Yesterday, appearing at a campaign stop John McCain made the bold prediction that he was going to win the election. I'm sure there have been other presidential candidates in history that have also made that claim, but I can't remember any. If Barack Obama had made that claim it would have seemed a bit arrogant, accurate, but still not a very appropriate remark.
Coming from John McCain, it only reminds us how totally inaccurate his other claims have been. He has years and years of absurd, and totally wrong predictions about Iraq. He ranks right up there with Dick Cheney, and his role model, George W. Bush, for boneheaded, totally wrong predictions. Only hours before the financial market went into meltdown, John McCain predicted everything was ok, that the "fundamentals of our economy are strong". Looking back at that prediction in the face of the reality of our Republican-created mess, it makes McCain's claim seem absolutely stupid.
So now John McCain is claiming he's going to win.
Today, Chuck Todd, NBC's political analyst, reported that Barack Obama has now crossed the 270 Electoral College winning vote margin. He added, if Obama loses all three of the battleground states of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, he'll still be over the 270 willing vote total. It's even more challenging for McCain when you consider Obama is currently leading in all three of those key states, and has been ahead for some time. (Pennsylvania... 52-41% for Obama / Florida... 48-46% for Obama / Ohio... 50-44% for Obama)
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/27/1596444.aspx
So John McCain is going to win?
Guess what state has now moved into the "Barely GOP" status on the Electoral College Poll? It's Arizona, McCain's home state. As of today, McCain only leads Obama by 2% in his own state, 44-42%. This poll is now projecting Obama the winner with 375 votes to 157 for McCain. They're reporting 6 tie votes, in formerly safe states for Republicans like Montana and North Dakota, which has voted Republican for 44 years.
http://www.electoral-vote.com/
So John McCain is going to win?
At this point in the campaigns it's now crystal clear that the voters have decided that a candidate that supported Bush's failed policies 90% of time, even boasting of his unwavering support, isn't what they want. It's now crystal clear that voters have decided that a candidate with a long standing record of boneheaded, wrong predictions isn't what they want. John McCain isn't going to win. He may not even win his own home state. Obama-375 / McCain-157, that's the reality, with his prediction yesterday John McCain confirmed he's out of touch on that issue too.
Coming from John McCain, it only reminds us how totally inaccurate his other claims have been. He has years and years of absurd, and totally wrong predictions about Iraq. He ranks right up there with Dick Cheney, and his role model, George W. Bush, for boneheaded, totally wrong predictions. Only hours before the financial market went into meltdown, John McCain predicted everything was ok, that the "fundamentals of our economy are strong". Looking back at that prediction in the face of the reality of our Republican-created mess, it makes McCain's claim seem absolutely stupid.
So now John McCain is claiming he's going to win.
Today, Chuck Todd, NBC's political analyst, reported that Barack Obama has now crossed the 270 Electoral College winning vote margin. He added, if Obama loses all three of the battleground states of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, he'll still be over the 270 willing vote total. It's even more challenging for McCain when you consider Obama is currently leading in all three of those key states, and has been ahead for some time. (Pennsylvania... 52-41% for Obama / Florida... 48-46% for Obama / Ohio... 50-44% for Obama)
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/27/1596444.aspx
So John McCain is going to win?
Guess what state has now moved into the "Barely GOP" status on the Electoral College Poll? It's Arizona, McCain's home state. As of today, McCain only leads Obama by 2% in his own state, 44-42%. This poll is now projecting Obama the winner with 375 votes to 157 for McCain. They're reporting 6 tie votes, in formerly safe states for Republicans like Montana and North Dakota, which has voted Republican for 44 years.
http://www.electoral-vote.com/
So John McCain is going to win?
At this point in the campaigns it's now crystal clear that the voters have decided that a candidate that supported Bush's failed policies 90% of time, even boasting of his unwavering support, isn't what they want. It's now crystal clear that voters have decided that a candidate with a long standing record of boneheaded, wrong predictions isn't what they want. John McCain isn't going to win. He may not even win his own home state. Obama-375 / McCain-157, that's the reality, with his prediction yesterday John McCain confirmed he's out of touch on that issue too.