The new rove.com electoral map Obama 259 McCain 163 116 tossup

[PerfectSage]

PA,MI and WI switch from tossup to blue.
NC and MO switch from red to tossup.

http://rove.com/election

:rofl:

[Hawkeye-X]

1. Who owns rove.com?

I ain't touching this with a 10 feet pole.

[PerfectSage]

2. Karl oink oink Rove owns it.

[deadmessengers]

4. the spawn of Satan himself, apparently. n/t

[tekisui]

5. turdblossom himself

Don't go there, all the pertinent info is in the op. It's kkkarl rover's math for this election.

He has MN and NH as toss-ups with MO, FL, NV and a few others.

yech.

[Sodan]

3. why do I feel it's so wrong he's allowed to have a website?

I know there's some crazy stuff out there but this is too much!

[deadmessengers]

6. He's got NC dead even!

NC dead even, VA Obama +1. Sure, Rove is pretty much Lucifer himself, but I don't give a rat's ass who numbers like that come from. If Obama wins NC and VA, we're looking at a smart POTUS and vPOTUS in a few months.

[PerfectSage]

8. Some changes I see: Obama is now ahead in NH and VA.

NC tied? Rove must be hating that map.

[phrigndumass]

7. Hate to say it, but he's correct (with asterisks)

*** He's calling any state where one candidate leads by 4 points or less a tossup. But Obama is definitely leading McCain by 100 "safe" electoral votes.

I guess a 4 point lead is considered easy to steal in his mind? :shrug:

[democrat2thecore]

9. He's a jerk and a half, but the methodology he is using makes sense

This actually makes a lot of sense and gives a better look at trends than following any one poll - or the RCP average.

[progressive_realist]

10. Actually, there is a serious logical error in it.

Read this sentence carefully:

"For example, if the most recent poll in Montana was taken on July 1, the average includes all polls conducted between July 1 and July 15."

If the most recent poll was taken on July 1, by definition there are no polls from July 2 through July 15. I think he means between June 17 and July 1.

:hide:

So much for that whole "evil genius" thing... :dunce:

[democrat2thecore]

12. No, the figure defaults to the average of ALL polls from July 1 - July 15

Basically, it means averaging the same trends seen in other states.

[jefferson_dem]

11. Someone needs to get Turd Blossom on the horn and tell him Chuckles Todd says...

Obama can't close the deal in PA,MI and WI.

:eyes: