►¿◄ IF and that's a BIG IF, Votes are counted correctly the ROUT is on!
I really hesitate to say this but I think it is going to be a ROUT for Obama, Why do I think this?
1. There is record turnout among ALL groups but most of these groups are Obama's.
2. The language of the McCain Campaign in these final 4 days is basically language to rally the supporters of the McCain Campaign and not meant to actually change voters minds.
3. The Obama campaign is expanding the playing field, even to the point of putting ads into McCain's Home field. While McCain has narrowed his focus.
4. The voting lines are staying lines and not thinning out ANYWHERE, I believe this bodes well for Obama,
5. Finally I have actually seen an ad fro the "Republican Trust" saying Obama "Wants to give Drivers License to Mohammad Otta a 9/11 hijacker". This proves MASSIVE DESPERATION from Republicans nationwide.
6. Republicans have gone to their default position with that dusty old redoubt of "The Tax and Spend Liberal." Used by SO MANY Republicans of the past but this is a new kind of electorate.
There are many more reason I feel this way but these are the things that force me to be really, really confident about the out come of this election.
There is one thing that truly worries me, and that is just how much impact will those DAMNABLE voting machines that have been programmed by TRULY REPUBLICAN PARTISANS, and I put NOTHING past them and the likes of Diebold, ESS and those GOP Secretaries of States. Of course I do live in Ohio where in 2004 Then Ohio Secretary of State, Kenneth Blackwell (The Bush Ohio Campaign Chair) maneuvered voting machines to slow and prevent voting in large Democratic precincts thus denying MANY their right to vote.
THANKFULLY Ohio now has a Sec of State (Jennifer Brunner) that has gone way beyond the call of duty to make certain that those that want to vote will be able to vote.
So there you have it, my reasons OBAMA is going to win. It might be close but I'm betting on a rout. If not in the Electoral College then in the popular vote numbers.





The Verified Voter site has a really nifty interactive map which tells you county by county in each state, which jurisdictions has paper ballots or paper verified or unverified electronic voting.
The bad news is that the Obama important states of PA, VA, and FL use largely electronic without paper verification. The good news is that Ohio is totally paper or electronic with paper verification.
It seems there will be greater polling oversight as well and that the early voting will cut down on election night polling congestion.
November 1, 2008 9:20 AM | Reply | Permalink