Post your predictions for the 2008 presidential election...

[Lacarnut]

I was pondering this the other day. 4 years of Clinton MIGHT lead to another Republican Revolution, the likes we had of in 1994. However, could McCain getting the presidency stir up 30 years of Dimocrap rule after an incompetent tenure? One has to wonder.

[/quote]

The sad truth is that I do not see a Repub. that is a visonary like Newt; we sure as hell do not ever need duds like Hassart & Frist as majority leaders.   

[Bh]

February 28, 2008
White Men Seen All Wrong
By David Paul Kuhn

Washington analysts are beginning to notice a curious fact of the Democratic race. In a primary contest between the first black or female nominee, white men are the critical swing vote. Yet despite white males still disproportionately representing us in politics, we still misunderstand them as voters.

There remains a chasm between our conception of the powerful executive and the reality of the everyman. Our culture continues to define the typical white man more for his vice than virtue. The perception of the "angry white male" has not left us. Many still remain apprehensive to discuss white men as a constituency. They are, after all, supposed to be the reason we have to focus on constituencies. Even many pundits who viscerally understand these men, like Chris Matthews, have recently misperceived what motivates this bloc's choice between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.

~snip~

Link

Fascinating piece on the true swing voter this cycle, the invisible White Man.

[Sammyboy]

Obama and McCain in the General.  The next President will be........President Barack Obama

[guest]

Obama and McCain in the General.  The next President will be........President Barack Obama

So, did your fellow liberal loser Jack Pott invite you over from NU?   

Don't expect us to be friendly to you here, just a warning.

[Sammyboy]

Obama and McCain in the General.  The next President will be........President Barack Obama

So, did your fellow liberal loser Jack Pott invite you over from NU?   

Don't expect us to be friendly to you here, just a warning.

No, it was not Jack Pott, and I never expect a conservative to be friendly to me.  I gave up on that a long time ago, and thank you for that nice greeting to this board. 

[Carl]

Obama and McCain in the General.  The next President will be........President Barack Obama

So, did your fellow liberal loser Jack Pott invite you over from NU?   

Don't expect us to be friendly to you here, just a warning.

No, it was not Jack Pott, and I never expect a conservative to be friendly to me.  I gave up on that a long time ago, and thank you for that nice greeting to this board. 

Dude you signed up at a place called Conservative Cave then you said a leftist will be President.
Not sure if you really expected a open arms welcome in that context but to even with a smilie do that to a lady speaks volumes as to your character.

[Chris_]

Obama and McCain in the General.  The next President will be........President Barack Obama

Because we can all use a little change.... and don't forget hope..... gives me little twinkle-twinkles thinking about it. 

[onthedge]

Obama and McCain in the General.  The next President will be........President Barack Obama

Because we can all use a little change.... and don't forget hope..... gives me little twinkle-twinkles thinking about it. 

To be able to give us so much hope at a time when there is so little change. You can count on at least one thing, when and if they get in you will have change, that will be all that is left from your pay check.

[Chris_]

Obama and McCain in the General.  The next President will be........President Barack Obama

Yes, because he gives us Hope for the Future. And Hope is Hopeful and the Future is not the Past.

If we elect hussein as the president then we deserve the socialist government we get.  Capital will flee the USA like rats from a sinking ship.  He will increase the tax rolls -- oh, did you know the so-called tax rollbacks for the RICH saved a couple making $50,000 $8,000 a year.  Well, you 50K-ers better get ready for a tax hit to the tune of 8K -- or $780 a MONTH!

Yeah, you guys are SMART!

[Chris_]

Obama and McCain in the General.  The next President will be........President Barack Obama

So, did your fellow liberal loser Jack Pott invite you over from NU?   :whatever:

Don't expect us to be friendly to you here, just a warning.

No, it was not Jack Pott, and I never expect a conservative to be friendly to me.  I gave up on that a long time ago, and thank you for that nice greeting to this board.  :bird:

Well, you are not very smart, are you?

[Chris_]

Yes, because he gives us Hope for the Future. And Hope is Hopeful and the Future is not the Past.

I just snorted. So beautiful in its simplicity. 

[Chris_]

Yes, because he gives us Hope for the Future. And Hope is Hopeful and the Future is not the Past.

I just snorted. So beautiful in its simplicity. 

I can't take credit.  Rush has been running an ad parody (but so close to the real think that it is scary) with pretty much the same theme.

