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Holly_Hobby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 01:53 PM
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CNN says Obama now at 277 EV's, McCain 261....
Edited on Thu Oct-16-08 02:21 PM by Holly_Hobby
even if McCain takes all of the toss up states.

WOW!!!

On Edit - Point being McCain CAN'T WIN. Can't. No way. No how.

OBAMA IS ALREADY PAST 270
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uponit7771 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 01:56 PM
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1. Yeah, go to RCP it has VA double digits blue and growing. Obama has ran a VERY VERY smart
...campaign and get into counties where the GOP was weak and took them over. He's wining all of Kerry's states plus with IA being solid blue all he needs now is one of NV, CA, NM, MO, OH, FL to win.

Those states are solid blue, there's no way I'm going to accept a loss this time
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FVZA_Colonel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 01:58 PM
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3. I think it's safe to say New Mexico is Obama's as well.
At this point, Colorado or Virginia would give him the election.
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 05:53 PM
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31. You mean CO, not CA, correct?
CA was definitely a Kerry state.
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goodboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 01:57 PM
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2. Except he won't....FiveThirtyEight.com has Obama
at 353.9 to McTongue's 184.1

<>
LOOK AT THE LIKELY EV TOTALS FOR OBAMA
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:01 PM
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4. Most deceptive Subject Line ever
What a scummy thing to do to get people to click in.

McCain 261 my fucking ass hole.

:mad:
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Holly_Hobby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:18 PM
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7. Huh? They had the map on and it said 261, I swear!
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Zuiderelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:21 PM
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10. You should edit your subject and add "IF he gets all the tossups"
Otherwise, it IS misleading to only post the first part of what you wrote.
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Holly_Hobby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:22 PM
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13. Why is it misleading? OBAMA IS PAST 270
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Zuiderelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:20 PM
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9. Yeah, I agree. At least add "IF HE GETS ALL THE TOSS-UPS"
:mad:
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Holly_Hobby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:23 PM
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15. Come on, it's right there.....OBAMA is past 270
Way past 270.

Why are you angry?

This is the first time I've seen Obama pass 270.
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Yes We Did Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:28 PM
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22. Forget about it holly...
"ignored" is just like that.
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Zuiderelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 03:22 PM
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26. Oh, what a clever boy you are.
:eyes:
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Yes We Did Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 05:56 PM
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32. ha ha ha...
I wonder which "ignored" you are... Just don't wonder enough to try to find out.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:27 PM
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20. I wouuld rather see worst case scenarios than best case, which the OP did
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 04:52 PM
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29. I'll remember to deceive/lie to you from now on
:shrug:
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progressivebydesign Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:03 PM
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5. um. that's misleading. you might change your subject line...
"If mccain takes all the toss up states"???
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Holly_Hobby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:19 PM
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8. That's what CNN said, IF he takes all the toss up. What's the problem again?
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:21 PM
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11. "If" is a rather important part of that subject line and it's missing.
It's a very misleading thread.
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Holly_Hobby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:24 PM
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17. You're missing my point, not your fault
OBAMA IS PAST 270
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 05:14 PM
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30. Sorry pal - it's not just me.
If we all missed your point, it ain't our fault.
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Zuiderelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:22 PM
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12. Put it in your subject. There's enough room. Here, I'll help you out:
"CNN says Obama at 277 EV's, McCain 261 if McCain wins ALL the toss-up states"
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Holly_Hobby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:25 PM
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18. McCain wasn't the point of my post
Obama is PAST 270

Fuck McCain, he's irrelevant
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Zuiderelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 03:20 PM
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25. The POINT is that EVEN IF mccain wins all the tossups, Obama is still ahead.
But whatever. Apparently you don't want to get it.
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Dawgs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:23 PM
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14. They call them toss up for a reason. You can't give them to either candidate.
You're title is misleading. It doeesn't matter what they said.
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Holly_Hobby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:26 PM
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19. John on CNN gave them to McCain as a point that he can't win
even with all of the toss ups. He did it to show Obama is at 270 and McCain is done.
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progressivebydesign Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 03:23 PM
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27. the "problem" is your headline. Are you being deliberately obstuse?
IF the sky turned to cotton candy today.. I would be very happy. If every single toss up state went to McCain (what are the odds of that, they're called toss ups for a reason) then McCain would get those EVs. But the point that people are making about your post... is that you offer a number in your title, without qualifications. Does that make sense?
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dchill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:03 PM
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6. The various news networks have varying...
electoral maps. The worse they are doing in prime-time ratings, the closer those maps show the race to be. CNN is not doing well - But Barack Obama is. http://electoral-vote.com/ has it Obama 352, McCain 171, Ties 15. http://pollster.com/ says Obama 313, McCain 155, Toss-up 70. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_vs_mccain/?map=5 - a reliably Republican site - has it Obama 286, McCain 158, Toss-up 94.

CNN just WANTS McCain to have 261 EV's - but he doesn't.
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Holly_Hobby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:27 PM
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21. CNN was trying to show that McCain can't win
Even with the toss ups, it's over
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dchill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 03:42 PM
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28. Well, last night, after the debate...
Edited on Thu Oct-16-08 03:46 PM by dchill
John King was describing some admittedly unlikely ways that McCain could win. I'm not saying that John King is in the tank for McCain, but he's playing along with the idea that it's close enough to be a "horse race" - just like everyone else on the news channels.

Edit to add: And NOBODY on the TVNEWS is talking about http://www.intrade.com/ - which has Obama at 364 and McCain at 174. W.O.O.T.
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jackstraw45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:24 PM
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16. Sounds like the MSM doesn't WANT YOU TO SHOW UP TO VOTE
C'mon people...the Corporate Media strategy for the last 3 weeks is to convince voters it's over.

Will make it easy for a lot of first-time/wishy-washy voters NOT to show up on November 4.

Think about it.
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Fluffdaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:29 PM
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23. Thank you
Remember Nov 2nd 2004
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goodgd_yall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:37 PM
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24. With all due respect
Edited on Thu Oct-16-08 02:42 PM by goodgd_yall
Does the MSM need to suppress news now for the sake of lazy/apathetic voters? It's the responsibility of the campaigns to spur voters to vote, not the MSM to coverup news in the chance someone may act in an idiotic way in response to it.
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