Comments on: Early Election Projection: My Call on the 2008 Race

By: Truebeliever

Truebeliever — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:31:47 +0000

McCain has already won this. It’s in the bag.

By: thinker

thinker — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:27:00 +0000

Unreal! The facts are irrevlevant? You may have an IQ lower than Palin (if that is possible), yet unfortuantelly so do many, many poeple in the country. I suggest an IQ check before letting people cast their votes. God save us from Palin getting close to office.

By: wqet

wqet — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:15:02 +0000

So … nice prediction there, as Obama now leads in every poll.

By: Terry

Terry — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:43:07 +0000

Hey, Hayes:
You are a dumbass. Democrats and Obama will kick your GOP’s ass because it’s the economy, stupid.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:24:09 +0000

You stupid republicans wake the fuck up you destroyed a nation in 8 years and im sick of it

By: derschwartz

derschwartz — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:47:11 +0000

This analysis of yours is most certainly a cynical one. I personally have no doubt that a multitude of americans will be fooled into backing McCain on account of their ability to identify with Palin. There are just too many americans out there who sqander their vote away. They live in their own little mental cubicles and cant see past their own limited exposure to the facts. The facts are that if McCain/Palin are elected, then this country will be shunned internationally like never before. Any chance at foreign relations will be shot down by the international community’s further disgust with american elections. But that is not all folks. We haven’t even begun to see how angry the “angry left” can be. The GOP is good at one thing….winning elections by playing to the lowest common denominator. It works all too well, and it undermines progress and prosperity for our crippled country. But that isnt going to happen. There are enough americans who are tired of being lied to, and fed up with the status quo to go unanswered. The polls are a device for measuring elections of the past. Not the present. They become more and more increasingly unreliable. Proof in this is in the primaries. We will not be able to accurately judge the outcome of this election until after it is over. There are way too many factors besides Sarah Frigg’in Palin to consider. Such as the pressing issues so far unaddressed by the McCain camp. You may speculate all you want the outcome of this election. But people are not going to tolerate 4 more years of anything remotely resembling Bush policy.

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Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:34:34 +0000

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By: tulsaup

tulsaup — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:26:58 +0000

McCain “now solidly ahead by a few points”. My word - is this an oxymoron & not a true fact. Those polls he leads are not outside the margin of error. If you are pretending to be a writer then write “FACTS” vs “GARBAGE”>

By: pluto

pluto — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:29:00 +0000

You aren’t very well in-the-know, if you think everything against Palin has been rebutted. Perhaps in your own mind, but there are many, many people who aren’t fooled.

By: synthea

synthea — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:04:52 +0000

It is totally unreal to me how republicans can talk about smear and lies. Please look at what has been produced by your party.
Obama has been lied about on every level.
This election is about the real future of this country.THIS MATTERS!!!!
Are people going to vote republican so they can temporarily win at their ego game?
Or make the right choice to heal this wounded country?
Think about it. Look at the facts. There is so much at stake.

By: Roberta

Roberta — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:19:01 +0000

The media have to be incredibly stupid. While working overtime to elect Obama by destroying Palin, they have fueled outrage among voters who recognize Palin as the most “one of us” candidates ever put on the ballot by either party. As a result, attacks on Palin are viewed as attacks on…us!

“Us” include:
1. Women who are juggling careers and family;
2. Both women and men who have succeeded–or are struggling to succeed–without help from powerful family or influential connections;
3. Parents who head families with special needs children and/or teenagers who sometimes disappoint;
4. Residents in (gasp! whisper!) small towns.
5. Hunters and fishermen;
6. People with faith who actually live their faith–or admire those that do;
7. Drill here, drill now proponents;
8. Industrial union members. The first dude’s membership in the Ironworker’s Union and his experience in the Alaska North Slopes oil fields will carry a lot more clout than Biden’s “working class roots.”
9. Those of us who have fought the system and know how rare Palin is because she won some of the battles.

The ticket won’t carry everyone that fits under Palin’s “us” umbrella, but it will draw a significant number of voters, particularly in the midwest battleground states.

By: Mark Mercer

Mark Mercer — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:00:38 +0000

Bob–I have to reluctantly agree with your conclusions. I support Obama, I think Palin is a dumpster full of bad news waiting to be disclosed, and an autocratic prima donna. But the media, and the left, made a huge mistake attacking her because of her daughter (my God, I thought we’d never hear the end of it, and who’s business was it anyway?) instead of vetting her accurately themselves. Now the electorate has been innoculated against the really bad news by being fed small, digestible doses of the poison already dished out. The left blew it.

A little off the subject–I keep hearing people say they are worried about whether Palin could stand up to Putin. If I were a Russian, I would be concerned about whether a weaker-than-Palin autocrat like Vlad Pute would be able to stand up to her. She could eat him like a mooseburger, one on one. So who knows? Maybe a Palin presidency wouldn’t be such a bad thing. Putin, long range, is a much bigger threat than that bearded nitwit hiding out in the mountains.