Current electoral map projection

Current electoral map projection shows Obama ahead by 287 - 227 (24 tied - Virginia and Indiana). Frankly, I don't put much stock in these, but I guess it's better to be ahead than behind. These numbers are much better for Obama than they were a few weeks ago.

http://www.electoral-vote.com/

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Obviously, the impact of last night will not be reflected in polls for days, if not weeks. Whoever is advising McCain should tell him he should not give speeches on the same nights that Obama does.

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Yeah, Obama has started beating McCain. Hopefully, McCain will continue to give speeches like last night!

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So, about McCain's speech last night, was it not the single most boring public address in the history of this country? I LITERALLY stopped hearing words. It became formless white noise.

Today's updated map shows Obama with a 317 - 221 advantage.

http://www.electoral-vote.com/

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I've adopted Pal Joey's stance and choose only to buy into polls that support my views, so CNN's map is clearly flawed.

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i hppe that the electoral-vote.com site is as accurate as they were in 2004 when their final prediction was kerry 281, bush 257. or from the day before that when they had it kerry 298, bush 231.

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McCain's biggest problem isn't that he's Bush III, it isn't that he's retrograde, it isn't even his voting record (though he's a disaster on women's concerns, to be sure; any Clinton gal who lines up with him has anger management issues). He's a singularly unappealing presence in just about any arena, stadium, green cyclorama, podium, Dairy Queen opening. He is charmless and often graceless, and when he smiles, it comes off like Randall Flagg, the Satan figure in Stephen King's THE STAND. He seems sour and joyless. No one wants him to kiss their baby, not because he's "old" (he ain't that old), but because he's so unappealing. I don't doubt that the war experiences played a role, and I cannot fault him for his looks (the bloat from the melanoma surgery is unfortunate). Forget someone to have a beer with -- you wouldn't want him doing your income tax at H&R block. He's not a natural, and for a President, there must be some sort of pulse, some underlying warmth. I don't know a Republican who truly responds to him. All of that tired "he'll keep us safe" soccer mom stuff has no teeth in the voting booth, not with gas at 5 bucks, and nature destroying us more than any terrorist.

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Updated On: 6/17/08 at 11:15 AM

yeah, finding our own oil is a horrible idea. just like building new refineries is a horrible idea. as is oil shale, nuclear power, wind farms near anyone with any access to those in power, etc. we should be investing in the sun. maybe we can have a wish for a better source of energy day.

i can't wait until the morning after when everyone's wailing, "how can he have possibly won? no one i know voted for him!"

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that's based on geology from the 70's. but you're right, any solution that does not completely solve the problem should be discarded completely.

85% of the us' offshore territories are closed to drilling. 85%.

oil shale is not even apossibility due to the sringent limits in place on the type of oil that can be used to make gasoline.

democrats should just admit that they actually are pretty happy about the cost of gas as it will punish those who refuse to limit their carbon footprint (i.e. people who ahve to drive to work, y'know the folks in the places without mass transit). they have no solutions. none. because they actually think it's fine. bammy said as much the other day when he admitted he just didn't want to see prices go up so quickly.

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will that be like
the thing that only eats hippies?

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Did anyone see this on www.electoral-vote.com:

"Speaking of dog-whistle politics, Obama's announcement yesterday that he had hired Patti Solis Doyle is a clear example of same. Hillary Clinton belatedly fired her former friend for poor campaign and financial management. Now Obama hires her--as chief of staff to the Vice Presidential candidate. Can you imagine Clinton being saddled up with a chief of staff she thinks is incompetent and whom she at least partially blames for losing the nomination? The message seems clear: Clinton is not going to be the Veep candidate. So why would Obama hire Solis Doyle other than her value as a signal to Clinton? She is a Latina; her parents were Mexican immigrants. Her real job will no doubt be outreach to the Latino community, a group that Obama has a good chance of winning if he tries hard. Step 1 is hiring a high-profile Latina who used to be very close to the Clintons--Solis Doyle!"

Papa

"democrats should just admit that they actually are pretty happy about the cost of gas as it will punish those who refuse to limit their carbon footprint"

So true.

It's not just that we are happy about. I'm happy the increasing price of oil will have trickle down effects on things like plastics. Plastics that are currently SO CHEAP we can just toss it. This is one of those unpopular things like "raising" taxes that really does improve the quality of life.