What the heck?! Saw far more McPain stickers and signs today than Obama/Biden. I hope that

[GreenPartyVoter]

it just means that the county office is late getting their signs up or something, since most of the other signs I saw today were also Repub. Did see one nice big home made one about helping Susan Collins keep her term limits promise. That was cool. :)

[Vinca]

1. Probably because the Republicans steal the Obama signs. nt

[JimDandy]

8. Mine was stolen this morning in broad daylight! n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

20. :o The nerve of people! Try the Vaseline and cayenne pepper mix people here

were recommending for the border's edges.

[JimDandy]

31. I will do that on my second one. I was saving it for posterity,

but it's now more important to get it out where others can see it.

[goodgd_yall]

2. I saw my first 2 McCAin/Palin yard signs yesterday

For weeks and weeks, there's been only Obama/Biden signs on my street. The McCain folks 1) are outnumbered, 2) are unenthusiastic, and 3) are slow to get with the program. Still, it's 7 Obama yard signs to 2 McCain signs.

[TheDonkey]

28. just now many people are getting interested in the election

This is it! Time to go ALL OUT.

[Drunken Irishman]

3. If you based election results on signs, Obama would win Utah in a landslide.

I've seen over a hundred Obama signs here the past couple of weeks and yet to see a McCain sign.

That doesn't include bumper stickers...which I always see for Obama, but none for McCain.

And I know for a fact Obama will be lucky if he breaks 30% here in Utah...so.

[JeanGrey]

29. Do you really think Utah will go Obama? I doubt it seriously.

In fact it worries me the states map on real clear politics, showing states like North Carolina toss up or only leaning - when he has no chance to win that state.

If McCain takes the south, plus Florida and Ohio, North Carolina and Virgina and Indiana he could win this thing. We should not be complacent.

I grew up in Ohio and although it is a northern state there is plenty of racism there.

[salin]

4. in Indiana I saw my first mccain palin sticker, yesterday...

and it was on a vehicle with Illinois plates. Still haven't seen a single Mccain yard sign.

[NightWatcher]

5. ok, nevermind, I'll be a good boy

[JeanGrey]

9. Are you serious? You are not really going to steal people's

signs?

[NightWatcher]

13. self delete

[JeanGrey]

23. I want Obama to win but I am not going to stoop to such

childish behavior.

[progressivebydesign]

11. I'm sure you're trying to be funny - cuz NO ONE here endorses that bullshit.

We don't need to do that desperate shit that the McCranky clones do.

[LibraLiz1973]

14. Please don't do that. They are allowed to have their signs, as we are allowed ours.

Only assholes steal other peoples shit.

Now, if it were a KKK sign, I would support defacing it. But a McLame/Failin sign? Leave it in place.
How else can we know where the losers are on November 5?

[cwydro]

21. Don't do that.

That only makes us look bad.

I do hope you are kidding.

[JeanGrey]

24. Besides that depending on where you are, you could get shot

or arrested. Not smart.

[DrRang]

6. Different places have different laws re how long before an

election signs can go up, usually 30 or 60 days. Could be that the McCain campaign is so lame it just waited till the 30-day date, which is today, to distribute signs.

[sniffa]

7. Which county do you live in?

McCain is making a push to get that 1 EV from Maine's northern county.

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. Hancock. We're right smack dab in the center of the coast. I passed by thte Dem hq on

my way home from church. From what I could see inside there seemed to be a lot of signs or something in there. Mayeb they will be setting them up this week.

[sniffa]

30. My mistake - which district (ie: congress) is that?

it looks like it could be either north or south.

Are you in the conservative, hunting, snowmobiling area?

There was an article in Friday's Globe about McCain concentrating on this area of Maine to hopefully pick up one EV as ME is one of two (Nebraska being the other) that doesn't dole out its EV's by winner take all.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

37. I'm not sure of the district division, but I don't think it's totally neocon up there.

The coast in general is more progressive than Aroostook, Penobscot, etc, and Hancock is coastal.

[GreenPartyVoter]

38. I'm in 2. we do have our fair share of hunters and such here, but my area is

also fairly full of progressives. :) Not like the northern county which is the real snow mobile, hunting, farming demographic.

I am not surprised McPain is trying to split the EV vote here. It's possible he could do it if enough people in this district fall for his hooey. :(

[sniffa]

43. District 2 is the one he's going for.

Supposedly, he has a "really good" chance because of Palin and her husband. :shrug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

44. Well, I dunno. I'm pretty sure the whole state went blue in the last two elections and I cannot

imagine that _more_ people will go for Palin than did for **. Maybe they'll pull a few "vagina voters" but that may be the only big change.

