My Mom has been a classic undecided. She is older, a single mother, and Catholic. Demographically she should be more Kerry than Bush. She also disagreed with Bush on Iraq. She is also very thoughtful so she approached the debates with a very open mind, hoping that they would help her make up her mind (she isn't a news junkie). She came away from the first debate feeling better about Bush. She felt that Kerry was very fake and that Bush's much-derided emotion showed conviction. She came away from the second debate as a Bush supporter. She feels that Bush won decisively. She was very unimpresses with Kerry's positions on abortion and fetal stem-cell research. Specifically, she questions how he can take these positions and still call himself a faithful Catholic. Her favorite point from Bush was his assertion that we sometimes have to make tought choices in order to stand behind our beliefs and convictions. She now believes that Bush is a man of strong moral character who will stand up for what he believes in and honestly try to do what he thinks is right whereas Kerry is simply an ambitious man who will say whatever he must in order to become President. Bottom line: she trusts Bush and not Kerry.

Obviously this is just one story, but if it is an indicator then Kerry may be in trouble.

And for the record, my mother knows that I am a Bush supporter but I have not done anything to try and sway her opinion. She told me that she wanted to see the debates first and I have respected this. The only reason that we spoke this weekend is because she initiated the conversation. She wanted me to know that she now understands why I support Bush.

See, if we were in church right now, I'd have to let out a hearty "amen."