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I don't know if there's such

Michael Wolraich — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:22:42 +0000

In reply to My concern: Obama is peaking

I don't know if there's such a thing as peaking too early in this game, but I agree with you that there will be more ups-and-downs before this is over.

My concern: Obama is peaking

gary — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:28:08 +0000

In reply to BREAKING: McCain pulls out of Michigan

My concern: Obama is peaking too early.

Let's see how Senator Windbag does against Governor Know Nothing tonight.

...Looking for an October surprise. I expect the Rovian party will try something kind of like they did to Harold Ford Jr a few years ago.

Warm welcome, Chrono.

Michael Wolraich — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:17:50 +0000

In reply to The stunning thing here about

Warm welcome, Chrono. Honestly, I don't think that there was a serious risk of Obama losing MI, so the dynamic hasn't actually changed b/c of that. But he's sucking air in a bunch of other states where he used to be on top - FL, OH, VA, even NC isn't guaranteed. And in addition to winning all those, he has to steal one of the Obama leaning swing states, PA, CO, NM, or NH, which is looking more and more difficult. MI used to be among those that he could possibly steal, but now it's down to 4.

The stunning thing here about

ChronoSpark — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:47:37 +0000

In reply to BREAKING: McCain pulls out of Michigan

The stunning thing here about McCain conceding MI to Obama is that it essentially gives Obama 260 EVs worth of "safe" states. I guess McCain thinks that WI and MN are still in play, but I find that very, very hard to believe. Essentially, if McCain does not win every single remaining swing state, he loses. But he's on defense in every single one of those states. Things just look absolutely dreadful for McCain. And if I were him, I'd be scared as hell.