Electoral College Projection

[SlapStick 0]

even money $50 on full tilt and you have a bet

You still owe me 50 for that when will Obama cinch the nomination thread. So don't get too excited whoevers taking this bet

[CaneBrain 95]

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.-Ben Franklin

LOL, Franklin was talking about rejecting things like the Patriot Act and wiretapping and such. You know, giving up liberty (privacy) for more safety (from terrorists). I'll take "woefully out of context" for $600, Alex.Also, the Skins lost last night which means that everything is officially working against McCain.

[Moneyball16 0]

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/ 538 has over/under at 346.5.

[Sal Paradise 57]

I just can't do it.I'm writing in Ron Paul.

I was so, soooo close to doing this this morning. I still kinda wish I had, but I'm in a semi-swing state so my vote may actually count this year (even though I didn't enjoy it).

[BigDMcGee 3,352]

My state is going 100 percent McCain, so my voting options are so very wide open.. it's exciting.. I think I might just write in Balloon Guy. and since I don't know his real name, that's exactly what I'd write in. yes yes, don't want the pay cut, blah blah.. Listen...do your civic duty, and accept the position, if you win, for christ's sake.

[El Guapo 8]

I just can't do it.I'm writing in Ron Paul.

Thank God. I was about to rent one of those skiffs with the big fans on the back and motor out to your island and slap you in the mouth.

[SuitedAces21 2,722]

LOL, Franklin was talking about rejecting things like the Patriot Act and wiretapping and such. You know, giving up liberty (privacy) for more safety (from terrorists).

I didnt know Ben Franklin could see into the future. What other predictions did he make?

[CaneBrain 95]

I didnt know Ben Franklin could see into the future. What other predictions did he make?

He had the George Foreman grill craze pegged. Smart guy.

[BigDMcGee 3,352]

I didnt know Ben Franklin could see into the future. What other predictions did he make?

I don't know about predictions, but he has some sage advice that you, for one, could benefit from..

But if you will not take this Counsel, and persist in thinking a Commerce with the Sex inevitable, then I repeat my former Advice, that in all your Amours you should prefer old Women to young ones. You call this a Paradox, and demand my Reasons. They are these:i. Because as they have more Knowledge of the World and their Minds are better stor'd with Observations, their Conversation is more improving and more lastingly agreable.2. Because when Women cease to be handsome, they study to be good. To maintain their Influence over Men, they supply the Diminution of Beauty by an Augmentation of Utility. They learn to do a 1000 Services small and great, and are the most tender and useful of all Friends when you are sick. Thus they continue amiable. And hence there is hardly such a thing to be found as an old Woman who is not a good Woman.3. Because there is no hazard of Children, which irregularly produc'd may be attended with much Inconvenience.4. Because thro' more Experience, they are more prudent and discreet in conducting an Intrigue to prevent Suspicion. The Commerce with them is therefore safer with regard to your Reputation. And with regard to theirs, if the Affair should happen to be known, considerate People might be rather inclin'd to excuse an old Woman who would kindly take care of a young Man, form his Manners by her good Counsels, and prevent his ruining his Health and Fortune among mercenary Prostitutes.5. Because in every Animal that walks upright, the Deficiency of the Fluids that fill the Muscles appears first in the highest Part: The Face first grows lank and wrinkled; then the Neck; then the Breast and Arms; the lower Parts continuing to the last as plump as ever: So that covering all above with a Basket, and regarding2 only what is below the Girdle, it is impossible of two Women to know an old from a young one. And as in the dark all Cats are grey, the Pleasure of corporal Enjoyment with an old Woman is at least equal, and frequently superior, every Knack being by Practice capable of Improvement.6. Because the Sin is less. The debauching a Virgin may be her Ruin, and make her for Life unhappy.7. Because the Compunction is less. The having made a young Girl miserable may give you frequent bitter Reflections; none of which can attend the making an old Woman happy.8thly and Lastly They are so grateful!!

[copernicus 0]

LOL, Franklin was talking about rejecting things like the Patriot Act and wiretapping and such. You know, giving up liberty (privacy) for more safety (from terrorists)

Yup, he was amazing, better than Jules Verne. He predicted telephones, cell phones, airplanes and chemical/nuclear weapons.

[timwakefield 68]

Lol at Obama losing Penn, Ohio, Florida, Virginia, and South North Carolina, and Missouri and Montana and Arizona and North Dakota and every single close state.

South Carolina is a lock for Sidney.

[SuitedAces21 2,722]

He had the George Foreman grill craze pegged. Smart guy.

George sure does grill a tasty burger.

I don't know about predictions, but he has some sage advice that you, for one, could benefit from..

Old women to young ones? Guys mind was deranged by syphillis!!

[BigDMcGee 3,352]

Rove Predicts landslide: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/...bama-landslide/Love the man or hate him, he does know more about how to win or lose an election than just about anyone. I'd bet with him any day w/r/t election results.

