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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (78460)	10/12/2008 12:45:02 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Are you talking about Rep. John Lewis of Georgia ?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (78460)	10/12/2008 12:59:47 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Pittsburgh Paper Picks Obama, Pans on McCain/Palin Ticket embeds.blogs.foxnews.com by Bonney Kapp CHICAGO - It’s just about the peak of endorsement season, when newspaper editorial boards across the country chose their candidate for president. Today, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picked Barack Obama, saying “the forces of history appear to invite boldness.” Much of the endorsement reads like a scathing rebuke of John McCain and his candidacy, calling him “essentially a good man, but yesterday’s man” who is wrong on Iraq, wrong on health care, and wrong on the economy. Oh, and then there’s Sarah Palin - McCain’s “reckless” choice for a running mate. Editors dismiss her as “a diva in the drill, baby, drill chorus of fossil-fuel adulation” and one “whose lack of knowledge to take over as president has becoming increasingly obvious and embarrassing.” “If Mr. McCain had chosen one of the many accomplished women in the Republican Party, his candidacy would have the stamp of seriousness. Instead, it bears the superficial imprint of pandering populism,” they admonish. Editors also expressed disdain for the duos recent attacks - a “blizzard of slime” - against Obama’s character, concluding, “Yes, they apparently do think the American people are that stupid.” But it’s not just an anti-McCain decision. Here’s why: It is about the strengths of Barack Obama, whose rise to prominence is not a fluke or national infatuation but the consequence of his remarkable skills — a keen intellect, noble intentions and the wit and grace to express them in ways that have inspired millions across the country. He has a rare gift exactly suited to the fearful times — he knows the language of reassurance and hope. If his were just empty words, this would be just another cheap political gift. But what he says is carefully considered. In the debates and on the hustings, Mr. Obama has been the voice of moderation, combining common sense and compassion on issue after issue. When the subject turns to foreign policy, supposedly Mr. McCain’s strong suit, Mr. Obama gives no indication that he will have to learn on the job. The Post-Gazette opted for John Kerry in 2004.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (78460)	10/14/2008 2:27:02 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 89467

Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama is likely to pick up 364 Electoral College votes, far surpassing the 270 needed to claim the presidency, by winning battleground states including Virginia, Ohio, Florida, and Colorado, online traders say. Bettors on the Dublin-based Intrade's political futures market believe Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate, will prevail in all the states won by party nominee John Kerry in 2004, in addition to picking up other previously Republican strongholds such as Nevada and Missouri. Arizona Senator John McCain, the Republican nominee, would pick up 174 Electoral votes, winning states such as Texas, Indiana and West Virginia. As the economic crisis dominates the presidential campaign, Obama, an Illinois senator, has surged in national polls over McCain. Obama has opened a 10 percentage-point lead over McCain, 53 percent to 43 percent, among likely voters nationally in a Washington Post-ABC News poll taken Oct. 8-11. That's up from a 4 point lead in a Post-ABC poll taken at the end of September. Still, the presidency will be decided state-by-state -- with the candidate who wins the Electoral College, where votes are distributed by winner take all in most states. The two exceptions are Maine and Nebraska, whose votes are apportioned by congressional district. Obama Expands Lead Futures contracts at Intrade, a unit of Dublin-based Trade Exchange Network Co., show a number of the states that Democrats lost four years ago favoring Obama by at least 2-to-1 margins including Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Iowa, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada. Though Obama's chances are less in Missouri and North Carolina, bettors say both are leaning Obama and have factored the states' combined 26 Electoral College votes into the total. Contract prices on Intrade reflect the odds of a candidate winning and are all-or-nothing wagers. A contract showing a 50 percent chance a candidate will win Ohio, for example, would cost $5 and would pay $10. If the candidate doesn't win, it would settle at zero. Such markets have been more accurate than polls in past elections. In part, that's because people are placing money on what they expect to happen as opposed to what they would like to happen and who they plan to support.