Big 10 poll, Commercials, & Open Letter to AIG

A Big 10 Battleground poll released on 9/17 of 600 Registered Voters has McCain and Obama exactly tied. However, this poll was conducted from 9/5-9/17, and was therefore before the present economy slide and bank failures. No questions asked were specifically related to the economy, but it did reveal that 2.4% of people polled (+/- 4%) think the federal government can be trusted to do what is right.

86% of those polled agreed that public schools should provide information to students about birth control and STDs, compared to 11% disagreeing. Being that McCain/Palin and Obama/Biden are statistically tied according to this poll, it seems as if Palin's reputation for abstinence-only education, and McCain's support of it is not of primary concern to the PA voters.

In national news, two commercials were released on Wednesday, one from each camp. McCain's was rather straightforward, using traditional political language; promising to "fix Washington" and "the greed" of Wall Street, because hes "taken on tougher guys than this before", and it's hard to argue with his policies with his quick, flashy cuts and dramatic background music. Obama's is quite different - Straightforward and simple, with only Obama speaking on the economy alone for 2 minutes, this clocks in as mildly informative, and slightly sleep-inducing but does show a huge difference in the candidate's view of their constituency. Obama's style lends itself to elitism, but not in an over the top way, rather, he seems to think of them as smarter, and able to digest his policies and opinions without the flash of McCain's ad.

TODAY'S OPEN LETTER:
Dear AIG,
Sorry to hear about your economic woes! Here's a $85 billion gift! Don't spend it all in one place!
- U. S. Taxpayer