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Paul Yacoubian
Issue date: 11/5/08 Section: Opinion
What would election coverage be without pie charts? I have compiled the accompanying charts for this article from information gathered from the Huffington Post website. The site compiled election predictions from 27 well known political pundits from all points of the political spectrum. I have averaged out all the forecasts, a poll of polls as popularized, noting no significant outliers and here are the results.
For the presidential race, the predicted popular vote margin is 6 points across the board. As for the Electoral College, we should not see a repeat of the 2000 election, as only one picked a McCain win (and it was not Karl Rove). In fact Rove, the master political strategist, has predicted an electoral vote of 338 to 200.
As for the congressional races, the smallest predicted margin in the Senate is a seven seat advantage for Democrats, with the largest being a colossal twelve seat advantage which I believe to be highly unlikely. This would be a filibuster proof majority that would allow Democrats to vote for cloture any time Republicans try to stall proceedings. James Carville was the only pundit to pick a 60 seat supermajority for the Democrats. I distinctly remember him picking Jeb Bush as this year's Republican nominee when he spoke here at Rhodes. I am not sure what happened there James.
In the house, the pundits have predicted ranges from 63 seats advantage Democrats, all the way to a 103 seat advantage. Serving the Rhodes college constituents, Congressman Steve Cohen has been successfully reelected to a second term. Having shown exceptional poise in the House Judiciary Committee, I believe we can continue to expect great things from him for the next two years, despite his obstinacy towards the Armenian Genocide bill.
To those who abhor the thought of Democrats controlling all of the branches of government, I understand your concerns. I had the same thoughts when Republicans held control of all of three branches of government for the greater part of the last four years. However, it is up to the party in power to ensure that both parties work together in order to ensure the cooperation and compromise that no one can deny benefits our country.
For the presidential race, the predicted popular vote margin is 6 points across the board. As for the Electoral College, we should not see a repeat of the 2000 election, as only one picked a McCain win (and it was not Karl Rove). In fact Rove, the master political strategist, has predicted an electoral vote of 338 to 200.
As for the congressional races, the smallest predicted margin in the Senate is a seven seat advantage for Democrats, with the largest being a colossal twelve seat advantage which I believe to be highly unlikely. This would be a filibuster proof majority that would allow Democrats to vote for cloture any time Republicans try to stall proceedings. James Carville was the only pundit to pick a 60 seat supermajority for the Democrats. I distinctly remember him picking Jeb Bush as this year's Republican nominee when he spoke here at Rhodes. I am not sure what happened there James.
In the house, the pundits have predicted ranges from 63 seats advantage Democrats, all the way to a 103 seat advantage. Serving the Rhodes college constituents, Congressman Steve Cohen has been successfully reelected to a second term. Having shown exceptional poise in the House Judiciary Committee, I believe we can continue to expect great things from him for the next two years, despite his obstinacy towards the Armenian Genocide bill.
To those who abhor the thought of Democrats controlling all of the branches of government, I understand your concerns. I had the same thoughts when Republicans held control of all of three branches of government for the greater part of the last four years. However, it is up to the party in power to ensure that both parties work together in order to ensure the cooperation and compromise that no one can deny benefits our country.
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Natural Cures
posted 11/05/08 @ 1:40 AM CST
Yes, it would have been great if McCain had picked congressman Ron Paul, M.D. for his vice president. He had lots of great ideas and would have gotten a lot of democratic votes. (Continued…)
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