Nov 032008
I’m probably going to be too preoccupied tomorrow to do much blogging. But since a bazillion other bloggers are posting their electoral prognostications, I might as well do the same:
- Obama will win the Electoral College 338-200. Virginia will be called for Obama soon after the polls close, setting the tone for the evening. Florida and Ohio will follow suit, as will Colorado and Nevada. McCain will eke it out in Missouri and North Carolina.
- Obama will win the popular vote by 6%.
- Dems will control 59 Senate seats. In Minnesota, Franken will pull out a win on the strength of Obama’s coattails.
- The Dems will pick up 22 House seats. In Minnesota, Madia will win in the 3rd. I’d love to see Bachmann go down, but the 6th is probably the friendliest territory in the state for her brand of fringe conservatism.
- In state races, Dems will get a veto-proof majority in the House. The constitutional amendment to raise the sales tax less than one percent to fund the arts and outdoors will narrowly pass.
Of course, my readers reserve the right to mock me if my predictions prove wrong, but I feel pretty good about them.
I sense that most of my readers share my political sympathies, but please do inform yourself and vote, even if it’s not for my guy. This election is too important and too historical to sit out.
My prediction- Barack Obama will be our new president and Wednesday morning John McCain will be at Pfizer Pharmaceutical signing a 36 month contract to be their new poster boy for Viagra. He will replace Bob Dole, who’s demands were too stiff for any contract renewal. –
If Obama wins, and we’ll know it within less than a day, he’ll cause America to become a bit more like Europe. Nobody will fall through the net.
More taxes on wealth, but more shared riches and health care, better education accessible to all: these are promises of a good life that has the power t continue in the future.
Europeans are as crazy about these American elections as the’ve ever been. We feel the period that started with Reagan 28 years ago has finally come to en end.