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S_E_Fudd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-03-08 12:46 PM
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Pundit Predictions....
All but one (Fred Barnes) predicts an Obama win...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/election-predictions-pund_n_140149.html

Most telling I think are the predictions by the political pros - Begala, Rollins, Castellanos, and especially Stephanopolous (sp?)...

You have to think they have backdoor connections with these campaigns and are privy to their thinking...and their internal numbers...
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iamjoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-03-08 12:54 PM
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1. They Did in New Hampshire, Too
Really, what's wrong with these talking heads - it's like they've forgotten how wrong they were in New Hampshire.

It makes me nervous. The thought of McCain somehow pulling an upset makes me sick to my stomach. Since I want Obama to win, I don't know why the idiotic predictions for his victory set me on edge.

Maybe my fear is this, by not discounting that there could be a repeat of New Hampshire's primary they are going to have that as an excuse after the election if Obama doesn't win. (They will also blame the Bradley effect.) This way, they never have to acknowledge the possibility that that the Republicans stole the third presidential election in a row.
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S_E_Fudd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-03-08 12:57 PM
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2. I know how you feel...almost like the news is too good...
Something has to be wrong...

But look at it this way...New Hampshire is one state...

In order for the same thing to happen tomorrow you would have to have like 8 New Hampshire style upsets occur simultaneously...

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