ELECTION DAY 2008:........... Barack Obama, the next President of the United States of America

[daytona 5000]

Originally Posted by knightngale

Originally Posted by DAYTONA 5000

From talking with people who are for Obama, I get the impression that they view him like you would a best friends older brother or a cool older dude from the neighborhood, who cleaned up his act and became principal of your school. Since you know him, you think he is going to let you slide and bend the rules for you, but you get upset when he does his job and enforces them.

One positive is IMP, that if he becomes president that sets the standards higher for black men to achieve success. Blaming the "Man" because they are a failure in life will seem like more of a copout than a fact of life.

what the hell are you talking about? Obama worked to get to where he is but he was alreaady born into wealth
the "man" can still be blamed
umad?

Obama was born into wealth? Is that what you're saying?

 

[knightngale]

relatively speaking yes
compared to most african americans

not to the levels of politicians though

anybody catch the obama special on cnn yesterday?

 

[nyzmagician]

Originally Posted by deepinthajeep


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Wow Sarah is so gullible.

"Nailing Palin"

 

[deepinthajeep]

[h3]Early Voting Statistics[/h3]

State Mainpage	Early Voting Stats	2008 Total Early Vote	Selected Stats	2008 Early Vote / 2004 Total Vote	2004 Total Votes Cast	2004 % Early (#!!.Press)	Last Updated
United States		24,125,290		19.5%	123,535,883	22.5%
Alabama					1,890,317	3.5%
Alaska					314,502	21.4%
Arizona					2,038,069	40.8%
Scottsdale City	html	31,562		28.8%	109,469		10/24
Arkansas		340,964	Ballot Absentee 7.7% In-Person 92.3%	31.8%	1,070,573	33.4%	10/31
California (58 of 58 counties reporting, thnx to Joe Holland)		3,293,617		25.8%	12,589,367	33.2%	10/24-11/1
Colorado	html	1,477,836	Party Dem 37.7% Rep 35.9% No/Oth 26.4% Ballot Absentee 75.3% In-person 24.7%	68.8%	2,148,036	47.9%	10/31 (Party stats current through 10/30)
Connecticut					1,607,808	8.9%
Delaware					377,407	4.9%
District of Columbia					230,105	8.1%
Florida^ (in-person & absentee returned)	html Election Code 9250	4,107,894	2008 2004 Party Dem 45.5% 40.7% Rep 37.6% 43.5% No/Oth 16.9% 15.8% Ballot Absentee 38.6% In-person 61.4%	53.8%	7,640,319	36.1%	11/2
Georgia	html	1,994,990	Race White 60.2% Black 35.1% Other/Unk 2.2% Sex Men 40.4% Women 56.2% Unk 0.9% Ballot Absentee 11.1% In-person 88.9%	60.1%	3,317,336	20.2%	11/1
Hawaii					431,662	31.0%
Idaho					612,786	15.9%
Illinois					5,350,493	5.6%
Champaign Cnty	html	7,685		9.1%	84,153	4.9%	10/30
Cook Cnty	html	226,090		22.1%	1,024,876		10/31
Chicago City	html	260,703		24.7%	1,056,830		10/30
Indiana	html	455,035		18.1%	2,512,142	10.4%	10/30
Marion Cnty		64,088	In-person only	21.6%	296,243	8.0%	10/31
Iowa		454,274	Party Dem 47.3% Rep 28.8% No/Oth 23.9%	29.8%	1,521,966	30.8%	10/31
Kansas					1,213,108	20.4%
Johnson Cnty	html	109,190		42.1%	259,599	37.8%	10/30
Kentucky					1,816,867	5.4%
Louisiana	html	266,880	Party Dem 58.5% Rep 28.4% No/Oth 13.1% Race White 60.8% Black 36.3% Other 2.9% Sex Men 43.5% Women 56.5% Ballot Absentee 5.1% In-Person 94.9%	13.6%	1,956,590	6.5%	10/29 (In-person early voting period ended 10/2
Maine	html	163,981	Party Dem 42.9% Rep 28.2% No/Oth 28.9%	21.8%	751,519	21.4%	10/31
Maryland					2,395,791	5.8%
Massachusetts					2,927,455	6.0%
Michigan					4,875,692	17.9%
Minnesota					2,842,912	8.2%
Mississippi					1,152,365	6.1%
