" Thats a lot of fuel to digest at one time for politicans. They will have to form numerous study groups and have large luncheons first. "

" Bull, that was great! Too true too! "

" You should pay attention. They have addressed universal health care. McCain has said that "government run" health care stinks...he should know, he has had "government run" health care his entire life. He also wants to get rid of employer-based systems and put everyone at the mercy of the open market, where people with pre-existing conditions will be left to die. Obama has advanced a plan that while not universal gets us closer to getting our health care system out of the stone ages and providing most Americans some level playing field. "

" Barack Obama is going to win the election pretty handily. Forget what you are seeing in the news networks national polls. Those polls do not mean a thing. What matters is the inidvidual state polls.

If you check those out you will find that Obama is leading by strong enough margins in 26 states and the District of Columbia and he is currently winning approximately 310 electoral votes. That is 40 more than he needs. That leaves John McCain winning only 228 electoral votes, and if you understand how definite most of the states locked in political positions are, then you understand that there is little or no chance of much change in these numbers between now and November 4th. New York and California have no chance of going republican, whereas Wyoming and Utah have no chance of going democratic. This election is pretty much set in stone at the state level.

The national polls put the race close with most of the polls indicating Obama leads McCain by about a margin of 5 points. The average or poll of polls today is Obama 48% McCain 43%. But the individual state polls gives Obama 57.7% of the electoral votes and John McCain 42.3% which is a 15.4% lead for Obama. The reason this is so significant is because a survey of the close states like Colorado, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico and New Hampshire shows all these to be slightly in Obama's column except for Missouri which is slightly in McCain's column. These surveys show that virtually all of the other states are pretty much already locked in for one candidate or the other. These remaining close states are not enough to make up the difference for McCain even if he won all of them which he very likely won't. It is over. "