From: Mark Crispin Miller mark.miller@nyu.edu
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 13:27:46 -0500
Subject: Rove's prediction of big Obama victory and Connell's deposition
Some people are asking if Karl Rove's abrupt prediction of a big Obama victory might be evidence that Connell's deposition has hit home, deciding them against another late-night cyber-stroke for the Republicans.
It could well be. As recently as Oct. 30, Rove was singing quite a different tune. In a Wall Street Journal piece entitled "Don't Let the Polls Affect Your Vote,"? Rove wrote: But the question that matters is the margin. If Mr. McCain is down by 3%, his task is doable, if difficult. If he's down by 9%, his task is essentially impossible. In truth, however, no one knows for sure what kind of polling deficit is insurmountable or even which poll is correct. All of us should act with the proper understanding that nothing is yet decided.
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Well, now that Connell, Rove's longtime IT fixer, has the eyes of Justice(the ideal, not the federal Department) glaring at him, it would seem unwise to risk yet one more "upset victory" managed through the new black magic of covert computer architecture. There are grounds for speculation (and it's only speculation) that the Connell deposition may have saved us from another electronic "victory" for the Bush Republicans.
Mark Crispin Miller http://markcrispinmiller.com
Rove suggests landscape favors Obama
Posted: Nov. 4, 2008.? 11:36 AM ET
Karl Rove's Electoral prediction
(CNN) John McCain and his aides are still banking on a come-from-behind victory Tuesday, but the GOP's most famous political strategist is forecasting Obama is well positioned to win.
Karl Rove, the man widely credited with engineering President Bush's two successful White House bids, is out with a new map showing the Illinois senator will take the White House in an Electoral College landslide, winning 338 votes to John McCain's 200. That would be the largest Electoral College victory since 1996, when Bill Clinton defeated Bob Dole in a 379-159 rout. In an Electoral Map posted on Rove's Web site, the Republican mastermind shows Obama victories in several key battlegrounds, including virtually all of the states where polls suggest he currently enjoys a slim advantage. In fact, Rove believes Missouri is the only crucial battleground state McCain will carry, while Obama scores victories in Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Colorado, New Mexico, Minnesota, and Iowa. Rove also thinks Obama will win traditionally-Republican Virginia.
