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**Chode** · 03-22-2008, 04:59 PM

I live in a rural area, so it isn't a big deal just to drive over to the feed store when you need a bale or two of hay. But, since most brooms today are made of synthetic materials, I guess you urban types have a real problem finding straws to clutch.

The other way to look at bry's link is to realize that 100% of the winning Democratic nominee's supporters will support them in the general election, and 80% of those who backed the losing candidate will support them as well. From that standpoint, things don't look quite so divisive and (don't make such good copy), do they? Anyway, I think we all realize that the moderates and independents are really going to decide the election.

McCain, a man I admire in many ways, is too closely identified with all the failures of the Bush Administration (probably even some he opposed) to win.

Edit: As an example of how the crossover vote may work in the Dems' favor I wanted to include this link about a voter who has never voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate, but may (or not) vote for one this time. Party issues aside, it is worth reading even it it's a bit overlong.

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Chode TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 796 OS: Windows XP Pro	Re: 20% of Dems defect to McCain I live in a rural area, so it isn't a big deal just to drive over to the feed store when you need a bale or two of hay. But, since most brooms today are made of synthetic materials, I guess you urban types have a real problem finding straws to clutch. The other way to look at bry's link is to realize that 100% of the winning Democratic nominee's supporters will support them in the general election, and 80% of those who backed the losing candidate will support them as well. From that standpoint, things don't look quite so divisive and (don't make such good copy), do they? Anyway, I think we all realize that the moderates and independents are really going to decide the election. McCain, a man I admire in many ways, is too closely identified with all the failures of the Bush Administration (probably even some he opposed) to win. Edit: As an example of how the crossover vote may work in the Dems' favor I wanted to include this link about a voter who has never voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate, but may (or not) vote for one this time. Party issues aside, it is worth reading even it it's a bit overlong. __________________ Sweet! Last edited by Chode : 03-22-2008 at 05:07 PM.