McCain-Palin 310 Obama-Biden 228 (Thanks to the PUMAs)

The Marston Chronicles ^ | November 3, 2008 | Paul Marston

[Netizen]

Sadly and with a heavy heart, here has been my analogy. Having owned race horses, here is how it is stacking up. The claimer, McCain, is parked four wide, six lengths behind the three year old phenom, Obama. They are at the top of the stretch and McCain is all in and he is not responding to the whip. Obama, is in full stride and the jockey is still having to hold him back.

I think that's a pretty poor/bad analogy. The race has been tightening for days now, with Obama losing ground. That's hardly being in full stride with a jockey holding him back. I'd say taht is more like being in full stride with Obama no longer responding to the whip.

While McCain maybe half a horse length behind and going all out, he is at least still responding to the whip. The question is can he pass the faltering Obama. jmo

[2111USMC]

Party Unity My A$$

Disaffected and really pissed-off Hillary Clinton supportors that are voting McCain/Palin. They have been running their own game plan by lying to pollsters or not responding to pollsters.

There are millions of them across the country and they are going to have a pretty major impact.

Start at the beginning of the thread and work your way through. 2nDiv posted links to only a few of their hundreds of web sites.

(Where have you been?)

[Frantzie]

I spent the time to go through Mr. Marston metholdogy which is fairly simple but it seems to be very valid.

Any people here really good in statistics that wants to review it?

[gimme1ibertee]

Oh please.
There’s a God,and He knows more than YOU!
God bless america-with McCain/Palin!

[2111USMC]

See Post 61

[snowsislander]

My own guess: Senator McCain with 310 --- or even more.

I remember 1980, and I think we are looking at 1980 again.

The polls were wildly wrong then, and my guess is that the oversampling of and bizarre overweighting for the Democrats in this election cycle is just as wrong.

[gimme1ibertee]

“Sorry... there are no Republican cat owners!”

I was gonna say,”with the exception of the Viking Kitties”,
But I momentarily forgot...they aren’t owned-they do the owning! LOL

[NOBAMA in 08]

Of tangential interest, the AOL Presidential Poll keeps putting McCain far in the lead week after week! This is in spite of AOL being so far left most of us have thrown AOL out long ago. I have been participating daily,weekly and hourly and it has really both surprized and encourged me!
Right now MAC is ahead 57% to 38% and 470+/- to (not too many):-) Any thoughts greatly appreciated........

[Clintonfatigued]

Imagine, McCain holding up a newspaper reading, “Obama Defeats McCain,” while celebrating his election victory tommorrow night or Wednesday morning. Hold this picture in your mind and pray that it happens.

[Riley]

Alas- I am catless at the moment. Wish I had one sitting here while I read.

[o2bfree]

If you’re on the battlefield when things are going a little rough, do you surrender before the battle actually begins?

I say no. Never surrender!

McCain-Palin 2008

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Got a 15 YO calico curled at my feet. She isn’t long for this world (benign occular melanoma and losing bladder control).

Nice warm feet for now!

[Riley]

Give her some scratchies for me when she wakes up.

[TMA62]

PUMA’s effecting this election?

I have read too many press reports (as well as anecdotal stories on FR) to indicate that dems are in fact voting for McCain. They already are a factor in this election.

[SterlingSilver]

I find the logic of a strong anti-Obama spit in the Dem party compelling...

I have long predicted a “big” McCain win here on thread after thread, supported in part by my belief that an amazing number of Dems just cannot bring themselves to pull the lever to vote for Obama.

Dems that will have a race issue(Bradley affect), Dems that just cannot get over that he is an inexperienced rookie, Dems with regional and parochial issues (i.e. coal mining in Appalachia) and Dems who are simply pissed off Hillary supporters. I believe that this combined number could be as much as 1/3 of the 18 million Hillary supporters from the primaries.

With about 6 million crossovers in my view, (I know that this number sounds ambitious, but we should not underestimate the power of the 'scorned') the above author's predictions seem quite plausible.

When the smoke clears, the PUMAs are gong to be found to have a huge bearing on the outcome of this election, and the real depth of these PUMAs is simply not being factored into any of the inaccurate polling that we have been seeing. I stand by my prediction of a MAC win and about 6 million PUMAs will be involved in making it happen, as they should.

[gathersnomoss]

Yikes, start praying folks....AND VOTE.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

THAT little story is the one the announcers made up because they had money on the yearling. The real horse-race is not what you heard on your old Magnavox.

And from someone else who knew Arabians, (King Solomon):

The horse is prepared for the day of battle,
But victory belongs to the LORD.

http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=horse+prepared+battle+victory&qs_version=49

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Also:
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help
And rely on horses, And trust in chariots because they are many
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD!

http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=horse+chariot+trust&x=11&y=15

[jokyfo]

bump

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Yep, tho with her, “scratchies” are 3 full levels above a demand.

[WestSylvanian]

I have a PUMA friend in western PA. She says she will be happy to vote for “Johnny Mac.” I’m sure there are many more like her here.