[IsiliRunite]

Because of the previous success of smear campaigns about irrelevant topics, like John Kerry's swift-boat saga, I think the proof is in the pudding that real issues aren't as important to "swing" voters as issues of personal character and personna.

More than 4-5% of Americans don't hold built-in allegiance ("I am a Republican" or "I am a Democrat") to either candidate, and that is the type of voter I'm speaking about. If all the non-Democrats and non-Republicans who have not made up their mind come election day step into the polling booth and vote in accordance with one prejudice over the other more frequently, it may have an effect on the election. Is that really hard to believe?

Aside from this bull-shit:

I don't need data to create a hypothesis. A hypothesis is pre-experiment, and I don't even have to be 'sure' about it. The experiment is the general election, and if you think my hypothesis is wrong...

The only assumption my hypothesis is making is that white guilt and negative prejudice exist. I think that's fair, reasonable. Even aside from that hypothesis, I believe Obama will take the election given a winner-take-all electoral college because he does not need votes in historically anti-African American states (slave and segregation states), which is the only place he has guaranteed trouble.

I am not claiming profundity, or universal truth, by mentioning my hypothesis. I was just bringing up a potential facet of the election I have not heard much about, seeing if anyone had anything to add. I guess when a person believes all of their words are groundbreaking or profound, they try to prove that everyone elses' words are not profound even if they did not submit their work to the board of review. Hence...the dirty debate team felt they could make a 'you-wrong-me-right' discussion out of nothing! Meddling kids...

Lighten up, people. Even if you are all competing with me, the debate should have been discussion in the first place, and we should all be on the same team...

So, dirty collectively believes Obama has too much going for him and too much going against McCain for prejudices to really matter. Alright, I will take your collective perspectives into account and reflect on them.