Saturday, November 01, 2008
Do we know what will happen?
In an exchange with a reader about the volatility in the polls this year, I realized that nobody knows for sure what is going to happen on Tuesday, but it will almost certainly be interesting. And then I thought how much I hope that Wednesday is not interesting.
13 Comments:
By 
Dawnfire82, at
Sat Nov 01, 12:59:00 PM:
Didn't you hear? Blood will run in the streets.
By JPMcT, at
Sat Nov 01, 01:03:00 PM:
White America is clearly ready for a black man to run for president and win.
It remains to be seen whether black America is ready for a black man to run for president and lose.
By Miss Ladybug, at
Sat Nov 01, 01:18:00 PM:
My best friend's parents were in the area from Florida, and I had dinner with them last night. After dinner while he was networking with his new associates (he is retired career Army and a Vietnam vet), she and I chatted, mostly about politics. She fears riots like in the 60s if McCain wins.
By Dawnfire82, at
Sat Nov 01, 01:44:00 PM:
Which is a fantastic way to keep the parties from putting forth another black candidate in the future.
By TigerHawk, at
Sat Nov 01, 01:55:00 PM:
My overarching wish is that the margin of victory (regardless of who wins) is more than one state. That will diffuse the paranoid arguments about fraud and impropriety that would send us in to chaos if it all turns on one state.
By Dawnfire82, at
Sat Nov 01, 02:05:00 PM:
Especially if the state is Ohio. If Obama wins because of Ohio, (where Democratic voter fraud is *fact*) his 'victory' will be irredeemably tainted.
By clint, at
Sat Nov 01, 02:35:00 PM:
"My overarching wish is that the margin of victory (regardless of who wins) is more than one state."
The problem is, there are states and then there are states...
A McCain victory by 10 EV's could be built of New Hampshire, Nevada, and Maine's 1st district... or it could be half of Ohio. It's all a matter of perspective.
And it's already clear that Ohio is going to be the state that makes people crazy. The Secretary of State fought all the way to the Supreme Court to win the right not to weed out fraudulent voter registrations. Anyone think she's above refusing to certify the results of a McCain win? Wouldn't that make another fun Constitutional pickle?
By Purple Avenger, at
Sat Nov 01, 08:14:00 PM:
50:50 odds the Ohio SecState is indicted before this is all over.
By 
, at
Sat Nov 01, 08:14:00 PM:
Clint,
I agree. I've lived in Ohio all my life and it indeed will make you crazy.
-David
By , at
Sun Nov 02, 12:14:00 AM:
Obama wins: Run of Gun stores,Taxes on Gun purchases pay off the national debt.
McCain wins: Full employment,Housing boom, rebuilding cities which were burned to the ground on Nov. 5.
By , at
Sun Nov 02, 08:49:00 AM:
I see no evidence that any of the polls have corrected properly for Rush Limbough's "Operation Chaos." All we are hearing about is how the raw poll numbers have to be "corrected" in Obama's favor because of the huge number of new registered Democrats, but no inkling that a non-trivial percent of those are actually anti-Obama Republicans who are going to monolithically vote for McCain in the general.
An interesting week for sure!
By , at
Sun Nov 02, 01:34:00 PM:
rebuilding cities which were burned to the ground on Nov. 5.
There are still areas of Chicago's south side that have not yet been rebuilt since the King riots. Problem is that no one wants to move into a burned-out neighborhood, and no businesses want to open there. So it just sits and decays for decades.
Something the potential "Obama Rioters" may wish to think about.
By , at
Mon Nov 03, 10:00:00 AM:
After watching the video of that young woman saying that if she helped Obama, he would help her, I have to wonder. Just how many truly stupid people are out there thinking that milk and honey will flow if Obama is elected. How is a mentality like that going to react when their dream is dashed?
