Why?

Its a question that needs to be asked.
Kerry and Gore had massive leads by this time.

McCain is going to win in November, that's why...

(No matter how many kiddies wish the tooth fairy/Obama was real, it don't make it so.)

McCain is going to win in November, that's why...

Well they'd probably move out once Dion wins.

Well most of you guys sit on the coast and know little about the land in the middle which is alien to Democrats.




No way Dion wins, The Conservative in Canada will win but they will never win a majority no matter how hard they try and how hard they lie.


I find it weird that I despise the Conservative party in Canada, but I respect John McCain is way more conservative.

Why?

Its a question that needs to be asked.
Kerry and Gore had massive leads by this time.

Well most of you guys sit on the coast and know little about the land in the middle which is alien to Democrats.

This is preposterously stupid propaganda by Republicans. I hope you don't actually believe this.

Well whats the reason the only state the only midwest State that was won since 2000 by democrats was Illinois?

I never knew Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, and Iowa are filled with coastal elites. Maybe I need new glasses, but I didn't see no ocean there.

Of course, it didn't help that liberals spent two years whining about 2004, with insulting graphics like the infamous "Jesusland" map. There are Republicans and Democrats everywhere, and most people of either party are good people with good intentions. Sometimes all it takes is a slight nudge, a little bit of field effort.

Corpse, if you're reading this: according to Convention scuttlebutt, Obama will have an operation in West Virginia.

I really hope so too. WV has gotten the short of the electoral stick -- the Bush-McCain elitists that think West Virginians can't see through their bullshit, and the Obama fanatics that think the whole state's racist. I think some respect would go a long way.

Gallup now shows a 48-42 lead by Obama. And he hasn't given his speech yet.

I really hope so too. WV has gotten the short of the electoral stick. The Bush-McCain elitists that think West Virginians can't see through their bullshit, and the Obama fanatics that think the whole state's racist. I think some respect would go a long way. After all, you're right -- it's a state with a D governor, two D senators, and both houses of the state legislature are D.

John McCain begins the general election season with an eight-point advantage over Barack Obama in West Virginia. The first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of this general election match-up shows McCain attracting 45% of the vote while Obama earns 37%.

Neither man is terribly popular in the state. McCain earns favorable reviews from 48% and unfavorable ratings from another 48%. The numbers for Obama are 40% favorable and 57% unfavorable. Those figures include 26% with a Very Unfavorable opinion of McCain and 35% with such a negative view of Obama.

Rasmussen Markets data shows that Republicans are given a 90.0 % chance of winning West Virginia’s five Electoral College votes this fall. Four years ago, George W. Bush won the state by thirteen percentage points. Four years earlier, West Virginia abandoned a long history of voting for Democrats as the GOP won a six-point victory. West Virginia is listed as “Safely Republican” in the Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power Calculator.

While President Bush won 56% of the West Virginia vote in Election 2004, just 27% of the state’s voters now believe he is doing a good or an excellent job. Most—58%--say the President is doing a poor job.

By a 59% to 32% margin, West Virginia voters say it’s more important to get the troops home from Iraq than to win the War. Forty-five percent (45%) say victory is at least somewhat likely if John McCain is elected President. Just 20% say that victory is that likely if Obama is elected. However, 48% believe a President Obama would be at least somewhat likely to get the troops home within four years. Just 35% say a President McCain would be likely to do the same.

Just 12% of West Virginia voters believe that the federal government represents the will of the people while 76% say it does not. These figures are similar to the national average. Seventy percent (70%) say the federal government has become a special interest group that looks out primarily for its own interests.

Forty-one percent (41%) believe American elections are fair to voters. However, 73% are confident their votes will be accurately counted and the appropriate candidates declared as winners.

Good article in Newsweek or Time (can't seem to find it online) this week in which the author points out that if you take out whites over 50, Obama is creaming McCain.

Basically, it's older whites who just can't vote for a black man that is keeping this race competitive.

Good article, with polls and surveys to support the thesis. Wish I could find it...