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zoo · 07-25-2008, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by geoffreyt

Why not hold your breath?

Oh come on, Cinderella. I dig Ron Paul too. But watching the eyes of guys like you bug out of their heads is going to be priceless!

DJW · 07-25-2008, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by zoo

... But watching the eyes of guys like you bug out of their heads is going to be priceless!

Sounds like a reasonable method to select your next President.

geoffreyt · 07-25-2008, 01:47 PM

Obama might be exhibiting a lot of ZIP now, but I have confidence in the electorate. We are not stupid people. The chances we will elect someone left of Teddy Kennedy seems rather remote.

zoo · 07-25-2008, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DJW

Sounds like a reasonable method to select your next President.

Particularly when you consider the two yahoos before us.

Sandhog · 07-26-2008, 07:30 AM

The only reason that Omamma even has a shot at it,is because of ole GW.

Shoe · 07-26-2008, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Gunny4Sawx

Why? Are you a Hill and Bill fan?

Honestly at this point who could either choose to alter anything. This is probably the worst cycle I can remember. I long for the days of GHWB and Quail

I agree....But with the way this campaign is going, it just may have a possibility of helping or hurting a candidate.

Dave

Colonel Sanders · 07-26-2008, 05:40 PM

Here's my official prediction and why...

McCain will win because if you can't win Florida, you can't win the presidency these days. Obama can't win Florida because he's too young (the biggest reason), he's too liberal (the second biggest reason), and he's not white enough (a distant forth, but still, a valid reason.)

If I'm right that he can't win Florida (and I mean that's a loooooooooooong shot!) then he'll have to convert a couple of traditionally conservative states and win all of the fence sitting states. That's a tall order for someone who makes Kennedy and Clinton both look conservative by comparison.

So, it'll be close (though perhaps not quite as close as the last few), as it usually is, but it'll be McCain. Hillary would have had a better chance.

DJW · 07-26-2008, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Colonel Sanders

...McCain will win because if you can't win Florida, you can't win the presidency these days. Obama can't win Florida because he's too young (the biggest reason), he's too liberal (the second biggest reason), and he's not white enough (a distant forth, but still, a valid reason.)....

What happened to third?

knuckleheader · 07-26-2008, 07:01 PM

McCain less of two .....

What happened to all the Libs here

Fred1369 · 07-26-2008, 08:12 PM

close yer eyes and pull a lever.

flattop69 · 07-27-2008, 12:45 AM

i cant vote for a socialist,but don't really care for mccain either.is these two people the best we could do?where is collin powell when we really need him?

flattop69 · 07-27-2008, 12:46 AM

i cant vote for a socialist,but don't really care for mccain either.is these two people the best we could do?where is collin powell when we really need him?

Sandhog · 07-27-2008, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Colonel Sanders

Here's my official prediction and why...

McCain will win because if you can't win Florida, you can't win the presidency these days. Obama can't win Florida because he's too young (the biggest reason), he's too liberal (the second biggest reason), and he's not white enough (a distant forth, but still, a valid reason.)

If I'm right that he can't win Florida (and I mean that's a loooooooooooong shot!) then he'll have to convert a couple of traditionally conservative states and win all of the fence sitting states. That's a tall order for someone who makes Kennedy and Clinton both look conservative by comparison.

So, it'll be close (though perhaps not quite as close as the last few), as it usually is, but it'll be McCain. Hillary would have had a better chance.

If your saying you cant win without Florida,and basing that assumption from the past two elections,you may be wrong.That may hold true if Mccain has a brother as the governor as did Bush.
As for Mccain winning,I dont see how he can have a chance.He has said he dosent know crap about economics,he has the temper of a pit bull and continues the same BS we have heard for the last 8 years.
As for my line of work,Ive never been busier in my life,so all is good on my home front,but I see others in serious trouble.

Shoe · 07-27-2008, 09:56 PM

I'm suprised at the results. From how the media is covering it, you'd think Obama was the second coming......and McCain is the anti-christ.

Dave

Colonel Sanders · 07-28-2008, 11:21 AM

"If your saying you cant win without Florida,and basing that assumption from the past two elections"

Nope, I basing that off of math. The simple EC math says that if you lose Florida you're fighting one helluva uphill battle to win the presidency since most of your states are either red or blue regardless of who is running (my state of Alabama is a good example. It's a red state and you can mark it down that way this election and the next time too.) If you lose Florida, which isn't one of those die hard red or blue states, you have to win ALL of the other fence sitting states. I'm not saying it can't be done....just that it's highly improbable for someone so polarizing to garner enough EC votes to make up for the loss of such an EC important state as FL.