Is Sen. Obama fading?

I love the new polls showing Sen. McCain with an (admittedly slight) lead. Glenn Beck says Sen. Obama is "unable to close the deal" with the American people, and I hope he's right.

I am both happy that Gov. Palin is still wildly popular (haven't had a chance to talk to my two co-workers who were so livid over her being selected as McCain's running mate) and highly amused that people who once vowed, "I will NEVER vote for John McCain! He is not a true conservative! Rush says this and Rush says that about him...I may have to skip voting in an election for the first time in my life!" are now referring to him as "a classy candidate!" Remember, people, when you vote for the McCain-Palin ticket, you are getting HIM as the president, not HER, although you could easily be paving the way for her to become president sometime in the future, and all the issues you had with McCain three months ago or six months ago or a year ago are still there.

I'm personally very pleased to learn from watching CNN this evening that Sen. McCain supports stem cell research. I share his opinion 100% - while it is a highly controversial and difficult issue, if these cells are either going to be discarded or perpetually frozen, something should be done to help alleviate human suffering (I believe that's almost an exact quote from Sen. McCain.) In my own family, diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's, diabetes, and congestive heart failure have ended the life or ruined the quality of life for many of my relatives. If stem cell research can help to provide a cure for some of these terrible diseases, then perhaps my 8-year-old grandnephew Patrick will not have to face them when he becomes an adult or when his children become adults one day. I hope if Sen. McCain does indeed win the presidency, he will permit federal funding for stem cell research. (Gov. Palin is against it, but then again, she won't be president, only vice president.)

Geri Ann