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To: Road Walker who wrote (430897)	10/28/2008 4:58:46 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574096

The word is Goldman Sacks got caught short big time.

To: Road Walker who wrote (430897)	10/28/2008 6:21:22 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1574096

Something of interest: 44power.com

To: Road Walker who wrote (430897)	10/28/2008 8:05:36 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1574096

Jimmy Buffett to sing for Obama in Florida _______________________________________________________________ 10/28/08 -- TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- The mayor of Margaritaville is jumping into this year's political fray. Jimmy Buffett plans a free concert Sunday in Tampa to urge people to vote for Democrat Barack Obama for president. The "Last Chance for Change" rally and concert is happening two days before the election at the outdoor Ford Amphitheatre. People can get two free tickets by visiting any of the early voting information tables the Obama campaign has set up in the Tampa Bay area. Show time is 3 p.m. More information is available at: fl.barackobama.com

To: Road Walker who wrote (430897)	10/29/2008 12:56:36 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574096

McCain pollster predicts massive turnout By MIKE ALLEN \| 10/28/08 8:42 PM EDT The pollster for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) predicted Monday that 130 million people – the highest percentage of eligible voters in American history – will turn out in this presidential election. “Turn-out IS going to go through the roof,” McCain’s pollster, Bill McInturff, says in a strategy memo released to the press. “Last night, 81% of voters described their interest in this election as a 10! Wow.” McInturff says he thinks traditionally Republican states are “MUCH more competitive than is generally believed by the media,” and says McCain’s salvation will come from “’Wal-Mart women” — women without a college degree, in households making under $60,000 a year. The case McInturff makes is much more optimistic than anything detected by outside pollsters or analysts. High turnout of motivated new voters has long been viewed by strategists for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) as his key to victory. But McInturff maintains that the new record will not be disastrous for his candidate because all types of voters will surge, not just young people and African-Americans. “I now believe turn-out will begin to approach levels not seen since other comparable presidential campaigns in 1960 and 1968,” McInturff wrote. “In today’s terms, that could mean breaking the barrier of 130 million voters!” That would be up from 122 million in 2004, a turnout rate of 60.7 percent of those eligible to vote. The Committee for the Study of the American Electorate said that was the highest turnout since 1968, when 61.9 percent of eligible voters turned out. “There is simply no model that begins to know or predict the composition of the electorate at this level of turn-out,” McInturff continued. “My own view … and our own weights in our surveys … reflect a belief that African American turn-out will be at historic levels, there will be a significant boost with voters 18 to 29 years old, yet the overall high level of turn-out will begin to mute the increase in the percentage these sub-groups represent in the overall electorate.” McInturff, the lead pollster for McCain-Palin 2008 and a partner in Public Opinion Strategies, wrote to the “McCain Strategy Team” in a memo titled “State of the Race and Ballot Position”: “First, let’s be clear: This is a hard election to ‘predict.’ “The historic nature of the candidates on both tickets, the huge influx of unregulated money by the Obama campaign, the dour public mood, and the unique level of voter interest all suggest an historic level of turn-out, not witnessed in over 40 years.” But McInturff asserted the McCain, lagging in polls nationally and in key states, “has made impressive strides over the last week of tracking.” 1 \| 2 \| Next Page >> politico.com