Unleash your vitriol here. Let fly partisan ranting! Fear of Obama. Dread of Bush’s third term. It’s nasty out there. The only thing to lose is your focus; it’s about the country after all.
November 3, 2008
Election Open Session
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My prediction: Obama, 51% of the popular vote, McCain 48%, third parties, 3%. Electoral College: Obama 315, McCain 223. But I believe the Dems will fail to get 60 votes in the Senate; there will most likely be 58 Dem Senators to 42 in the GOP.
Comment by Dan — November 3, 2008 @ 8:23 am
Local predictions:
Senate: Risch
House: Minnick
4th A: Chadderdon
4th B: Sayler
4th Senate: Goedde
1st KCBOCC: Tondee
2nd KCBOCC: MacDonald
Sales Tax: Yes
Facilities Bond: No
License Fees: No
Comment by Dan — November 3, 2008 @ 8:27 am
I disagree Dan. McCain will win because people are realizing that Obama’s policies will seriously damage small business in this very dangerous economic time. McCain is for less government, not more.
Comment by mary — November 3, 2008 @ 11:23 am
I would like to see McCain win. The polling, however, says otherwise. They could be wrong. But I must confess that if Obama does win, then the country will share your sentiment that his policies will seriously damage small business in the coming months.
If McCain pulls it off, then expect Wall Street to take off on Wednesday. Big time.
Comment by Dan — November 3, 2008 @ 11:35 am
mccain is for a $700 billion handout and wants another $300 billion on top of that for home mortgages, that doesn’t say less government.
Comment by reagan — November 3, 2008 @ 4:38 pm
dan, i believe your predictions are very close to what will happen tomorrow.
Comment by reagan — November 3, 2008 @ 4:39 pm
from Zogby International’s 2004 Predictions at http://web.archive.org/web/20041103083803/http://www.zogby.com/ Bush 213, Kerry 311
dang the zog was wrong
now read rich galen – a really bright and connected guy at http://townhall.com/Columnists/RichGalen/2008/11/03/and_down_the_stretch_they_come!
then read about the diff tween uk polls and us polls and why.
then get ready to laugh at the lame stream dinomedia tomorrow as they explode in disbelief.
Comment by TheWiz — November 3, 2008 @ 6:41 pm
Hey Dan your vote total for prez comes out to 102%. I guess that’s figuring in the Acorn factor 🙂
Comment by Will Penny — November 4, 2008 @ 5:23 am
McCain canvassers in various towns in the east in particular have found many people who were intimidated into telling pollsters they would support Obama. The were afraid to tell the truth because the polsters came to their doors and clearly emphasized their candidate of choice. They felt threatened and agreed with the Obama vote but intended all along to vote their minds. We shall see.
Comment by Wallypog — November 4, 2008 @ 8:56 am
Obama’s Cabinet:
Secretary of Defense – Cindy Sheehan
Secretary of Education – Bill Ayers
Secretary of Energy – Al Gore
Secretary of Housing and Urban Dev. – ACORN
Secretary of State – Jeremiah “GD America” Wright
Secretary of the Treasury – Tony “wire fraud,bribery,money laundering,extortion” Rezko
Secretary of Homeland Security – This Department will no longer be necessary because Obama’s diplomacy will unify the whole world in to one, loving, Kum ba ya singing happy place
Comment by Lady Idna — November 4, 2008 @ 9:01 am
Lady Idna, you’re close but The Obama will keep Homeland Security and appoint The Juice to run it after he pardons him!
Comment by Gary Ingram — November 4, 2008 @ 10:53 am
Anyone out there still believe McCain will win? Grasping at straws?
McCain didn’t lose this election. George W. Bush did. (Well, and Hillary lost as well.) The GOP must re-connect with its solid roots, which are small government and free market economy. Bush never had a grip on those issues. The GOP in Congress squandered their opportunity for years. Now the reins go over to the Democrats. The question is whether the Republicans can refocus on their issues, or do they form the Ron Paul lynch mobs and implode?
Stay tuned for the local races!
Comment by Dan — November 4, 2008 @ 6:31 pm
It’s so sad. Two reasons Obama won: 1. he refused public financing and raised enormous, largely undocumented money, and 2. the media gave up all pretense of objectivity and totally fawned over this man we know less about than any other President in our history.
Ok, one more: The whole economic meltdown one month before the election, that through the magic of massive advertising was blamed entirely on the Republicans even though the Dems were equally if not hugely more responsible.
McCain’s concession speech was pure class.
Comment by mary — November 4, 2008 @ 8:46 pm
The country will discover soon whether there is anyone in Obama’s suit.
This is a good thing for the GOP. Hopefully it will refocus them. Had McCain won, then the GOP would lose more house and senate seats in 2010, and then lose ultimately the presidency in 2012. If they can regroup and refocus, and let the Democrats bicker and implode (as they’re bound to do), they have a chance. Not a certainty, but a chance.
Besides, the Obama administration will be a constant source of amusement for me. 😀
Comment by Dan — November 4, 2008 @ 10:54 pm
Dan, here’s an interesting bit that one of our readers just emailed to me on this subject:
” It will be interesting to see how long the Obama honeymoon lasts. I see a bottom line reason it will be short. The Bush whipping boy will be gone, along with Cheney, McCain, Palin, and other republicans wiped off the face of the political map. Who fills the void of political media ink that supports big time ad dollars? Like a deranged dog chasing its tail, I bet the media go after their own: Pelosi, Reid and Obama himself. Why, because unicorns and kumbaya don’t sell nothing. We need conspiracies, corruption of power, and ugly intentions to fill this void – a new Devil – and Obama and Dems are so perfect targets when the media’s protective shield is removed. Like the story of the emperor’s new clothes, everyone will come to realize these yokels are butt naked.”
Comment by mary — November 4, 2008 @ 11:21 pm
I was just thinking that myself. Obama may be surprised at how quickly his former bedfellow the media turns on him. Whether it’s the media or congress that attacks him first is left to be seen. It will be fun and interesting.
Comment by Dan — November 5, 2008 @ 7:28 am
Comment by Dan — November 5, 2008 @ 8:01 am
My comment is regarding the local election results only. If anybody truly thinks that change is coming to CDA/Hayden etc., double check yesterdays numbers. In spite of egregious conflict of interest , Judy Meyer has won re-election. This is just an example. Dream on, the infrastructure remains firmly in place. And this was with a huge voter turn out. Fortunately the ludicrous jail expansion went down in flames. Change in CDA? As my daughters license plate reads, “I laff”.
Comment by Diogenes — November 5, 2008 @ 8:27 am
Just to save nonsense…I know, “laugh”. I was quoting a license plate as well as an idea.
Comment by Diogenes — November 5, 2008 @ 8:28 am
I forgot, my clever little mind came up with the following. Has it ever occurred to anybody that the acronym for good ole boys is…GOBs
Comment by Diogenes — November 5, 2008 @ 8:41 am