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Interesting question: What if McCain had selected Tom Ridge as VP?

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

ANR writes: Here's a "what if" article about the Republican ticket.  Good analysis of what they were trying to do by selecting Palin, what the results were, and whether the ticket would have been better off with Tom Ridge. http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/10/28/what-if-ridge-were-on-the-ticket.aspx

Closing arguments?

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Chris Richardson writes: I cannot get over how different the two campaigns are in the final week of the race. Look at Obama: he is re-articulating the main points and themes of his entire campaign. The "Are you better off/will you be better off?" ad. He appears composed, confident but not cocky. And ...

7 Days to Go – McCain Math: What it would take to win

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

I am in DC today with Year up, put heard on Potus 08 on the way to the airport that if McCain takes all of the swing states and PA, that would put him over 270 Electoral Votes. Also this from Zogby: Pollster John Zogby: "McCain is well within striking distance in ...

Reagan a socialist?

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

I have been a fan of David Gergen since he joined the Clinton administration, not because I was a fan of Clinton (because at the time I wasn’t), but because I admired his bi-partisan commitment to serve the presidency. I now find him by far the most balanced (maybe ...

Finally, the “are you better off ad”

Monday, October 27th, 2008



Expert on youth vote says campaign has been “way over” for weeks

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

John Della Volpe, the founder of Social Sphere Strategies and Director of Polling at Harvard's Institute of Politics, sent me an email yesterday with permission to quote him: Obama is  doing 3x as well as Kerry among millennials. Also winning every other major subgroup. This has been way over ...

SNL Biden Murtha skit hilarious

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

From last night:

10 Days to Go; 3 data sets that support an Obama win

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

As a follow up to "6 Reasons Obama could lose", I have been looking at a few data sets that support an Obama win. 1. The youth vote could be huge Last year, while helping John Della Volpe, the Director of Polling for Harvard's Institute of Politics, start Social Sphere Strategies, we ...

“Eyewitness” Report from Biden in Charleston, WV; Rockefeller Poll says McCain leads by 1%

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

ANR writes: After celebrating WVU's football victory until 2 am, I got up at 7 and returned to Charleston for the Biden Rally. I was on the risers behind Biden - if you look closely, you'll seem me sometimes over his shoulders. He hit hard on his working class credentials, ...

12 days to EDay: 6 Reasons Obama Could Lose

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Very interesting; Slate has: Obama 286 McCain 157 Electoral-Vote has: Obama 337 McCain 171 How Obama could still ...