McCain Aides Search For "Narrow-Victory Scenario"

NY Times:

Confronting an increasingly bleak electoral map, top aides to Senator John McCain said Thursday that they were searching for a "narrow-victory scenario" and would focus in the final weeks on a dwindling number of states, using mailings, telephone calls and television advertisements to try to tear away support from Senator Barack Obama.

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Mr. McCain's advisers said that in his speeches, television advertisements and mailings, he would seize on a remark Mr. Obama made in an encounter with an Ohio voter, Joe Wurzelbacher, who had pressed him to explain his support for a tax increase for upper-income filers. Mr. Obama responded by saying he wanted to "spread the wealth." Mr. McCain repeatedly invoked that encounter with the man, whom he called "Joe the Plumber," during the debate on Wednesday.

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Comments

[poliscibabe]

Translation for the politically impaired - We are looking for a "Narrow Victory Scenario" really means, "We are desparately looking to see which state/voting machine system/voter roll we can use to steal votes from Obama". Further translation - "stealing votes in Ohio and Florida will not be as easy as it was in 2000 and 2004". A word to my fellow Obama supporters - just because it won't be easy doesn't mean that they won't try it. Let's make sure to get EVERYONE to the polls - they can't steal every vote!

Obama/Biden 08 and 12

[MillsMG]

HAHAHAHA I just woke up my wife laughing at these posts. I posted this before but it keeps cracking me up so I have to share again.

You guys have to check out

[Whinger]

John, smearing Obama / Biden wont work, the nation has seen what you have to offer, no sale!

Only a glutton for punishment would want four more years of the same, we dont want McBush!

[kid5rivers2]

Guess what Johnny boy? EVERYBODY who's gonna vote, already made up their mind! Nyeh nyeh nyeh nyeh nyeh!

[loudyk]

This is McCain's big "shake up" scheme? How pathetic and lame. He might want to address the issues of this country and what is worrying people. No, wait.....he's doing just fine...Rock on McCain!

[RobinLandseadel]

Steve Schmidt is just as deluded as car salesman Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo. It's not a five point difference right now, it's 6.5. I doubt the numbers are going to tighten. All that's left for McCain's campaign right now is dirty tricks and afterwards, the circular firing squad.

[kaper]

Dig into the information at www.blackboxvoting.org There is a wealth of information about this subject on that site. Take the time to research and investigate.

On election day request a paper ballot. It does not matter if you are a Democrat, a Republican, or and Independent. An administration that knows that it can win even if it does not have the majority support will not even stop for a second to think about the best needs of the electorate. It will act without conscience, it will jeopardize our futures and the futures of our children..­....sounds familiar doesn't it.

Take a minute on election day and make a note of what the polls are saying in several races in several states. If the polls say that candidate X is 8 points ahead and he or she wins by just 1 point or even loses begin to suspect a rigged result. If it only happens in one or two congressional races it might not mean anything. If suddenly there are a bunch of Republicans (and I use them because they are likely to lose a bunch of seats) winning who were behind in the polls start looking at the machines and the people who certified them. If Obama is up by 16 point and loses.... or if it's even close you can remember that you were warned. To paraphrase (and loosely translate) Joseph Stalin, "It's does not matter who votes, it only matters who counts the votes."

[kaper]

Here is why they think they can pull off a "narrow margin" victory: The text below is edited from some emails that I have compiled recently. Of special importance are the links to linktv and the videos show that the machines have been hacked and an, indeed have been programmed so that the Republican gets 51% no matter what the reality. This has to become mainstream news.

What some of us have known for a while is beginning to make it to the mainstream. Electronic voting machines can be easily manipulated.

Watch the videos at this link also.http://www.linktv.org/video/2992

This really freaked me out. The guy who wrote the voting software that automatically produced 51% 49% for repubs testified under oath in front of congress about it, then "commited suicide". This is real stuff.

about the 2000 election

http://www.linktv.org/programs/special_murder

About the film: Murder, Spies, and Voting Lies
Clint Curtis was an everyday computer programmer in Florida until he was asked to create vote-rigging software for electronic voting machines. What happens to a guy at the wrong end of a smoking gun?
Curtis's story about being asked by Florida Republican Congressman Tom Feeney to manipulate voting machine software. While Curtis made these charges in a sworn affidavit, and in sworn testimony to a congressional committee, mainstream media have given scant attention to his story.

Curtis is running against Feeney in the 2008 election.

[wendynyc]

Well McCain and his Republican friends have been spreading the wealth as well - only it is in the opposite direction to Obama - - the GOP worries only about the 5% at the top....

[hortonhearsawho]

I found one of Cindys purses, party at Joe's after the election....All of America invited, no Pro's Sarah.

[littleblackcat]

In reading this piece, Senator Obama's clear mind and sensible thinking should be apparent, in blazing neon colours and the brass section of the band decibels, to anyone capable of reasonable thought.

[Tropiholic]

another day another plan!

[Oregon Ivy]

Don't be fooled by the polls. VOTE for Obama! Don't let them steal another election with a "narrow victory."

Make it a landslide, so there can be NO DOUBT.

[littleblackcat]

You go, Ivy! I'm volunteering for a local phone-a-thon this Wednesday, get your friends to help you keep this thought going!

[JustAProgressive]

The “Narrow Victory Scenario” – let’s do the math!

CNN says Obama has 264 electoral votes, and McCain has to win every one of these 7 tossup states: Nevada, Colorado, Missouri, Ohio, North Carolina, Florida, and Virginia.

First estimate: Assume each state is a 50-50 coin toss. The probability of McCain winning all 7 is .5 to the 7th power, or .0078125. In other words, about 3-4ths of 1%.

Second estimate: Better than a coin flip, we have real information on a per state basis from InTrade. Using the probabilities of McCain wins in all 7 states that they show at about 3:55 PM Friday Oct 17, a more precise probability of McCain winning all 7 is .0001325. This number, barely above one in ten thousand (or 1 hundredth of 1 percent), is almost 60 times smaller than the first estimate.

These are microscopic odds, even for Johnny McGambler. He desperately needs to load the dice or tilt the table, and hope nobody sees him do it.

[shirleen01]

Well I'm counting..it's not here in Maryland. You only have 2 weeks left man and the map is turning blue everyday.