Election Blog Week Six! (Gasp!)

     Thank goodness the fourth is almost here. I have to admit, I'm getting pretty sick of all the "I'm Barack Obama, and I support this message." Alright already! I'm so done! Let's just pick the people already! Geez! At the beginning of the race, I still had faith that McCain could pull it together and create a Republican victory. Now, Obama is totally going to win. I know, I'm really sorry, but I've pretty much lost all hope. People are drawn in by is ability to express the changes they desire. The way he speaks is pulling in the poor and the people who are heavily effected by our financial downfall, not to mention those with family members in the military. All of these people just want some relief. Whether or not I agree with his policies, I believe he has the many qualities of a great leader including intelligence. Concerning the electoral college, Obama will most likely exceed the 270 vote requirement by at least 100 more votes. I mean, California is his, and Florida will most likely be turning blue, so there's really no doubt there. With regards to the popular vote, it's difficult for me to choose a number. Obviously, he won't have a total unison vote, but I predict that he will probably beat John McCain with at least 3/4 of the nations citizens behind him. I mean, come on, 34 million viewers tuned in for his 30 minute commercial Wednesday night. If that doesn't show a winner with support, I don't know what does.

Mark Warner will definitly be our new senator. He has been leading Jim Gilmore by 30 points since October 2007. Most people really approve of his actions as governor of VA and therefore think he's the man to represent us in the Senate. Because I'm me, I feel soooo bad for Gilmore. I  know that this is how politics goes, but the guy as spent so much money only to lose by a landslide that's been known to happen for a long time. He just keeps hanging in there till the very end. Still, how many people can say they were a governor? Sorry Gilmore! Maybe next time!

           So, who really know who Feder is? I pretty much never see anything on her in the local newspapers or the Washington Post for this 10th district election, or even Frank Wolf for that matter. Because of a lack of education, I believe that most people will see that Frank Wolf has done a fine job in representing us the past 20 years and he can probably continue to do so. It's something about hearing the same person win over and over that I think causes voters to just say "hey, he's hasn't hurt us so far, so I'll just vote for him" without researching who the opposing candidate is. You just keep hearing the same name and so when you show up to vote it could be like, hey, that guy sounds good. Personally, I think Wolf is doing a pretty rock star job, and we need to have some of the opposing party in the house because it could be quite possible that we could pull ourselves out of divided government in this election. Still, like Martin Van Buren once said, once party can't be everything to everybody, so , if we're going to have Republicans in congress, let's have Wolf.

In the 11th district, we have Republican Keith Fimian and Democrat Gerry Connolly. Well, I don't live in the 11th district, but because most of that area's citizens are staunch democrats, I believe the Connolly will have success. When I was doing my service ours,  I was more out in that area and those people are seriously, like, in love with the Democratic party. When I was there, I never so many Obama buttons, or buttons supporting candidates, in my life. Because of that, I have a feeling that those residents will vote straight-ticket despite most likely not being totally in the know of Connolly's postion on issues.