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A thought occurs

Translation: Unless you are The Messiah or unless you have a pair of wooden shoes - watch out.

Jim Geraghty is starting to get some interesting data on the polls. Read on....

It besgs the question: "Wouldnt it be hee-frickin-larious of Obama won the electoral college, but lost the popular vote"?

Its at times like this that I like to remind people that running for the President is whole lotta fun. Running the country on the other hand, is a bitch.

Posted @ October 29, 2008 02:32 PM

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> Its at times like this that I like to remind people that running for the President is whole lotta fun.

Then why does Obama need to be carried?

:oP

Posted by: Vootie at October 29, 2008 09:48 PM

>It besgs the question: "Wouldnt it be hee-frickin-larious of Obama won the electoral college, but lost the popular vote"?

Well no, it wouldn't be funny at all, since winning the electoral college vote wins the Presidency, and the popular vote isn't the deciding factor in the election. According to Wikipedia: "Candidates can fail to get the most votes in the nationwide popular vote in a Presidential election and still win that election. This occurred in 1876, 1888 and 2000." It would be a riot if he won the popular vote but failed the electoral college, but it would be even funnier if he lost both.

Posted by: Lori at October 30, 2008 10:47 PM

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