Dear James, Daniel and Emily
I managed to catch the introduction speech and Biden's first speech on Satuday, I was impressed. I think it was a good speech. And I think it is a good indication that he will be able to take the 'low road' during the campaign and just hammer away at McCain's positions over and over.
It's an exciting week, I wish I could spare the time to watch more of the convention, but I have to fight Kim's voter apathy in order to get control of the remote. So I will save my time for tomorrow night and of course Thursday night, I will watch.
I read an interesting, and troubling analysis yeasterday that probably the one thing that is holding Obama back, more than anything else, is his race. That there is still an underlying current of racism in this country. That if the Democrats had chosen a more traditional white male this year he would be running away with the race. That the closeness at ths point can be attributed to the fact that there is a large voting bloc that just isn't comfortable electing an African American yet. I sincerely hope this isn't the case, but deep down in my heart I think it has an element of truth.
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