With the latest NBC/WSJ and CBS/NYT polls showing Obama trending down , it MUST be obvious to everyone NOW , Obama's VP can not be based solely on governing , but also on who can help him the most among specific consituencies and swing states.

I've long come to the conclusion that Obama major weakness is , believing he doesn't have to throw hard political punches to win.

As many know by now , i was an Obama supporter from day one , but one of my worries about him was whether he was too nice of a guy to realize that in today's political environment , you have got to show a killer instinct and know when you have to go for the kill.

Unfortunatly , 'till this day , Obama just doesnt realize that politics is not for nice guy , and still believe he can win by playing the "above the fray' politics.

I've come to the conclusion that Obama's VP pick will be very important to voters because there's so much about him that the electorate worries about , and because of that , i doubt he can make a decision based on heart instead of head.

I know many Obama supporters have supreme confidence in Obama's campaign strategy , but i see a lot of cracks in it , and it deserves a lot of scrutiny and careful consideration on whether Obama is running the wrong strategy against McCain.

First , i want to remind people that i'm a strong Obama supporter and supported his bid for the White House the day he announced it.

I remember me fighting with many Edwards supporters on this site last year....That was the days when DailyKos was known as "DailyEdwards".

Dont Believe me??..Check out my profile-diaries.

Me fighting with Edwards supporters on behalf of Obama in 2007.

Me pushing Obama to go on offense against Clinton because he was acting way too soft and above the fray. in 2007.

I know many Kossacks will disagree with me , but i sincerily believe the democratic congress + Obama are both playing with fire on oil drilling , and if they were smart , they'd lift up the ban and allow every single state to make their own decision.

In 2000 , many balmed Nader for Al Gore's lost because he ran as a hard core liberal who took votes away from the democratic candidate..

So , this year , some may feel that Nader in the race could hurt Obama , right??..Well , think again.

Take a look at the latest poll released by NBC/WSJ..Here's the money quote.

But Obama’s lead over McCain expands to 13 points when third-party candidates Ralph Nader and Bob Barr are added into the mix — with Obama at 48 percent, McCain at 35 percent, Nader at 5 percent and Barr at 2 percent. However, it’s important to note that the pro-Obama vote (48 percent) and anti-Obama vote (adding up to 42 percent) is consistent with the result from the two-way match up.

Some may asked themselves , "how is it that Nader gets 5% , but Obama manages to expand his lead against McCain.

At first , i asked myself the first question , then quickly realized what's going on here.

Yes , yes , i know many of my fellow Obama supporters will jump on this diary to bash me and accuse me of being a concern troll , but i want you to at least hear me out with my complaints about how Obama has been running his campaign and i strongly believe he could get "Kerry.ed" if he doesn't wake up very soon.

This is a plea to Barack Obama and his advisers , to not pick Kathleen Sebelius as the VP because i worry she's just not ready for the national stage spotlight and she's such a terrible fit for Obama..Specially Obama.

As you well know by now , the Obama campaign has a huge problem in pushing their positive narrative through the media and this has caused them a great deal of problem , so i decided to draw a plan on how Obama could pretty much receive good media narrative for a full month while at the same time , putting McCain on defense.

I just can't put my 2 hands on it , but it just doesn't feel right to me.

When the Obama campaign ended the Democratic primary , limping across the finish-line , i really thought their campaign was going to take off and do it fast once the general election started , but it just feels like they are still hurting by the bruising primary and the GOP are taking full advantage of it  by pounding Obama on a daily basis.

Guys , there's some breaking news on CNN about the Colombian government launching a raid to free up some American hostages that were held by radical rebel since 94 , but the big news about this event is how McCain ended up getting caught in this story...

Was it coincidence?

Many on DailyKos have been throwing around different VP candidate's name that could help Obama to either balance out the ticket or help him in some other way , but what many doesnt realize is that Obama may be limited or forced to pick a candidate who's already well known nationally because of persisting rumors about Obama's faith.

McCain has a huge Charlie Crist dilemma on his hands and sources has it that McCain still don't know how he can resolve this and at the same time , come out of it looking good.

Crist wants the job badly , but McCain knows that there's some negatives in putting Christ on the ticket.

Christ is not helping making this matter easier for McCain neither.

Many of you may disagree with what I'm about to say here , but i strongly believe McCain and the GOP have really pushed Obama around ever since he clinched the democratic nomination and there's just no argument that they've repeatedly been successful in getting Obama to defend attacks after attacks.

The main reason why McCain is such a huge underdog against Barack Obama is because of 2 things.

1)George Bush
2)Republican party brand

To win , McCain must find a way to disguise himself as a politician who works independently from the republicans in congress and he will need to demonstrate he's no Bush supporter.

Last night , i was thinking about different things Obama could do to take advantage of the popularity of some very popular candidate who will be on their state-ticket alongside Obama.

I came up with this idea in which i don't know whether it's legal , but wants to throw it out there and see if it's feasible to enact.

Everyone knows the GOP are cooking up a massive swiftboating plan to destroy Obama's candidacy , and the Obama campaign must think about ways to stop it.

Any Obama supporters who thinks Obama can just ignore it or just give a nice denial reply and get it over with , are kidding themselves.