Flash Back: George Will - Predicts Landslide Win For Obama
Newsweek
As the Oceans Rise
George Will:
McCain might think Obama cannot rise high enough to win because he, McCain, can get the support of white, blue-collar, culturally conservative Democrats who decisively preferred Clinton to Obama in the primaries.
Neither candidate can know his current electoral strength because polling is in unexplored territory. No poll is any better than its template for predicting turnout—the size and composition of the Election Day electorate. So Republicans reading alarming polls might be insufficiently alarmed. Obama’s candidacy might increase total turnout, and especially participation by African-Americans and young people. If so, some House and Senate races, and some states, may be more competitive than they currently seem.


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