4 Days to Go - Take it to the Wire

Gut check time.

We can debate all night as to whether the poll results are predictive. Certainly, history abounds with anecdotal evidence that they are anything but infallible. At the same time, reviewing the current state by state status on REAL CLEAR POLITICSis a sobering exercise. It has long been predicted that this election will be decided by the Electoral College. The focus has been on "toss up" states such as Florida, North Carolina, Missouri, Indiana, Montana and Georgia. In blue New England, it was thought for a time that the Republicans might capture New Hampshire's four electoral votes, but the tea leaves and the polls are raining on that parade as well. Even if all the toss ups states go red, McCain will need a number of major upsets to win the day.

At the same time, this is no time to throw in the towel. The difference between the two candidates could not be drawn more sharply. John McCain may not be a great orator, but a MCCain presidency would be a reaffirmation of the principle of limited government and personal liberty, the encouragement of personal achievement that has been the prime mover in America's greatness. Obama is promising to take the left path to a society controlled by a socialistic paternal government that promises the solution to all our ills but will provide, instead, sluggish mediocrity, at best. Obama's redistribution of wealth will draw the fruits of labor from those who excel and provide them, not just to those in true need, but also to those seeking a free ride.

This is not the time to give up the fight and sit out the next four days. The polls have been wrong before. The popular media, in many cases promoting its own agenda, is providing their own slanted version of reality. This is the time to rally like-minded voters and encourage them to join us at the polls, even, and especially, in those "solid" blue states. If this election turns out, as many think it will, to be much closer than advertised, then, like no time before, every vote will count. Make sure that your vote is included.