[copernicus 0]

Rove Predicts landslide: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/...bama-landslide/Love the man or hate him, he does know more about how to win or lose an election than just about anyone. I'd bet with him any day w/r/t election results.

Hes trying to suppress the Dem vote, making them think its a lock.

[BigDMcGee 3,352]

Hes trying to suppress the Dem vote, making them think its a lock.

Hey gang, and welcome to your tour of Egypt. I'm BigDMcGee, and I'll be your tour guide. If you look to the right, you'll see the Great Pyramid, and the Sphinx. And if you look here, to our left, you'll see Denial.

[copernicus 0]

Hey gang, and welcome to your tour of Egypt. I'm BigDMcGee, and I'll be your tour guide. If you look to the right, you'll see the Great Pyramid, and the Sphinx. And if you look here, to our left, you'll see Denial.

And we apologize to our patrons, but the sarcasm detector on our bus is broken today.

[BigDMcGee 3,352]

And we apologize to our patrons, but the sarcasm detector on our bus is broken today.

yeah, I have seen you display a great deal of wish thinking in your posts these last few weeks, but very little in the way of being actually willing to bet on McCain.

[copernicus 0]

yeah, I have seen you display a great deal of wish thinking in your posts these last few weeks, but very little in the way of being actually willing to bet on McCain.

My bet on McCain is my bet on the polls being overstated on the Dem side. If Im right on that it will be close, if Im wrong, vb will have a nice bump to his poker bankroll and it will be a landslide.

[BigDMcGee 3,352]

My bet on McCain is my bet on the polls being overstated on the Dem side. If Im right on that it will be close, if Im wrong, vb will have a nice bump to his poker bankroll and it will be a landslide.

Betting on a team to cover is different then betting on a team to win.

[Balloon guy 158]

Enjoy blowing our economy having our children being blown up by towelheads while trying to protect other towelheads. Enjoy the GOP realizing that Sarah Palin was the reason that they won and then catering their entire party toward that end of the spectrum. Enjoy every politician from now on being a "maverick," and winking at the camera. Enjoy having to look McCain in the eye at every state of the union. Enjoy hearing "My Friends..." for the next four years. Enjoy the endless talks on racism that you're going to have to endure if Obama loses.Just suck it up and vote for Osama.(Every vote counts)

You don't think Mccain picking up a 12 point jump from her speech at the convention would indicate that it is precisely because of his catering to the religious right that he has any chance at all?

[copernicus 0]

Betting on a team to cover is different then betting on a team to win.

Depends on the spread, now, doesnt it.

[gobears 0]

You don't think Mccain picking up a 12 point jump from her speech at the convention would indicate that it is precisely because of his catering to the religious right that he has any chance at all?

I think that McCain picks up the Republican base regardless - the Palin pick was an attempt to pick up a good chunk of the despondent Hilary supporters which doesn't seem to have worked. It really has come down to the independents again in this election. We'll never know how much of a difference it would have made if McCain had selected Romney especially with the economy/bailout package problems that became the top issue in many voters' minds.

[copernicus 0]

I think that McCain picks up the Republican base regardless - the Palin pick was an attempt to pick up a good chunk of the despondent Hilary supporters which doesn't seem to have worked. It really has come down to the independents again in this election. We'll never know how much of a difference it would have made if McCain had selected Romney especially with the economy/bailout package problems that became the top issue in many voters' minds.

You really are trying to push me to the brink of suicide, arent you?This election was over 6 weeks ago if Romney were the veep pick.

[gobears 0]

You really are trying to push me to the brink of suicide, arent you?This election was over 6 weeks ago if Romney were the veep pick.

Has a Veep pick ever made that much of a difference? Romney picks up votes and makes it closer but I don't think McCain would have had it in the bag if he goes Romney.Well it'll be interesting reading if McCain ever decides to publicly go thru his VP selection process. I think that Rove said that Lieberman was McCain's first choice but the potential Republican uproar caused McCain to go in another direction.

[BigDMcGee 3,352]

I think that McCain picks up the Republican base regardless - the Palin pick was an attempt to pick up a good chunk of the despondent Hilary supporters which doesn't seem to have worked. It really has come down to the independents again in this election. We'll never know how much of a difference it would have made if McCain had selected Romney especially with the economy/bailout package problems that became the top issue in many voters' minds.

I really do think the Palin pick hurt McCain.. it gave him a short term bump, but.. I think the way she has come across (fairly or not) as incompetant has hurt McCain. You can poo poo stuff like the Katie Couric interview, but things like that and how easily often they are lampooned and the question of her competency will stick in the undecided voter's mind. The right might say that Biden is also a joke, but he's not the Iconic joke that Palin is. That can't have helped McCain. I'm not sure how much the VP effects voters in general, but Romney couldn't have been worse. And I think you're absolutely correct about the base, the religious right wasn't going to vote for Obama anyway, McCain didn't need to make a pick to appease them.