Obama supporters get overconfident and don't vote.
A combination of voter suppression by Republicans and voter fraud by groups like ACORN. I think it'll turn out that the "ACORN fraud" is very minor, isolated and overblown by the Republicans. And, in those states that require poll workers of both parties, it's much harder to suppress the vote of the minority party by the majority.
I nearly dropped my laptop when I read that Obama has a science advisory committee headed by Harold Varmus. Perhaps I'm the last person to hear of it, but I was pretty thrilled!
Whoa = West Virginia
Saw a bumper sticker that says it all:
McSAME and Phalin.
John McCormick
Ireland's biggest bookmaker is now paying off --early-- over a million euros in bets on Obama to win.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081016/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_bookmaker_obama_o…
On the other hand, Bush can still bomb Iran and Venezuela, and can still start a nuclear war.
Two other things could screw this up:
Obama supporters get overconfident and don't vote.
A combination of voter suppression by Republicans and voter fraud by groups like ACORN. I think it'll turn out that the "ACORN fraud" is very minor, isolated and overblown by the Republicans. And, in those states that require poll workers of both parties, it's much harder to suppress the vote of the minority party by the majority.
What we can and should do is to exercise the great privilege we all share on November 4th...
VOTE!!!
On the topic of the election--frontpage NYT article about science and innovation! http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/us/politics/17innovate.html?hp
I nearly dropped my laptop when I read that Obama has a science advisory committee headed by Harold Varmus. Perhaps I'm the last person to hear of it, but I was pretty thrilled!