Saturday, November 28, 2009

Opinion

Michael Barone

A New Electoral Map: In the General Election, McCain Leads in Electoral Votes Against Both Clinton and Obama

May 30, 2008 03:18 PM ET | Michael Barone | Permanent Link | Print

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OBAMA WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH YEAH

WHERE IS IT?

I WANT AN ACUAL MAP! I NEED TO DO IT FOR HOMEWORK!

This doesn't show a map of the states to see who are winning so this page is really retarded and has no point in having!!!!!!!!!!!

mccain

set. mccain has very good reasons to be prisandent because the gun conrtol obama wants to ban guns. But mccain does not. obama needs to see what guns do to people to help survive and not think of the bad thing that guns do. Hunters in the U.S. need these guns and bows for survivel and for money. that is the reason why ccain is voted good. mccain know what it feels like to get shot by a gun abd he was awarted 3 purple hearts. that is all i have to say

once a Hillary supporter

Senator John McCain originally was open to ideas about the use of alternate energy's such as wind and solar but was convinced by his party to stop stating what he believes in which makes me, every single one of my Hillary supporting friends and a vast majority of my republican friends think he is way to wishy washy to run this once great country. As we all know John McCain if he is elected 2008 and 2012 he will finish his last term at age 80 if he lasts long enough to finish at all and in the very likely case he dyes in the white house his Vp will be appointed which will most likely make things worse. Because, Hillary was not nominated for President or Vp John McCain did not hesitate to try and take advantage of us Hillary supporters into voting republican by selecting Sarah Palin as his Vp, a women that might have less respect for women's rights than George Bush and/or John McCain Im not sure which to say because they are so similar. At least John McCain would consider women to be allowed the right to have an abortion if they got pregnant by rape, Sarah Palin would only consider excepting it if the women was in risk of death! I would also advise Hillary supporters to vote for Barack Obama because Clinton and Obama's ideas are exactly the same! And if your top priority is experience think about Barack Obamas running mate choice Sentor Joe Biden who has been in the Senate for over 30 years and he will alway be at Obamas side to advice him, and look at Sarah Palin with 2 years as Governor of the state Alaska while John McCain and Sarah Palin's main line is "Barack Obama is not ready to lead" and the never talk about real isues and let me say something Barack Obama and Joe Biden are more ready to lead than McCain and Palin and they are more ready to take on the real isues rather than just if the rich are able to not have to help there communities by not paying taxes while the poor suffer, Global Warming threatens life on earth, while kids who don't have enough money can't go to the better colleges. So I challenge all Hillary supporters to elect the candidate that Hillary has asked you to elect Barack Obama!

once a Hillary supporter

Senator John McCain originally was open to ideas about the use of alternate energy's such as wind and solar but was convinced by his party to stop stating what he believes in which makes me, every single one of my Hillary supporting friends and a vast majority of my republican friends think he is way to wishy washy to run this once great country. As we all know John McCain if he is elected 2008 and 2012 he will finish his last term at age 80 if he lasts long enough to finish at all and in the very likely case he dyes in the white house his Vp will be appointed which will most likely make things worse. Because, Hillary was not nominated for President or Vp John McCain did not hesitate to try and take advantage of us Hillary supporters into voting republican by selecting Sarah Palin as his Vp, a women that might have less respect for women's rights than George Bush and/or John McCain Im not sure which to say because they are so similar. At least John McCain would consider women to be allowed the right to have an abortion if they got pregnant by rape, Sarah Palin would only consider excepting it if the women was in risk of death! I would also advise Hillary supporters to vote for Barack Obama because Clinton and Obama's ideas are exactly the same! And if your top priority is experience think about Barack Obamas running mate choice Sentor Joe Biden who has been in the Senate for over 30 years and he will alway be at Obamas side to advice him, and look at Sarah Palin with 2 years as Governor of the state Alaska while John McCain and Sarah Palin's main line is "Barack Obama is not ready to lead" and the never talk about real isues and let me say something Barack Obama and Joe Biden are more ready to lead than McCain and Palin and they are more ready to take on the real isues rather than just if the rich are able to not have to help there communities by not paying taxes while the poor suffer, Global Warming threatens life on earth, while kids who don't have enough money can't go to the better colleges. So I challenge all Hillary supporters to elect the candidate that Hillary has asked you to elect Barack Obama!

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MCCAIN IS THE ONLY CHANGE WE CAN SURVIVE WITH !

IT's about being conservative at a time when our country is on the downslide ! We cannot raise taxes on people who are already losing their jobs and paying $4.50 a gallon for gas ! You put a liberal ass democrat like Obama in office, regardless of his celebrity or race, and He will slap this country while we are down and we may never recover ! Say your prayers !

Reality Check 2

One other thing, to one of the people who posted on here brushing off Barone's analysis, particularly about Massachusetts, needs to realize that every poll pitting McCain against Obama in the state has actually shown a very close race. Considering Obama has the strong backing of the Kennedy family, that is quite eye-opening, and more food for thought even with Ted Kennedy's endorsement, Obama lost the state to Hillary Clinton by double digits on Super Tuesday. Someone over on Obama's campaigns staff, if they valuable his or her job better be looking at these polls saying, what the heck is going on here. A McCain/Romney ticket with those weak polls for Obama could produce an upset in the bay state. While not probable, that outcome is certainly possible.

Reality Check

Dear God people, Barone posted this report on May 30th, not June 4th and guess what all he has done has taken the general election polls thus far and averaged them, he is not being biased he is being realistic and using the data from pollsters. I think David in Pennsylvania gave a very thoughtful analysis and is dead on about the war in Iraq, however I think this election is clearly the Democrats to lose, and so far they have done a good job of it. I think this country so desperately wants to elect a Democrat, but doesn't know Obama, and I'm not sure Obama will be able to put aside the concerns before election day. McCain will not the charismatic speaker that Obama is, he is nonetheless a charming man that has a record of bipartisanship, and of publicly bucking the Bush Administration. I get the feeling many Americans, not the die hards on here, but average Americans will go into the voting both and pick the confortable name that they recognize, John McCain. Now I could be wrong, however this is supposed to be a Democratic Year, yet Obama is running in a dead heat with John McCain, something tells me this election may defy all the odds. Good work, Mr. Barone, i look forward to reading your analysis again in the new future.

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Michael Barone is a senior writer for U.S.News & World Report and principal coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics. He has written for many publications—including the Economist and the New York Times.

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