The Current Election

eo11 · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:45 am Post subject: The Current Election

Michigan

the newest Real Clear Politics Poll Average

Romney +2.7 (Romney 29%, McCain 26.3%, Huckabee 16.3%)

Reuters has McCain +1.0

America Research Group has McCain +1.0 (two days ago ARG had McCain +8)

Detroit Free Press has Romney +5.0

Mason-Dixon has Romney +8.0

since New Hampsire Romney has spent 2 million dollars on ADs in Detroit

on his first day back to Detriot after NH he had a phone bank which raise 5.0 million

heck Mitt might win this thing after all.
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eo11 · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:47 am Post subject:

with 86% reporting

Romney 303,146 39%

McCain 231,487 30%

not only is Romney closing on a fat 10% win

it does not look like Mike Huckabee is going to pull a high enough % to get any delegates out of Michigan
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eo11 · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:49 am Post subject:

some breakdowns from the HUGE Romney win in Michigan could tell us a tale of whats to come

Romney won conservatives 41-23%, with 20% for Huckabee.
Romney won Republicans 41-27%.
Romney won Evangelicals 34-29% for Huckabee. McCain took just 23%.

Romney’s margins were strongest in the Detroit suburbs, with 46% of the vote in Oakland & Macomb Counties.

McCain won Democrats 41-33%.
McCain won pro-choice voters 39-35%.
He won among those who never attend church by 11 points — 39-28.
The “architect of the surge” won with Iraq war disapprovers 36-29.
Worth noting is...

the MORMON Romney beat the BAPTIST preacher Huckabee in the evangelical community. A VERY BAD thing for Huckabee

McCain ONLY won with people that are left of the GoP base. An indication that the straight GoP primaries to come are not going to be kind to Sen. McCain.

I think it should be noted also that McCain is trying to spin this as a win for the home town boy not a loss for him. Suggesting people voted for Mitt because of George Romney. However the voters old enough to remember the other Governor Romney were won by McCain.

McCain won voters over 65 by 39-38%.

The Romney train might be about to start rolling.
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eo11 · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:19 am Post subject: SOUTH CAROLINA

as the GoP world turns it's focus to South Carolina

I wanted to provide a little poll history

October 2nd Thompson was up +5.0 in SC

since the other canidates have trade the lead with their highest listed below

Giuliani +6.0

Romney +2.0

Huckabee +17.0

McCain +9.0

Basically the state has been WIDE OPEN.
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Silvia · valued friend Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 267

Thanks for posting this, it's interesting and useful information.

Lord Clarke · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:10 am Post subject:

Go Romney and Go Thompson.....I want one of them to replace my buddy and yours...the great, but soon to be retired.....W.
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eo11 · Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:28 pm Post subject:

38% in

Romney is cruising with 54% of the vote and has already been award 7 of the states 31 delegates

Ron Paul is in 2nd

McCain in 3rd

it could means McCain fails to get a delegate at all from Nevada
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eo11 · Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:34 pm Post subject:

another state another Clinton win (another Obama loss)

with 70% reporting

Hillary is at 51% and CNN has called it for her

Edwards does not look like he will even get 500 votes
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Lord Clarke · Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:14 pm Post subject:

CAN YOU WELL EDUCATED, WELL INFORMED VOTERS (this means you Sylvia) answer the following questions? Is this somebody you would vote for if you had the chance?

There are only six questions:
So take a small piece of paper and write 1 thru 6 down the left side:
Write your answer next to each of the six questions
and don't look at the answers at the end till you have finished...

Answers are at the end.

Good Luck !!!

================================================== ========

1) "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the
common good."

A. Karl Marx
B. Adolph Hitler
C. Joseph Stalin
D. None of the above

2) "It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few,
by the few, and for the few...and to replace it with shared
responsibility for shared prosperity."

A. Lenin
B. Mussolini
C. Idi Amin
D. None of the Above

3) "(We)...can't just let business as usual go on, and that means
something has to be taken away from some people."

A. Nikita Khrushev
B. Josef Goebbels
C. Boris Yeltsin
D. None of the above

4) "We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to
give up a little bit of their own...in order to create this common
ground."

A. Mao Tse Tung
B. Hugo Chavez
C. Kim Jong Il
D. None of the above

5) "I certainly think the free-market has failed."

A. Karl Marx
B. Lenin
C. Molotov
D. None of the above

6) "I think it's time to send a clear message to what has become the
most profitable sector in (the) entire economy that they are being
watched."

A. Pinochet
B. Milosevic
C. Saddam Hussein
D. None of the above

================================================== ===============

Answers:

(1) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/29/2004
(2) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 5/29/2007
(3) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(4) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(5) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(6) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 9/2/2005
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Lord Clarke · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:44 pm Post subject:

Come on Sylvia....you really want this commie wannabe in office?
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Lord Clarke · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:28 pm Post subject:

Typical liberal....when the truth is exposed, you hide from it.

I am sorry, is that being rude or is that bullying? I get them confused from time to time.
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queen · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject:

no....just overly persistant.....

We do NOT all have to "come around" to the republican way of thinking.....just because YOU say it is theright one.
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Silvia · valued friend Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 267

Hmmm.... how about rude AND bullying! The rudeness from your lack of respect for your opponents and the bullying from your persistence. Bullies are masters of repeat visits.

Just to clear things up a bit, I won't be voting for Hillary if she gets the nomination. I think she'd do ANYTHING to get elected and I don't intend to vote for another royal line. You don't know me. You couldn't figure out who I'd vote for if I told you. You don't know my stances on abortion, the death penalty, the right to bear arms, or states rights, all of which are more in line with the right than the left. You didn't bother to notice that I hadn't bought the liberal line on global warming, but come up with one on my own. All you could see was that the conclusion wasn't in agreement with you, making me the enemy, worthy of disrespect.

Did you honestly think that by impugning my education, telling me to take a Midol, labeling me Ms. Sensitivity, saying my panties are in a bunch, telling me my head is in the sand, and *gasp* calling me liberal, that I would ever want contact with you again? I've had my fair share of bullies in my lifetime. Dealt with two of them for three years each. And there's something I've discovered about bullies. They like to beat on sensitive women with strength. They like knowing that their blows hurt and they like an opponent that won't submit meekly to them. They beat and beat until their opponent submits. And they're in love with the woman that they beat. But I'll be darned if I'm going to repeat those six years of elementary and junior high. So, you win Clarke! I won't be replying to you again and won't be reading any more of your posts. You're going to have to find another woman to beat, another woman that will stand up to you and another woman to fantasize about.

Lord Clarke · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:17 pm Post subject:

Fantacize? Sorry, haven't reached that part of my marriage yet where I fantacize about other women.

As for beating on sensitive, strong women....sorry, that's my wife....and I never beat on her.....and she is sensitive and strong and has an intelligent opinion that she can back up with reasons for her opinion. And it does not necessarily agree with mine all the time.

The reason I don't know who you are voting for or your beliefs is because you have not offered anything. As for the global warming crap, you have not offered anything other than the liberal b.s. that is out there, so don't tell me your stance is different.

So lighten up. This is not bullying. This is conversation. But because a bunch of us came on here with similar opinions, you feel threatened......well boo frickin hoo.
I am neither ignorant nor a bully. I am just somebody that will stand up and say what I believe and will offer arguments that back it up. Sorry if that is too much for you to handle objectively.

loangod · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:58 am Post subject: