Originally Posted by Frolicking Dino

Polls can be wrong, but I've been around a long time and haven't seen an election like this one since Mondale. Votes are hemorrhaging from the GOP nearly as fast as they did in that election cycle. The combo of negative campaigning and the most laughable excuse for a VP candidate I've ever seen has lead GOP members to to publicly state they will not support this ticket. Joe six-pack and Janie hockey-mom are openly talking about not voting GOP.

I'm in TN - it doesn't get much redder anywhere. Obama bumper stickers are everywhere and people are saying they just can't vote for McCain. While most are voting Barr or staying home (something I can respect because Obama is not a candidate for conservatives), it is telling that they don't feel that can vote for McCain-Palin. When I've ask why, the reasons have pretty much boiled down to these:

• McCain is elderly and not in good health and Palin isn't qualified to be the prez.
• The negative campaigning and lies have turned them away.
• Don't feel McCain is qualified to be prez because of things like 'the economy is fundamentally sound' followed by suspending his campaign and rushing off to save the economy, signing on to the bailout bill, suggesting the US buy up bad mortgages and energy plans that won't get us off oil fast enough