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Obama and McCain are Even According to Latest Polls

In yet another setback for the Obama campaign, recent polls by Rasmussen show that McCain and Obama are even, erasing a four to eight point lead that Obama has held for the past month.

This should serve as a major wakeup call to the Obama campaign that there is a definite possibility Obama will lose the election, as I have written numerous times before.

But what about rising oil, gas, and food prices? What about the war in Iraq ‘going on too long’? What about the mental recession and the non-credit crunch? What about jobs being outsourced and rising tuition? What about polls that show that over eighty percent of Americans are dissatisfied with the direction of the country? You would think that with all these problems Obama would have a substantial lead over McCain, so why is he faltering?

The answer lies in economic theory, and Obama’s lack of solutions. While pro-Obama liberals complain constantly about rising gas and food prices, most Americans are gladly willing to pay inflated prices for food and gas because those goods are considered to be inelastic. What this means is that as the price rises the demand falls only very slightly. This is why Americans haven’t adjusted their driving and eating habits in spite of a rising prices in food and gas, and why $150 oil or $6 gallon gas isn’t nearly as big of a deal as the liberal media makes it out to be.

Also, Obama still comes across as an aloof elitist who doesn’t offer any solutions to anything. While McCain has outlined several energy solutions through his town hall meetings such as nuclear power, offshore drilling, and gas tax holidays Obama has yet to convey any specific plans to relieve high energy prices. In addition, Obama is still faces an insurmountable challenge appealing to hard working, middle class, white voters.

Meanwhile, there is evidence that the Iraq surge is working and Obama realizes that perhaps McCain was right all along not to pull out or demand a timetable. This further weakens his case against McCain because he can’t keep reusing the same talking point that the Iraq surge is a ‘failure’ and a ‘mistake’. And there are still valid concerns over Obama possibly being a Muslim, as well his his patriotism.

Obama is too liberal to win the presidency. I suggest to him that he concede the election early so that the nation won’t be as divided across party lines. McCain has much more experience and appeal to middle class and lower class voters. Oabma only appeals to SF liberals and he thinks small towns people are bitter and cling to guns and religion.