Polling

Last night I stood outside a restaurant with group of smokers talking politics. What else? I had voted for Guiliani in the morning and was interested in what the group thought about who they voted for and why. This group consisted of about eight men ranging in age from 40+ to 72. We were all pretty happy that it looked as if Hillary was not going to win. Congratulations to those who proved us wrong. None of the men had voted for Obama and they gave several reasons why. One spoke about his being sworn in as Senator and putting his hand on the Koran. (I went on line today and found out this is untrue). They didn't like his comment about people who wear American flag pins. The strongest reasons were that he is Muslim and they believe that he is a member of a Protestant church only for convenience, and he is black.

There were several Independants in the group who voted Republican for McCain. One Republican voted for Romney. One Republican voted for Thompson. Three Democrats voted for Biden even though they were aware that he had dropped out of the race. They said that they would have to pick a real candidate before November.

One thing that really impressed me was the number of people who voted. Over half a million people took the time to vote. That is great!!!!!!!!!!!