Missouri					2,764,635	7.6%
Montana		184,632		40.5%	456,096	21.7%	10/29
Nebraska		147,992		18.7%	792,906	13.9%	10/30
Nevada#	html	559,687		67.3%	831,563	53.1%	10/31
Clark Cnty	html	391,936	Party Dem 52.0% Rep 30.6% No/Oth 17.4%	71.7%	546,858	59.4%	10/31
Washoe Cnty	html	101,604	Party Dem 47.1% Rep 35.3% No/Oth 17.5%	63.7%	159,511	33.0%	10/31
New Hampshire					683,672	9.0%
New Jersey					3,638,153	5.4%
New Mexico					775,301	50.6%
Bernalillo Cnty	html	192,229	Party Dem 52.7% Rep 32.8% No/Oth 14.5% Ballot Absentee 34.1% In-person 65.9%	73.2%	262,617		11/1
New York					7,448,266	5.1%
North Carolina	zip	2,573,899	2008 2004 Party Dem 51.5% 48.6% Rep 30.1% 37.4% None 18.4% 14.1% Age 18-29 14.6% 30-44 23.4% 45-64 40.4% 65+ 21.6% Race White 69.3% Black 26.5% Other 4.2% Sex Men 42.8% 42.9% Women 56.4% 56.6% Unk 0.1% 0.4% Ballot Absentee 7.9% 13.1% One-Stop 92.1% 86.9%	72.5%	3,552,449	30.8%	11/2 5:28am
North Dakota					316,049	17.8%
Ohio*					5,722,443	10.7%
Champaign Cnty	html	3,666		19.2%	19,080	8.4%	10/31
Cuyahoga Cnty	Pdf	252,629	Ballot Absentee 81.8% In-person 18.2%	36.8%	687,255	12.4%	11/1
Franklin Cnty	html	207,243		38.8%	533,575	8.8%	11/1
Gallia Cnty	html	2,168		15.1%	14,391	11.1%	10/28
Greene Cnty	html	5,736		7.1%	80,602	10.5%	10/28
Knox Cnty	html	7,336		26.9%	27,302	13.2%	10/30
Montgomery Cnty	html	50,577		17.6%	287,635	10.2%	10/30
Muskingum Cnty	html	6,629		16.8%	39,565	12.6%	10/28
Ross Cnty	html	8,086		25.3%	31,979	12.3%	10/30
Seneca Cnty	html	4,156		15.1%	27,607	10.8%	10/30
Summit Cnty	html	73,920		26.2%	281,735	10.1%	10/31
Tuscarawas Cnty	html	9,339		21.3%	43,760	11.1%	10/31
Union Cnty	html	3,324		14.5%	22,911	7.7%	10/28
Oklahoma					1,463,758	10.1%
Oregon	Pdf	931,310		50.3%	1,851,671	100.0%	10/30
Pennsylvania					5,769,590	5.5%
Rhode Island					440,228	4.4%
South Carolina					1,626,720	9.5%
South Dakota					394,930	24.0%
Tennessee	Pdf	1,550,939		63.1%	2,456,610	47.3%	10/30 (Early voting ended 10/30)
Texas (15 largest counties)	html	3,117,005	Ballot Absentee 6.4% In-person 93.6%	42.1%	7,410,765	51.1%	10/30
Utah					942,010	7.2%
Vermont					314,220	19.1%
Virginia					3,223,156	7.0%
Fairfax Cnty		78,425		17.0%	426,126	10.5%	10/30
Washington					2,883,499	68.2%
Clark Cnty	html	106,053		61.6%	172,277	62.8%	10/31
King Cnty	html	316,995		35.3%	899,199	62.8%	10/31
Pierce Cnty	Pdf	125,330		39.5%	317,012	80.3%	10/31
Snohomish Cnty	Pdf	126,709		42.6%	297,187	65.3%	10/30
Spokane Cnty	Pdf	132,172		64.8%	203,886	64.3%	10/31
Whatcom Cnty	html	60,165		65.7%	91,515	72.8%	10/31
West Virginia		96,239	Party Dem 59.4% Rep 31.5% No/Oth 9.2% Ballot Absentee 9.5% In-Person 90.5%	12.5%	769,645	19.1%	10/29
Wisconsin					3,016,288	12.1%
Wyoming					245,789	19.6%

 

[tbone95860]

PUNDIT PREDICTIONS

Chris Matthews, MSNBC's 'Hardball With Chris Matthews' host
Presidential (Popular ~ Electoral): Obama 52% ~ 338 vs. McCain 46% ~ 200

Edward Rollins, GOP strategist
Presidential Race (Popular ~ Electoral): Obama 52% ~ 353 vs. McCain 45% ~ 185

Bill Maher, HBO's 'Real Time with Bill Maher' host
Presidential Race (Popular ~ Electoral): Obama 52.5% ~ 375 vs. McCain 46% ~ 16

Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post editor-in-chief
Presidential Race (Popular ~ Electoral): Obama 51.1% ~ 318 vs. McCain 45.6% ~ 220

Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard executive editor
Presidential Race (Popular ~ Electoral): Obama 50% ~ 252 vs. McCain 50% ~ 286

Donna Brazile, Democratic strategist
Presidential Race (Electoral): Obama 343 vs. McCain 195

