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Richard Cochrane is trained in chemistry and metallurgy but is far more interested and practiced as a political and fund raising consultant, writer and amateur historian. He grew up in a Navy family and with his two younger brothers carried on its 500+ year tradition of naval service to Great Britain and the USA then enjoyed a career with one of the largest advertising and public relations agencies working with numerous Fortune 500 companies and many of America's premier educational institutions. He maintains friendships and acquaintanceships around the world. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.

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International Crisis, Early Voting And Racism Big Issues

October 24th, 2008 • Richard Cochrane
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Obama - McCain Tied Among Early Voters.

Only 12% say they are not concerned about Obama’s election provoking an international crisis. Fifty-nine percent of voters are very or at least somewhat concerned that Barack Obama will be tested with an international crisis in his first six months as president, as his running mate Joseph Biden has predicted. Those number include 43% saying they are very concerned and 33% of women agreeing. In that event 49% says McCain would do the best job of handling it and 48% would bet on Obama. Forty-eight percent says Obama’s inexperience is a bigger threat than McCain’s age but 44% say the opposite.

Obama leads McCain 52% to 45% in Friday’s Rasmussen poll; Zogby closed to 51-41% in Obama’s favor, and Gallup has the race 50-45% for Obama.

By Thursday 11% of voters say they have already voted and 19% more say they will before November 4th. These voters tend to be older and according to Gallup are about evenly divided between McCain 39% and Obama 41%.

Race remains an undercurrent in this election and the nation. A recent Gallup poll found 78% of black saying racisim is widespread in the U. S. and 51% of whites agree. Blacks believe that discrimination leads to higher black prison populations 80%-44%; lower income 71%-35%; lower education 64%-32%, and shorter life expectancy 57%-25%.

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  1. Comment by serr8d on 25 October 2008:

    American Thinker’s Steven Warshawsky thinks we’ve miscounted or something.

    The Hillary PUMA’s for McCain, to be exact.

    It’s a good, uplifting read. Let’s hope he’s on to something.

    serr8ds last blog post..OBAMA CAMPAIGN FINANCE FRAUD! DISABLES CREDIT CARD VERIFICATION SYSTEM: Illegal Contributions flow in unchecked!

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