Comments on: Battleground watch: Obama swamps McCain, strong early voting numbers http://campaigndiaries.com/2008/10/15/battleground-watch/ Obsessive political analysis Thu, 23 May 2013 22:43:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mike http://campaigndiaries.com/2008/10/15/battleground-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-6019 Mike Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:10:20 +0000 http://campaigndiaries.com/?p=3467#comment-6019 Tatiana - I understand your point but remember Obama's ground game is vastly superior to Kerry's whilst McCain is not as good as Bush's. 2004 was a tight race (2% result) so the differences in ground game alone could easily make that difference up even before you get to other issues like right/wrong direction, unpopular incumbent etc etc. McCain neglected IN, NC, VA and FL for far too long. His first visit to North Carolina was last week - come on. NC has been a tight race since late August/early September and he come 5-6 weeks later! Tatiana - I understand your point but remember Obama’s ground game is vastly superior to Kerry’s whilst McCain is not as good as Bush’s. 2004 was a tight race (2% result) so the differences in ground game alone could easily make that difference up even before you get to other issues like right/wrong direction, unpopular incumbent etc etc.

McCain neglected IN, NC, VA and FL for far too long. His first visit to North Carolina was last week - come on. NC has been a tight race since late August/early September and he come 5-6 weeks later!

]]> By: Tatiana http://campaigndiaries.com/2008/10/15/battleground-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-6018 Tatiana Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:00:10 +0000 http://campaigndiaries.com/?p=3467#comment-6018 There's been so much talk about Obama's ground game that it can't not disappoint. Republicans had organized unnoticed in 2004, Kerry folks didn't see it coming and we know what happened. Not saying that McCain's going to be as strong as Bush but I don't think the gap in ground game will be THAT huge. There’s been so much talk about Obama’s ground game that it can’t not disappoint. Republicans had organized unnoticed in 2004, Kerry folks didn’t see it coming and we know what happened. Not saying that McCain’s going to be as strong as Bush but I don’t think the gap in ground game will be THAT huge.

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