Who Dares Wins
July 18th, 2008 -- Posted in American Politics | 8 Comments »Back to the American election for me today, with a short post since I am not quite sure where my evening disappeared to as it’s already 12am. I want to grab a quick snack before I go to bed so I will try not to ramble on as I usually do. I am a recent convert to MSNBC’s countdown because the way Keith Olbermann talks is quite funny for lack of a better word not to mention it kind of feels good to have someone batting for liberals every night beyond Jon Stewart. The big news this past few days has been that the Obama campaign is not running short on donations as they reported a haul of $52 million in June which puts them on par with the McCain campaign on a monetary level. The Obama campaign has sparked some criticism with their use of this money through spending money in the typical Republican states of Alaska, Missouri, Virginia etc… Some democratic strategists would have the Obama campaign shore up Democratic support in key states however this new strategy might bear fruit if the following election prediction holds true.
I have often reiterated on this blog that Senator Obama has the potential to truly revolutionize the way the Democratic Party wins elections. This revolution would happen by Senator Obama capturing some typically Republican states as well as the ones Democrats usually win in the general election. At the moment according to political prediction site fivethirtyeight.com, Senator Obama is likely to win the general election with 292.4 electoral votes:
This is good news for Democrats given that there have been some doubts about the Obama campaign’s strategy within the party and its base. Senator Obama needs to keep playing the political game boldly because it is only through this boldness that the McCain camp will continue to squander their resources in a broad fashion as opposed to more focused attacks which would lead to a harder fought battle. I will call it a night and leave it to Keith Olbermann and Countdown to close out the night with more on the Obama campaign’s strategy:
