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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 08:09 PM
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'I cannot foresee' scenario where McCain wins (Frank Luntz)
It doesn't look good for Sen. John McCain.

Both campaigns have pushed polls that show their candidate in a position to win the presidential race, but a Republican pollster said it is highly unlikely McCain will triumph on Tuesday.

"I cannot foresee a scenario that John McCain is elected the President of the United States," pollster Frank Luntz said.

Luntz said the economic crisis was the downfall of McCain's campaign, which enjoyed a 10-day lead over Sen. Barack Obama that "collapsed" with the stock market in mid-September.

McCain told voters he can guarantee a win in the election, though it will be a close race, Radio Australia reported.

But polls show McCain continues to trail behind Obama in key states like Ohio.

"We are very competitive in those areas and we're going to have to just get out our vote and work very hard over the next nine days," McCain said.

Supporters of the GOP hopeful tend to agree with his disregard for the pre-election predictions based on the polls, Reuters reported.

"I don't care about the polls. I think they're designed to affect people's emotions," said photographer Jan Ogle.

But a confident Obama asked voters to be his "ambassadors" and "close the deal," CNN reported.

"In these last three days, we can't afford to slow down or sit back or let up ... not now, not when there's so much at stake," Obama said at a late rally in Springfield, Missouri, his third stop on Saturday.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Frank_Luntz_I_cannot_foresee_scenario_1102.html
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 08:19 PM
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1. Of course there is a scenario, stealing the election just like Bush did in 2000 and 2004
...the vote theft leans to McCain/Palin and Bush exercises his presidential supreme authority to declare martial law and suppresses all vote challenges and recounts until McCain is inaugurated in January 2009.

I would hate to see that because it would mean civil war, but these Republicans are capable of anything.
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I LIKE IKE 61 Donating Member (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 08:24 PM
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2. Did McCain's team all fail basic math???
Edited on Sun Nov-02-08 08:29 PM by I LIKE IKE 61
They think that if he wins NH, PA, FL, and even Oh he can win. NO!! He would still need NC to win the election. Are trying to get the EV so close that they can argue close states in court??? Thats the only SANE answer I can come up with. Any other idea seems either despreation or insanity!!! Hahahahaha.

McCain's telling the crowds "we can win! We can win!!! We can win!!!" just sent me into fits of laughter tonight.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!

MY PREDICTION: OBAMA: 379

MCCAIN: 159

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Bad Thoughts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 08:39 PM
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3. McCain's lead collapsed when Palin opened her mouth
Ugh, stupid Rethug memes!
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