Comments on: Prediction: Obama Wins Presidency, 59 Democrats in Senate http://www.conservatism.ca/2008/11/prediction-obama-wins-presidency-59-democrats-in-senate/ Cut taxes. Shrink government. Privatize industry. Repeat. Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Toral http://www.conservatism.ca/2008/11/prediction-obama-wins-presidency-59-democrats-in-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-265 Toral Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:44:51 +0000 http://www.conservatism.ca/?p=40#comment-265 You've got a good point there about likability. One can argue that the more likable candidate has won every American prsidential campaign since 1976. early in the campaign McCain and Obama seemed to be about equally likable; McCain's need to go negative, something he had to do with Obama's having a lead, put him on the short wnd of that comparison. My preds: President Obama-Biden 353, McCain-Palin 185 Obama-Biden 52%, McCain-Palin 46%, Oth 2% Senate Democrat +7 Close Races -- Dems NH (defeating Sununu), NC (defeating Dole), Oregon (defeating Smith), LA (Landrieu hold) Reps MN (Coleman), KY (McConnell), GA (Chambliss, after runoff) House Dem +23 You’ve got a good point there about likability. One can argue that the more likable candidate has won every American prsidential campaign since 1976. early in the campaign McCain and Obama seemed to be about equally likable; McCain’s need to go negative, something he had to do with Obama’s having a lead, put him on the short wnd of that comparison.

My preds:
President
Obama-Biden 353, McCain-Palin 185
Obama-Biden 52%, McCain-Palin 46%, Oth 2%
Senate
Democrat +7
Close Races — Dems NH (defeating Sununu), NC (defeating Dole), Oregon (defeating Smith), LA (Landrieu hold)
Reps MN (Coleman), KY (McConnell), GA (Chambliss, after runoff)
House
Dem +23

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