I think the info in Obama's autobio will come back to haunt him, and also keep in mind, and I hate to say this but his skin color will play a role. Additionally, if you have watched the debates he has looked overmatched at times
At the end of the day, Edwards will beat out Hillary based on her gender.
No he won't. Historically, Republicans are the party with gender issues.
Dude, Hillary isn't just in the lead, and Edwards isn't in third by a small margin. Edwards has near single digit support. Hillary has like 40%. It's not even remotely close. We're talking landslide here.
Obama can't win because of his name. Not becuase he's black but because of his name. Hillary has already hosed him with that by hiring reporters to spread a rumor that he went to a radical Islamic school when he was a kid. The truth is he went to a public school that didn't teach any religion at all. I think it was 60 minutes that uncovered the BS on that one.
It won't matter though. In this day and age of hysteria and madness where "terrorist" is a magic word, no one will elect a guy named "Barack Hussein Obama." Poor guy, he's not even Muslim. He does have some good ideas though and he seems about as genuine as it gets. I'd say honestly he appears as genuine in his beliefs as Ron Paul. He's just not as seasoned and experienced. And of course his beliefs are completely different. But he doesn't sway whichever the the money goes.
Hehe, I'm reminded though of a poll recently done asking people who they'd be willing to vote for. They listed various religions, and listed other demographic points like would they vote for a person if they were gay, a woman, black, asian, etc.
Atheists ranked the absolute lowest. People would be less likely to vote for an atheist than a gay person.
Though funny enough, Georgia just elected an atheist to the House of Reps. I bet they didn't even realise it. The guy is a Buddhist and all Buddhists are atheists. Same with Hawaii; they elected a Buddhist as well. First 2 Buddhists elected to positions in Congress.