http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14526.html
Review of: Race and the Race by: Gary L. Bauer
Barack Obama said, while campaigning for Maryland Senator Ben Cardin against Michael Steele, “You don’t vote for somebody because of what they look like. You vote for somebody because of what they stand for.” According to this article, over three-fourths of the electorate thinks that America is heading in the wrong direction. Also, registration for the Democratic Party has gone up, while the Republic party affiliation has plummeted. So how is John McCain still in this race if these statements are true?
Some liberals came to the troubling conclusion: it must be racism! The AP –Yahoo! Poll estimated that racism would cause Obama to lose six percent of his votes on Election Day. However, it was not Republicans, but Democrats and Independents who were most likely to reject Obama because of his race, while most Republicans rejected him because of political ideas.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/10/obamas_character_still_questio.html
Review of: A Question of Barack Obama’s Character by: Charles Krauthammer
Barack Obama is associated with three execrable characters. They are a convicted felon Tony Rezko, unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers, and the race-baiting Reverend Jeremiah Wright. The window these associations give on Obama’s core beliefs is very disturbing. He doesn’t chare Reverend Wright’s poisonous views of race or Ayer’s views about the evil that is in American society. However, Obama clearly did not become unassociated with them for the many years he has known them. Therefore, it is reasonable to say that he has taken on some of their view and beliefs as well.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/111049/Obamas-Race-May-Much-Plus-Minus.aspx
Review of: Obama’s Race May be as Much a Plus as a Minus by: Frank Newport
Data taken in this article shows that if anything, Obama’s race could be a net plus, in the sense that it makes more voters want to vote for him than not to vote for him. Seven percent of white voters say Obama’s race makes them less likely to vote for him, but six percent of white voters say Obama’s race makes them more likely to vote for him. And in the nonwhite voters, Obama’s race is a significant net plus. This data shows that the election on November 4th will be about even in terms of people being racist or not.
