First Time: McCain Leads Obama in Electoral College »
Posted By Spinward 10 months, 2 weeks ago in News
McCain is now leading, for the first time, in the Electoral College when removing all leaners and simply going by poles.
In order for Obama to win, he will need to, somehow, shift momentum away from McCain and move several key states back to his column. Can he do it?
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Spinward10 months, 2 weeks ago
The winds of change, they are blowin'... and Obama can't be happy about it.
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He will be without his teleprompter in the debates upcoming this fall, his "misstatements" on his lack of support for abortion survivors, and the task of picking a qualified VP that doesn't over-shadow him... It's a full plate for a junior senator.-
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White_Knight10 months, 2 weeks ago
I was watching Obama today and he looked like he was showing signs of wear! I have really and honestly tried to keep a very open mind as a conservative who feels somewhat abandoned by President Bush, but the more of Obama I see, the more "not ready" he appears.
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chb10 months, 2 weeks ago
According to an article from July 7, 2008, issue #27 Assistant Editor Pat Shannon of "The American Free Press' B
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chb10 months, 2 weeks ago
According to an article from July 7, 2008, issue #27 Assistant Editor Pat Shannon of "The American Free Press' B
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chb10 months, 2 weeks ago
in an article dated July 7, 2008, Pat Shannon Assistant Editor of The American Free Press wrote in issue #27 that Barack Obama is constitutionally ineligible for the office of President of the United States of America because he is not a natural born in the USA. His fathet being an Alien and his mother not satisfying the requirement of the Constitution. Furthermore strong doubts remains concerning Barack Obama Hawaii place of birth .
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buckncindykill10 months, 2 weeks ago
Hold on a minute.............I can't stop laughing................I'll be right back!!
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Endoscopy10 months, 2 weeks ago
Electoral-vote.com has a similar projection. The only difference is that Virginia is still tied. A couple of weeks ago Obama had a big lead. This trend spells a disaster for Obama. He should get a traditional bump right after the convention. If the Democrat convention gets down and dirty like Hillary supporters are saying, it will be bad news and the bump might small or not be there at all. The Republicans will have theirs and they will get their traditional bump then.
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Jordan10 months, 2 weeks ago
FiveThirtyEight.com still has Obama leading, but by a much smaller margin than last week: 272-266. http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/
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*wrings hands*
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Hobe10 months, 2 weeks ago
cindy McCain John's 'WIFE' is a confessed drug user, first Lady? I Don't think so.....
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the McCain's need to take their BUDWIZER fartune and go somewhere and enjoy their RICK life....
We don't need these pigs in Washington.......-
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tbkennedy5310 months, 2 weeks ago
Wow, what a great post Hobe. Love the facts and concise arguments you've added to the discussion. Did it take all morning to put them together?
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Klarissa10 months, 2 weeks ago
hobe, Obama is a confessed drug user - and the "wife" isn't the one running for president, but Obama is.
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chb10 months, 2 weeks ago
Hobe
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If the swines had to elect a King they would first crowm you their Emperor -
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chb10 months, 2 weeks ago
Hobe if the swines want to elect a King to stay fair with you they should crown you their Emperor
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Tangent00110 months, 2 weeks ago
I think a lot will depend on his VP pick. There are still a lot of bitter Hillary supporters out there. Though I can't support it, other than a 'feeling', I think those spurned Clintonistas are significantly weighting the polls.
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ind0610 months, 2 weeks ago
http://www.electoral-vote.com/
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For a more realistic view of how the states are placed, where the strong and weak support is and which states are still undecided I'd suggest the link above.
The news is still good for Senator McCain as he is making strong gains in Missouri and Indiana while this map has the benefit of being more precise. By using the "Previous Report" function you can see the map change, going back as far as you'd like. The changes this month have not been in Sen. Obama's favor.
This post presents an interesting, though fundamentally flawed way of looking at the electoral map. As an indicator of how the states would go this second, it's still not completely accurate as several key states have polls that conflict.
