David Brooks writes in the New York Times today about a curious phenomenon in the current presidential campaign.
The Republican incumbent has very low poll ratings. The Democrats regained majorities in both houses of Congress in the 2006 mid-term elections. They seem poised to further increase those majorities this year. In light of all that, why doesn't the Democratic presidential candidate have a bigger lead in the polls?
Brooks mentions aspects of Obama's life story that, in Brooks's opinion, make Obama difficult for voters to get a handle on.
Brooks briefly mentions the issue of race. He downplays that angle, because "polls and focus groups suggest that people aren’t dismissive of Obama or hostile to him".
Meanwhile, David Schraub, in his Debate Link blog, deals at length with the treatment of the race issue in the campaign. I have, once again, taken on the difficult task of sparring with him, as I enjoy doing.
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