Posted on 08/25/2008 4:08:59 PM PDT by Momaw Nadon
D.C. doesn't get 269 electorial votes.
“I believe if Obama wins, we are in for deep trouble.”
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I believe that if Obama does not win,
we are also in for deep trouble.
If he does not win it will bring about racial strife
like we have not seen since the 60’s and 70’s.
So, we’re damned if he does and damned if he don’t.
I thought recent polls showed Ohio and Pennsylvania polling toward McCain?
InTrade numbers seem to lag a bit behind polling numbers.
Norman, do you know what the most recent polls are saying regarding OH and PA?
I'm very, very familiar with "the source". This is crap! Ignorant people betting foolishly.
Maybe so, but in the past it's been a very good indicator of the outcome of US elections.
This far out, the absolute numbers aren't that important. The interesting information is in the trend -- i.e. how it's shifting from one outcome to the other. And as the original poster points out, it is definitely trending in favor of McCain.
I guess I need a magnifying glass. Where do you see that?
Colorado
Nevada
New Hampshire
Ohio
Virginia
All of these states are 10% or less away from being moved into the McCain column.
No, you said:
Your just scaring people with this. This is a really old map with old numbers.
No one that understands the clearly labeled source of the data has any reason to be scared. It's a collective interpretation of the polls, the campaign ads, and the public profile of the candidates by a small group of people. The interesting part is that their opinion is trending in favor of McCain, reflecting an improvement in his position.
But, it's certainly not a "really old map with old numbers". It was generated today. You can look at the InTrade site and check them yourself.
I believe that if Obama does not win,
we are also in for deep trouble.
If he does not win it will bring about racial strife
like we have not seen since the 60s and 70s.
So, were damned if he does and damned if he dont.
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I do not give one hoot about that. The playing field has been level for some time now. Asians and Cubans just to name a couple of minorities, came to this country recently and made success for themselves...not freaking excuses.
Obama needs to loose and loose big. If people want to riot, that is fine by me. I have a large pantry, a generator, big dogs, guns and plenty of ammo.
And if anyone wants to call me a racist, have at it. I do not see race as an issue here. I see a bunch of namby pamby cry babies who want to sit in a stinking steaming pile of victimitis. And by the way I am a lady. My husband makes me look like a liberal.
Obama is ahead by 10% or less in 5 states, which represent 51 electoral votes. If those states go for McCain instead, it's 278-260 for McCain.
Either NV or NH (but not both) could still go for Obama, and McCain would still have the winning margin.
Thank you for your posts.
You are better at explaining stuff than I am.
I think we are WAY more damned if he does win. We're not in the 1970s anymore, and racial strife in response to an Obama loss will only appall the nation as a whole. People are getting fed up with this race-baiting stuff, and I think any overt acting out by angry black mobs (if in fact such a thing actually happens) will backfire terribly. The biggest loser will be the Democrat Party, and that can't be a bad thing.
We shall see what happens.
yitbos
I didn't make any money, but it was a lot more fun than dropping it into a slot machine. :-)
In my browser, it's the link to the article immediately under the title.
And the original submitter's comments start with:
It's misleading,hence some of the reaction on this thread.
It's only misleading if you don't bother to read the article or even the poster's comments for the source of the projection(s). You really shouldn't blame someone else for that.
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