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...Mind over Political Matter Finally someone has recognized why we elect our Presidents based on primitive emotions and not reasoned discourse [Oct. 20]. After 50 years of voting for both Democratic and Republican Presidents, in 2004 I watched dumbfounded as Ohio, which had suffered the loss of tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs, voted Bush back into office to pursue four more years of vanity, Constitution-shredding and a high-school-level understanding of geopolitics. It was then that I realized that presidential elections are more about biology than intellect. All Karl Rove had to do was present George...
...brains of thinking white voters register alarm when they hear fear-inciting words from Republican candidates. People, white and black, will vote for Obama because they use their brains. Doris Schaffer, Fallbrook, Calif...
...Airing the Facts on Ayers Who cares what Ayers did nearly 40 years ago [Oct. 20]? It's what he's doing now that matters. Let us not forget that at least two major Republican figures incarcerated following their conspiracies during the Watergate scandal - Jeb Magruder and Charles Colson - rehabilitated themselves as respected members of the clergy. Stephen V. Gilmore, Charlotte...
...even if the West were to go for McCain, he would still need a strong turnout - though not necessarily an outright victory - in the suburbs of Philadelphia like Downingtown, Blue Bell, Yardley and Bensalem, which are traditionally Republican-friendly, but have been trending Democratic for a decade. Though he has spent most of the campaign appealing to the conservative base, McCain has been sure to highlight his maverick streaks to appeal to more moderate Republicans and independents in this area...
...Obama] loses in Western Pennsylvania, which he could, I don't think it has anything to do with race," Ridge said. "I think he just is way, way out of the mainstream of Republican and Democrat thinking in that part of the state." The McCain campaign just has to hope he is far enough out of the mainstream for its candidate to steal the state...