Sigh. Talk Me Down, Somebody.

For the last few weeks, I’ve been trying to get my Obama-supporting friends not to panic, which was an interesting position to be in since I’ve been so ambivalent about dude for most of this campaign. But at this point, it seems like that the McCain campaign’s cavalier response to Georgia and completely unresearched choice of Sarah Palin augur some very, very bad times ahead if they are elected.

Yesterday, a friend said she was freaking out because of Obama’s slip in the polls. I wanted to counter that Obama was holding onto a 40-plus point lead in the electoral college, that the fervor for Palin had mainly been limited to states that were already red, etc.  So I moseyed on over to RCP to grab her a link to the electoral map, only to discover that Obama’s EV lead had become a 20-vote deficit.

So I’m asking y’all: gimme some encouraging electoral news. There’s the fact that the Obama campaign just had the biggest month of donations in the history of American politics, sure. But, as Britney would say/drawl/stammer: gimme more.

G.D.

G.D.

Gene "G.D." Demby is the founder and editor of PostBourgie. In his day job, he blogs and reports on race and ethnicity for NPR's Code Switch team.
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  • ladyfresshh

    *gnashes teeth, pulls out hair*

    …Tina Fey played a great Palin sat night

    =)

  • Aren’t the electoral vote maps based on state polls? State polls are less accurate than national polls (though they’re more important than national polls). I think this is all residual bounce from the convention, and the Palin pick.

    I’d say give it a couple of weeks and check again. By then, things will have settled a bit, and hopefully people will get tired of the identity politics and more interested in the issues.

    Plus, if you look at the ‘no toss up states’ map, Obama is 273 to McCain’s 265.

    And if your Obama supporter friends are still freaking out, tell them to go volunteer at their local headquarters, because from what I hear, volunteers actually have an impact.

  • quadmoniker

    I agree that there’s still some residual bounce. And the introduction of Sarah Palin was the last news thing to happen. There needs to be some more news. Everyone predicted McCain would either narrow the gap or be slightly ahead after his convention and that the polls wouldn’t change again until the debates.

    At least, that’s what I say over and over again to myself. It does nothing to calm my raging ulcer.

  • I just posted an article about this on our the AroundHarleml.com Blog. Check out the facts regarding the numbers.

    http://blog-aroundharlem.com/2008/09/15/doomsday-sayers-are-calling-obamas-campaign-a-corpse-but-is-it/

  • I just posted an article about this on our the AroundHarlem.com Blog. Check out the facts regarding the numbers.

    http://blog-aroundharlem.com/2008/09/15/doomsday-sayers-are-calling-obamas-campaign-a-corpse-but-is-it/

  • geo

    i think the news is returning to an equilibrium. the novelty of palin is beginning to wear thin and issues are bubbling back to the surface (i may be self-deluded). also, there is still a residual bounce from the convention and the introduction of the repub vp. i understand your anxiety cause i am experiencing it too.

    mccain is trying to keep it a personality contest, whereas obama is trying to focus on the issues. however, the media doesn’t profile his ads attacking mccain’s lack of policy change cause they are not as a salacious. i am still optimistic that a tide is turning, especially since the debates are nearing.
    :)

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