George Will, Conservative columnist
Presidential Race (Electoral): Obama 378 vs. McCain 160

George Stephanopoulos, ABC News host of 'This Week'
Presidential Race (Electoral): Obama 353 vs. McCain 185

Mark Halperin, TIME Magazine
Presidential Race (Electoral): Obama 349 vs. McCain 189

Matthew Dowd, Former GOP strategist
Presidential Race (Electoral): Obama 338 vs. McCain 200

David Gergen, CNN political analyst and former presidential adviser
Presidential Race (Electoral): Obama 338 vs. McCain 200

Paul Begala, CNN political analyst, Democratic strategist and former presidential adviser
Presidential Race (Electoral): Obama 325 vs. McCain 186

Alex Castellanos, CNN political analyst and GOP media consultant
Presidential Race (Electoral): Obama 318 vs. McCain 220

Eleanor Clift, Newsweek contributing editor
Presidential Race (Popular ~ Electoral): Obama 52.1% ~ 349 vs. McCain 46.5% ~ 189

Juan Williams, NPR news analyst
Presidential Race (Popular ~ Electoral): Obama 51% ~ 326 vs. McCain 47% ~ 212

Chris Cillizza, Washington Post politics reporter
Presidential Race (Popular ~ Electoral): Obama 52% ~ 312 vs. McCain 48% ~ 226

Markos Moulitsas, DailyKos founder
Presidential Race (Popular ~ Electoral): Obama 54% ~ 390 vs. McCain 45% ~ 148

Morton Kondracke, Roll Call executive editor
Presidential Race (Popular ~ Electoral): Obama 54% ~ 379 vs. McCain 45% ~ 159

James Carville, Democratic media consultant and former presidential adviser
Presidential Race (Popular ~ Electoral): Obama 365 vs. McCain 173

 

[poblack]

Originally Posted by knightngale

relatively speaking yes
compared to most african americans

not to the levels of politicians though

anybody catch the obama special on cnn yesterday?

You must think all blacks are poor and on welfare. You're very wrong. Anyways, Georgia is now a toss up state!!! Let's do this!!!

 

[poblack]

Originally Posted by knightngale

relatively speaking yes
compared to most african americans

not to the levels of politicians though

anybody catch the obama special on cnn yesterday?

You must think all blacks are poor and on welfare. You're very wrong. Anyways, Georgia is now a toss up state!!! Let's do this!!!

 

[tbone95860]

Originally Posted by ReliantJ

Link deepinthejeep?

http://elections.gmu.edu/early_vote_2008.htmlhttp://elections.gmu.edu/early_vote_2008.html

 

[sfn 155]

Originally Posted by TBONE95860

I've learned from the GOP and their polling that Pennsylvania and Iowa are now in play and McCain has a very legit chance at winning either or both. Both have been considered locks for Obama up until the past week or two. Just letting everyone know so when all the major television news organizations are like "I can't believe Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Colorado are this close" (even if Obama does win each state)

Tuesday is going to be very interesting.

Here are pretty much the toss up states you're going to need to watch for come Tuesday

Only 11 states, all the tan states.

 

[tbone95860]

Originally Posted by SFN 155

Originally Posted by TBONE95860

I've learned from the GOP and their polling that Pennsylvania and Iowa are now in play and McCain has a very legit chance at winning either or both. Both have been considered locks for Obama up until the past week or two. Just letting everyone know so when all the major television news organizations are like "I can't believe Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Colorado are this close" (even if Obama does win each state)

Tuesday is going to be very interesting.

Here are pretty much the toss up states you're going to need to watch for come Tuesday

Only 11 states, all the tan states.

?

 

[tupac003]

I have to agree with T-Bone...

This will be a lot closer then most think.

I just have this horrible feeling in my bones that McCain will steal this away in the last hour.

 

[knightngale]

Originally Posted by tupac003

I have to agree with T-Bone...

This will be a lot closer then most think.

I just have this horrible feeling in my bones that McCain will steal this away in the last hour.

me too
I still remember the 2000 elections like it was yesterday

 

[airuphere23]

I'm from Pennsylvania and I am definitely voting Obama.

 

[tbone95860]

Originally Posted by tupac003

I have to agree with T-Bone...

This will be a lot closer then most think.

I just have this horrible feeling in my bones that McCain will steal this away in the last hour.

Yeah I mean Obama pretty much has a 232-163 advantage to start the 1st quarter.
Not a bad place to be in at all.

That being said.... these numbers of 350 elecotral votes, 375 electoral votes..... they seem a little far fetched to me. But hey, maybe Obama's turnout onTuesday will just be monumental.
No one knows how many people will turn out for each side.

 

[cincoseisdos]

Originally Posted by ReliantJ

Originally Posted by knightngale

Originally Posted by tupac003

I have to agree with T-Bone...

This will be a lot closer then most think.

