Obama Plays Race Card from Bottom Of Deck

“You know, he’s not patriotic enough, he’s got a funny name,’ you know, `he doesn’t look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.’”

Barack Obama played the race card from the bottom of the deck saying Republicans would try to scare voters by pointing out “he doesn’t look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.” The remark is being compared to his earlier characterization of rural and southern Americans as gun grabbing God nuts. Not the first time. He keeps fishing. First saw it on Huffington Post.

“They’ll say”, said Obama “You know, he’s not patriotic enough, he’s got a funny name,’ you know, `he doesn’t look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.’” His staff made the comment even shabbier denying he was referring to race but that Obama “didn’t get here by spending decades in Washington DC.”

According to the daily Rasmussen Report tracking polls Barack Obama now attracts 45% of the vote while John McCain earns 43%. When “leaners” are included, it’s Obama 48% and McCain 46%. Obama made the comments in Missouri which is leaning toward McCain and as Ohio and its 20 electoral votes has moved from Leans Democrat to toss-up.

Fueled by a Thursday Drudge Report headline and heavy buzz inside the beltway, there is a surge in expectations that Virginia’s Tim Kaine will become Barack Obama’s running mate. Virginia and its 13 electoral votes is considered a toss-up and shifting the usually Republican state to the Democrat column would be important given the closeness of the race.

Obama’s Missouri comment may have been made because of new polling showing thirty percent (30%) of self described conservative Democrats say they’re voting for John McCain. Rasmussen Reports data also shows the Republican hopeful picking up support from 19% of White Democrats and 15% of Democrats over the age of 50.

Fourteen percent of voters are uncommitted. That figure includes 6% who say they’d vote for someone other than Obama or McCain and 8% who are undecided. Undecided voter include 6% who say they’d vote for some other candidate and 8% who are undecided.