People and Politics.

I know several actual swing voters. most "swing" voters have already swung. A swing voter is usually a moderate, not an independent. An independent is just not Dem/Rep. So an Independent could be from the Constitution party, the party that wants America to become a third-world theocracy.

A moderate is someone who is actually centrist/sees themselves as moderate. MODERATES are significantly in favor of Obama.

Here are a few actual swing voters:

1:

Male
18-29
Not Pro Life or Pro Choice, but realizes abortions have to be legal, and encourages adoption (Like McCain 8 years ago!)
Pro Gay Marriage (but thinks allowing states to legalize it may be the only way it can work)
Fiscally is conservative
Not sure about the war 100%, but he's somewhat pro war, but not passionately so.
Would probably want semi-autos to stay unbanned (hint Obama...)

This person voted for Bush in 2004 and dislikes Palin. Obama if he does well on the debates, which he will.

Person 2:

Female
18-29
Not sure, but not pro life, I think.
Pro Gay Marriage/Adoption
For Affirmative Action
Doesn't want socialized medicine (neither does Obama.) (probably mostly fiscally conservative)
Not sure about war.

There are probably a lot of people like this. Both of them were probably raised Republican, but like most young people realize gay marriage is going to be legal and think it is ok.

These are the sort of people that will be choosing Obama. I think this is a pretty common profile for young people. Fiscally conservative/socially liberal.

lots of younger people have issues mostly of gay rights, civil liberties, and reproductive rights. Obama is stronger on all of those.

The real difference is what their parents are/were.

The debates are key here. A lot of people like to call Obama a Communist, and some people really believe that, especially FOX news.

The Bill O'Reilly interview helped that out a bit,and the real debates will help it out a lot.

I think O'Reilly should ask questions of McCain too, but the opposite.

O'Reilly: McCain, you were wrong at the start. Iraq didn't have Al Qaeda until we came there. Would you admit that, if I admit you were right about the surge?

Not sure how he'd answer, but I could see McCain throwing a temper tantrum in front of O'Reilly and losing some FOX viewers. :-)

I think he really should, unless he's been interviewed on the same topics before.