If the election were held today, Obama would beat McCain 48% to 39%--that is, Michelle Obama would beat Cindy McCain. While Sen. Obama's wife has been the subject of vicious attacks about her patriotism, her racism, etc., it hasn't hurt her much according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll. Michelle has a huge (65%) lead among black women but also a small (4%) lead among white women. Cindy McCain hasn't been in the news much but she could be in the future. Cindy, who inherited something like $100 million from her beer-distributor father, was addicted to prescription drugs which she later stole. She also had a business relationship with Charles Keating, the crooked banker who swindled thousands of people out of their life savings and went to federal prison for it. Almost nobody knows this but if the Republicans go after Michelle, Democratic 527 groups have plenty of material to work with concerning Cindy.
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