Obama’s lead over McCain Practically vanishes

Barack Obama’s once huge lead over John McCain has All but vaporized and the Democrats are reeling and looking for an answer. What was an 8-point lead in mid July dropped to a 3 point lead in the last week and narrowed to 1 point today. Obama and supporters look forward to the convention to boost their numbers. But will it boost the numbers enough? Remember that McCain also has the GOP convention coming up soon.

Obama’s lead has been thinning mostly because of the McCain ads that questioned Obama policies and what they would do for Americans and the recent crisis with Georgia which showed Barack’s Lack of experience in foreign affairs.

The commercial was a great success for McCain. Even though some accused it of being too negative, it did show the bad sides of Obama’s tax policy which many Americans are concerned about. Taxes that hit mainly the middle class(Obama policy hits those making $40,000 and up) just are not too popular. Also displaying his celebrity status has brought some to wonder if he’s really ready to lead the country.

The crisis in Georgia was also a large blow to Obama. McCain took a tough approach and warned Russia that there would be consequences while Obama took a much softer approach and even suggested calling on the UN, which Russia and China have security council seats on, to bring political pressure on Russia. People noticed this and it seriously brought into question Obama’s credibility on Foreign policy. People trust McCain over Obama on this policy by more than 2 to 1.

The tide has turned against Obama and momentum is on McCain’s side now. If Barack wants to win, he has to steer people away from the actual issues and get back his demi-god like status which will be harder to do now since much of his shine has worn off. Either that or he needs to made new policies that McCain can’t pick at all that much. Whatever the plan, it spells trouble for the once invincible Barack Obama.