I see that John McCain has found a venue for announcing his vice presidential pick that is every bit as exciting and dynamic as his campaign itself -- beautiful downtown Dayton (on Aug. 29, if you're keeping score). What, was Tulsa not available that day? Anyway, I'm sure his actual pick will be every bit as electric as the backdrop -- i.e., Wiliard Romney.
As for Obama...ugh. It's looking with every passing minute like it's going to be Joe Biden, who can be a little bit too exciting, especially if you work in Dunkin Donuts or live in a "slave state" or perfer black presidential candidates who are "articulate" and "clean." Or work for a large credit card company. Yet Obama was floated so many horrific names -- like Evan Bayh and Sam Nunn -- that Biden actually looks good in comparison. Would it be audacious to hope for someone even better?
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Who cares Will? C'Mon - does it really matter WHERE? Stop coming up with this rubbish. Another notch on the death spiral of Philadelphia print journalism...
Dayton's a beautiful city. (I lived in Cincinnati for a few years.) But of course, "sophisticates" like Will Bunch thumb their noses at it. "Oh, it's not as sophisticated or teeming with 'cultural dynamism' as Manhattan or Rittenhouse Square." Your condescension for "flyover America" is deeply insulting and unfortunate. It is ironic that those who claim the mantle of tolerance are the least tolerant among us. No wonder why a Republican will win the presidential race yet again. And one more thing: I and many others are excited about Senator McCain's candidacy and the race he has run. And we look forward to hearing you moan, whimper, and complain on November 5.
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The "exciting and dynamic" campaign of John McCain, as you so sarcastically put it, is in a statistical dead heat with the savior of all things and all peoples. The man who shall deliver us from all of our sins can't even put a gap between himself and a boring old codger in what should be a cakewalk year for Democrats. The Messiah looked like a fool at the Warren forum over the weekend because he was not able to provide direct answers to direct questions. Now he's probably going to pick windbag Joe Biden as his VP. I'd hate to be in that room with Obama talking in circles, and Biden just talking...and talking...and talking.
Wow you are all idiots.
The heartland is boring and its overly represented in the electoral college. Freakin lame.
Mr Bunch should educate himself and find out that Dayton is in the corridor between Cincy and Toledo Ohio where the Republican Party carries the state. It means far more than a million in LA, NY , DC or Chicago. Ohio , Virginia and Colorado ARE the states he needs to secure to be President. He is doing just that based on recent polling. No matter if Philly or any other big liberal city votes 100% for Obama
Bunch refuses to educate himself. He is like a child with selective listening. About time for him to link to his "interview" with Obama a few more times. Truly pathetic disgusting journalism.
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JMC,
Food for thought. Polls are done via telephone calls. The calls are made to land lines. Which means that the pollsters are completely ignoring a significant number of people who eschew a land line, and use their cell phones. Most of the cell phone only people are in their 20's and 30's, and how many of those people do you think will support the wrinkly old white guy?
Wayne Campbell: "Hi. I'm in Delaware......"
Sorry, Will, I gotta agree with some of the posters here. While I don't think you're posting a "hate screed", who cares where he announces his VP pick. Don't major cities tend to lean Democrat anyway?
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B.atk:
"By 1986, a sufficient proportion of American households had at least one telephone to make
telephone interviewing a viable and substantially less expensive alternative to the in-person
method. And by the end of the 1980s, the vast majority of Gallup's national surveys were
being conducted by telephone. Today, approximately 95% of all households have a telephone
and every survey reported in this book is based on interviews conducted by telephone". Here's the link: http://media.gallup.com/PDF/FAQ/HowArePolls.pdf
I re-read my post, and I can't seem to figure out where I declared myself an expert. But that's what you and your ilk do, isn't it, resort to name calling when you don't have the facts to back up your absurd point of view.
I remember the same cell phone argument back in 2004 and we all now how much all those Bush hating 20 somethings saved Kerry
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