Posted on 11/02/2008 12:30:36 PM PST by Retired Greyhound
On a brief jump flight from Philadelphia to Scranton, McCain adviser Charlie Black and Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback came back to talk up the campaign's conviction that the glass if half full. "Four years ago at this point, George W. Bush was down five points in Iowa," Brownback said. "Today John McCain is down one point in Iowa."
He was citing an unreleased internal McCain campaign poll of the state, which was completed last Thursday, said Black. (The campaign stopped doing its own polling after Thursday, he added, because television time through the election all had to be purchased by Friday.) However, public polls in Iowa suggest that McCain is still in a big hole. Last week, the Des Moines Register poll, which has a good record of prediction in that state, put McCain's deficit at 17 points, with Barack Obama garnering 54 percent of the support.
"McCain is in a good position to win every red state," Black said. "Plus he is probably going to win Pennsylvania and Iowa." Polls have narrowed sharply in Pennsylvania in recent weeks, though Obama still has a sizable lead of 7 points in the Real Clear Politics average. Black said he had seen a poll recently that showed McCain tied in the Philadelphia suburbs, a crucial swing region of the state.
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You're being kind. You left out "purposefully". Much the same has been happening here in PA.
I expect NH to be there and agree if IA is there then expect WI and probably MN and possibly MI. It doesn’t look like Obama is playing well in blue collar areas. I know from phone calls I have made into MN, Obama and the non-secret union ballot is not playing well! Also been fun to mention Lovie Smith, coach of the Bears, endorsed Obama.
NH is in the bag. Bank on it. There is 8 McCain signs to every 1 Obama. Kerry had far far more stickers and signage.
Believe me.
"With about 1,000 votes in, Obama enjoys a 0.025% lead. Therefore, we project a landslide victory for Obama."
Wish I’d known he was there. Well, actually, I wish Gov. Palin had campaigned there. I guess I wouldn’t have noticed Sen. McCain’s announcement.
There are no blue collar bars on Beacon Hill. And the South End is San Fran East and/or Provincetown North.
Considering registrations are 2:1 Republican:Democrat, it would be sad if he just got equal votes, like George W. Bush did.
Good for you. Proud of you an pray there are many more just like you fighting this socialist trash .
Stay safe Guenevere .......:o)
See post 65.
You can’t win them all, baby.
Lets hope its counter-propganda!
NM is gone, but CO is still close. I don’t think Obama is taking CO.
Iowa’s parasite is ethanol. McCain has (rightfully) been against all the pork for it.
Yeah; that's great.
Unfortunately, the voting "workers" are all Democrats/Obamaniacs in the major metro cities of Toledo, Dayton, Cinci, Columbus, Cleveland, etc. (Look at a map and see the BLUE ares in the cities, where ACORN focuses its fraud actions. These entitlements' dependent non-productive 100's of thousands are the ones used for multi-vote/illegal votes/etc.
You have to cover a LOT of the fly-over country of Ohio to come up with enough numbers to offset these masses, and my fly-over vote is offset MANY, MANY times by the fraud.....and this election's efforts by ACORN here is about 10x what they tried to pull for Kerry or Gore.
I think McCain will get 278 - 260, see 2004 presidential prediction map. I can’t believe things have changed as much as everyone say they have.
http://www.lesjones.com/posts/001431.shtml
Way to go. You are rightly proud of those two young men.
I think McCain has a shot at this. I just worry that ACORN will destroy his chances with their fraudulent registrations.
See my first comment as it’s a caveat: “I could be full of macaca.” (But if I’m wrong, my prediction will be the least of our worries!)
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