That young muslim liberal scares the hell out of me.

[Wretched Excess]

Yes, because he gives us Hope for the Future. And Hope is Hopeful and the Future is not the Past.

I just snorted. So beautiful in its simplicity. 

I can't take credit.  Rush has been running an ad parody (but so close to the real think that it is scary) with pretty much the same theme.

That young muslim liberal scares the hell out of me.

if he manages to get elected, washington will eat his lunch, and the entrenched bureaucracy will pick his bones clean.

[Chris_]

Yes, because he gives us Hope for the Future. And Hope is Hopeful and the Future is not the Past.

I just snorted. So beautiful in its simplicity. 

I can't take credit.  Rush has been running an ad parody (but so close to the real think that it is scary) with pretty much the same theme.

That young muslim liberal scares the hell out of me.

if he manages to get elected, washington will eat his lunch, and the entrenched bureaucracy will pick his bones clean.

With a democrat Congress?  Shit, it would be the beginning of Socialism in the USA - -worse than The Great Society.  hussein is the biggest threat to the USA since the USSR.

[Wretched Excess]

Yes, because he gives us Hope for the Future. And Hope is Hopeful and the Future is not the Past.

I just snorted. So beautiful in its simplicity. 

I can't take credit.  Rush has been running an ad parody (but so close to the real think that it is scary) with pretty much the same theme.

That young muslim liberal scares the hell out of me.

if he manages to get elected, washington will eat his lunch, and the entrenched bureaucracy will pick his bones clean.

With a democrat Congress?  Shit, it would be the beginning of Socialism in the USA - -worse than The Great Society.  hussein is the biggest threat to the USA since the USSR.

oh, please.  everyone thought the world was going to end when we lost congress, and their ineptitude seems to have kept their mischief to a bare minimum.  with the BarackStar! joining nancy and stretch in washington, it will look like a three stooges marathon every day of the week.

[asdf2231]

Obama and McCain in the General.  The next President will be........President Barack Obama

So, did your fellow liberal loser Jack Pott invite you over from NU?   

Don't expect us to be friendly to you here, just a warning.

No, it was not Jack Pott, and I never expect a conservative to be friendly to me.  I gave up on that a long time ago, and thank you for that nice greeting to this board. 

Well thank you for taking the time to start an introduction thread about yourself in the Welcomes and Introductions forum!

Good choice to just bull in and make yourself the Board's new resident Bitch.  

[Sammyboy]

Obama and McCain in the General.  The next President will be........President Barack Obama

So, did your fellow liberal loser Jack Pott invite you over from NU?   

Don't expect us to be friendly to you here, just a warning.

No, it was not Jack Pott, and I never expect a conservative to be friendly to me.  I gave up on that a long time ago, and thank you for that nice greeting to this board. 

Dude you signed up at a place called Conservative Cave then you said a leftist will be President.
Not sure if you really expected a open arms welcome in that context but to even with a smilie do that to a lady speaks volumes as to your character.

Get a grip!  If I was moderator on a liberal board, I would NEVER welcome a conservative with "Don't expect us to be friendly to you here, just a warning.    How rude can you be?

All I was doing is answering the question posted in the OP and joking around like everyone else.  Are liberals here held to a different standard than a conservative?  If that opening post to me is any indication of what this place is all about, then maybe liberals aren't welcome.  Just say the word and I'll leave.

[Chris_]

Obama and McCain in the General.  The next President will be........President Barack Obama

So, did your fellow liberal loser Jack Pott invite you over from NU?   

Don't expect us to be friendly to you here, just a warning.

No, it was not Jack Pott, and I never expect a conservative to be friendly to me.  I gave up on that a long time ago, and thank you for that nice greeting to this board. 

Dude you signed up at a place called Conservative Cave then you said a leftist will be President.
Not sure if you really expected a open arms welcome in that context but to even with a smilie do that to a lady speaks volumes as to your character.

Get a grip!  If I was moderator on a liberal board, I would NEVER welcome a conservative with "Don't expect us to be friendly to you here, just a warning.    How rude can you be?

All I was doing is answering the question posted in the OP and joking around like everyone else.  Are liberals here held to a different standard than a conservative?  If that opening post to me is any indication of what this place is all about, then maybe liberals aren't welcome.  Just say the word and I'll leave.

Word. 

