Posted on 09/12/2008 9:09:04 PM PDT by vwatto
And spends $40 million. That change to Invesco field alone cost, I hear, about $18 million.
It keeps Obama off offense as well.
The Peoples' Republic of Minnesota is truly one of the most politically-befuddled states in the union. Jesse Ventura and Al Franken are testimony to this.
The descendents of the old Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party which was formed in 1924 still have visions of government sugar-plums dancing in their heads and they vote accordingly every four years.
Through the years, the F-L Party evolved into a socialist, government welfare/largesse organization till it finally merged with the Democrat party after WW2. The leftist ideology fostered through the decades is still a dominant undercurrent in the state....and it creates all kinds of identity crisises among the politicians and voters.
I won't be at all surprised if the two political oddballs, Al Frankenstein and Obama, win the state. Minnesota is a strange state....so much cold all the time has got to have a negative effect on the little gray cells.
Leni
It keeps Obama off offense as well.
Oh wow....that’s right. He now has to defend his turf instead of going after ours!!! I got it....nice!!
Not true. Assuming OH and FL stay as is, we don’t need CO.
Four smaller states will tell the tale, NM, NV, CO and NH.
If 0bama wins three of four, he’s in. If he takes CO and either NM or NV, it’s 269-269 and goes to the Congress.
McCain is trending ahead in NM and NV right now. Encouraging in the status quo scenario.
The Obama campaign is sending out emails begging for money.
I wonder why Iran and China cut off his funding. Maybe they too have seen the latest polls.
More great news! Thanks for the ping.
Nah, I mean the one in MN, not in general. :)
Obama has staff everywhere - the “57 state strategy”. He has huuuuge overhead. He can’t simple cut back on ads, he needs a constant influx of cash to keep the beast going.
I think VA will return solid red (it should be blue - incumbent party used to always be blue, out of power party red) sooner rather than later.
Well, if they’d take my advice, which I’m sure they won’t and probably rightly so, my thinking is that (if the current outlook is holding), they should heavily concentrate on VA, NH, and CO and chain each of those Senate candidates to Sarah Palin while they do it. If they can help those candidates, we MIGHT be able to eke out a 1 seat net gain in the Senate or a push and have Lieberman move to R to give us the majority as a final f-u to Reid. Taking the house back is nearly impossible, but (again if the current climate holds) we can make a modest gain.
I think Gilmore is a good candidate who can beat Warner if we really get behind him. Same in CO. Sununu may be a lost cause, but we should go down fighting.
I’d be okay with the children running the house for 2 more years, while the adults can smack down their nonsense in the Senate. Plus, we can get some judicial nominees through.
Isn’t it funny that the guys we trust to smack down foreign enemies are so gutless with domestic ones that they actually lay down and take it when their sworn enemy tells them they’re going to lose? lol
"Ain't" going to happen this time around my FRiend.
Look at this Rasmussen poll.
Friday, September 12, 2008
“John McCain is holding a two-to-one lead over Barack Obama in the Republican stronghold state of Oklahoma, according to the first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of voters there this election year.”
“McCain has 63% of the vote versus Obama’s 32%”
“Not only does the GOP presidential nominee have the backing of 95% of Republicans, but 41% of Oklahoma Democrats support him, too.”
I think it’s the Independents and Democrats that are making these huge swings towards McCain.
Wouldn’t be something if Obama had to lay off his paid staff, while blasting Mac / Plain for outsourcing jobs. :)
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It would appear that Obama is slightly ahead in NH, PA, MI, WI, MN. And up by four in WA.
Factor in the Bradley effect, and McCain could win all five.
This could be a major blowout.
Against a VP selection named Palin to boot.
Perhaps Obama is out of his league?
When you say "gaffe," I assume you are referring to the fact that McCain can't type or use a keyboard because of his POW injuries?
Or is there something else I should know?
Say hello to my little friend: The Gallup Poll.
GALLUP: Battle for Congress Suddenly Looks Competitive...
"The positive impact of the GOP convention on polling indicators of Republican strength is further seen in the operation of Gallup's "likely voter" model in this survey. Republicans, who are now much more enthused about the 2008 election than they were prior to the convention, show heightened interest in voting, and thus outscore Democrats in apparent likelihood to vote in November. As a result, Republican candidates now lead Democratic candidates among likely voters by 5 percentage points, 50% to 45%. If these numbers are sustained through Election Day -- a big if -- Republicans could be expected to regain control of the U.S. House of Representatives." I'm so giddy right now, I could pee myself. Granted, we still have ~6 weeks to go, but I'm starting to feel VERY good right now. Especially with the messiah having money troubles, the Left becoming unhinged (did you see Bahbwa's long face today ?), and Mac being competitve in States he would normally have no business being competitive in.
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