Polls, Schmolls! Keep Your Eyes on the Prize |
| Published: September 9, 2008, 3:42 pm |
| Tags: 2008 u s elections, democrats, koch, mccain, obama, palin, republicans, yoda |
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Some recent polls posted over the weekend since the Republican National Convention have seemed to show a large increase in support for the McCain-Palin ticket, sending some Democrats into a tizzy.Take a chill pill! National polls mean almost nothing; this is a state-by-state election, decided by the Electoral College. As Hillary Clinton learned in the recent primary contests, running a campaign on the “popular vote” while ignoring the “rules” of the electoral process (in the case of the primaries, it was the “delegate count”), can be a sure road to defeat. A better way to gauge the contest is to study an electoral college map. Senator Obama, has for the past twenty months, pursued a sound long-term strategy that does not depend on short-term ups and downs; and doesn’t veer far from that strategy or his vision for America. Instead of commiserating about every little up or down move in the national “polls”, a Democrat who really [ Full article ] |
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