Yes, we can.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

VAM, VAM, VAM.

Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza?
Vitt Ariskt Motstånd?
Vehiculos Automotores Mexicanos?
Victoria and Albert Museum?
Virtual Anesthesia Machine?
Vinyl Acetate Monomer?
Vulnerability Assessment and Management?

[DreadPirateRoberts]

VisibleAlexMojo

[innerSpaceman]

Hahahahaha, there's an acronym for Visible Alex Mojo!!!


That deserves

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Alex

While the overall popular vote may be close poll wise, we all know that ain't particularly important. The electoral vote paints an extremely uphill battle for McCain.

Uphill, yes, but I'd hardly call it extreme. Right now in state by state polls Obama leads in what amounts to 289 electoral votes....which means McCain needs to take 20 of them.

17 of those electors belong to the State of Michigan, where Obama holds a very narrow lead of about 2%. Another 5 electors can be found in Nevada where Obama also holds a very narrow 2% lead. Those two states alone swings the election back to McCain(provided he holds onto all that he already has).

How to get those two states? Simple if you ask me.......Nevada has a very large Mormon population(even their Democrat US Senator is Mormon) and Michigan once had a governor named..............Romney.

[Alex]

Yes, but that assumes that while McCain flips a couple very tight, that Obama does not do the same.

A couple sites I've looked at that do some probability math put the odds of McCain pulling off the shifts necessary at 10% or less. Now, I'm perfectly aware of the muddiness of it all and that much can change. But I think the situation is that much must change for McCain to win.

For example, here is one site that uses current polling data to calculate that if held today McCain would have a 2% chance of winning. Click on Michigan and Nevada to give them to McCain and his chances go up to 20%.

Again, I am not saying things can't change, I'm just saying that currently the situation is not nearly so close as the media would have us to believe. But they have a vested interest in making races sound closer than they really are.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Alex

Yes, but that assumes that while McCain flips a couple very tight, that Obama does not do the same.

Yes, I suppose that's true and to be fair I didn't include any states Obama might gain thru a VP favorite son.

[Morrigoon]

I just found this YouTube clip that kind of summarizes Barack's approach to things. It starts getting good about 20 seconds in, so just sit through the dull bit.

[flippyshark]

Surely there is some sort of long distance 3 Stooges slap I can send you psychically for that.

[BarTopDancer]

Republicans for Obama.

Come on scaeagles, take the plunge.

[scaeagles]

I'm sure there's a dems for McCain org as well, but I'm not planning on researching.