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November 3, 2008 2:40 PM

McCain Confident As He Pushes Pennsylvania Victory Plan

By
John Bentley
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John McCain
(CBS)
From CBS News' John Bentley:

(MOON TOWNSHIP, PA.) – Eight hours in to his 20-hour day on the campaign trail, a confident John McCain has already predicted victories in the battleground states of Florida and Pennsylvania, even though the polls in both of those states are leaning towards Barack Obama.

"We're going to win Pennsylvania tomorrow and I'm going to be the President of the United States," McCain said. "Pennsylvania will do it, and Pittsburgh will be the important area."

His campaign manager Rick Davis outlined a strategy where McCain could conceivably come from behind and win both here and in Florida, because he believes the polls in the urban areas of those states are overrepresented.

"You look at Pennsylvania, for instance. He's underperforming Kerry in almost every one of the Kerry counties outside of Philadelphia. We're over performing Bush in almost in almost every one of the Bush counties in Pennsylvania. So, I mean, he's not getting the Democratic vote and we're getting more than our share of the Republican vote, but his margin in Philadelphia, again, very much like Miami, it's 40-plus. The last poll I saw had him plus 40 in Philadelphia," Davis said.

"Bush lost Philadelphia by 18 percent, so you're not going to lose it by 40. If you can figure out what I'll lose it by, you'll know whether or not I can win Pennsylvania."

Those numbers will depend on voter turnout, which is why McCain is hitting seven different states today to try and rally his base to turn out. He still has events in Indiana, New Mexico, Nevada, and his traditional last stop in Prescott, Arizona, before calling it a day.

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by greenfun November 3, 2008 10:37 PM EST
After 30 years of voting Dem, I sent in my absentee ballot marked McCain/Palin for POTUS. In the end I had to vote for democracy. I could not vote for the least experienced candidate in our country''s history-not to mention that he took in illegal campaign funds, and hired ACORN for 800 grand to help him cheat in the democratic caucuses.
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by oldwhiteguy1 November 3, 2008 10:28 PM EST
Thanks to everyone who posted here for their concern about America.
Its too bad Obama''s gramma didn''t make it to the election. I''m sorry for their loss.
Obama has taken a beating for trying to convince us that WE deserve better.
I''m SO sick of the SCREAMING. Hillary, John and Sarah seem to think they have to scream to be heard. 21 months of screaming is enough.
This election comes down to this...
WE need an intelligent president.
Not a brand name, not a hothead or a fishwife. Someone with a brain-for a CHANGE!
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by econcrisis November 3, 2008 9:31 PM EST
Causes and Consequences of the Global Economic Crisis

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Genesis_of_the_Credit_and_Economic_Crisis

Causes and Historical Perspectives
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usvG-s_Ssb0&feature=related
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLLlZQJQrFY
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RZVw3no2A4&feature=related
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1vSqF9Hm7A

Consequences
In every generation, every decade, recent history is replete with the consequences of politicians and other authority figures who prey on suffering, selling hope to those who would listen while peddling influence to those who would pay, advocating accountability but abdicating responsibility while casting blame, and promising unity but creating division, employing violence - be it verbal, emotional, psychological or physical - to set one party against another to further a cause. The result is always the same, however well-intended the cause. People are divided. Humanity suffers.
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by rickwar November 3, 2008 9:16 PM EST
What would you expect him to say? We''re going to lose?
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by express-talk November 3, 2008 9:16 PM EST
AFTER 8 YEARS OF REPUBLICAN EXPERIMENT WITH THE ECONOMY AND McCAIN HAVING THE SAME AGENDA, VOTERS OF OHIO GOT TO SIGNAL TO THE GOP THAT AMERICANS ARE NOT FOOLS. McCAIN SAYS HE "KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT ECONOMY".NO NATION CAN BE STRONG WITH A WEAK ECONOMY. IT IS NO ECONOMICAL SOLUTION. OBAMA/BIDEN ARE FOR CLEAN COAL & NAFTA IN FAVOUR OF OHIO WHILE McCAIN WANTS TO KEEP NAFTA NEGOTIATION THAT AFFECTS OHIOANS UNCHANGED.DEMS HAVE RECORD OF BETTER ECONOMY THAN GOP. ECONOMY IN HELL,!WE ARE GOING TO REGRET VOTING McCain/Palin ENDLESS ECONOMIC EXPERIMENT, WE HAVE ALMOST LOST OUR SUPER-POWER. EMBARRASING PALIN, PRANKED. LACK OF COMMON SENSE WERE THE OBVIOUS. McCAIN HAS NO QUALITY OF LEADERSHIP AND IN ALL TESTS AS A POLITICIAN, HE FAILED ALL. OBAMA HAS ACHIEVED PASSING SEVERAL BILLS AS SENATOR INCLUDING A BILL THAT KEEPS HOMELAND AND ABROAD SAFE BY BANNING EXPORTATION OF UNWANTED REST-POISONOUS MECURY BETTER CONSERVATION GUARDEN AGAINST MISUSAGE. HE WAS THE SMARTEST AT THE TIME McCAIN RUSHED TO WAR ,SPENDING 12 BILLION MONTHLY THAT COULD CREATE JOBS IN OHIO !THE GOOD IDEAS, DYNAMISM AND STADINESS ARE LACKING. HE GETS ERRATIC WITH SITUATIONS AND STRONG HEALTH AND AGE?HER AND HUSBAND MEMBERS OF ALASKAN INDEPENDENT PARTY SEEKING SECESION FROM THE US!THIS IS COUNTRY LAST!OBAMA/BIDEN.
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by dredigga November 3, 2008 8:14 PM EST
Hey, John, if you can do it, then get it done. But I think it is just wishful thinking.....What is that? Oh, that is the fat lady getting ready to sing
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by lib49 November 3, 2008 7:13 PM EST
In 2004, Kerry beat Bush in Philadelphia, 80% to 20%. These guys are just making stuff up , in an attempt to encourage their base.
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by newslink November 3, 2008 6:39 PM EST
MCcain is confident? I don''t think he believes that.
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by leighg1 November 3, 2008 6:33 PM EST
McCain''''s presidency would guarantee a new war in the making! He is more interested in WAR than anything else. He has no interests, no vigor, and no intelligence, no understanding... to deal with everyday economy of ordinary folks.
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by jay1jay1 November 3, 2008 6:22 PM EST
Like govonor Rendell says. The people in PA talking about spreading the wealth....have no wealth to spread. (250,000) and under.
and to ''thelastvotor'' i grew up around your type & you''ve already been written off in all polls
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