Campaigns Boiling Down to a Dwindling Swing Vote

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-swings29may29,1,7272573,print.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Marshall Burstein, man of action, is stuck.

"I run a company or two; I have to be decisive," he said. But when it comes to choosing the next president, the 44-year-old Burstein is waiting to see who Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kerry picks as a running mate. And he wants to hear the presumed Democratic nominee and President Bush debate.

"A lot of people are picking Kerry because they don't like the war …. I'm still learning about him," he said.

In most election years, the next line might read, "And Marshall Burstein is not alone." But this spring, he very nearly is.

With the nation clearly divided on a number of issues, the presidential campaigns operating virtually nonstop and torrents of political ads already unleashed, undecided voters are fast becoming an endangered species. They are also a precious commodity to both parties.

[PartyPooper]

1. Interestingly, today I heard that over 75% of the folks seeing campaign

ads are not affected by them. This includes the ads run by both candidates to date.

Hmmmm.

:crazy:

[Senior citizen]

2. That's not how I heard it.

I heard that 75% CLAIM they are not affected by campaign ads, but that if you pick out something specific that you know to be untrue from a campaign ad, and ask if they believe it, most of those people who claim to be unaffected say that they do.

[GingerSnaps]

3. I don't think that there will be a debate

If there is a debate something horrible will happen and the news will break in in the middle of it.