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Was Obama's 50 state Strategy a Mistake? (yes!!!)
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Posted on 09/14/2008 11:58:50 AM PDT by WilliamReading

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This website is pro-Democrat but still believe that McCain has 290 Electoral Votes versus 248 for Obama.

Obama has wasted a lot of money in places like Georgia, and Montana. Millions of dollars advertising in Florida has given them little benefit.

It will be interesting to see what states they pull out of next. Panic time.

1 posted on 09/14/2008 11:59:20 AM PDT by WilliamReading
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No, his 57 state strategy was a mistake...


2 posted on 09/14/2008 12:01:44 PM PDT by kik5150
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To: WilliamReading

Famous Last Words:

Keep in mind that the resource allocation choices made by the Obama campaign aren’t necessarily focused on the goal of getting him elected President. They may also be motivated by a desire to expand the party’s reach in future election cycles, or to help Democrats in downballot races.


3 posted on 09/14/2008 12:02:15 PM PDT by WilliamReading
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Obama would’ve lost Georgia even with Sam Nunn on the ticket.


4 posted on 09/14/2008 12:02:47 PM PDT by Senator Goldwater
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No! Definitely not! Keep it up!
5 posted on 09/14/2008 12:02:48 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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No, it wasn’t a mistake. It was the best thing he could have done for this country.


6 posted on 09/14/2008 12:05:16 PM PDT by Jemian (Nobama - wants to kill babies & raise taxes; Palin - wants to kill taxes & raise babies!)
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He’s not going to get one vote in Euopean Georgia, tho’.....wonder if that was one of his 57 states.....


7 posted on 09/14/2008 12:05:15 PM PDT by illiac (If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
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Actually the idea of the candidate appearing in ALL states appeals to me. It’s the idea that they can ignore half of the nation when campaigning that offends me.


8 posted on 09/14/2008 12:05:53 PM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
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Obama has made a lot of mistakes...


9 posted on 09/14/2008 12:05:54 PM PDT by SumProVita ("Cogito ergo sum pro vita." .....updated Descartes)
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No, his 57 state strategy was a mistake...

You beat me to it. The first thing I thought of when I read the headline.


10 posted on 09/14/2008 12:06:10 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I overinflate my tires, so the gas fairy will fill my tank.)
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Absolutely not. I encourage Obama to spend lots of time and money campaigning in Alaska and Alabama.


11 posted on 09/14/2008 12:06:17 PM PDT by TheWasteLand
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0Bama is not ready to be president. He needs to go put in a little more time in the Senate to build some experience. Being the junior Senator from Illinois doesn’t help him much.


12 posted on 09/14/2008 12:10:14 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("Troopergate" - The Revenge of the Alaskan Good Old Boys Club.)
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If the intention was to draw resources out of the McCain campaign,,b> Steve Schmidt certainly didn't take the bait...

Seriesly, This guy makes my lege tingle. ;o)

13 posted on 09/14/2008 12:11:38 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (OBAMA: He was a flop before he became a flipper.)
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The statement about Indiana seems correct.....I’m worried about Indiana ( NEVER thought I’d say that )....but if the current trends toward McCain continue, the next couple of weeks will tell whether the worry is appropriate.


14 posted on 09/14/2008 12:12:02 PM PDT by bioprof (STRATEGERY!)
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That Obama could win either West Virginia or Indiana is way past crack pipe hallucinations. It is ingesting some kind of sci-fi 24th century drug.

It is also hillarious that Palin is hurting McCain outside the Republican base.

It has unified the base,attracted a few feminist Hillarycrats,appealed to independent white working class folks, and caused the Left to overreach. Giving Palin teflon coating.

If they had made reasonable criticism they may have hurt Palin.But the attacks were so outrageous that people dismiss any new attacks and will dismiss any damaging revelations from “Troopergate.”


15 posted on 09/14/2008 12:13:05 PM PDT by Reaganez
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That Obama could win either West Virginia or Indiana is way past crack pipe hallucinations. It is ingesting some kind of sci-fi 24th century drug.

It is also hillarious that Palin is hurting McCain outside the Republican base.

It has unified the base,attracted a few feminist Hillarycrats,appealed to independent white working class folks, and caused the Left to overreach. Giving Palin teflon coating.

If they had made reasonable criticism they may have hurt Palin.But the attacks were so outrageous that people dismiss any new attacks and will dismiss any damaging revelations from “Troopergate.”


16 posted on 09/14/2008 12:13:39 PM PDT by Reaganez
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This website is pro-Democrat but still believe that McCain has 290 Electoral Votes versus 248 for Obama.

With the new laws in New Jersey and Maryland which commit their electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote national wide, for all practical purposes their votes are now McCain votes. The polling in those states is meaningless.

17 posted on 09/14/2008 12:14:48 PM PDT by w1andsodidwe (Jimmy Carter(the Godfather of Terror) allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
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But the attacks were so outrageous that people dismiss any new attacks and will dismiss any damaging revelations from “Troopergate.”

The MSM who cried wolf...or moose, in this case.

18 posted on 09/14/2008 12:15:03 PM PDT by TheWasteLand
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I think the biggest problem for Obama is that he and his advisers started believing their own propaganda... That is Obama is some kind of Messiah figure which would win in a Reaganesque landslide across the entire nation. They squandered resources in states that Obama will end up losing by 10+ point margins.

I read another article which said that the Obama team was regretting not taking matching funds. Since the convention his fund raising is way below projections and he may end up with less money than Mccain

19 posted on 09/14/2008 12:17:29 PM PDT by apillar
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I was going to say ''That commentary isn't YOURS, surely.'' Whew, what a relief.

The analysis from that site...well, post it next to the Limburger cheese. It won't smell so badly by comparison.

20 posted on 09/14/2008 12:18:08 PM PDT by SAJ
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