McCain vs. Obama: Your partisan divide

The New York Times’ Leibovich notes the differences between rallies for McCain-Palin and Obama. “Supporters of Senators Barack Obama and Joseph R. Biden Jr. often look like Benetton-colored billboards, decked out for their candidates in Obama-Biden hats, T-shirts and buttons. Supporters of Senator John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin like logo merchandise, too, but tend more toward pompoms (yes, pompoms), homemade signs (‘Pitbulls 4 Freedom’), flag pins and chest paint. There is more dancing at Democratic rallies, more shouting out at Republican ones. They chant ‘Yes, we can’ (or ‘Sí, se puede’) at Obama and Biden rallies, ‘U.S.A.’ and ‘Drill, baby, drill’ at McCain and Palin rallies; the D’s bounce to blaring folk-rock and Motown (Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder) and the R’s counter with country-pop (including Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’) and arena rock (AC/DC).” Leibovich adds, “Democratic rallygoers seem more worried about Ms. Palin than about Mr. McCain. They speak of feeling weary of ‘the politics ... (link)