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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Rove: 4 Battleground States

Posted by: Amanda Carpenter at 9:55 AM

Election guru Karl Rove says the 2008 presidential election will be decided by the voters in Colorado, Virginia, Michigan and Ohio.

Here's the readers digest version:

Rove says Colorado is likely to go to Obama (9 electoral votes), Virginia favors McCain just a bit (13 votes) and Michigan (17 votes) and Ohio (20 votes) could go either way.

McCain could be competitive in Michigan (my home state) by focusing on Reagan Democrats and soft Republicans in the eastern part of the state, including Detroit. Rove says McCain's call for more drilling and nuclear energy will work with those voters. (And, lemme tell ya, it gets awfully cold in Michigan. People watch their heating bills closely. There were some days growing up there I would have gladly sidled up next to an oil pipeline just like those caribou do in Alaska.)

In Ohio, Rove says McCain can make a play for those working class voters Hillary snatched up from Obama in the Democratic primary and aggressively target independent suburbanites to balance out the black vote Obama is likely to Cincinnati.

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Royinoslo writes:	Thursday, August, 14, 2008 11:31 AM
Needs clarifying
"focusing on Reagan Democrats and soft Republicans".... It's a proven fact that no Democrat has voted for Ronald Reagan since 1984. If you haven't won them over to the dark side by now it may be a hopeless cause. And what is a soft Republican, exactly? Soft in the head? Soft hearted? Was Bob Dole a soft Republican before he started hawking that medicine?
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Royinoslo writes:	Thursday, August, 14, 2008 11:35 AM
Playing the get out of jail free card
Why isn't Karl Rove in prison for obstruction of Congress?
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Virginia Patriot writes:	Thursday, August, 14, 2008 11:59 AM
Virginia Goes Blue
Enough conservatives will vote third party in disgust to deny McAmnesty what was once a solid red state. GOP-RIP
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Joe writes:	Thursday, August, 14, 2008 1:34 PM
Do the Math: McGovern > than Obama
McGovern - ((War Hero Record) + (experience)) = Obama Glad to be of assistance on this. If you loved the Carter Administration, you will love Barack Obama!
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My Pet Goat writes:	Thursday, August, 14, 2008 2:45 PM
Worry?
What, me worry? Karl Rove will do ANYTHING to get the GOP back in the driver's seat. After all, he threw his own gay Father under the gay bus to the get the anti-gay vote out in 2004. What's a little war in Georgia compared to that?
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