Final Predictions: President and US Senate
I'm going to go ahead and call a 306-232 Obama Victory. I think he picks up VA and NC from the current swing states, while McCain pulls out Florida. I'm calling a +9 for Democrats in the Senate NM,...
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Final predictions: Obama wins, by around 7% of the popular vote. 368 electoral votes, including a surprise in Montana and one of the Nebraska districts. Dem caucus gets to 60 in the Senate, Joe...
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Obama 19, McCain 16. Obama will miss a potential game winning field goal in regulation but redeem himself by kicking the winner in OT.
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Wow.. anyone see the study released by Nate Silver? Seems to indicate if Obama wins Virginia and keeps it close in Indiana they give 100% WE to Obama. Could be an early night!
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281-257 McCain narrowly holds FL, OH, MO, VA, NC, and flips PA after Murtha / coal statements come back to bite Obama. Obama flips IA, NV, NM, CO. That's about as narrow a Republican win as there...
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291-247 Here's my state-by-state take. It'll be closer than people think, but the networks will call the race by 10-11 pm EST.
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bjkrautk wrote: It's probably not as likely as I'd hope....but I'm not one to wave the white flag (that's more of an Obama-Biden-in-Iraq thing). I admire the hope Ben. I think it is safe to say this...
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this is my first visit, view, and post on the site. I'm not all that big into politics but I did vote after reading up on the issues. My question, as I watch MSNBC's coverage, is how do they "call" a...
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I don't know... I think NBC was trying to be "ahead of the curve." CBS, FOX, ABC, and CNN have yet to call Pennsylvania. Edit: ABC just has called PA
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I think a lot of it has to do with exit polls, which is probably where they are getting all of their data for their other polls. I don't know if anyone else caught this who is watching NBC, but unless...
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A lot of it has to done with trying to call it before any other news source. It is basically an ego thing.
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I think its more the blacks who vote for Obama say it wasn't because of race when it clearly is
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I think its more the blacks who vote for Obama say it wasn't because of race when it clearly is This is a touchy subject, but I think you're exactly right.
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Katuluu wrote: A lot of it has to done with trying to call it before any other news source. It is basically an ego thing. CNN seems to actually take pride in waiting to call results. They still talk...
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bucks2281 wrote: Tom Brokaw is crying? Christ, NBC. I saw quite a few people crying, Jesse Jackson, Oprah, and when i was watching Fox News, Juan Williams voice cracked a bit when Obama wrapped it up...
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danzig6767 wrote: bucks2281 wrote: Tom Brokaw is crying? Christ, NBC. I saw quite a few people crying, Jesse Jackson, Oprah, and when i was watching Fox News, Juan Williams voice cracked a bit when...
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That's not exactly a fair criticism bgiredrobbo. I would not have voted for her (though if McCain had still picked Palin I might have resigned myself), however if the Democratic primary plays out...
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igor67 wrote: That's not exactly a fair criticism bgiredrobbo. I would not have voted for her (though if McCain had still picked Palin I might have resigned myself), however if the Democratic primary...
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It's not ground breaking, but I wonder how many other examples there are of nations electing minority candidates, excluding things like apartheid and other sorts of non democratic power plays. And I...
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