I just have this horrible feeling in my bones that McCain will steal this away in the last hour.

me too
I still remember the 2000 elections like it was yesterday

How old were you in 2000? I remember staying up til midnight seeing the dude with the gray colors (Nader).
Gore

I remember I was 13, was in the AOL chatrooms chatting with some chick from Alabama who said if she could she would vote for bush and trashing her while I waswatching the election coverage all night.

Time flies...

 

[dj sven]

 

[ag 47]

Originally Posted by knightngale

Originally Posted by tupac003

I have to agree with T-Bone...




This will be a lot closer then most think.




I just have this horrible feeling in my bones that McCain will steal this away in the last hour.

me too
I still remember the 2000 elections like it was yesterday

Same. Plus something like 11 states don't have a paper trail receipt for votes. It's all set-up to cheat.

 

[urbenyouth]

A pumped up John McCain hoped for a stunning comeback victory today, as he campaigned hard through Pennsylvania and Virginia and vowed to upset frontrunning Barack Obama.

McCain insisted that despite polls showing the Democratic nominee with a lead, he could still pull out a come-from-behind win on Tuesday - and his supporters ate it up.

"When I see this momentum, when I see this great support, I know we're going to win," McCain told a jubilant rally in Pennsylvania.

McCain mercilessly mocked Obama for acting like he has the contest in the bag.

"He's measuring the drapes. He's settled on a chief of staff. He gave his first address to the nation before the election," McCain said.

"By the way, my first executive order will be no one will be able to have an infomercial that delays the World Series . . . When the Phillies are playing," he added at a Pennsylvania rally.

"My friends, we've been a few points down but we're coming back."

McCain went on today in a rally at Wallingford, Penn.

"Let me give you some straight talk about the race today with just two days left. We're only a couple of points behind in Pennsylvania," he said.

"The pundits have written us off - just like they've done before," he said to boos.

"But my friends, the mac is back!," McCain said to thunderous applause.

McCain went after Obama hard on his attack lines of the past week, accusing the Illinois senator of trying to "spread the wealth" around - the now-famous line he uttered with Joe the Plumber in a driveway in Ohio weeks ago.

"Take the money from one group of Americans and give it to the other one," McCain said, adding that it was part of why Obama ranked in a National Journal survey as the senate's most liberal member.

Earlier in the day, McCain stumped in Virginia and told voters in Fairfax County they were in a place that is "key to this election."

"You know how important it is for us to win here. You know how important it is that we put this country in the right direction. I need your help for the next three days," McCain said.

Virginia is a purple state where Obama has made a massive push and it's showing results - polls have had him slightly ahead there for weeks.

"We've been a few points down. But we're coming back and we're coming back in Virginia!" McCain told supporters in Newport News, Va.

At an event in Springfield, McCain rapped Obama on issues crucial to senior citizens.

"Every four years, the Democrats roll out these ads try to scare seniors over Social Security and Medicare," McCain said, adding, "I'm going to protect Social Security. I'm going to protect Medicare, and I'm not going to let this congress tax away your retirement."

McCain also tussled with Team Obama, when the Republican on the stump seized on an Obama comment from last January about faith being "vindicated" after his Iowa caucus win.

McCain used the comment to try to question Obama's faith in his country - an attack Obama spokesman Bill Burton branded "pathetic."


http://www.nypost.com/sev...of_mac_miracle_136467.htm


He seems closer to winning PA but I hope not.

 

[winstondon]

ima be devastated if Obama loses.....and not because of the historical stuff....just the thought of having a Bush clone running the office for another 4 yearsis sickening...i honestly feel like america will be in another war by 2010 if McCain is in office....and god don't let the man get sick....then we'llhave Palin as our president

 

[aepps20]

This will be close. As I said, PA will be very important.

 

[airuphere23]

There's been plenty of racism in my state here in Pennsylvania. So it doesn't surprise me that there are more than a few McCain supporters in thisstate...

As a matter of fact I was driving on the freeway a couple of weeks when some idiot spray painted "Do you really want a black man running ourcountry?"

It's sad that racism is such a big factor in this election but it's definitely there. Overall though, I'm still voting for Barack Obama because Irespect his viewpoints and hope for a change. I definitely don't want a Bush clone for the next 4 years.

 

[tbone95860]

Looks like Rev. Wright has hit main stage in Pennsylvania

Front page of... http://www.cnn.com/http://www.cnn.com/
[h1]Pennsylvania GOP ad highlights Wright[/h1]
The Republican Party of Pennsylvania launched a last-minute television ad that calls attention to Barack Obama's relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. full story

 

[clarkkent415]

^

"G' d America" at the end

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

The GOP are brilliant. Fear tactics at the last second, it never fails.

 

[winstondon]

Originally Posted by rickybadman

^^^^^^^^ I see McCain is going back to the Scare white people strategy. SMH