Two troubling stories have come out regarding Sen. Obama's chances of winning over voters in a head-to-head match-up against Sen. McCain in the general election.
First up - the Show Me state's not buyin' what he's selling - at least not yet.
BO isn't winning over Missourians in the "Show Me" state, where MO has picked every Presidential winner since 1908. He might argue that their opinions are not important come the GE, but with a record like this, I don't think you can argue with the following...
Obama hasn't shown Missouri voters enough yet
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo --When Linda Sanders mounted an eight-foot sign on her property urging neighbors to vote Democratic, people threw eggs at it and someone set it on fire.snip
"I know people who are distrustful of Obama. But it's not because he's black. They're Hillary people. .. We're not sure we know enough about him personally," said Clara Vaughn, a nonprofit administrator in Lee's Summit, a Kansas City suburb.
With one exception, Missouri has voted for the winner in every presidential election since 1904. If Obama, who's ahead of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination, gets the nod, he'll need to win over people like Vaughn in order to win Missouri's 11 electoral votes in November.
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The most common complaint about Obama is his lack of experience.
"That's my big objection," said H.H. Townsend, a former New Madrid County treasurer. "At least if Clinton was president, she'd have Bill as an adviser."
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To many, the Illinois senator remains a largely unknown quantity. "We know everything about Hillary. Every rock, all these years," said Clara Vaughn. "With (Obama), every once in a while, something drips out."
Jeb Morris, a lineman, said he's troubled by the sources of Obama's campaign money. For all his rhetoric about rejecting lobbyists, Morris still sees a long list of corporate-based contributors.
"I feel like I just don't know him yet," he said.
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A quick look around Cape Girardeau illustrates why Obama has a rough task. Downtown is the Rush H. Limbaugh Sr. Federal Courthouse, named after the conservative radio talker's grandfather. A portrait of the radio host is prominent on one the floodwall lining the Mississippi, along with Harry Truman, Frank and Jesse James and Mark Twain.
No one expects Obama to win a majority of Missouri's conservative voters. But if he can get enough Clinton and Edwards Democrats, he's got a shot at carrying the Show Me state.
"I can't vote Republican," said Clara Vaughn. "I'll either vote for Obama or not vote. If it were today, I would not vote. There's still six months. ... He's gonna' have to convince me. I haven't seen it yet."
They just don't know him yet and after 16 / 17 months on the campaign trail that's tough to believe that anyone paying attention to this race can say that. But I'm guessing they're not alone in that out in Missouri.
And if he can't get through to the folks in Missouri then I'm guessing he'll have trouble in other swing states like MO as well.
The other Democrat in this race- you know... Hillary - won't have that problem gang. She's been out there for 15 years - she's vetted and battle-tested and will kick McCain's backside in the GE. Of that I have no doubt.
And I'm not sure if you've seen this one from Rasmussen but apparently, they're giving John McCain an 86% chance of winning that state come November...
In Kansas, the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds John McCain enjoying a twenty-one percentage point advantage over Barack Obama. It's McCain 55% Obama 34%.McCain is viewed favorably by 61% of Kansas voters while Obama earns positive reviews from 45%.
Rasmussen Markets shows that Republicans are currently given a 86.0% chance of winning the Six Electoral College Votes from Kansas this fall.
Now I don't know about you, but I doubt even their good Governor will help if BO puts her on the ticket as his running mate.
But then we're getting ahead of ourselves here - he hasn't won this thing yet.
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