Re: Obama May Win Indiana

On 8 May 2008 13:09:00 -0400, Jim Prescott <jgp@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>In article <dsOdnYJxDPH8c7zVnZ2dnUVZ_tLinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> <slidge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>I forget which pundit said this, but the gist was "50% of those Clinton
>>sup****ters polled said that they would not vote for Obama.  However, in
>>2000, 50% of McCain voters said the same thing about Bush, and they
ended
>>up voting for him anyway".
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>I tend to agree.  Telling a pollster there is no way you'd vote for the
>other Democrat is one thing, actually being in a voting booth with a
>chance to vote against McCain is quite another.
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>A Hillary win is somewhat more troubling since Obama brought in a lot
>of new youngsters who probably weren't going to vote and may well not
>vote if they become disillusioned.
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>But either way, once the nominee is finally decided the loser is sure
>to endorse the winner and make efforts to convince their former
>sup****ters that the winner deserves their votes.

I think this is mostly true.  It does suddenly make me wonder about
the other polls out now showing McCain/Obama to be about a tie,
nationally.  In those polls, I'm hoping that some of the Hillary
sup****ters either told the pollster "McCain", or "undecided", and that
these therefore underestimate, perhaps significantly so, Obama's real
chances in the fall.  

Hey, a guy can hope, can't he?

-- 
M C Hamster  "Big Wheel Keep on Turning" -- Creedence Clearwater Revival