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To: Arthurio

Presidents traditionally do not campaign over the weekend before the election - unless they believe they are in real trouble ...

In 1980, Carter was ahead 7-10 points just before the last debate a week before the election. By that Friday, his lead was 3-5 points and his advisors told him that he HAD to campaign Sat. AND Sun.

He did - and the snap polls on Sun. said he was in a virtual tie. So, he had to campaign on Mon. He did. The snap polls said he was behind 5-7 points on Mon. nite.

Carter knew then that he had lost the election ...


23 posted on 11/01/2012 5:59:15 PM PDT by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
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24 posted on 11/01/2012 6:06:37 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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