Barack Obama!

noirua said:

Hi 2020, Barack Obama, if he becomes President, will be stuck with an expanding war in Afghanistan, which
he in fact agrees with. Troops have been reduced in Iraq but those numbers are unlikely to reduce as rapidly as the needs in Afghanistan.
Unemployment is set to rise and cost the country more.

Where is the money coming from to pay for the welfare schemes proposed. One place for certain, the blue collar workers of America.

McCain has less ambitious plans and this alone would see the country more safely through the problems ahead.

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2020hindsight said:

Yep but a happy optimistic society will pull through this thing faster surely.

Hell McCain would have the same problems with the war
and he only has one plan - "Everyone (including the govt) - Batten Down ! - zip up your wallets! "

ok - throw in a gesture or two, give with one hand, take with the other, rob Peter to pay Peter stuff, ...

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noirua said:

The polls are showing a slight recovery for McCain ...

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Gallup Daily: Obama Maintains Lead
Among registered voters, Obama now leads 50% to 42%

October 18, 2008 The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking report from Wednesday through Friday, including two days of interviewing after Wednesday night’s final presidential debate, shows Barack Obama with a 50%to 42% lead over John McCain among registered voters.

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Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
Saturday, October 18, 2008

Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows Barack Obama attracting 50% of the vote while John McCain earns 45%. These figures reflect a remarkably stable race in which Obama has enjoyed a four-to-eight point advantage for twenty-three straight days. McCain has not been up by even a single point in over a month (see trends).

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(CNN) -- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell announced Sunday that he will be voting for Sen. Barack Obama, citing the Democrat's "ability to inspire" and the "inclusive nature of his campaign."

"I think he is a transformational figure, he is a new generation coming onto the world stage, onto the American stage, and for that reason I'll be voting for Sen. Barack Obama," Powell said on NBC's "Meet the Press." ...

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derty said:

One of the few republicans I have any real respect for these days, Colin Powell, has publicly endorsed Obama.

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derty said:

O
Barack would be wise to use Powell's counsel where he can, if he becomes President.

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UTICA, New York - Republican John McCain continued a slow advance on Democrat Barack Obama in the race for President, moving back within three percentage points as the race begins to head down the stretch run, the latest Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby daily tracking poll shows.

McCain now trails Obama by 2.7 points, down from the 3.9 point deficit he faced 24 hours earlier.

Seven-point-one percent of the likely voters surveyed said they remain undecided.

Obama lost five-tenths of a point from yesterday's report, while McCain gained another six-tenths of a point. It was the third consecutive day in which Obama's numbers slipped and McCain's numbers increased.

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Green08 said:

ZD in which states is McCain gaining?

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ZzzzDad said:

Here's a good link to see who is "winning" each state:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_vs_mccain/

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I also predict that, should McCain/Palin win, they'll cut Alaska adrift and row it around to be closer to Arizona

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Green08 said:

If you cut Alaska off the will be celebrating non stop:band. That's what they have been on about for decades complete separation from the USA. A new country, a new currency, a new holiday destination!

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The drive to secede by Eric Margolis
Edmonton Sun: Sun, August 17, 2008

...U.S. money, military trainers, advisers, and spooks poured into the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. Israeli arms dealers, businessmen and intelligence agents quickly followed...The Bush administration brazenly flouted agreements with Moscow made by presidents H.W Bush and Bill Clinton not to expand NATO into the former U.S.S.R....

On Aug. 7 Saakashvili, his head swelled by Washington's promises of additional aid, arms and eventual membership in NATO, rashly sent his little army to invade the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Washington likely backed this attack or at least knew of it.

Putin seized upon Saakashvili's disastrous blunder and unleashed two Russian divisions against the Georgians, who were quickly routed. Impudent Georgia and its American sponsors were humiliated....South Ossetia and Abkhazia likely will move into Russia's orbit. The West backed independence of Kosovo from Serbia. The peoples of South Ossetia and Abkhazia have as much right to secede from Georgia..

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Plucky little Georgia? No, the cold war reading won't wash
Mark Almond, The Guardian, Saturday August 9 2008

It is crudely simplistic to cast Russia as the sole villain in the clashes over South Ossetia. The west would be wise to stay out...Unlike in eastern Europe, for instance, today in breakaway states such as South Ossetia or Abkhazia, Russian troops are popular. Vladimir Putin's picture is more widely displayed than that of the South Ossetian president, the former Soviet wrestling champion Eduard Kokoity. The Russians are seen as protectors against a repeat of ethnic cleansing by Georgians.

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An alternative expanded likely voter model shows what would happen if turnout reflects voters' self-reported likelihood of voting and campaign interest, but is not assumed to be dependent on their voting history. Under that scenario, Obama leads by 9 points, 52% to 43%. -- Lydia Saad

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