Elections in America are about personality. People vote for the personality, not the issues, for the most part. Both campaigns are now running advertising spots during the Olympics. The spots couldn’t be more different. Here’s McCain:
Here’s Obama:
What the McCain people don’t seem to get is that people are watching celebrities on TV when they are watching the Olympics. McCain’s spot is telling them that they are dumb for watching the Olympics. Obama is telling the viewers that what they are doing is okay, and that he will help them recover the middle class.