President Clinton explained the X and Y candidate principle. It explains this issue perfectly.
Many Hillary Clinton supporters and Undecided Voters did not believe Obama to be qualified for President. Many Voters period, do not believe Obama has the experience and the judgment to deliver on the promises he is leveling with abandon. These are crucial times economically, in the realm of National Security, Domestically and Globally and Obama has no experience in delivering in any of the areas he claims advantage to McCain on. As President Clinton said: if you have candidate X = Obama who you agree with 99% who has no experience and you don't believe can deliver and then you have candidate Y who you agree with 50% of the time, but McCain has the experience, qualifications and judgment to deliver...who are you going to choose?
Add to that...Hope and Change of the First Woman (who is more qualified than Obama) to reach the Vice Presidency after a horrid Dem primary where the Democrats abandoned their democratic principles to prop up an unqualified candidate, you have real reasons why Women will cast votes for the McCain/Palin ticket whether they are Republican, Democrat or Independent.
And let me add that women aren't one issue voters and neither are the undecided voters now supporting the McCain/Palin ticket. They aren't going to let one issue dictate their vote. It was up to Obama to convince Undecided Voters and Women that he could achieve what President Clinton did and more... to turn our Country around...he has yet to prove that. I believed Hillary Clinton could do it. That is where Obama is failing. McCain is convincing Americans by his choice of Palin that he is different, McCain has a record of doing different things different from his party, and he has experience as a leader, McCain has been tried and stuck it out. Obama shows just the opposite.
The Democrats put up the weakest candidate and now are experiencing how hard it will be to push through the rhetoric. On the issues, Obama can't give any more rousing speeches...its down to who the American People believe has the judgment to deliver.
The previous posts containing really disgusting remarks are really pathetic. Seems that Obama fans can't maintain their decency through changes in polls and momentum.