Re: [Marxism] On Obama's chances to win

[Jeffrey Thomas Piercy <mqduck@xxxxxxxxx>]

Joaquin Bustelo wrote:
> This tracks pretty well with my own "guesstimate" of what might happen if
> Obama is unable to significantly change the face of the electorate, that as
> things stand now, he will probably win, but not by that much. Before the
> financial crisis I'd been saying that if Obama didn't change WHO voted, he
> would lose, that's no longer the case, but with a traditional turnout,
> McCain winning is far from excluded. 

McCain's chances don't look nearly as good if you look at Electoral 
College votes. From Realclearpolitics.com:

                        Obama   McCain  Spread
RCP Electoral Count     286     155     Obama +131
No Toss Up States       364     174     Obama +190

-- 
Human: An animal so lost in loathing contemplation of what it thinks it 
is as to overlook what it ought to be.

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