IN: Rasmussen: McCain leads by 6 (4 w/o leaners)

[NOVA Green]

Seems about right, if the race is currently 50-50. I don't think Obama should pull out of the state or anything, but it's clearly not the state that's going to get him over 270.

This is the second poll in a row that shows this type of margin. It looks like Obama's state-specific economy ads in Indiana have not been working that well.

Indiana was always a stretch anyways, but this seems to confirm Indiana as most likely not a tipping point state.

[NOVA Green]

The racists finally came out of their holes and said f*** it McCain +6 in Indiana.

Because race is the ONLY reason people could possibly support McCain.

What's really surprising is that Obama has managed to keep it so close in one of the most solidly Republican larger states in the country... This is despite the fact that Obama until recently was not hitting McCain hard on the economy in a state that has lost 25% of its manufacturing jobs since 2000.

Needless to say, as I have remarked on many other threads, I think the "race explanation" for Obama's polling and primary votes is WAY overstated (with the possible exception of a few states in the deep South).

[NOVA Green]

The racists finally came out of their holes and said f*** it McCain +6 in Indiana.

Because race is the ONLY reason people could possibly support McCain.

What's really surprising is that Obama has managed to keep it so close in one of the most solidly Republican larger states in the country... This is despite the fact that Obama until recently was not hitting McCain hard on the economy in a state that has lost 25% of its manufacturing jobs since 2000.

Needless to say, as I have remarked on many other threads, I think the "race explanation" for Obama's polling and primary votes is WAY overstated (with the possible exception of a few states in the deep South).

racism is very strong: 90%of blacks will vote for a black candidate.

I disagree.  90% of blacks wouldn't have voted for Alan Keyes if we had no Obama.  A good 80%-ish vote Democratic no matter what.

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