Monday, November 03, 2008

On A Less Cheery Note   [Jonah Goldberg]

Karl Rove:

"The final Rove & Co. electoral map of the 2008 election cycle points to a 338-200 Barack Obama electoral vote victory over John McCain tomorrow, the largest electoral margin since 1996. All remaining toss-up states have been allocated to the candidate leading in them, with Florida (27 EV) going to Obama, and Indiana (11 EV), Missouri (11 EV), North Carolina (15 EV), and North Dakota (3 EV) going to McCain. The two candidates are in a dead heat in Missouri and North Carolina, but they go to McCain because the most recent polls conducted over this past weekend show him narrowly ahead. Florida, too, could end up in McCain’s column since he’s benefited from recent movement in the state."

Update: From a reader:

Brilliant! The perfect Rovian move. "Even Karl Rove says Obama's going to win, and boy, that line at the polls sure is long . . . Ahhh, he doesn't need MY vote."

Update II: Lots and lots of folks are noting that there's not much analysis here. Basically Rove is simply giving the states where Obama and McCain are leading to...Obama and McCain. Nothing wrong with that. Nothing interesting either.

11/03 09:12 PMShare