Sealing the Deal

The Obama campaign has apparently flipped on the idea of using a slightly modified presidential seal to represent the candidate.

Obama campaign communications director Robert Gibbs told CNN "that was a one time thing for a one time event."

Good decision. Going from the superficial to the super-scary, Democrats are trying to figure out if Barack's platform is a repeat of past mistakes.

While Sen. Obama is certainly more articulate than his party’s recent presidential candidates, his platform is not much different than that offered by Democratic nominees Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis, Al Gore and John Kerry in 1984, 1988, 2000 and 2004 respectively.

If Barack loses, Democrats will finally have to face the fact that Americans don't care for their liberal policies. If he wins, despite being dealt the best hand of any Democrat since Lyndon Johnson, Democrats will make the mistake of thinking liberalism is popular.

His foreign policy is centered on his opposition to the war in Iraq, a position consistent with the past Democratic message that the Republicans are too quick to fight, rhetorically and militarily, rather than talk and cooperate with America’s enemies.

Of course, there's really not a question. Democrats are not popular with the core of America which is 74% white.

McCain is favored among all white Americans by 12 points (51 to 39 percent)... consistent with how well Republicans have done in several of the most recent presidential elections. In 2000, Al Gore lost white voters by 12 points. In 2004, George W. Bush had a 17-point advantage over John Kerry among whites.

How have Democrats traditionally won? Only when they convince the mainstream that they're not so scary.

In 1976, Carter defeated then-President Gerald Ford in part by only losing the white vote by five points. In 1992, Bill Clinton lost the white vote to George H.W. Bush by only one point.

So, there's nothing new about the fact that Democrats have trouble winning national elections. And it proves that race is not the reason Barack will lose, especially where he will do so well with minorities. He will lose because of his willingness to affiliate with radical extremists, and because of his own extreme liberalism.