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Obama’s Victory and a US Election Wrap-Up

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on November 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Close but no cigar. I almost predicted the exact electoral college result in the US presidential election.
The Obama surge across middle America even picked up North Carolina (Republican since Carter in 1976) and Indiana (Republican since Johnson in 1964), but failed narrowly to win Missouri.
Perhaps more indicative of Obama’s raid into Republican heartland was how he [...]

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Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

SARAH PALIN: Before it got to the other side, I shot the chicken, cleaned and dressed it, and had chicken burgers for lunch.
BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a change! The chicken wanted change!
JOHN MC CAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to [...]

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US Election Crystal Ball 3

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

With Americans waking up tomorrow going to the polls, here is my final prediction: Obama beating McCain by 338 electoral college votes to 200.

The only possible combination that would result in a McCain upset victory would be if he held North Carolina and Florida (statistically both too close to call) and won in Ohio (Obama 3.2% up) [...]

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US Election Crystal Ball 2

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

With only four more days to go before polling day here is my penultimate election prediction.
From whatever angle you look at it, regardless of the ‘Bradley Effect’ scaremongering, Obama will be the eventual winner by 348 college votes to 190. Feel free to comment if you think I’m reading the polls incorrectly.

McCain seems to have [...]

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Murdoch on Obama

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

While still in Thailand I received this alarming or alarmist group email (depending on your perspective) from America. I’m stuck in Thailand for a few more days so does anyone know if there was anything new to come out of the show or was it just a Fox beat-up?
SEAN HANNITY, OF  HANNITY & COLMES ~ FOX [...]

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US Election Crystal Ball

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on October 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Every few years I honour a personal tradition of sitting down and working out who Americans are going to elect to the ‘Big House’. One month out, that time has come again and here is what I have come up with.  
Given that a lot of water is yet to go under the bridge, I’ll whet [...]

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