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State Of The Race

October 13th, 2008 14 Comments

Today, John McCain is campaigning in North Carolina and Virginia.

That should tell you all you need to know.

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14 Responses to “State Of The Race”

  1. Quaker in a Basement says:
    October 13, 2008 at 2:22 pm

    Here’s one way Obama could still lose: He could change all of his TV ads into Rick Rolling.

  2. Matt says:
    October 13, 2008 at 2:34 pm

    In contrast, Obama is buying TV ads in California.

    McCain has not enough time. Obama has plenty of money.

    Are chess metaphors appropriate yet?

  3. jr says:
    October 13, 2008 at 2:43 pm

    “you’ll always be my comeback kid”-Matt Drudge to Carol McCain’s abandoner

  4. Oliver Willis says:
    October 13, 2008 at 3:22 pm

    Obama is buying TV ads in California
    What are you talking about? Did someone see a national ad buy on cable and make the brilliant conclusion that Obama is buying time in CA.

  5. SaveFarris says:
    October 13, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    It tells us you couldn’t have written this post last Saturday (PA, IA). Or the day before (WI, MN). Or the day before (WI). Or the day before (PA). Or 2 days before that (NM).

    Data courtesy WaPo Campaign Tracker.

  6. Matt says:
    October 13, 2008 at 4:16 pm

    Oliver,

    This is from Kevin Drum:

    “How big is ‘big’? Well, big enough that I’ve actually seen a few Obama ads myself. In California. I guess maybe they were national ad buys, but I don’t think so. And I can hardly remember the last time I saw a presidential campaign bothering to advertise in California. (Maybe for a few days in 2000 when Karl Rove was having delusions that Bush might win here? That’s all that comes to mind.)

    “Anyway, I don’t quite know what this means, but Obama must really have money to burn if he’s buying ads here in the Golden State.”

    http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2008/10/obamas_ads.html

  7. Oliver Willis says:
    October 13, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    McCain is campaigning places he shouldn’t be (either red states or states where he’s significantly behind). Obama’s campaigning in swing states. Is this something you don’t understand?

  8. Matt says:
    October 13, 2008 at 4:24 pm

    1. I’m getting a tiny sense of hostility, and I don’t care for it. We’re on the same side here.

    2. Yes, I get what you meant in your original post.

    3. Kevin corrected himself in his comments and said that he now thinks the ads were national buys.

    4. So, to quote Emily Litella, “never mind.”

  9. anotherbozo says:
    October 13, 2008 at 4:33 pm

    THIS should tell you all you need to know about the campaign:

    McCain on the stump: “We’ve got them right where we want them.”

    No kidding! He actually said it again! And he’s 10 points down! You can’t make this stuff up.

  10. anotherbozo says:
    October 13, 2008 at 4:38 pm

    Sorry, the EXACT quote:

    “My friends, we’ve got them right where we want them.”

    http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=6020160&page=1

  11. anotherbozo says:
    October 13, 2008 at 4:40 pm

    …JUST where we want them.” Oh, well.

  12. MrGreyGhost says:
    October 13, 2008 at 10:03 pm

    Funny that the same people who didn’t think McCain had a chance to come out on top in the primaries are counting him out now.

  13. buma says:
    October 13, 2008 at 10:23 pm

    By the ’same people’ are you referring to Giuliani?

  14. Quaker in a Basement says:
    October 14, 2008 at 6:12 pm

    Or maybe the gang at NRO?