Georgia is in play...I took a visit around North Georgia

[Obamarulz11]

This past weekend...Lots of Obama support.

Douglas, Fulton, Dekalb, Cobb, Coweta, Fayette, Cherokee, Gwinett, Dawson, and even Forsyth...

I get lots of honks and O's driving on I-20, I-85, I-285, and Georgia 400

The only county in ?? is Clayton County.

[az chela]

1. Who the hell is in that picture???

[Mojambo]

2. One of the great frauds in MMA history.

Kimbo Slice (Kevin Ferguson)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimbo_Slice

[Obamarulz11]

5. the sarah palin of mma

[msallied]

3. I know a lot of O supporters in red states who are afraid to put the stickers and signs up

Because of the fear that they will be vandalized...

[AllentownJake]

4. Walk into an Obama Office and ask for a yard sign or a bumper sticker

than get back to me on whether you get one. That is the true story supply vs. demand and a 20 state competitive race.

[CountAllVotes]

6. the silence is deafening

I see no signs around where I live. There are a lot of pukes around where I live. There are also a bunch of younger folks living in a nearby town with a college close by. I see some Obama signs when I go there.

I don't quite get it either.

:shrug:

[CitizenPatriot]

7. because there aren't ANY signs!

As a long term volunteer, I got to buy one for my house-- but most people can't even get one around here to buy (georgia).

they ran out of signs- unlike SOME people who GIVE them away.

and BTW, no one has harmed my sign! Sure, we were scared at first -- but up it went and so far, it's holding its own.

[morillon]

9. Signs are very hard to come by.

It can take WEEKS to get them, if ever.

Three of our T-shirts got here very quickly, but the fourth is still on back order. And some of the T-shirts on the web site aren't available at the moment in any size. They have completely run out of them! :-)

[tonycinla]

8. Florida maybe,Georgia never

my family goes back 150+ years in Georgia,Obama will not carry Georgia

[SoonerPride]

10. Obama will win 45 states, including Georgia

Landlside's a comin'

[morillon]

14. Mine goes back that far...

...on my father's side and somewhat longer on my mom's. We're generally from the west central part of the state.

I haven't seen this level of support for a Democratic candidate in my lifetime. I was in junior high when Carter was elected, so I wasn't plugged in to what grownups other than my parents were saying about him, but I seem to remember that a lot of folks here liked Carter and wanted him to win, mostly because he was FROM Georgia and was a conservative Christian.

I think a lot of folks here may be pleasantly surprised on the morning of November 5th. Support for McCain is paper thin. Nobody LIKES him. The only people I know who have said they would vote for McCain are, in reality, voting AGAINST Obama because he's black. Given the lukewarm nature of their support, I just don't see a lot of these guys rolling out of bed early on election day or stopping off after work to vote. Obama's supporters here are much more numerous than the anti-Obama contingent, and they're FIRED UP.

[morillon]

11. Same here!

I'm on I-20, I-285, and major thoroughfares in W/NW Atlanta all the time, and I see Obama stickers every day. So far, I've seen a grand total of seven McCain stickers in over two months of keeping track.

Georgia is TOTALLY in play, despite what some "concerned" folks may say.

Even my mom is volunteering for Obama this year!

[Hippo_Tron]

12. I hate to be annoying but your drive through Georgia doesn't tell us anything

This board has a fascination with trying to predict election results based on 19th century methods. Polling is the most reliable way to gauge support. Aside from that, it is possible that people who spend hundreds of hours working on a campaign might be able to see trends on the ground that the pollsters aren't picking up.

But your drive through Georgia tells us no more than the person posting here last night that said "Oh my god we don't stand a chance in Georgia cause I didn't see any yard signs."

[morillon]

15. From what I'm hearing from volunteers, there's unprecedented support for Obama this year.

The number of new Democrats registering versus Republicans was huge, and the turnout for early voting is already breaking records.

[Hippo_Tron]

17. See, that would be an example of a reliable method of gauging support

I saw something about high Democratic registration on MSNBC today.

[MadBadger]

13. Obama is currently down 6 or 7 in Georgia. Its not in play just yet, but maybe soon.

[CitizenPatriot]

16. more people talking about what is going on here

who aren't working for the campaign and don't keep up with the voter registration news

I AM SO SICK OF THIS BS - how many of these responses in one day? What is this?

stop telling us ON EVERY THREAD that Georgia is not in play.

GO TO WORK FOR OBAMA in GEORGIA and if you are NOT working for him and you feel compelled to tell those of us who ARE what is "going to happen", you might want to check the obnoxious box next to your name because you do not know what you are talking about.

What a joke. A lot of big talk based on what? oh, and thank you very much for the support. Way to go!


P.S.
Hey, OP, I for one got the joke and loved it.

[CitizenPatriot]

18. p.s.

hey, psst:


http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/in-georgia-small-improvements-in-black.html

[morillon]

19. I think that article underestimates white support for Obama, too.

The only Republicans I know who are sticking with their party this year are die-hard racists who'd vote for David Duke if he ran. The others would've voted for Romney or Guiliani if either had gotten the nomination, but they can't stand McCain. Any chance they might have been tempted to hold their noses and vote for him was destroyed when he chose Palin.

It finally hit me yesterday that middle class and upper middle class Republicans have a helluva lot more in common culturally, economically, and intellectually with Obama than they do with McCain. On the one hand, you have a young professional with an Ivy League degree who has actually worked for a living and been successful at it, who understands economics and business, and who speaks their language. On the other, you have this bitter, out-of-touch guy who's been on the government payroll most of his life, who was a fuckup in college and only avoided being kicked out of Annapolis AND the military because of his connections, and who mostly has money because of his wife, not due to his own accomplishments.

That's why so many people I know who typically vote Republican are supporting Obama this year. Never seen anything like it.

[CitizenPatriot]

20. me, too...and speaking of white voters- there are tons of them here

when we're out working together -- volunteering -- it's almost funny because many people assume we are Republicans since so many are the khaki pants and button down crowd, out with their Obama pins:-)

I agree completely with your take on things -- Obama is the more conservative candidate, in that he is not erratic; rather, he is thoughtful, reflective, logical, calm, and reasoned. He reminds me of the old social club republicans of the east coast (part of my family, who would never vote for McCain), in the sense that they stood for common sense, hard work, helping those less fortunate, patrons of the arts, social liberals and fiscal conservatives. Yet, Obama also has the heart of the working class, the union worker, etc. He reminds me of the Kennedy family in some ways.

There's a website for Republicans for Obama, in case you know anyone who might enjoy a site just for them!