Reply #180: I agreed with your post about the incumbents. Someone

[gateley]

had posted that Dems will vote for Obama. You posted 'no', and I agreed with you saying that you were right -- the Dems didn't vote Dem (Carter).

My comment on the campaign was in response to the post about Obama having to run a negative one. My view is that presenting the facts -- in a way that leaves no room for question -- would not have to be done in a "negative" way.

So honestly, I don't know why you approached me to begin with. I wasn't disagreeing with anything you said, and my post on the campaign style did not indicate I thought that would necessarily be successful.

It's always been my experience that when times are bad, the incumbent goes down.