I'm really disappointed in the Clinton campaign. As an undecided voter in NC, I have about an hour (waiting until after the lunch rush) to figure out what I'm going to do, but I've always had a mistrust of Clinton as she seemed to be willing to do or say whatever it took to get elected. To that extent, Obama seems to project a far greater degree of credibility in spite of his lack of experience - and realistically, I don't find being first lady to be suitable qualifying experience for being elected president.

As an economist by training, I was particularly unimpressed by by Clinton's choice to adopt McCain's Gas Tax Holiday proposal - in spite of her actually proposing to pay for it - which of course is a point in her favor. More specifically, I was deeply offended by her comment to George Stephanopoulos and a live audience, that the opinions of all economists are by definition elitist opinions and most disturbingly because they are elitist should be disregarded.

On being elitist - I'd prefer to vote for an elitist president who isn't ashamed if his/her intellect and success. At the same time, it's important to understand that one can be elitist without being condescending - that being the far more offensive behavior and more likely to turn off voters. With this in mind, Why bother with Robo-Calls? Certainly they're effective in reminding individuals to vote, who otherwise wouldn't do so, but is there really anyone out there who would be persuaded to change their preference from one candidate to another based on a robo-call? Last week I got a robo-call from the Clinton campaign, where the message itself was recorded by Clinton, which I found rather offensive. If you want to solicit my vote, have a volunteer call me, but don't waste my time with a recorded message. In their defense, I did receive a call subsequently, from a Clinton volunteer, to whom I patiently explained why robo-calls tend to offend voters. I did receive another robo-call sponsored by the AARP the content being a reminder to vote, at which I was not offended at all. Perhaps it's just my own personal elitism speaking, but I don't want to base my voting decision on such a petty thing as a robo-call, but at some level, I suppose everything should be considered.

Well, I guess I have an hour to come to a decision.