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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (103327)	2/6/2009 11:22:12 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542009

It's interesting to compare 2004 and 2008; Bush drew 62 million votes in 2004 while McCain drew about 60 million. So the number of people who back an orthodox conservative Republican view didn't change by much, down 3% from 2004 to 2008. Democrats, OTOH, went from 59 million votes to 69.5 million, by far the highest absolute total ever recorded for a presidential candidate. In addition to peeling away a few % of Republicans, it looks like they inspired a lot of new or inactive voters to come out. Since that 69.5 million votes tally was achieved with a lot of traditional Democratic views in the platform - especially support for those hurt by economic downturns - I don't see Obama facing any broad popular revolts for some time to come. That's his "political capital" to do what he is doing. And if he succeeds in the Senate tonight and gets a decent package out of conference next week, he will have accomplished his most immediate and important goal. So while the political posting and blogging world works itself into a frenzy, I am quite content with how the process is unfolding, and the results being achieved so far. I suspect that polls in coming weeks will show the same for the real electorate beyond the bloggers and posters.