He's not going to challenge anything that's up by double digits, and there would have to be enough of those to get McCain over 270. So what will be the squeakers? Virginia? New Hampshire?Colorado?
And I don't know about the lines - so many people are voting early it may not be so much of a problem.
I still don't rule out an October Surprise, but anything stolen either by poll shenanigans or court hijinx is going to have to happen a) in states that are pretty close and b) in enough states to push Obama down below 270. And the likely suspects for those are seeming fewer and further between.
I still expect them to contest at least a few states... not for a McCain win, but to cast the veneer of illegitimacy over Obama's win right out of the gate. They got to provide talking point cover for at least the first hundred days of an obstructionist GOP minority in the Senate.
But like I've been saying, I hope the neocon's heart just isn't in that fight anymore. If it's up to the theocon Regent U law school grads to file the briefs, those cases are as good as lost. ;p
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Re: DOOOOOOMED I say! ;p
Date: 2008-10-27 06:11 pm (UTC)And I don't know about the lines - so many people are voting early it may not be so much of a problem.
I still don't rule out an October Surprise, but anything stolen either by poll shenanigans or court hijinx is going to have to happen a) in states that are pretty close and b) in enough states to push Obama down below 270. And the likely suspects for those are seeming fewer and further between.
Re: DOOOOOOMED I say! ;p
Date: 2008-10-27 06:18 pm (UTC)But like I've been saying, I hope the neocon's heart just isn't in that fight anymore. If it's up to the theocon Regent U law school grads to file the briefs, those cases are as good as lost. ;p
Re: DOOOOOOMED I say! ;p
Date: 2008-10-27 07:29 pm (UTC)