super_etecoon said:
I won't bother updating the electoral-vote chart today...since the only change is that Colorado went from weak Obama to slightly Obama.
I don't think we will see any evidence of the debates until maybe mid next week. And considering that most place it at a tie I'm not sure we will see much of a bump for either candidate.
I think the only thing that is going to affect the numbers debate-wise is the VP debate. Palin has been rocky in her conversations with tv interviewers which has even prompted a conservative commentator to urge her to step down from the VP spot. And Biden is known to say exactly what he feels.....which isn't the best strategy for a politician (or is it?). I even find it interesting that when CNN polled it's readership about which debate they were looking forward to more....it was an even split between the Presidential debate and the Vice-Presidential debate. I'm not sure the last time that a VP carried so much attention or news in a Presidential election.
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Well, I'm quite glad Colorado is staying blue.
I think the presidential debates will affect the numbers amongst the independents. McCain and Obama both did fine, no doubt, and both bases will view their performances as solid.
Then their's the independents. I'm predicting more of them heard the message "More of the Same" vs. the message "Change that We Need". The candidates provided a clear choice. In my lifetime there hasn't been a choice that is this stark. Clinton vs. Bush in '90 was the biggest before this, but pales in comparison. Nixon vs. McGovern was also a fairly severe choice but it wasn't a campaign with real issues after the Eagleton debacle.
