Search / 59 posts tagged Electoral-vote

5 days ago I did this same post, and since Obama’s national polling lead is holding steady, I thought I’d run the numbers again to see if there was any lift in his direction. There is. Not only that, McCain has lost ground. read more

Chuck Todd over at MSNBC has the greatest little toys for mapping out where the electoral votes stand in the race for President. Don't get me wrong, I miss Tim Russert and his chalk board analysis. Chuck just has the Blacberry and Ipod crowd enthralled.

The Tattlesnake – The Reverse Bradley Effect Edition By RS Janes You remember the so-called Bradley Effect? That was named after former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley when he ran for Governor of California in 1982. Although ahead in late polling, Bradley, who happens to be black, lost to the white guy, Republican George Deukmejian.

You remember the so-called Bradley Effect? That was named after former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley when he ran for Governor of California in 1982. Although ahead in late polling, Bradley, who happens to be black, lost to the white guy, Republican George Deukmejian.

First, a video of Chuck Todd explaining it all, and it ain’t pretty for McCain. So Obama basically has 264 in the bag right now. That means he only needs 6 more electoral votes. And just look at these projections… FiveThirtyEight: Obama 333.2, McCain 204.8 read more

Biden Wins Debate #1 With Undecided, says CBS News Polling of 473 uncommitted voters gives a clear victory to Biden. "NINETY-EIGHT PERCENT of uncommitted voters think Biden is knowledgable, NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT see him as prepared, NINETY-ONE PERCENT see him prepared for the job." --CBS News Poll

(CNN) -- A senior adviser to Sen. John McCain confirms to CNN that the campaign is "shifting resources" from Michigan to Ohio and Pennsylvania, and "opening up an offensive front" in Maine. Michigan was always a long shot for McCain, who lost the state to native son Mitt Romney in the Republican primary.

It's time once again for our weekly look at the state polls in the electoral race between John McCain and Barack Obama. Now, a lot has happened since last week's column, including the first debate, the "suspension" of McCain's campaign, Wall Street continuing to crash and burn, and Sarah Palin finally

This weekend as I changed the sheets on the children’s beds, I really changed the sheets. From the time they moved out of their cribs to twin beds, they have had generic flannel sheets with little frogs on them.  The color scheme on the frog sheets is for children and not for boys or girls only.

The McCain campaign implosion continues apace. Remember the scene in the Back to the Future movie where Marty tosses colored logs into the locomotive to make it go faster? That's pretty much what McCain and Palin are doing to their campaign only they are speeding its descent into the chasm from where there is no return.