Obama pulling out of Indiana and North Carolina?

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Wednesday October 15, 2008 · 8:41 AM PDT

2008/10/15 · 08:41

First off, I want to remind those "it's over" posters that polls are a projection of what can happen IF PEOPLE VOTE; If you sit on your couch all day on election day waiting for the big news when polls close, you'd be surprised just how wrong the polls can be.

Well, this is one of the "you heard it here first" exclusives on Dailykos. A story that is likely to be confirmed,if necessary, by the Obama campaign in the coming days.

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Tuesday October 14, 2008 · 10:19 AM PDT

2008/10/14 · 10:19

I didn't read the thread when it was first posted but I've seen many references to it lately, so I decided to read it and I was like WTF !!!,there's no need for that,not now. I know it's an opinion and doesn't carry much weight, but it's symbolic of the early celebration on many democratic blogs right now,THREE long weeks before the election.I just hope it won't come back to hound us .If we lose this election,even narrowly, we'll be more demoralized than the GOP would be after an Obama landslide.

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Monday October 13, 2008 · 10:12 AM PDT

2008/10/13 · 10:12

There's no doubt Obama is the better candidate for progressives than McCain or even Hillary.The overwhelming support of the progressive crowd for him in the primaries was based on that fact ,but right now the need and urgency of getting him elected doesn't mean we should stop looking closely at where he now stands on issues that are important to us.

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Saturday October 11, 2008 · 12:48 PM PDT

2008/10/11 · 12:48

Polls are all over the place this days and I'm finding it more and more difficult to really trust any of them.When you have a poll showing Obama with a 8 point lead in West Virginia when the Obama internals at the same time , as I was told yesterday, show he has no chance there , then there surely is something wrong .

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Friday October 10, 2008 · 9:51 AM PDT

2008/10/10 · 09:51

I've been part of some elections in the past decade myself and I've seen,read and heard a lot about almost every US presidential election in history and never have I seen such a favorable environment for a national candidate.

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Wednesday October 08, 2008 · 9:30 AM PDT

2008/10/08 · 09:30

There are many things that can be read out of the current electoral map projections. Some see a forming landslide, I see a strong yet tenuous lead for Obama. There is however one thing most people agree on : McCain's weakness in former replublican strongholds.Whether they're toss-ups or leaning McCain , the simple fact he has to defend states like Indiana or North Carolina puts him in a very uncomfortable position and is the real reason why he will face an uphill battle over the next 4 weeks.That's why Sarah Palin will be playing a crucial and probably most important role in this final phase of the campaign.

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Tuesday October 07, 2008 · 9:03 AM PDT

2008/10/07 · 09:03

I'm a strong Obama supporter and I'm helping as much as I can to get him elected but I had a conversation with a very prominent economist yesterday that made me think twice and ask myself if it's really the right time for the first african american to be voted to the white house.

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Sunday October 05, 2008 · 12:41 PM PDT

2008/10/05 · 12:41

The election now enters its last and most important phase and if you want Obama to win,it's now or never.Stop living by the polls and go out there and work as hard as you can. Make no mistake about it,this election will be as close as it gets.

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Friday October 03, 2008 · 6:16 AM PDT

2008/10/03 · 06:16

I watched the debate yesterday and I wasn't surprised by so many post-debate reactions focusing on how "Palin was better than expected" . I saw it coming and I suspected that would be the MSM meme after the debate.
Actually for someone who wants to be vice president, she was horrible.It doesn't take a good working brain to figure that she was just spouting what she had memorized during her very intensive preparations.No coherence or substance whatsoever in her answers.
But funnily enough,the repubs ticket will benefit from her performance because of that "she beat the expectations" meme.

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Monday September 29, 2008 · 9:37 AM PDT

2008/09/29 · 09:37

"It's easier to win if you always act as if you're losing even when you're leading.Humility is key to any victory." JBT

I understand that we all feel a little better to see Obama leading in the polls and gaining ground a bit. But the current atmosphere of early celebration ( diaries like "Obama wins election","Game changer"... have been posted and recommended this days), is just as exaggerated and uncalled for as the "small depression" that was largely observed when McCain got his bounced. Since the polls seem to entirely determine how we feel about the election,although most won't admit it, it's wise to at least look at them closely before starting the celebration.

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Saturday September 20, 2008 · 7:58 AM PDT

2008/09/20 · 07:58

Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge Barack Obama supporter, I was supporting him even before most of you knew him( in his senate campaign).But since the primaries are now over, it's safe to recognize what many of us ,Obama supporters, weren't ready to admit back in April or May.
I do think Obama is the better candidate for the democratic party, but winning the GE with him at the top of the ticket will be a lot more difficult than it'd have been with Hillary.

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Friday September 19, 2008 · 9:48 AM PDT

2008/09/19 · 09:48

I think we all feel some sort of relief since the dynamic seems to be favoring Obama again . But make no mistake about it, this election is as close as it gets , and will remain close until november, as I suspect the GOP and their media allies won't let it be all about the economy as it was this week.
So the real challenge over the next weeks will be to maintain the lead Obama seems to be regaining, cos if we do ,we'll win the election.If Mccain gets some sort of "bounce" again ( because of the debates or any mistake from our side ), it'll be all but impossible to come back again, as history shows.

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