Conservative columnist George Will says Obama could win at least 350 electoral votes
October 9th, 2008 at 09:56am Pat Cunningham
In his COLUMN this morning in the Washington Post, George will writes:
”The McCain-Palin campaign’s attempt to get Americans to focus on Obama’s Chicago associations seems surreal — or, as a British politician once said about criticism he was receiving, ‘like being savaged by a dead sheep.’”
UPDATE: For the second day in a row, the Gallup Daily Tracking Poll SHOWS Obama leading by 11 percentage points, the biggest gap of the campaign season.
UPDATE II: Democratic strategists see the possibility of a LANDSLIDE.
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1. Jon | October 9th, 2008 at 11:00 am
It’s refreshing to see a conservative veer from the path that so many from that camp has taken, i.e. a sense of false bravado and confidence that McCain is going to win on 11/4. Oh sure, I’m hoping Obama wins, but I’m sure not going to be one who sneers at the other team with expectations about which I don’t know for sure. I guess I’m just kind of “conservative” that way.
2. echo4charlie | October 9th, 2008 at 11:43 am
He may.
He’ll definitely win the popular vote. I don’t think there is any question there. There are ignorant and educated voters on each side. But, that’s our freedom; vote for who you want.
I will admit, I would be stunned, should Senator McCain win the popular vote. But, I’m not so sure that this thing is a “wrap” with respect to electoral votes (and I know that nobody has “counted Senator McCain out”, but, in the media, today, it doesn’t look good).
I’d still take Senator Clinton over Senator Obama. Or, over Senator Biden as VP.
I would even take Senator Kerry, whom I liked, over Senator Obama. It’s got nothing to do with race, either. It is about experience and judgment.
3. Pat Cunningham | October 9th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Charlie: According to reliable analyses of state-by-state polls, it is far more likely that McCain would WIN the popular vote and LOSE the electoral vote than the other way around. Obama’s current lead in electoral votes is much wider than his lead in the national popular vote. That’s why McCain is less likely to win the presidency than the national polls might suggest.
4. DingDong | October 9th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Even thought it looks bleak for McCain, I will still vote. I always been of philosophy, if you don’t vote don’t complain. I would have take Hillary over Obama any day of the week. We endured four years of Carter, we will survive this also.
5. swamprat | October 9th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
DingDong. We also endured 8 years of George W. Bush. But I’m not sure we are going to survive.
6. DingDong | October 9th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
You can’t lay all the blame on Bush for the economy, most economist agree with this statement. There are plenty of democrats to take blame.
7. Craig Knauss | October 9th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
“You can’t lay all the blame on Bush for the economy, most economist agree with this statement. There are plenty of democrats to take blame.” Yes, there are and about 10 straight years of the Republicans running both houses, where they deregulated the banks, and a lot of other things which was supposed to make things better. Yeah, it sure did, alright. Just like it did for the airlines.
Oh, and for the arithmatically challenged, the Repubs only lost control of both houses in Jan. 2007, 22 months ago, NOT in 2006. The election was in 2006 (November), but the Dems weren’t seated until Jan. 2007.
8. DingDong | October 9th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Craig: Even Clinton himself laid some on the blame on democrats. You really need to do your homework. Watch the clips from CSPAN. Democrats were blocking as much as possible to ensure no regulations were not put upon Freddie or Fannie. Yes, airlines, the most successful airlines now are ones that were born out of deregulation. It was not for deregulation, the average person would not be able to afford to fly.
9. Milton Waddams | October 10th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Mark your calendars, Dingdong and I actually agreed on something. Deregulation of the airlines did actually benefit consumers economically, unless they happened to work for an airline. Lots of companies went bankrupt, including lots of the carriers born of deregulation, but some good ones like Southwest came about as a result of deregulation. If anyone is interested, here is a good entry on some of the benefits and costs of airline deregulations.
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