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Kevin Holsapple
Posted: 05.04.2008 / 8:10 AM EDT
I “mined” my email a bit this morning and found several questions I received that I’ve neglected to try to answer directly, although I think my posts over the past weeks have touched on these topics. Here is a catch-up to be sure I’ve addressed these:
Q. What are you hearing and sensing about the Obama/Hillary dynamic?
I think that the dynamic has become less dynamic as the campaign process has dragged along and the publicized discussion has moved away from the issues. Both candidates look tired. It has become very rare around here for me to hear someone talking about the primary race. I think that people here have largely tuned it out for the time being.
Q. Rev. Wright won’t go away as a topic in the campaign. I’m wondering as he keeps talking — and saying some of the things he’s saying — is he hurting Sen. Obama and having a negative effect on his campaign and his chances in the fall in Los Alamos?
I think he comes off as someone who wants attention … hard to tell if it is more for himself or for his cause. I wish him good luck either way, but I don’t find the man or his views very interesting. I think the whole flap does reflect negatively on Obama, not because of anything Obama did in the past or is doing currently to react to the situation, but rather because the media coverage of it gives people who want to find fault support in their views. I haven’t heard anyone say that it has moved their previous positive view of Obama toward the negative.
Q. What about McCain? With the media so focus on Obama and Clinton, are you seeing or hearing anything about the Arizona senator? Is his campaign visible in your community?
No … I don’t see any visible sign of McCain’s campaign here nor do I hear anyone talking about it.
Q. Do any of you have thoughts on the Hillary can’t win Obama’s voters/Obama can’t win Hillary’s voters conundrum?
I was surprised to see polls that say there are alot of people in each of the camps who wouldn’t support the other if their candidate lost. I wonder if this is really true or it is just posturing for the pollsters to assert how strong their support is for their candidate. If it is true, it would seem to say that alot of Democrats aren’t all that dissatisfied with the idea of a continuing Republican presidency.