Sen. Obama's electoral lead was not based, at least I never went along with a map that based his lead on this kind of jiggering of the data. Some states are still too close to call. Saying that they aren't and calling them for one candidate or another based on data that falls within the statistical margin of error is misleading. On 7/29 Rasmussen had Florida at +2 Obama, on 8/16 they have Florida at +2 McCain, until another poll comes out showing McCain steady at +2 or doing even better the best that can be said is is Sen. McCain may be moving ahead in Florida, certainly not that he has taken the state. Sen. McCain is similarly given the state of Virginia, even though he only enjoys a 1% lead. And he's given Ohio, though his support there is eroding. There is a reason why electoral maps show states as weak or strong for a specific candidate. This kind of all-or-nothing approach is disingenuous, but, if your goal is to make it appear that one candidate's loss is a fore-gone conclusion, it's something that might be effective. -
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Locky1210 months, 2 weeks ago
And now Barry is saying McCain is out of touch because he owns too many houses.
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But yet, none of his houses were bought dirty like Barry's BFF Tony Rezko the slumlord.
Now you can see Barry panicking. Just look at the front page of Propeller. This is the only story about the election on the first page!
The usuals here aren't happy with their candidate!-
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GWHayduke10 months, 2 weeks ago
Yeah, Rush really put on a good show today huh, Locky?
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He do ALL of your thinking for you? -
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Locky1210 months, 2 weeks ago
Hussein Onoungo Obama -- Barry's brother is living in utter poverty in Africa. And Barry won't lift a finger to aid him. He's wants to get elected to send OUR money to him.
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Sean Hannity is looking for his brother to send him $1000. I hope he succeeds. That would be too funny and just so humiliating of Barry.-
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slate10 months, 2 weeks ago
I hear ya, we are going to get with the vast right wing radio station here in town and have all the listeners send a dollar each. That's about 500k or more. Heck he'll be wealthy beyond his wildest dreams! Why? Because conservatives really do care, unlike the all talk and no walk Democrat hypocrites!
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Man Barack, you and your wife make what 400K a year and you have 52 million in your funds and you won't help family that literally makes less than 100 dollars a year and live in a shack?
How stupid it is of you to allow this to be used against you. I bet your supporters are none too happy, cept the few that it matters not what you do. -
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Spinward10 months, 2 weeks ago
We should start a drive to help Obama's brother!
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Let's see if Hannity could use some help! -
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joey-evans10 months, 2 weeks ago
I bet if Mrs Bush visited his abandoned freight container, she would claim that he "has it pretty good...better than what he was used to at home."
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JOEY EVANS
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willottica10 months, 2 weeks ago
crap, double posted... tried to use the stop to edit quick before posting. SHould have just let it post.
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willottica10 months, 2 weeks ago
From the description: "when removing all leaners and simply going by poles."
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You heard it here first: McCain has the Polish vote!!! -
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hefaa110 months, 2 weeks ago
How bout' lets put back the "leaners"
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http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_vs_mccain/
Interesting late breaking news from Las Cruces, New Mexico. In one of his town hall farces today, in a question put to McCain, an elderly women stated, (I'm paraphrasing): We won't have enough soldiers to chase Bin laden to the gates of Hell unless we re-institute the DRAFT". McCain stated, "I agree with that statement". Was McSame just pandering again or if elected does he really want to re-institute the draft !?!?! Good job garnering the youth vote Johnney.-
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kobzikov10 months, 2 weeks ago
If you adjust your blinders thirty degrees right, increase your tunnel vision by twenty six percent and factor in McCain's 4.5 pandering coefficient, then McCain is clearly the next President. Hurray!!!
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Spinward10 months, 2 weeks ago
Right wing nuts hate facts?
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Ever tried to show a liberal any data they don't like? It's scary. -
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pc2510 months, 2 weeks ago
the ignorance displayed is by you because you can't come up with your own response you have to parrot your great leader.
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Spinward10 months, 2 weeks ago
He only wants one term.
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That's why Hillary's voting for him. -
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automan90910 months, 2 weeks ago
Thats right. Hillary wants McCain to win
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So does most of America. -
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captgeobob10 months, 2 weeks ago
With the news getting out about obama and his vote for infanticide and letting one of many half brothers rot in a hut in africa and living on $12.00 a month, just might make people take another look at this man that portrays himself in a much different light. Obama's people today put pressure of AOL to pull a story on his voting (infanticide) and I can't believe it, but they did. However you can find more on newsmax.com.
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Spinward10 months, 2 weeks ago
I wished it wasn't true, but Obama is left-of-left on most issues and his ideas (the ones we know about) WILL NOT help the country.
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I challenge ANYONE to prove otherwise.
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