Trust
Happy Thanksgiving and many more to enjoy.
It seems in some new polls that the Barack Obama campaign has taken a small lead in Iowa. Good news for their campaign, but the question they need to ask is why are they ahead? Obama has spent over sixty days in Iowa and only 25 in New Hampshire! That may be the reason, but I sense something stronger. In a recent poll that is not about issues, but about voter’s beliefs or possibly their values, voters have found Obama very appealing. In a poll about who is more honest and trustworthy Obama came in first. In fact, Hillary Clinton came in fourth behind Edwards and Richardson. She received some of the worst scores on whether she is honest and straightforward. It is something I have a difficult time with. This is an issue that is connected to Bill and I hear it more often when I have discussions with people about politics. I teach at a Middle School outnumbered by women, and it seems to be the number one issue among women who are not aboard the Clinton crusade. They do not trust Hillary. That will become a huge factor in the General Election.
What this country seems to be searching for is a President we can trust. We are looking for a leader who is honest and straightforward and who does not carry baggage that is filled with bricks of distrust. That type of baggage will slow down our next President in Washington, to accomplish some major goals. Obviously under the Bush administration the Neocons have steered the ship of State, especially in foreign policy, to a land of make believe and distrust. Nobody really believes anything they say. The list of what the Bush Administration has lied about has already filled a few books, but they are not the first Administration to do so. I have been involved with politics on many different levels and one of the things I have always thirsted for in a Candidate is the honesty factor. To tell it like it is and project a future that will not be tarred and feathered by distrust. The constant lying in politics is one of the reasons why I hate politics.
In this General Election, the Democrats will need a candidate with broad appeal across the Nation. Democrats cannot run a campaign based on winning Ohio in 2008. We need a candidate who can run and win in as many States as possible. Yes, there are issues that divide the candidates, but if a voter in Arizona or South Carolina walks into a booth and already feels the candidate is not honest, straightforward or trustworthy well forget it. It's not going to work in the voting booth and it will not work in Washington DC.
It looks like Obama is doing better in the polls because people actually feel they can trust him. Good for him
