Posted on 10/29/2008 8:41:28 PM PDT by BillyM
Here’s the kicker: these people aren’t McCain supporters. Several are working for Obama now in both states, because they have political jobs and thus must tow the party line. Others are voting Green and no longer campaigning for anyone, but are tuned into things in their states.
Every EV helps!
Regarding the lack of Obama signs, I can confirm the same here in central Pennsylvania.
Very few Obama signs in front of homes. Kerry signs were everywhere in 2004 and Hillary signs were all over in the primary.
We have a lot more McCain signs vs Obama signs in our surrounding area. Granted I live conservative Maine town but it has been strange this time around.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
“You can always rely on Hillbuzz for a pick-me-up. “
Yeah, but a lot of the stuff is crap...
btw, Team Obama have gone out of their way not to push yard signs...
Even here in NJ, the McCain signs seem to out number the O’s. Doesn’t mean that much I suppose, but I have heard, firsthand, that many of the Jewish faith are voting McCain, but are not saying so.
I have my own suspicions that even those Democratic strategists will be secretly pulling the lever for McCain.
He’s too risky even for most of them.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I have been thinking all along that Obama will lose Iowa. A lot of these Hillary/PUMA/moderate Dems in caucus states saw the Obama/ACORN thuggery first hand. They were victims of Obama. They were essentially mugged. Like the old saying something like “a liberal is a conservative that has not been mugged yet” Is that it?
I may not be Bill and Hillary fans but everyone deserve a fair and honest election. Obama is a thug who is friends with terrorists.
My guess is Hillary and maybe Bill will call McCain late Tuesday night to offer congratulations. I would love to be the fly on the wall with Hillary and Bill when McCain is announced the winner.
Hillary wants McCain to win in a landslide because it will mean Obama is over. It will also mean the Dems could have had Hillary and might have won.
Donate, volunteer and GOTV this weekend or now until election day if you can.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Why?
It's all Obama all the time, in every other respect. I detect a little BS from the Obama campaign.
I think in a way they do have a stake in the outcome. Hillary wants to see Obama lose in a landslide.
She and Bill will regain control of the Dem Party. This is what the PUMA’s want. They helped us (and America) and McCain winning puts the Dem Party back together the way it was.
Juat drove from Newnan, GA to Long Island via Roanoke, Va.
On I81 from MD/PA Border to Harrisburg, not one Obama road sign. Numerous McCain-Palin signs.
Drove same route in ‘04 around mid-Oct. Kerry/Edwards vs. Bush/Cheney bumper stickers were nearly 50-50.
This time the ratio was about 5-1, McCain-Palin over Obama-Biden
If Maine and New Hampshire went for McCain I think all of the networks would go off the air. They wouldn’t know what to broadcast. Seriously. If those states fall for McCain, then I think he takes PA and keeps VA. Then the Upper Midwest states would likely be winnable, save for Michigan. McCain would keep Ohio. Unless Obama could pull an upset in Florida then it would be over.
There’s two, perhaps three theories to this campaign. The first is the Obama scenario, in which overwhelming numbers of blacks and youth (under 30 yrs old) turn out and vote him in, along with disaffected Republicans - and Obama’s Dem losses aren’t that steep.
The second is the general McCain scenario, in which by pluck and some key Dem defections in battleground states he eeks out less than a 10 point electoral college win.
The third is what seems to be the PUMA scenario, in which a good part of the Democratic party simply disowns Obama and votes for McCain, leaves the President part of the ballot blank, or votes for a 3rd party. In that case, blue states which seemed to be locks for Obama become competitive.
I guess my gut reaction would be some modification of the 3rd, in which McCain wins NH, PA, and picks up one blue Midwest state, such as Wisconsin.
But if the PUMAs are correct, then McCain could be pushing well over 300 electoral votes, say around 330-340.
Still, there’s a lot of rumors flying around and who knows what is what anymore.
**SHOCKER: Team Hillary believes McCain will win New Hampshire, Iowa, and MAINE**
That would be a great start for a McCain-Palin landslide!
However, I live in NYC where people don't have lawns, but put signs in windows and the Obama folks have been giving signs to anyone who will stop long enough to talk to them...
My impression is that Obama would love to see more signs out (tons of my idiot neighbors have them in their windows, in their cars, etc — and this city is so in the bag for Obama already it hardly maters) so i don't fully buy the Obama storyline on this. Also, putting signs in your lawn is what VOTERS do when they support someone — even if the signs are homemade (as most of the few McCain/Palin signs here are) —
So in a nutshell — mho fwiw — No Obama signs, bad for him, good for us
Down here in SE Iowa the absentees are lower than ‘04. Our local candidates going door2door are saying Democrats are telling them that they won’t even vote. I live in a Dem county. The Obama team has not come thru with the bodies to work the absentees like last time either.
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