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Joe The Plumber * Open Thread »

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“Fairly severe?” Give me a break. She should be fired.

And, Al Franken …

Voter Fraud? * Open Thread »

Ah, gee. Not in Minnesota too. Ah gee. I gotta ask these fellas, these election fellas, ya know.
Okay! But are ya sure? ‘Cause I mean, how do you know? Do you do a count, or what kind of a routine do you have here?
From the big paper, that Star-Tribune paper in [...]

*Breaking* Wisconsin in Play, McCain Shores Up Base »

According to this report, celebrity candidate Barack Obama had 4,000 fewer people in attendance than McCain-Palin at an event in Wisconsin:
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Hoping to shore up support in his suddenly undependable backyard, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama flew here Monday to talk about how he’d handle economic crises as president.
Recent polls have shown [...]

It’s Not the Economy, It’s the Arrogance »

In Monday’s Washington Post, Obama’s chief strategist, David Axelrod, is quoted as saying, “I think one of the things driving the national polls is that the red states are redder.”
Is Axelrod right? Could it be McCain has energized his base but that Obama remains ahead?
Using Electoral-Vote.com’s numbers, I created a list of [...]

Impending Electoral Disaster: NY, NJ, MN, PA, OH, MI »

New York
New Jersey
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Ohio

McCain-Palin
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Obama-Biden
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Barack Obama is not the “map changer” CNN and all the discredited Democratic blogs claimed he would be; he is a supercilious underachiever who promises to color the entire nation red, not blue. He is tied with McCain in Minnesota and Pennsylvania; he is trailing McCain in Ohio AND MICHIGAN; he is [...]

In Minnesota, Obama Leads By Two »

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A new Survey USA poll in Minnesota shows Senator Obama leading Senator McCain by two points, 47% to 45%. Since that’s within the margin of error, the race in the Gopher state is effectively a dead heat.
On the plus side for Obama, Minnesota appears one place where Obama does not face a PUMA backlash. [...]

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