Jim Stillman
Nevar
Obama spending lots in North Carolina
October 15th 2008 22:30
I have a job where I can listen to the radio all day. Now despite what some of you may think, I don’t listen to Rush all day. I listen to sports radio most of the day and catch a little political stuff for an hour late in the evening.
I live in North Carolina and in past years it always seemed like we get ignored in National Elections. Probably 80 percent of commercial breaks I heard today, had an Obama commercial in it. And as I said this is sports radio. Maybe once an hour I would hear one for local elections. I don’t think I heard a McCain add all day, but I may be mistaken.
The Obama adds were either distancing him from Bill Ayers (not a good idea) and attacking McCain on jobs and health insurance (a really good idea). Around here the more somebody denies something, the more we think he did it. Obama’s adds mentioning helping small business and attacking McCain for tax breaks for companies outsourcing jobs are a good idea for this state. A few years ago we were a major player in textiles and furniture. Both of those have gone away and people are scared of losing more jobs. I worked 7 years in a furniture factory that later shut down, myself.
McCain needs to keep bringing up Obama’s shady past with unsavory types. He also needs to point out that if liberals attack big business then it trickles down and costs us more jobs. McCain also needs to bring up his war record and strong national defense ideals more.
According to WRAL
(Raleigh TV station) Obama has spent $ 1.23 Million compared to McCain’s $148,000 from Sept 28 to Oct 4. I really don’t know if that means Obama is scared of losing the state or if McCain has given up on us. Possibly McCain thinks he will win easily but he best get to stumping more in my opinion. I do understand that Obama has much more to spend than McCain so that may be the answer right there.
I took an informal poll today at work. I asked 10 people (including myself) who they were voting for. The two oldest people I asked (both men in their 60’s) are for Obama. One younger guy (I think he is 28) is for Obama but says he never votes. The rest of us ranging from probably 22 to 50 all are for McCain. In the McCain group are 3 guys and one woman who are from Central America. And one gay guy who is so conservative he makes me look like a liberal. I am not sure if the Central Americans will vote but they are U.S. Citizens now. 3 from El Salvador and one from Peru. They are staunch conservatives because they have seen communist governments or rebels first hand. All the people polled except myself and the young Obama supporter own trucks and are small business people.
I think despite the money being spent, that Obama will lose North Carolina unless the conservative voters say screw it and stay home. Most of the people I work with are doing the early voting in North Carolina, one has already voted. But the more Obama attacks McCain over jobs, the more undecided votes he will get.
I live in North Carolina and in past years it always seemed like we get ignored in National Elections. Probably 80 percent of commercial breaks I heard today, had an Obama commercial in it. And as I said this is sports radio. Maybe once an hour I would hear one for local elections. I don’t think I heard a McCain add all day, but I may be mistaken.
The Obama adds were either distancing him from Bill Ayers (not a good idea) and attacking McCain on jobs and health insurance (a really good idea). Around here the more somebody denies something, the more we think he did it. Obama’s adds mentioning helping small business and attacking McCain for tax breaks for companies outsourcing jobs are a good idea for this state. A few years ago we were a major player in textiles and furniture. Both of those have gone away and people are scared of losing more jobs. I worked 7 years in a furniture factory that later shut down, myself.
McCain needs to keep bringing up Obama’s shady past with unsavory types. He also needs to point out that if liberals attack big business then it trickles down and costs us more jobs. McCain also needs to bring up his war record and strong national defense ideals more.
According to WRAL
Obama is rolling the dice in hopes that outspending McCain in NC will work
I took an informal poll today at work. I asked 10 people (including myself) who they were voting for. The two oldest people I asked (both men in their 60’s) are for Obama. One younger guy (I think he is 28) is for Obama but says he never votes. The rest of us ranging from probably 22 to 50 all are for McCain. In the McCain group are 3 guys and one woman who are from Central America. And one gay guy who is so conservative he makes me look like a liberal. I am not sure if the Central Americans will vote but they are U.S. Citizens now. 3 from El Salvador and one from Peru. They are staunch conservatives because they have seen communist governments or rebels first hand. All the people polled except myself and the young Obama supporter own trucks and are small business people.
I think despite the money being spent, that Obama will lose North Carolina unless the conservative voters say screw it and stay home. Most of the people I work with are doing the early voting in North Carolina, one has already voted. But the more Obama attacks McCain over jobs, the more undecided votes he will get.
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