of the race card. And that gets transformed into "racism" because there is nothing more racist than a Black person ever insinuating that there is anything racist in what White people do.

Word.

Gallup or why we need to shut up and stop looking at polls

So, while the "big news" is Rasmussen showing McCain up 47-46 (with leaners), Gallup daily shows Obama up 46-43. This is exactly why we can't cite polling data that is within the margin of error. It's not "proof" of anything aside from the race being close. Also, do not act like this is a national election, because it's not - it's 50 state-level elections. National popularity means nothing - just ask Al Gore. This is why the Fifty State Strategy is the only rational way to look at the election.

Scary

While I have been relatively unconcerned about Hurricane Edouard, this picture gave me pause:

Gosh, we look so tiny compared to it!

Acting "too Presidential"

I'm glad that someone in the traditional media is finally pointing out the blatant stupidity of the charge that Sen. Obama is acting "too presidential."

Like I said before, it's funny how acting "too presidential" was never a bad thing until a Black man started running for President.

Black Republicans

It's nice to see that Lt. Col. Allen West, the Black Republican up for Congress in FL-22 hates his own race:

West seems perfectly suited to soothe a certain type of older voter who intellectually dislikes racism but also fears the black-church-attending Obama. "I never grew an Afro," he tells a cluster of fans at the Coconut Creek retirement village. "I always had a nice little crew cut."

In other words, he denies the "racial" elements of himself in order to make white people more comfortable. That's nice.

Your Media at Work

Jesse astutely points out the racism inherent in the discussion of the candidate's planes, but he misses one other instance of media bias:

Article about John Kerry:

Kerry didn't say how his new wings compare to the Gulfstream jet owned by his wife, philanthropist Teresa Heinz Kerry.

Article about John McCain:

But, we have a librul media, so I shouldn't worry about things like this.