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The Road To 270 EV's-Not As Hard As You Would Think For McCain
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Posted on 11/03/2008 6:49:09 AM PST by icwhatudo
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Forget the national polls and take a good look at the individual polling in these key states. Electoral votes decide this election, not the popular vote. After doing a bit of research, I'm feeling a lot better about McCains chances. He doesn't need PA or Iowa or Wisconsin, just win where Bush won before and he wins.
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posted on
11/03/2008 6:49:10 AM PST
by
icwhatudo
To: icwhatudo
After the coal quote, McCain clinches PA and it is all over for Obama.
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posted on
11/03/2008 6:50:06 AM PST
by
truthandlife
("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
To: truthandlife
2 out of the 4 traditionally Dem voting areas, Northeast and Southwest PA, are coal mining regions. That could be the ticket for McCain taking PA.
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posted on
11/03/2008 6:51:36 AM PST
by
Born Conservative
(Bohicaville: http://bohicaville.wordpress.com/)
To: truthandlife
Thats what weird, he doesn’t even need PA to win yet people are freaking out about an Obama blow out. Win 3 Toss-ups and one leaner and game over for Obama.
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posted on
11/03/2008 6:52:26 AM PST
by
icwhatudo
(PALIN VID=========>>>>>http://www.overstream.net/view.php?oid=n1ronxelmtin<++++++++)
To: Born Conservative
There were approximately 619,000 wage and salary jobs in the mining industry in 2006; around 136,000 in oil and gas extraction; 79,000 in coal mining; 33,000 in metal mining; and 110,000 in nonmetallic mineral mining. Not included in these figures are the thousands of Americans who work abroad for U.S. companies conducting mining or drilling operations around the world.
Although there were around 1,400 coal mining operations in 26 States in 2005, over two-thirds of all coal mines, and about half of all mine employees, were located in just three StatesKentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, according to the Energy Information Administration. Other States employing large numbers of coal miners are Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Virginia, and Wyoming. Metal mining is more prevalent in the West and Southwest, particularly in Arizona, Nevada, and Montana, and iron ore mining in Minnesota and Michigan.
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posted on
11/03/2008 6:52:29 AM PST
by
truthandlife
("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
To: icwhatudo
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posted on
11/03/2008 6:52:41 AM PST
by
DBCJR
(What would you expect?)
To: icwhatudo
Electoral votes decide this election, not the popular vote....
Wait till the Obama voters find this out!!
To: icwhatudo
Assuming McCain wins the states he is currently in the lead or tied in Winning every single tie is on a par with winning the lottery.
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posted on
11/03/2008 6:54:05 AM PST
by
steve-b
(Intelligent design is to evolutionary biology what socialism is to free-market economics.)
To: icwhatudo
What concerns me now is, it is going to be raining in Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia tomorrow.
How many people who are depressed by these stupid poll numbers will show up in the rain to vote? I hope the answer is *every* single one.
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posted on
11/03/2008 6:54:10 AM PST
by
babydubya1981
(Homeschooling Moms for McCain/Palin 08)
To: icwhatudo
People are getting freaked out over final MSM polls loaded with Democrats that have Obama winning a majority even without a majority of the white vote. On what planet? The MSM has to doctor its polls to give Obama a wide lead. That's why I don't trust any 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
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posted on
11/03/2008 6:55:02 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: truthandlife
“After the coal quote, McCain clinches PA and it is all over for Obama.”
—only if it gets traction and we are running out of time
(fingers are crossed tightly cutting off circulation to fingertips...)
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posted on
11/03/2008 6:55:40 AM PST
by
zwerni
(*** PALIN/mccain 2008 ***)
To: steve-b
Winning every single tie is on a par with winning the lottery.Normally, what you say has merit. However, in today's world of vastly over-sampled Democrats, all of the tied/leaners are most likely solid.
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posted on
11/03/2008 6:55:54 AM PST
by
Ingtar
(Go Palin! And the white-haired guy too, I suppose. '08)
To: icwhatudo
McCain will win the election, lose the popular vote. The polls may be right, but the pundits will be wrong.
My prediction all along is that Obama wins the popular vote due to the record-number turnout by black votes (and fraud) in the cities.
However, most of the cities are concentrated in blue states.
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posted on
11/03/2008 6:57:19 AM PST
by
nhwingut
(,)
To: steve-b
He is only tied in one. NC
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posted on
11/03/2008 6:57:27 AM PST
by
icwhatudo
(PALIN VID=========>>>>>http://www.overstream.net/view.php?oid=n1ronxelmtin<++++++++)
To: steve-b
“Winning every single tie is on a par with winning the lottery.”
—yes it is difficult but not that hard. It comes down to momentum (although i’m not convinced he has enough)
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posted on
11/03/2008 6:58:14 AM PST
by
zwerni
(*** PALIN/mccain 2008 ***)
To: steve-b
Assuming McCain wins the states he is currently in the lead or tied in
Winning every single tie is on a par with winning the lottery.
That is what is so scary! I am praying hard that come tomorrow there is a huge turnout of people voting against Obama and for McCain/Palin!!!
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posted on
11/03/2008 6:58:30 AM PST
by
An American!
(Proud To Be An American!)
To: babydubya1981
Conservatives vote in inclement weather.
Liberals, by nature, don’t bother doing anything that is hard, or isn’t pleasurable.
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posted on
11/03/2008 6:58:38 AM PST
by
MrB
(0bama supporters: What's the attraction? The Marxism or the Infanticide?)
To: icwhatudo
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posted on
11/03/2008 6:59:04 AM PST
by
TornadoAlley3
(Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
To: truthandlife
I haven't heard anyone say VA is affected by the the coal industry. In SW Virginia, it's the only industry, and Hampton Roads is the largest coal terminal ON EARTH.
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posted on
11/03/2008 6:59:57 AM PST
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
To: babydubya1981
Bad weather generally helps Republicans. Democrats are afraid to go out in the rain; they might melt.
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posted on
11/03/2008 7:00:10 AM PST
by
B Knotts
(Calvin Coolidge Republican)
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