Based on the polls of the last 4-5 weeks, it is hardly possible for Obama to win any red state. Despite the large groups of black voters in the southern states, he trails McCain in Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, both Carolinas, Alabama, Texas or Louisiana, or short: IN ALL OF THEM.

Clinton would have won West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Florida and Arkansas. Some of them with large margins.She even polled better than him in states such as Louisiana and Tennessee.

Really telling are his terrible favorability ratings in the south. No, he may have a shot at New Mexico, Colorado or Iowa, but on the other hand, he will have a tough time to keep Ohio, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Washington, Oregon, New Jersey, Massachusetts or Vermont in his column.

Last election, 21 states went by a margin of less than 10%, eleven of them by less than 5%. This year will be even worse.

In this match-up, you should take nothing for granted and even California is not a sure thing. Expect McCain to be all over the place to turn the map red.

Beating a woman with sexism and racism is one thing, taking on a male, white war hero with lots of experience in a one-day voting event, without caucuses, just ballots, will be a different ball game.

obama never did anything sexist and he did not pull the race card, but keep thinking whatever you want bish66

frances2533:

"Sweetie" is a non-sexist way to address a woman? You might want to consider what Obama said to that reporter as OK. I would take a male coworker aside and tell him that was unacceptable and if he kept doing that their would be real problems. After that, I would speak with the woman and ask her not to enter a complaint unless something else happened.

"Sweetie" is an asexual term of endearment, so yes, i do not think it was sexist. And it's not as if it was sexual harassment; the two work at separate jobs, so it's ridiculous to compare the two. If the woman took no offense, then why should you?

I don't take it in a sexual/sexist/derogatory way if someone says that to me, and i am a woman. Do i think it's necessarily appropriate to say to someone you don't know, no, but Obama did not mean it as anything but an endearment. He has a very strong and intelligent wife and is very proud of her and her accomplishments: he is in no way sexist.

So don't be so sensitive.

frnaces2533
She took offense
The reporter signed off: "This sweetie never did get an answer to that question."
(www.huffingtonpost.com/20....._n_101754.html)

Well, boo hoo: she probably only made a big deal out of it because she didn't get what she wanted.

Some people need to not take things so seriously: it's a very minor thing.

Some people enjoy creating drama and controversy over nothing.

THE ONLY STATES BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA CAN WIN IS CA,WA,OR,IA,IL,MA,DE,RI,CT,VT,NY AND NJ.