Obama not gaining ground in Indiana

I hate to be the supplier of bad news for Obama fans, but his road ahead in Indiana is looking as steep as it's ever been.  Rasmussen, one of the most reliable polling firms this campaign season, reports that Clinton has a 5-point lead in Indiana, 46% to Obama's 41%.  In North Carolina, according to Mason-Dixon polling, Obama's double-digit lead has been cut in half.  And in another North Carolina poll, Clinton leads by two.

Back to Indiana, since that is where the action will be on election night.  On the today show this morning, Michelle Obama appeared to plead with the media to forget the whole Jeremiah Wright soap opera:

"We hear time and time again voters are tired of this," Michelle Obama said in an interview the couple gave to NBC's "Today" show.

"They don't want to hear about this division, they want to know whatare we going to do to move beyond these issues," she said. "And whatmade me feel proud of Barack in this situation is that he is trying tomove us as a nation beyond these conversations that divide."

Whether voters are tired of it or not, the reality is that the media is fixated on it.  Instead of questioning Clinton's personal problems (and there are a lot of them), Obama is facing all this questions and is constantly on the defensive.  He has less than five days to try and change what the media is talking about, or else he will lose Indiana.  Right now, all the undecided voters in both races, Indiana and North Carolina, are more likely to second-guess Obama.  The Obama Campaign needs to give those undecided voters a reason to second-guess Clinton.

Like her or not, Clinton is a fighter.  It will also take a fighter to beat her.  Obama needs to get moving!

Comments

[Patrick Atkinson]

If Obama keeps his conscience and loses the nomination, I can live with that. If the only way for him to win is to become a politician like Hillary Clinton, then win or lose we'll get a nominee like Hillary Clinton.

The real culprit here is the media. Even Keith Olberman is choosing to focus on the odious misadventures of this battle rather than the issues.

It is we, the voters, who need to keep fighting. We surged ahead long before the media started announcing Obama would win, so we don't need their help to get him back on track.

Fight is not Obama's issue. Obama has more fight in him than my entire community of white middle class gen-xers. Part of the beauty of his candidacy is that it reminds us that we can't just elect a politician then sit back and wait for him to fix everything. He needs our help. We need to help each other. We the people are the fountainhead of change.

[GARY]

I for one get sick and tired of you bloggers dishing up this "Oh he better get moving "Crap .You are small .If you had any "Balls"
you would see the strength of this man.Senator Obama is a natural leader whose strength comes from life experience.He is the man who comes once
in a lifetime honorered by truth inspired by knowledge honed by the fire that burns within .
Give me Obama anyday I won't settle for these phoney Park Avenue gaviota slinging robopolitical
hacks.

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