My Opinion? Have An Opinion Already, Would Ya ...

You know who I would love to invite out to dinner? One of those undecided voters mentioned in the Gallup Poll pictured below. Check this out:


I get the folks who are registered and likely to vote for neither candidate. That 3 percent of the population just likes someone else -- Nader, Ron Paul, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Neutron, whoever. Can't blame them at all because neither guy in this race has much going for him in terms of inspiration. But the two presidential candidates are one thing if nothing else: Different from one another in tangible ways. McCain and Obama are different on the war in Iraq, different on Roe v. Wade, different on the role of government in our lives, different, different, different.

My question for the 5 percent of America who remains of "no opinion" (and I believe this would make for fun dinner chatter): If you haven't made up your mind yet, what exactly are you waiting for to reach the tipping point? Maybe tomorrow night during the second debate McCain will snap and karate chop Obama in the throat? Or perhaps Obama mutters something about "hating whitey" and flashes some gang signs?

That's a dinner I'd be up for attending. I just don't want to be there at the Cheesecake Factory while our undecided guests try to make up their minds.

Server: "So, are you folks ready to order? Why don't we start with you, ma'am?"

Sarah from Peoria: "Yeah. Uh, hmm. No. Yeah. I don't know. I'm stuck trying to choose between the chicken caesar salad or maybe the Oreo cheesecake. Which is better, do you think? Or maybe a Reuben sandwich. Jeez. Wow. Okay ... huh, maybe you can just come back to me?"

Love those people. We'll come back to them on first Tuesday in November, I guess. Comforting thought ...