It's amazing someone would pay for a poll to confirm the obvious. According to a  recent AP poll, McCain supporters don't have the same fire in the belly as Obama supporters. Duh!

Look no further than the Obama rallies. Fainting woman, screaming "fans", and a sense of giddiness not seen since a late '80s New Kids on the Block concert.

This is the big intangible. My mind keeps telling me to trust the American people. Trust that when it comes time to pull the lever for the next president, they opt for real experience over a naive rookie with rhetorical flare. My heart tells me that the groundswell of enthusiasm seen on the Democrat side is going to spill over into moderates and independents on behalf of Obama. I'm nervous.

With Obama, you have the potential to introduce legions of new voters representing a youthful new demographic into the political arena. These people will be voting FOR someone and could affect the balance of national elections for several generations.

With McCain, you have zero buzz, zero enthusiasm, and nothing new. Maybe Republicans turn out, maybe they don't. One thing is appears certain... many Republicans will be voting AGAINST Obama, not FOR McCain. This does not sound like a recipe for success.

Poll: McCain's Backers Less Fired up than Obama's
John McCain is facing an excitement deficit.
By Alan Fram, Associated Press Writer

While overall interest in the presidential campaign has swelled since last fall, backers of Barack Obama are more fired up and express more loyalty to their candidate than McCain's do, a poll by The Associated Press and Yahoo News showed Friday. In addition, individual groups backing Obama -- African-Americans, Democrats and liberals -- are more enthusiastic than whites, Republicans and conservatives, who are more aligned with McCain, the GOP senator from Arizona.

Obama faces hurdles of his own. The poll shows lagging fervor for the Democratic senator from Illinois by supporters of his vanquished rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton. And there are lots of dispirited and undecided independents, who are expected to be pivotal on an Election Day now less then four months off.

The passion and interest shown by blocs of voters are important because they affect who will be motivated to vote. For now, the numbers favor Obama: 38 percent of his supporters say the election is exciting compared to 9 percent of McCain's. Sixty-five percent of Obama's backers say they are hopeful about the campaign, double McCain's, and the Democrat's supporters are three times likelier to express pride.

"Being African-American, you know, I do have some biases," said John Douglas, 67, of Villa Rica, Ga., an Obama supporter. He said the pride and thrill he feels about the possibility of the first black president "has been building up for my lifetime, it's been building up since the inception of our country."

Half of McCain's supporters say the race makes them frustrated, more than double Obama's backers who say so. By 2-to-1 or more, McCain backers are likelier than Obama's to say the campaign makes them bored, angry and helpless. And while 16 percent of those preferring Obama say they may change their candidate, 24 percent of McCain's say they might do the same.

Read the rest of the AP story on Yahoo News, here.