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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 08:00 AM Original message |
Unless the country has wised up, it looks like it will come down to Ohio and Florida |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. Given Ohio has been decimated by “Off-shoring” |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 08:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I will never understand why people vote against their own self-interest |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Both Obama and McCain are strong supporters of "free trade", so where is the stark distinction??? nt |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Big difference, Obama said he would not give tax breaks to companies who offshore |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. It's a start, but it's not a huge distinction, imo. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 08:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. There will be pockets of voting areas that will vote Republican no matter what. |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Understood - but how did they get so STUPID |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. If they live in gate communities? Have tunnel vision? Pretend everything is fine? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. "I believe in the Free Market. I believe in Capitalism. I believe in Free Trade." - Barack Obama |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. so are you saying there is no difference between mccain and Obama? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I'm saying both candidates support an economic ideology that is WILDLY UNPOPULAR in Ohio. nt |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. i'll put on my asbestos suit now, but this wasn't the election for the dems to run |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 08:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I agreed with you last summer |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 08:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I'll agree in part |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. I think the race issue is becoming a convenient excuse at this point |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
7. I thought it was down to Illinois and Virginia? |
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DU9598 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
8. Not really |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I was looking at the RCP site, and it was much closer than I care to consider /nt |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. This redrawing of the map is a fantasy. We won't win by ditching the rustbelt for the SouthWest. nt |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
10. Media still covering for McCain, like they did for Bush in 2004 |
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