Will Obama pull a Reagan?

[ccharles000]

In the 1984 Reagan won 49 out of 50 states. Can Obama win so many states? I think he can.

[DevonRex]

1. ccharles, I love the way you think! And we'll work to make it happen. nt

[anonymous171]

2. I certainly hope so.

[VolcanoJen]

Chuck Todd said this morning that if it's close, McCain wins.

If it's not close, Obama gets at least 350 electoral votes.

I don't think it's going to be close, personally. :-)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. That is a dream worth reaching for!

And worth working for!

Yes. We. Can!

:patriot:

[lisa58]

4. except he'll win MN too!

[Drunken Irishman]

5. No, not even close.

[shenmue]

11. Thank you.

There's going to be blood and you know it.

[Recursion]

12. Reagan carried Massachusetts

There simply is no state that cannot be turned.

[Drunken Irishman]

16. I just do not see it.

I do not see how Obama wins Idaho, Utah and Wyoming.

The best case scenario for Obama is probably winning 428 electoral votes.

That would require him winning all of Kerry's states and the following Republican-leaning ones: Montana, North Dakota, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Alaska, Iowa, MO, Arkansas, LA, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio and Indiana.

[apocalypsehow]

6. Perhaps not in '08, but I bet he does in 2012. K & R.

:thumbsup:

[Recursion]

7. It's up to us if that happens or not

Politics isn't just something professional pols do anymore. How far this goes depends on how far we take it.

[rucky]

8. I think he can win Minnesota!

[BlooInBloo]

9. Try to win them all. What happens, happens. But try to win them all.

[Labors of Hercules]

10. hell yes he can. There's a bit of racial shit to deal with...

but I mean damn, he's already done the impossible and taken down the Clintons... :shrug:

[newmajority]

13. Expanding on your theory, Charles..... I believe he can win 50

Mondale held Minnesota because it was his home state. I'm not so sure Grandpa McLoon will be able to do the same in Arizona. Those people know him better than anyone, and they know he's too psycho to be President.

[shenmue]

14. I know you didn't catch the irony, but he did express admiration for Reagan.

There was a whole school of thought called Reagan Democrats. It's probably how Reagan got in, in the first place.

I don't expect you to do anything about the Yellow Dog Democrats in Congress. Nor do I expect you to be honest about how much of your support comes from the conservative Midwest, where literally millions of voters took advantage of open primaries to switch sides. Not because they love Obama, but because they'd do anything to scuttle Clinton.

If you don't know that, your head is not just in the sand. It's somewhere even worse.

[verges]

29. Not quite.

The Republcans who switched sides were voting for Sen Clinton. They wanted her to win because sho would have been easier to beat in November.

[polichick]

15. It's all about CRITICAL MASS baby!!!

[Tatiana]

17. West Virginia is probably a lost cause. But we are looking at a potential 40-state landslide.

Maybe Obama can pick up some of these states as well:

Utah
Wyoming
Kentucky
Arkansas
Alabama
Kentucky
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Texas
Florida

[abburdlen]

18. if we get to work.

If we can stop the bickering, roll up our sleeves and get to work, then yes we can.

[ccharles000]

23. I agree.

A house divided can not stand.

[woolldog]

19. No. It's going to be an extremely close election.

[uberllama42]

20. No- he will also win AZ

Reagan didn't win Mondale's home state.

[Beregond2]

21. He'll win big, but not by that many.

Republicans don't abandon their party quite as casually as Democrats. And there is the racial factor in play this time.

[ccharles000]

30. I agree.

[Upton]

22. I wish it could be but

there is absolutely no indication that this is going to be anything other than another close election.

[kevin881]

24. honestly with racism still so pervassive in the south, no.

but Obama will take a lot more states than the MSM is predicting. CNN loves their stupid touch-and-move television, I am ready to gag when they go to it. Obama will take NC, SC, GA, Kansas and has a very decent shot at Texas.
He will certainly lose AZ, KY, TN, UT, AL, and OK.

[Kerrytravelers]

25. I'm just marveling that California only has 47. We have 55 now.

It must have been like a ghost town back in 1984, tumbleweeds blowing in the wind, rattlesnakes basking in the sun, the sounds of spurs hitting the wood planked sidewalks...

:rofl:







I was just 9 when this national nightmare took place.

[LordJFT]

26. I voted not, but I sure hope he does and if he did itd be a nice slap in the face for Ferraro

[PermanentRevolution]

27. No, but he'll do OK.

I really don't think it'll be a 50-50 nail-biter, but I predict he's only gonna get somewhere between 280-300 EV's

[Geek_Girl]

28. No he'll win MN too!

:headbang::headbang:

[baldguy]

31. I thought you meant "pick a former primary opponant as VP"

And we all know how well THAT turned out.

[cynatnite]

32. nice dream, but no. Won't happen. n/t

[yurbud]

33. my brother in Idaho, a very red and very white state, said he expected a landslide for Obama

and he isn't progressive or even especially political.

[Phoonzang]

34. Uh....no.

Not going to happen.