Just kidding, you are welcome to stay as long as you behave. 

[Bh]

Here's a prediction. The rapist's wife is not going away without a fight. The Clinton Crime Family doesn't care if the ruin the Democrat party in the process, they will not go away quietly. I see the media starting to turn a bit more skeptical of Barack Almighty.

[Sammyboy]

Obama and McCain in the General.  The next President will be........President Barack Obama

So, did your fellow liberal loser Jack Pott invite you over from NU?   

Don't expect us to be friendly to you here, just a warning.

No, it was not Jack Pott, and I never expect a conservative to be friendly to me.  I gave up on that a long time ago, and thank you for that nice greeting to this board. 

Well thank you for taking the time to start an introduction thread about yourself in the Welcomes and Introductions forum!

Good choice to just bull in and make yourself the Board's new resident Bitch.  

Thank you, it's nice to be here. 

[Sammyboy]

Obama and McCain in the General.  The next President will be........President Barack Obama

So, did your fellow liberal loser Jack Pott invite you over from NU?   

Don't expect us to be friendly to you here, just a warning.

No, it was not Jack Pott, and I never expect a conservative to be friendly to me.  I gave up on that a long time ago, and thank you for that nice greeting to this board. 

Dude you signed up at a place called Conservative Cave then you said a leftist will be President.
Not sure if you really expected a open arms welcome in that context but to even with a smilie do that to a lady speaks volumes as to your character.

Get a grip!  If I was moderator on a liberal board, I would NEVER welcome a conservative with "Don't expect us to be friendly to you here, just a warning.    How rude can you be?

All I was doing is answering the question posted in the OP and joking around like everyone else.  Are liberals here held to a different standard than a conservative?  If that opening post to me is any indication of what this place is all about, then maybe liberals aren't welcome.  Just say the word and I'll leave.

Word. 

Just kidding, you are welcome to stay as long as you behave. 

Thank you, I always behave. 

[franksolich]

I didn't notice the nocturnally foul one started this thread.

Anyway, my prediction, and check back with me on the morning of November 5;

Sometime between the beginning of September and the middle of October, the big city machines will abandon the top of the Democrat ticket, and concentrate on saving Democrat candidates, scrambling around hastily creating "votes" out of thin air, on the lower end of the ticket, as they did in 1972 and 1984.

I'm not God, but it seems to me this is eminently reasonable to expect.

[Chris_]

The states I worry about are the large population of voters 25-35, and the states with large union populations.
So that IMO takes it down to the normal Democratic states - The Republicans better turn out very large numbers in the middle of the country to offset, New York, Illinios, Michigan, Ohio, California, Oregon and Massachusetts.  These states as we all know generally go Dem.  The good thing in Mich., Illinois and Ohio is the union membership is the lowest it has been since the 30's, about 9% lower so they don't control as many votes, but watch out for the 'Chicago Vote Machine'.  Any of the heartland states with large populations mentioned above could be problems.  The three states that worry me is not because of the number of EV's, but the coming very high popular vote, and those are Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana, that were considered mostly Rep. states in the past, or in the Louisiana case the hurricane backlash.  The 25-35 age group turn out is going to be very high there.

[Bh]

Here's a prediction. The rapist's wife is not going away without a fight. The Clinton Crime Family doesn't care if the ruin the Democrat party in the process, they will not go away quietly. I see the media starting to turn a bit more skeptical of Barack Almighty.

My chrystal ball works pretty well don't ya think?

[Jim]

The states I worry about are the large population of voters 25-35, and the states with large union populations.
So that IMO takes it down to the normal Democratic states - The Republicans better turn out very large numbers in the middle of the country to offset, New York, Illinios, Michigan, Ohio, California, Oregon and Massachusetts.  These states as we all know generally go Dem.  The good thing in Mich., Illinois and Ohio is the union membership is the lowest it has been since the 30's, about 9% lower so they don't control as many votes, but watch out for the 'Chicago Vote Machine'.  Any of the heartland states with large populations mentioned above could be problems.  The three states that worry me is not because of the number of EV's, but the coming very high popular vote, and those are Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana, that were considered mostly Rep. states in the past, or in the Louisiana case the hurricane backlash.  The 25-35 age group turn out is going to be very high there.

liberal kids don't vote because they disenchant once the candidate heads back toward center.

turnout does not have to be high to offset another state.  EV's are only by state.  unless something is new this year.