Reply #11: from your lips to God's ears ... nt

[cloudythescribbler]

I'd like to see an election where Obama blows McCain away, carrying ALL the northeast (ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI, NY, NJ, PA), and then the tier of states to the south of that (MD, DE, VA, NC), and nearly the whole Midwest (OH, MI, WV, IL, WI, MN, IA, MO -- the latter helped by Sebelius), and of course CA, OR, WA and HI. Then, the 2000/04 GOP near LOCK on the internal west busted up, with the Dems carrying NM, CO, and NV. Even w/FL (which I don't think Obama can carry without eg Barbara Boxer on the ticket) going repug, it would be the kind of victory that could be a "transformational" election. Now THAT'S what I'd like to see.

My expectation is it'll be a lot closer than that, and especially if HRC is on the ticket, a possible victory for McCain is hardly out of the question ...

In which case, we'd be talking about plans to extricate ourselves from the Iraq debacle IN THE 2012 ELECTION!

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