If You Are Undecided Please Read This!

Written by: john nelson on Feb 2, 2008 7:29 PM EST

I am supporting Senator Obama because I like his positions on the issues, his character, his integrity and his ability to unite, rather than divide.

If you are undecided and you like both Obama and Clinton; then please consider the following: if you like both of them and think they will be equally good as President; then it should probably come down to who has the best chance to win against Senator McCain. It is clear in my mind, that Senator Obama would do much better in a general election.

In a general election, Clinton will get heavy support from strong Democrats; but not a lot from independents, cross over Republicans or new voters. Her vote will be much like the Kerry and Gore votes; although with less independents.

If Senator Obama is the nominee; he will get the people who would already vote for Clinton; PLUS a huge amount of Independents, a HUGE amount of first time voters and some Republican cross over who are inspired by him. It will make an extraordinary difference in close states like Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Washington, Oregon, New Mexico, Colorado and many other close states.

Maybe I'm wrong, but most voters know Hillary. They either like her or dislike her. A Huge amount dislike her enough to come out and vote against her. If they are not happy with McCain, they may not be motivated to come out and vote against Obama. Also, McCain does very well among Independents. If Hillary is his opponent, he will probably get a large percentage of independents. Obama will take many independents if he is the candidate; and split that vote that McCain needs. Hillary will get virtually no crossover from Republicans; Obama will get some because he inspires them. They may not agree with him on all the issues; but he inspires them for change. Also, Obama will get many new and young voters, many of which may otherwise not vote. Finally; as I said, everyone knows Hillary. Her base will not expand. Not as many people know Obama. It seems that as they get to know him better, his base will expand.

If you are undecided; please consider these things as you make your decision. Thanks for taking time to read this.

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