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		<title>By: Frogg</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/7064/comment-page-4#comment-408128</link>
		<dc:creator>Frogg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OBAMEDIA ALERT: Minnesota &quot;Significantly Closer&quot; than Polls Predicted ...Update: Iowa Miracle? ...Update: PUMA&#039;s May Flip Ohio!! 


http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/11/obamedia-alert-minnesota-significantly.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OBAMEDIA ALERT: Minnesota &#8220;Significantly Closer&#8221; than Polls Predicted &#8230;Update: Iowa Miracle? &#8230;Update: PUMA&#8217;s May Flip Ohio!! </p>
<p><a href="http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/11/obamedia-alert-minnesota-significantly.html" rel="nofollow">http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/11/obamedia-alert-minnesota-significantly.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Frogg</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/7064/comment-page-4#comment-408127</link>
		<dc:creator>Frogg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OBAMEDIA ALERT: Minnesota &quot;Significantly Closer&quot; than Polls Predicted ...Update: Iowa Miracle? ...Update: PUMA&#039;s May Flip Ohio!! 

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/11/obamedia-alert-minnesota-significantly.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OBAMEDIA ALERT: Minnesota &#8220;Significantly Closer&#8221; than Polls Predicted &#8230;Update: Iowa Miracle? &#8230;Update: PUMA&#8217;s May Flip Ohio!! </p>
<p><a href="http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/11/obamedia-alert-minnesota-significantly.html" rel="nofollow">http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/11/obamedia-alert-minnesota-significantly.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Frogg</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/7064/comment-page-4#comment-408118</link>
		<dc:creator>Frogg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>HillBuzz is fun to read today.    This looks like rumor not backed up by any fact; but, still fun to read:

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You can tell the Obama supporters on the street, though. They look really worried. Wordâ€™s spreading fast here that Obamaâ€™s going to lose â€” the big Reifenstahl-styled rally Obama planned for Grant Park has been downgraded, according to police we know. Instead of one million people coming out to hear his concession speech tonight, the city is now expecting only â€œtens of thousandsâ€. The worldâ€™s biggest celebrity doesnâ€™t seem to be drawing the crowd he hoped.

http://hillbuzz.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/word-in-chicago-is-spreading-obama-loss-is-expected-grant-park-rally-downgraded-to-tens-of-thousands-instead-of-the-million-obama-promised/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>HillBuzz is fun to read today.    This looks like rumor not backed up by any fact; but, still fun to read:</p>
<p>excerpt:</p>
<p>You can tell the Obama supporters on the street, though. They look really worried. Wordâ€™s spreading fast here that Obamaâ€™s going to lose â€” the big Reifenstahl-styled rally Obama planned for Grant Park has been downgraded, according to police we know. Instead of one million people coming out to hear his concession speech tonight, the city is now expecting only â€œtens of thousandsâ€. The worldâ€™s biggest celebrity doesnâ€™t seem to be drawing the crowd he hoped.</p>
<p><a href="http://hillbuzz.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/word-in-chicago-is-spreading-obama-loss-is-expected-grant-park-rally-downgraded-to-tens-of-thousands-instead-of-the-million-obama-promised/" rel="nofollow">http://hillbuzz.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/word-in-chicago-is-spreading-obama-loss-is-expected-grant-park-rally-downgraded-to-tens-of-thousands-instead-of-the-million-obama-promised/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Frogg</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/7064/comment-page-4#comment-408105</link>
		<dc:creator>Frogg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Some Cautiously Optimistic Takes From Sources on the Ground in Ohio

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The sense among some GOP folks on the ground is that the turnout in heavily African-American precincts in some of Ohio&#039;s cities has been light today, as of midafternoon, because of so many partaking of early voting. They see that as a reasonably good sign, that the Obama get-out-the-vote operation has hit its limit. These sources have been telling me for a few weeks now that they think McCain will overperform Bush&#039;s 2004 performance and that the Republican candidate&#039;s margin of victory will be greater than the two percent four years ago.

http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjA3NGMwYjI0NDU3MzEwZjg4YTNhMmUwNzUzNzZjMmM=</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some Cautiously Optimistic Takes From Sources on the Ground in Ohio</p>
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<p>The sense among some GOP folks on the ground is that the turnout in heavily African-American precincts in some of Ohio&#8217;s cities has been light today, as of midafternoon, because of so many partaking of early voting. They see that as a reasonably good sign, that the Obama get-out-the-vote operation has hit its limit. These sources have been telling me for a few weeks now that they think McCain will overperform Bush&#8217;s 2004 performance and that the Republican candidate&#8217;s margin of victory will be greater than the two percent four years ago.</p>
<p><a href="http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjA3NGMwYjI0NDU3MzEwZjg4YTNhMmUwNzUzNzZjMmM" rel="nofollow">http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjA3NGMwYjI0NDU3MzEwZjg4YTNhMmUwNzUzNzZjMmM</a>=</p>
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		<title>By: Frogg</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/7064/comment-page-4#comment-408096</link>
		<dc:creator>Frogg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>excerpt:

Signs, including early exit polling, are looking decent for John McCain pulling off a surprise comeback win in Virginia. There&#039;s not a lot of hard data at this point, but of the previously red states that the Obama campaign put a full court press on Virgina was the prime battleground. Going into today it was anywhere from Obama up 5% to a tossup, so a McCain win would be a dramatic reversal. Late breakers in Virgina are going to McCain and his success will depend on winning Loudoun and Prince William counties convincingly, which I think is a possibility.

