Four Days
A slight tightening of the Presidential election numbers has kicked in due to the laziest, dumbest and most sheepish portion of the electorate going "hmm, gee, I don't know." Otherwise voters are dug in, polls are static (except for two -- Fox News and Mason-Dixon -- that fivethirtyeight's Nate Silver says are off on their own beam), the new N.Y. Times/CBS News poll says that 59 percent of voters believe that Sarah Palin is not prepared for the job (up nine percentage points since the beginning of October), and I'm still picking up worried/on edge/unsettled vibes from this and that Obama supporter.
Good. Nobody should relax. I'm certainly trying not to. My attitude is somewhere between "chill down, it's in the bag" and "it's not in the bag, pretend it's neck and neck, don't ease up for a second."
Has everyone on this side of the fence e-mailed those Errol Morris "People in the Middle for Obama" spots to at least five fence-sitting wishy-washies in their personal orbit (friends, family, co-workers, neighbors)? Has everyone e-mailed the latest "Vote!" video to at least five under-25s who've shown pronounced video-game addiction and/or ADD tendencies in the past?
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on October 31, 2008 at 8:28 AM
comment #1
admiralmpj
says ...
Obama just launched a TV ad buy in Arizona, and has gone back into Georgia and North Dakota. Maybe we shouldn't relax, but we're on offense!
Posted by admiralmpj
at October 31, 2008 9:10 AM
comment #2
Jesse Perry
says ...
A lot of the people that need persuading don't regularly check their email, Jeff.
Posted by Jesse Perry
at October 31, 2008 9:23 AM
comment #3
Sabina E
says ...
I honestly have no respect for thsoe "undecided voters" aka MORONS.
I feel uneasy and nervous about what'll happen after the election. Nobody should rest easy. I don't trust the Bush administration and I don't trust those crazy Republicans either.
Posted by Sabina E
at October 31, 2008 9:29 AM
comment #4
D.Z.
says ...
Well, if they're that stupid, maybe the fact that we got daylight savings time so close to the election this year will actually be helpful.
Posted by D.Z.
at October 31, 2008 9:49 AM
comment #5
lbeale
says ...
I've said it before, I'll say it again.
1948 - "Dewey Defeats Truman"
The polls, the pundits, the news channels, they're all acting like it's in the bag. Be afraid. Be VERY afraid.
Posted by lbeale
at October 31, 2008 10:58 AM
comment #6
CitizenKanedforChewingGum
says ...
Here we go again with the undecided being equated with the moronic...I'm all about Obama this year, but seriously, what gives???
Posted by CitizenKanedforChewingGum
at October 31, 2008 11:38 AM
comment #7
lazarus
says ...
I'm proud to say I don't know five people who are on the fence, let alone McCain supporters.
I try not to associate with that element.
Posted by lazarus
at October 31, 2008 11:39 AM
comment #8
D.Z.
says ...
Kaned: Well, what exactly do you need to decide? A friggin' nuclear war?
Posted by D.Z.
at October 31, 2008 2:05 PM
comment #9
Bubyubb
says ...
If only Obamaites sent out something as intelligent as the Morris commercials. This morning a friend of a friend sent me a supposed news story claiming that Palin's upcoming trip to Nebraska is to abandon her son Trig. I'd like to think that's as low as Palin-hating can sink, but there are four days left.
Posted by Bubyubb
at October 31, 2008 2:20 PM
comment #10
CitizenKanedforChewingGum
says ...
I don't *need* anything to decide. I'm good. But if someone has watched the debates/read his positions, and just isn't comfortable with him leading this country, why the hell should he/she vote for him?
Getting a bit hair-trigger around these parts lately. Four days before the election, I guess everyone's just nervous.
Posted by CitizenKanedforChewingGum
at October 31, 2008 7:54 PM