Here's how we broke down by counties:

2000


2004

[sniffa]

46. That's very true

However, the Repubs have consistently gone for this 1 EV for several elections (also, with hopes of flipping the state) and this article seemed to favor McCain's chances this time - he withdrew from MI and he's supposedly sending his people to this district of ME instead. :shrug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

47. Dang! Well, there's been a lot of phone banking going on for Obama but I have

not yet gotten a call for McPain. Maybe they aren't set up yet or something.

Keep your fingers crossed. I would hate to see us get split into a red/blue state this time.

[progressivebydesign]

10. I don't know where YOU are, but I've travelled from So Cal to Washington and we FAR outnumber them!!

Seriously.. you must be in a RED area, cuz even in the reddest areas I've travelled through, the Obama stickers/signs outnumber McCranky by 40 to 1.

[GreenPartyVoter]

17. We're pretty purple here. We have the RW evangelicals, the old fashioned

moderate Maine Repubs, the Union Dems, and the progressives.

Still, it just really surprised me to see these signs crop up after all the stupidity the McPain campaign has put forth over the last several weeks. I find it odd that anyone would be _proud_ to announce their intent to vote for them. *dumbfounded*

[progressivebydesign]

25. Yeah, no kidding! The only areas I've seen signs was in the rural "more acreage than sense" towns nt

[JeanGrey]

27. You haven't been to Georgia then.

[UK populist]

12. Do you think Mcgrumpy didn't put the order in until he knew he was keeping her on the ticket LOL

After all he has to be Conservative with his funds now, That will be a first a conservative being fiscally conservative.

[high density]

15. I went up north yesterday to see the foliage and the McCain signs were everywhere

People in Northern Maine desperately want to get screwed for another 4 years I guess. It's like two different states.

[GreenPartyVoter]

18. Yeah. The farmers up there have surely been suckered in by the lies about

Obama and taxes. I bet dollars to doughnuts that that's one of biggest factors in their decisions up there.

[JeanGrey]

26. Unfortunately hubby and I just returned from a three day

Atlanta - north trip to the mountains and covered quite a bit of ground. A sea of McCain support everywhere not ONE Obama sign. Georgia is a wash.

[RayOfHope]

19. In SW MO the mcpain signs/stickers are starting to show up. Didn't see any for a LONG time. n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. Maybe UK upthread there was right about waiting to print up the stuff.

[ErinBerin84]

32. all of the sudden, there are a million McCain/Palin signs in my county too

It sucks! I almost threw up while driving around today, looking at how they multiplied suddenly.

[OneGrassRoot]

33. Had my all car signs stolen yesterday in NC. First day on there...

The yard sign is still there, though close to the house, and huge. I double dog dare 'em to get that close, especially as I have the cayenne pepper/oil trick and motion detector light going.

:)

[otohara]

34. Signs Don't Win Elections

that's what Obama says or thinks, or so I was told during the primaries.

[GreenPartyVoter]

39. Maybe not, but they sure do affect the way a voter _feels_ if not thinks. Well, they

bummed me out at any rate. :(

[paparush]

35. Just got back from the Obama rally in Asheville, NC. Crowd was HUGE!

This man has created a movement, a force that is rolling across this country at the perfect time. His message is speaking directly to the middle class who are waking up to the fact that Bush has been f#cking them for the last eight years.

[GreenPartyVoter]

40. That's true. The crowds he draws are insanely large and excited. :^)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

36. That's what you get for living upstate.

:P :hide:

In Greater Portland I've seen innumerable Obama bumperstickers/window signs and only a few McPalin. No lawn signs of any stripe, though--basically just local candidate lawn signs.

[GreenPartyVoter]

41. LOL Any Greens or Socialists running for local office down that way? I'm so wrapped up

in the national stuff I haven't looked at anything State yet.

[sandyd921]

42. Saw more in the last few days

than I had seen up to now. Maybe they just sent them out to their core voters or something? Gave me the creeps!

[GreenPartyVoter]

45. Yeah, it's like ALLRepub candidates from dog catcher on up just got their signs this weekenn!

[sandyd921]

50. Yep, seeing lots of signs

all of a sudden for the local puke candidates too. I live in the L-A area.

[HughBeaumont]

48. Repukes steal signs, and will vandalize windows that have them.

I know from experience. Several Kerry signs (two of which were mine) were stolen in 2004 all along my street.

It's the only reason I'm seeing more Chickens for Colonel Sanders signs than Obama's. It's not that there aren't Obama supporters. It's just that Republicans are theiving, scared, free-speech-stifling asswipes.

[Arkansas Granny]

49. I don't know how it is in other areas, but I have had my name on a list at our

local Democratic headquarters for a yard sign since last week, but they haven't phoned me yet to say that they have received any. The told me that they just receive a few at a time from state headquarters. I'm not talking about just the freebie signs, I'm talking about any signs. When I went to the office a few days ago all they had were a few bumper stickers and a few buttons. I bought a button, but I'm still waiting for a sign. That may explain, in part, why I haven't seen any Obama/Biden signs around town, but I have seen McCain/Palin signs.