Come From Ahead

by dday

This map is floating around the Internets today. Survey USA polled a hypothetical matchup in 2006 between McCain and Obama. McCain took it 510 to 28 in the Electoral College, with Obama only winning Illinois, Hawaii and D.C.

Two years ago John McCain was probably the most popular Republican in politics, and maybe the nation’s most popular politician. It’s important not to forget that. Fed by a media image that portrayed him as almost a comic-book hero, as this noble warrior willing to follow his conscience instead of party labels, he was exalted as the rugged maverick. It’s simply incredible how that image has been completely tarnished by this Presidential campaign. He did it to himself, and because of the incredible engagement online and in the grassroots, the media was finally compelled to follow.

…by the way, I don’t think this is an example of the media being biased, it’s a typical example of them being dumb and myopic, thinking that the most important part of the election story is when THEY can report the returns, not giving voters accurate information of when the polls close in their area. It’s malpractice of the worst kind. They still think this whole thing is for their amusement.

MSNBC continually aired graphics that purported to show “POLL CLOSING[]” times for each state. But in states that cross over time zones, the times listed in the graphics reflected the western-most time zone in the state, in which polls close an hour later than the rest of the state. Thus, people watching MSNBC in the eastern portion of some states could be left with the impression that local polls would be open for an hour after they actually close.

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