http://wizbangblog.com/content/2008/11/04/will-virginia-turn-the-election-for-mccain.php</description>
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<p>Signs, including early exit polling, are looking decent for John McCain pulling off a surprise comeback win in Virginia. There&#8217;s not a lot of hard data at this point, but of the previously red states that the Obama campaign put a full court press on Virgina was the prime battleground. Going into today it was anywhere from Obama up 5% to a tossup, so a McCain win would be a dramatic reversal. Late breakers in Virgina are going to McCain and his success will depend on winning Loudoun and Prince William counties convincingly, which I think is a possibility.</p>
<p><a href="http://wizbangblog.com/content/2008/11/04/will-virginia-turn-the-election-for-mccain.php" rel="nofollow">http://wizbangblog.com/content/2008/11/04/will-virginia-turn-the-election-for-mccain.php</a></p>
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		<title>By: DJStrata</title>
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		<dc:creator>DJStrata</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Norm,

Unless there is another DJ who commented I have no idea what you are talking about. I mentioned how many people I saw at the polls. Nothing about being scared of McCain, or Obama being a marxist. And there is no way to read that between the lines of what I wrote. Sit down before you hurt yourself.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Norm,</p>
<p>Unless there is another DJ who commented I have no idea what you are talking about. I mentioned how many people I saw at the polls. Nothing about being scared of McCain, or Obama being a marxist. And there is no way to read that between the lines of what I wrote. Sit down before you hurt yourself.</p>
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		<title>By: ivehadit</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/7064/comment-page-4#comment-408081</link>
		<dc:creator>ivehadit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just heard that in one precinct in Alabama, the boxes were full...the optical scanner boxes were full! 
I believe this has never happened before...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just heard that in one precinct in Alabama, the boxes were full&#8230;the optical scanner boxes were full!<br />
I believe this has never happened before&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Linda78</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/7064/comment-page-4#comment-408077</link>
		<dc:creator>Linda78</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks.
What are the odds of McCain getting an electoral from Maine, do you know?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks.<br />
What are the odds of McCain getting an electoral from Maine, do you know?</p>
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		<title>By: AJStrata</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/7064/comment-page-4#comment-408076</link>
		<dc:creator>AJStrata</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My only comment is McCain should take Ohio. Being down &#039;2&#039; in a poll is mathematically equal to being a tie. 

If turnout is as high as it looks, and the anti-Obama vote is as strong as it looks, I don&#039;t see Obama winning.

The problem with RPC is it mixes polls that use historic trends and some wild polls out this year which assume Obama will create a dem egde 2-3 times what has ever been seen before.

This means the historic high mark of +4% in dem turnout produces a tie, then assuming +8-12% dem turnout gives Obama a 5-9% lead.

I don&#039;t think anyone alive has seen that kind of edge. With the enormous turnout we see today, the GOP, Indies and Dems are coming out in huge numbers - which means dems could hope for a +4 at best (and I doubt that).

When you mix these shoddy polls with traditional polls and average them you get skewed averages. This is what RCP has done this year.  They have not put a quality filter on the polls they use.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My only comment is McCain should take Ohio. Being down &#8217;2&#8242; in a poll is mathematically equal to being a tie. </p>
<p>If turnout is as high as it looks, and the anti-Obama vote is as strong as it looks, I don&#8217;t see Obama winning.</p>
<p>The problem with RPC is it mixes polls that use historic trends and some wild polls out this year which assume Obama will create a dem egde 2-3 times what has ever been seen before.</p>
<p>This means the historic high mark of +4% in dem turnout produces a tie, then assuming +8-12% dem turnout gives Obama a 5-9% lead.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think anyone alive has seen that kind of edge. With the enormous turnout we see today, the GOP, Indies and Dems are coming out in huge numbers &#8211; which means dems could hope for a +4 at best (and I doubt that).</p>
<p>When you mix these shoddy polls with traditional polls and average them you get skewed averages. This is what RCP has done this year.  They have not put a quality filter on the polls they use.</p>
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		<title>By: Linda78</title>
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		<dc:creator>Linda78</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can you comment on the real politics poll that has McCain down a little in OH?
2 in 10 would be great for McCain!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can you comment on the real politics poll that has McCain down a little in OH?<br />
2 in 10 would be great for McCain!</p>
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		<title>By: AJStrata</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/7064/comment-page-4#comment-408057</link>
		<dc:creator>AJStrata</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In the last Ohio poll Obama was losing 22% of Hillary voters, which is 1 in 10. 1 in 10 turns into 55-45% - which would be a blow out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the last Ohio poll Obama was losing 22% of Hillary voters, which is 1 in 10. 1 in 10 turns into 55-45% &#8211; which would be a blow out.</p>
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		<title>By: Linda78</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/7064/comment-page-4#comment-408053</link>
		<dc:creator>Linda78</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Do you think 2 out of 10 dems with be Pumas AJ?
I am hoping!
Go McCain!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you think 2 out of 10 dems with be Pumas AJ?<br />
I am hoping!<br />
Go McCain!</p>
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		<title>By: robert c verdi</title>
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		<dc:creator>robert c verdi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I voted, now we wait.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I voted, now we wait.</p>
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		<title>By: AJStrata</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/7064/comment-page-4#comment-408050</link>
		<dc:creator>AJStrata</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Norm,

What in the world are you babbling on about? LOL!</description>
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<p>What in the world are you babbling on about? LOL!</p>
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		<title>By: norm</title>
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		<dc:creator>norm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>dj...
so you are saying they are afraid of mccain, who wants the government buy up all the mortgages?  marxist.  what a joke.  how do you guys make up this bunk?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>dj&#8230;<br />
so you are saying they are afraid of mccain, who wants the government buy up all the mortgages?  marxist.  what a joke.  how do you guys make up this bunk?</p>
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