Thursday, September 25, 2008

Debate Update

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From HuffPost:

Barack Obama is committed to hosting a public, televised event Friday night in Mississippi even if John McCain does not show up, an official close to the Obama campaign tells the Huffington Post.

In McCain's absence, the Senator is willing to make the scheduled debate a townhall meeting, a one-on-one interview with NewsHour's Jim Lehrer, or the combination of the two, the official said.

Posted by DocJess at 4:32 PM

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Karen Anne · 859 weeks ago

What have they done to make sure the audience is not stuffed with Republicans like McShame/Gidget's usual appearances? Is the debate committee handling that?

Gee, John, thanks for the 90 minutes of free air time.
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ej · 859 weeks ago

I predict that McCain will be there.
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Chad_Nielson 57p · 859 weeks ago

I know there is no real shift in state numbers in the sense of them going from a tossup to a lean or vice-versa, but it is interesting to note that Rassmussen has gains for Obama today in Ohio (he is only down by one point now) PA and even taking the lead in North Carolina.
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Matt 75p · 859 weeks ago

Actually, Rasmussen moved NC from Strong-McCain to Lean, and Ohio from Lean-McCain to Tossup based on these results.
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Chad_Nielson 57p · 859 weeks ago

Does that mean there will be a shift in our Obama index? also I am curious how things are going on that battleground chart we were chattin about the other day
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Mike in Maryland · 859 weeks ago

Pollster.com has switched West Vriginia, first from strong McCain to weat McCain to toss-up, and now back to weak McCain.

Montana has gone from toss-up to weak McCain.

As of now, the following states are classified as toss-ups by Pollster.com (which I consider deep in the tank for McCain):
Nevada
Colorado
Minnesota
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
New Hampshire
Virginia
North Carolina
Florida

Notice that all of the above toss-ups (with the exception of New Hampshire, Michigan, Minnesota and Pennsylvania [which almost all others consider at least 'lean' Obama]) went for Bush in 2004, and almost all by strong numbers.

Senator Obama has the advantage in all the Kerry states (except New Hampshire right now), but McCain is in serious trouble in several large Bush states.

And Karen Anne:

If McCain shows, it will be one moderator asking the questions and no audience participation. If McCain does NOT show, Senator Obama has stated that it could be the moderator asking questions, a town hall, or combination. Can you imagine Senator Obama playing off some of the questions if they come from a McCain audience? He'd SLAUGHTER the questioner!
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Leah 85p · 859 weeks ago

McCain must be having a mental breakdown!

McCain: Pressure On Us To Have Debate Tomorrow Is Obama's Fault

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2...

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Nina Bravo · 859 weeks ago

This is irrelevant to the debate but I want to say that Bush is the dumbest and laziest president ever. "Some people make things happen, some people let things happen, some people wonder what happened". If George Bush does have a talent it is for mouthing stale platitudes.
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