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Not too shabby:

-Up 1 in Montana
-Up 1 in North Carolina
-Up 1 in Indiana
-Up 1 in Missouri
-Up 4 in Nevada
-Up 6 in Virginia
-Up 10 in Colorado
-Up 17 in New Mexico
-Only down 2 in Georgia

If Obama's ground game is as good as we've been led to believe, these may all go blue tomorrow.  That'd be 393 with North Dakota and Arizona to be decided.  Dare to dream?

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 07:17:49 PM EST
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The Georgia Early Vote turn-out is 60% of 2004 levels.  AA turn-out at 35% of the vote.

Gah-damn

by ATinNM on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 07:38:59 PM EST
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This one makes my night for tonight.  The Obama campaign is looking for an upset in Georgia.  People are pouring into Atlanta to GOTV.  They've even got a few Brits who flew in to help.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 07:50:28 PM EST
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(Jaw hits floor.)

10,000 volunteers?

175 staging areas???

In a state Obama wasn't supposed to be competitive???????

by ATinNM on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 08:01:19 PM EST
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I feel good about that.  They saw what I saw.  So maybe I wasn't completely full of shit about Georgia.

Unless they were too.  That's possible.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 08:17:14 PM EST
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Kudos to you for sensing it.

I sure didn't.

by ATinNM on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 08:38:36 PM EST
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From Atlanta's own InsiderAdvantage:

McCain 48
Obama 47

Sez they:

McCain will win Georgia if the African-American turnout is less than 32 percent of the overall vote and if Obama's percentage of the white vote is 26 percent or less. If the turnout for African-Americans is at or above 32 percent or if Obama carries, say, 28 percent of the white vote, then Obama wins. So this will be a nip-and-tuck race. It will not be a 7-point blow out.

That's precisely my math.  Every last digit.  I have Obama coming in at 28% white support with a 31/32% black share.  The Mother of All Upsets.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 09:49:31 PM EST
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So, by the way, what's your final prediction?

Mine's probably too high.  But I'll happily take 270.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 08:18:03 PM EST
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I'll go with 378.

I think the Obama ground game is going to out do the polling.  A good GOTV always does.

by ATinNM on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 08:42:14 PM EST
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378?  What states?

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 09:15:49 PM EST
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The Kerry States plus Iowa, New Mexico, Colorado, Georgia, Ohio, Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, Nevada, and Missouri.

Which actually works out to 379 now that I tot it up using ARG's calculator.

In the second tier: Indiana, Montana, North Dakota giving 396.

Should things get really intense we might see: Texas, Lousiana, and South Carolina for 447.  And that, methinks, is where Obama tops out.  

by ATinNM on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 10:14:38 PM EST
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Arizona in the second tier as well, I assume?

I have Obama topping out at 406.  447, perhaps, if black folks held at a similar pace in "Loozianna" to Georgia, and if Obama took 80% of Latinos.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 10:19:41 PM EST
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Think it is going to be "Close but no cigar" in Arizona.  Obama jumped in too late to pull it out.
by ATinNM on Tue Nov 4th, 2008 at 12:20:54 AM EST
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Your math is the same as mine, except I've got Indiana rather than Missouri.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 10:21:50 PM EST
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Thought about Indiana.

Finally I decided what with the entrenched GOP, the early closing time, and it did go for Bush by 20 points in '04 I couldn't see it flipping.

by ATinNM on Tue Nov 4th, 2008 at 12:28:50 AM EST
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And, like nanne, you're probably right.  I recognize the facts point to Missouri rather than Indiana, but, as the great Ronald Reagan once said, "Facts are stupid things." ;)

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Nov 4th, 2008 at 08:44:59 AM EST
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Why aren't the few democrat senate candidates that would get the 60-strong majority bathing in cash as to buy the whole day of yesterday in TV propaganda ?

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue Nov 4th, 2008 at 06:00:27 AM EST
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Can Brits help ? In things like canvassing and stuff cos I've always had the impression it would be counter-productive.

I could have given time if I thought it was okay, Darcy Burner could have done with a bit of help.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Nov 4th, 2008 at 06:10:04 AM EST
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It would be like an American canvassing and stuff in a UK election.  

Could be useful or harmful, depending on the district.

by ATinNM on Tue Nov 4th, 2008 at 10:43:00 AM EST
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The 1s must all be MOE-ish, so the chances of a clean sweep aren't good. One or two might be likely, but even with ground game, four is going to be a reach.

What are the margins in FL, OH and PA?

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 07:44:27 PM EST
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2 each in Ohio and Florida.  Their PA poll is right at Nate's estimate (8).

A clean sweep would be very tough.  Doable but very tough.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 07:48:18 PM EST
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When were these polls in the field?
by ATinNM on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 07:52:57 PM EST
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Over the weekend through yesterday, I believe.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 07:55:56 PM EST
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