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Fly by night Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 08:12 AM
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(Your morning " WTF?") AOL homepage this morning: "Experts Say McCain Can Win"
Here's the link to make a comment and participate in their on-line poll.

http://news.aol.com/elections/article/experts-lay-out-what-mccain-should-do/226030?icid=100214839x1211557853x1200725899

If I am reading this right, the article and poll have been up less than an hour and there are already almost 8,000 comments and 300,000 respondents to the poll (which asks if McCain can win -- 53% of respondents say "yes".)

BTW, the "experts" quoted in the article are Karl Rove, Dick Morris and Ed Rollins. It appears that AOL chose not to interview any experts with at least one foot in the reality-based world.
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fed_up_mother Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 08:13 AM
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1. Anything can happen, but who'd put money on McCain winning? Not too many!
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demokatgurrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 08:14 AM
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2. We must use this as motivitation!
No time to relax, not until November 5. If then.
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dmallind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 08:14 AM
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3. Well it's true
Edited on Mon Oct-27-08 08:15 AM by dmallind
He CAN win. Not everybody's voted yet. All he needs is the voice of God to anoint him leader, and Obama to be videotaped shagging a goat while sacrificing a blonde virgin to Satan.

One of those would not be enough of course - he needs both.
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southpaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 08:15 AM
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4. Vote that shit down!
Demoralize the bastards.

Hoplessness tastes like a bad turnip!
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 08:16 AM
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5. This is crap. A GOP operative wrote it and look at the experts LOL.
Wouldn't be surprised if the poll numbers are fabricated as well. Sheer desperation.
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loyalkydem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 08:17 AM
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6. Good sources, NOT
Boy these guys are living in a fantasy world.
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Smuckies Donating Member (600 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 08:17 AM
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7. He can
but he won't :9
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Heather MC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 08:27 AM
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8. This is interesting. All the people who say he can still win, want more about economic solutions
Than more Obama Attacks. So basically his own voters don't know what the fuck he will do!

Poll Results
What should a McCain comeback strategy focus on most?
Economic solutions 54% 141,512
McCain's experience 20% 52,304
Attacking Obama 18% 46,618
Other 8% 22,821

Note on Poll Results
Total Votes: 263,255
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MarjorieG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 08:29 AM
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9. Sorry, but with vote suppression and manipulation still possible. Need to GOTV.
Given crowds, enthusiasm with us, we still need to maximize every new registration that's been challenged or purged. Convincing each voter to do whatever it takes, stay in the long line, go home for extra ID, anything other than provisional, if possible.

Check immediately if you have been purged. Election boards have been illegally or carelessly scrubbing names. We need to show a force of people to disprove any electronic lies.

More than disappointing if the other candidate without ideas, a vision, a grasp of the integrated future, even without a real campaign, somehow wins this.
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Fly by night Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 08:51 AM
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10. One self-kick for visibility
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 08:57 AM
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11. Will these "experts" resign said status next week? n/t
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