Comments on: Conservative columnist George Will says Obama could win at least 350 electoral votes

By: Milton Waddams

Milton Waddams — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:57:05 +0000

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.

By: DingDong

DingDong — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:57:36 +0000

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.

By: Craig Knauss

Craig Knauss — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:47:48 +0000

“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.

By: DingDong

DingDong — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:59:55 +0000

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.

By: swamprat

swamprat — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:44:52 +0000

DingDong. We also endured 8 years of George W. Bush. But I’m not sure we are going to survive.

By: DingDong

DingDong — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:15:52 +0000

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.

By: Pat Cunningham

Pat Cunningham — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:57:30 +0000

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.

By: echo4charlie

echo4charlie — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:43:18 +0000

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.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:00:50 +0000

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.