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McCain top 270 electoral votes for the first time..


:rofl. Navy you never fail to amaze me. Did you read past the headline?

These numbers are not going to last. With the poor showing that McCain has made over the last 3 days, showing that he doesn't have a clue about how to address the economy, these numbers will certainly fall over the next two days.

From your own link:

However, there are three large caveats. First, 13 states worth, 166 electoral votes, are statistical ties. If we look only at the states where one of the candidate's has a lead of 5% or more, Obama has 188 EVs to McCain's 184. In other words, it is very close (again this year). Second, McCain has not taken a single Kerry state from Obama while Obama has taken two states from those Bush won in 2004 (Iowa and New Mexico). Pennsylvania is currently a tie. Third, all these polls were taken before the meltdown on Wall St. Polls taken a week from now could look quite different.

I've noticed that since Rasmussen numbers have gone the other way you stopped touting them as your source and have found one that fits your spin for now.....:doh
 
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:rofl. Navy you never fail to amaze me. Did you read past the headline?

These numbers are not going to last. With the poor showing that McCain has made over the last 3 days, showing that he doesn't have a clue about how to address the economy, these numbers will certainly fall over the next two days.

From your own link:

However, there are three large caveats. First, 13 states worth, 166 electoral votes, are statistical ties. If we look only at the states where one of the candidate's has a lead of 5% or more, Obama has 188 EVs to McCain's 184. In other words, it is very close (again this year). Second, McCain has not taken a single Kerry state from Obama while Obama has taken two states from those Bush won in 2004 (Iowa and New Mexico). Pennsylvania is currently a tie. Third, all these polls were taken before the meltdown on Wall St. Polls taken a week from now could look quite different.

I've noticed that since Rasmussen numbers have gone the other way you stopped touting them as your source and have found one that fits your spin for now.....:doh


Your right, they may not last.........They might get worse for Obama......That is the trend anyhow.........
 
Your right, they may not last.........They might get worse for Obama......That is the trend anyhow.........

Will you still post polls if Obama leads from here on out? ;)
 
Will you still post polls if Obama leads from here on out? ;)

nah....he'll just bounce back to whatever poll he can find to make his point.
Last week Rasmussen...but now that Obama has climbed in Rasmussen, its Electoral-vote....Navy flip flops from poll to poll almost as much as John McCain flip flops on his positions.
 
To be fair for all whose enjoying jumping on the "Bash Navy for not posting when his parties down" bandwagon...

I notice none of you are ever in the threads posted by liberals going "Haha, McCain is losing ground" or "Ha! Look, Obama's winning" asking them if they were going to post when McCain took the lead.

Do you really honestly give a damn if someones only posting when things go well for their candidate, or is it just a chance to ridicule Navy?
 
It's yet another opportunity to giggle at someone who has a proven record of completely ignoring evidence which contradicts their position on a subject.

That said, there are lots of threads I don't post in. ;)
 
To be fair for all whose enjoying jumping on the "Bash Navy for not posting when his parties down" bandwagon...

I notice none of you are ever in the threads posted by liberals going "Haha, McCain is losing ground" or "Ha! Look, Obama's winning" asking them if they were going to post when McCain took the lead.

Do you really honestly give a damn if someones only posting when things go well for their candidate, or is it just a chance to ridicule Navy?

I hear what you are saying Zyphlin, but to be fair....there aren't many people on this board that refer to a certain website as being the "most accurate and respected pollster" when their candidate is winning and "a biased pollster that only polls liberals when they aren't".
 
To be fair for all whose enjoying jumping on the "Bash Navy for not posting when his parties down" bandwagon...

I notice none of you are ever in the threads posted by liberals going "Haha, McCain is losing ground" or "Ha! Look, Obama's winning" asking them if they were going to post when McCain took the lead.

Do you really honestly give a damn if someones only posting when things go well for their candidate, or is it just a chance to ridicule Navy?

Point taken.

But consider this. Who has posted the most poll threads? I can't speak for anyone else, but it isn't Navy the person I am bashing, it's the poster who has posted more polls than anyone. It's not like it's Kandahar's InTrade thread where he is actually updating it no matter who is up.
 
Kandahar is a extremely bad example, as he's one of the few that actually has posted both when the guy he supports has gained ground and when the others do.

I can think of two threads off hand that simply gave daily/weekly updates of a specific poll, regardless of results. The vast majority of the rest has basically just been posting when they're guy does well / the other guy does bad. Including some on this thread who are critizing Navy for doing the same thing they themselves do.
 
Kandahar is a extremely bad example, as he's one of the few that actually has posted both when the guy he supports has gained ground and when the others do.

I can think of two threads off hand that simply gave daily/weekly updates of a specific poll, regardless of results. The vast majority of the rest has basically just been posting when they're guy does well / the other guy does bad. Including some on this thread who are critizing Navy for doing the same thing they themselves do.

Yeah, poll wars suck. People are hypocrites. But I think some feel the need to counter the other ones. It's a one upmanship thing.

BTW, 63% of all left handed dyslexic anorexic dwarfed siamese cousins support Nader. :2razz:
 
Palin is his trophy VP.
 
People should review state poll trends and realize that the tight shifts in National Polling is within the margin of error with the popular vote still being irrelevant. Every state is its own race and momentum shifts in every given state over a time-line, can definitely indicate momentum shifts. The women of the U.S. are now the majority at 52%. That demographic is causing fluctuations in many state races. This week, momentum goes to McCain. We'll see what the ladies are thinking next week when the dust settles from the bust in the Financial Sector. In the end, I think the mom's running the budgets at home will not take a chance on the "new guy" just talking Change, otherwise they would not be eroding away steadily to McCain/Palin over a time period marking Obama's coronation as the Democrat nominee.
 
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