For the record, I am stating here that I don’t think Obama will win.

I was raised “Republicans BAD, Democrats GOOD” some part of my subconscious still buys into that, and thus I’m suseptible to the emotional manipulation of the convention. I don’t know what it is about Obama, but when he and his people speak, I want to believe what they’re saying, even though much of it is ideologically repulsive. So I guess I have a better understanding of why stupid polls like “would you rather have a beer with Bush or Kerry?” are telling. I watch this knowing I’m being manipulated, and it’s still almost working on me.