Fox News has now called my home state of Georgia for McCain. Also – to make the news even better – Fox has called Georgia's Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss the winner in the Senate race. The Chambliss win is comforting on several levels. One, his opponent campaigned on lies about the FairTax. I still believe in the FairTax as strongly as ever .. but more on that later. Secondly, this is one Senate seat the MoveOn Democrats won't be able to count on for their filibuster proof majority.
PENNSYLVANIA AND OHIO FOR OBAMA
... this is a tough one for the McCain campaign to come back from.
A DEMOCRAT CONGRESS
The Democrats are now saying that they don't need the 60 seats in the Senate ... they only need to get 57 because there are certain Republican Senators that they can count on to vote with them a majority of the time (those are called RINOs folks).
THE DEMOCRATS ARE WELL ON THEIR WAY
Maybe this shouldn't come as a shock, but Elizabeth Dole has lost her Senate seat in North Carolina to Kay Hagan. This is just adding to the Democrats' quest for 60 seats. Also you can count Democrat Mark Warner of Virginia as a win. And John Sununu of New Hampshire has lost his bid to Jeanne Shaheen. Perhaps the highlight for Republicans right now is that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has managed to hang on to his seat.
PROBLEMS?
Every election we get the media hyping the idea that you are going to run into problems at the polls. For whatever reason, this always seems to be the case. But at this point, can you honestly point out any instance of there being problems at the polls? Despite this little brouhaha with the Black Panthers in Pennsylvania ... it seems as though we have disappointed the world. As of right now, there is no chaos, as was predicted.
We knew we were going to get stories of voter suppression from both sides of the aisle. But here's some video of the Black Panthers acting as "security" for a voting station in Pennsylvania.
WELL THIS DIDN'T TAKE LONG
One of the many changes we could expect from a Democrat White House and Congress is a revival of the Fairness Doctrine. Well they haven't even secured the votes yet, and Chuck Schumer is out there defending the Fairness Doctrine. More on that later ...
THEY STILL DON'T GET IT
Governor Bill Richardson just said on Fox News that Barack Obama is the real tax cutter because he wants to cut capital gains taxes for small businesses. Are we to believe that this guy was elected Governor and doesn't understand the fact that small businesses don't pay capital gains taxes? If he can't get that through his head, there is no hope for the average voter.
KEEPING TRACK OF THE CHAOS
For those of you who want to keep track of the polls, this map may help guide you.
YOUR REACTION
Subject: You are such a loser!! Name: Steve Message:
You could have voted Libertarian for President and for the Senate, yet when your true stripes bleed through, you are a Republican!! Nothing you can do about it Neal. You and your little right wing friends Hannity and Limbaugh are merely whining footnotes to history. Have a happy next 4 years!! Ha Ha Ha!!!!
Subject: shame on you Name: Angela Message:
HOw dare you say we are going to lose this early in the day? What is wrong with you? Pick your lip up off the floor and fight!! Tell people to get out there and vote and win this thing. It's fourth quarter and we may be down but we are not out.
Subject: defeatist Name: Paul Message:
Why the defeatest attitude. You sound like a beaten soldier. You've been dead wrong for months on end and Now your gonna predict the future of an Obama presidency on all of the flawed information that you were wrong about for months. That makes you....a hate monger. And a defeatest limpwrist. Good luck with that
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IT'S UP TO YOU
The last thing I would want to do is discourage any capable and qualified voter from heading out today to vote. Now by capable and qualified I mean someone who is actually a citizen and someone who has somewhat of a clue as to what is going on out there. The sad truth is that there are going to be legions of voters like that idiot woman at an Obama rally who thought that once Obama wins here mortgage payments and gas for her car were going to be taken care of.
Obama is going to win this thing. There are only two mysteries left. How big will the victory be, and will Obama get a filibuster-proof U.S. Senate. If I had not already case my vote during early voting I would stand in line as long as it took here in Georgia to make sure that our Republican Senator is not replaced by a left-wing Democrat – one who is destined to become Harry Reid's sock puppet if he wins.
So ... some Election Day thoughts:
Thanks, Republicans. This one belongs to you. The Republican Party completely abandoned its principles after the voter revolution of 1994. The GOP became the party of big spending and big government. Beltway Republicans became drunk on power and completely forgot why they were there. They gave us no real reason to go to the polls and vote for them save for that filibuster-proof Senate scare and the fear of what the election of a Marxist will mean to our freedoms.
Thanks, George Bush. Thanks for your spectacular lack of leadership on issues of spending and big government over the past two terms. You get all the credit in the world for keeping America safe from another terrorist attack ... but when a president signs a bill he thinks is unconstitutional (McCain-Feingold) just because he thinks the Supreme Court will straighten things out; and when a president introduces grand new entitlement programs (Medicare drug benefits) and fails to veto even one pork-laden spending bill ... well, the result is an uninspired electorate and ... Barack Obama.
Thanks, Government Schools. Back to that woman at the Obama rally: Does she really believe that once Obama is elected she won't have to worry about putting gas in her car or paying her mortgage? Yup, she probably does. Then we have those Harlem voters who think that Barack Obama did a fine job in selecting Sarah Palin as his running mate. This election, more than any I can remember, illustrates why Democrats are so determined to preserve our system of government education. American voters are, for the most part, spectacularly uninformed about the issues and the candidates they are voting for. Did I say "uninformed?" I meant to say ignorant. For the most part these people casting ballots today could not name their two U.S. Senators and their Congressman if their flat-screens and cell phones depended on it. Things are only going to get worse. Get ready for an all-out war on school choice .. and that includes the home schooling option. The era of the teacher's unions is upon us.
And thanks Voters. This is an election that has been driven by wealth envy and celebrity worship. I really don't see any of this changing anytime soon ... so, whatchagonnado?
I really should be saving most of this for tomorrow .. when we find out just how much trouble our Republic is really in. For today ... all we can realistically hope for is keeping those big-government numbers down in the Senate.
GUEST TODAY
Today we'll talk to Senator Lindsey Graham at 11:05am ET.
WILL WE SEE CHAOS?
The world is prepared for the United States to erupt today. Whether out of joy, or frustration with the polls, or desperation ....
Let me remind you of something. Earlier this year Pew Research did a poll in Europe. They found that 58% of Europeans wanted to see the United States' role in international affairs weakened. Europe wants you to vote for The Chosen One. Do you see any correlation here?
I would make one suggestion. It seems a lot of people are predicting some sort of violence tonight. Nobody is expecting this violence to come from McCain supporters. And no .. it has nothing to do with race. It has everything to do with culture – an urban culture of violence. So .. If I were you I would get rid of all McCain yard signs and bumper stickers before the polls close. Why make yourself a target?
INTRADE PREDICTS
I've been saying that my bets are with Intrade out of Ireland. This is where people actually put their money where their mouth is. As of this morning, here are Intrade's predictions:
Barack Obama will win .. Intrade says about a 91% chance of victory.
Obama was favored in every state Kerry won in 2004. On top of that, Obama is favored to win Ohio, Florida, Virginia and North Carolina.
John McCain will probably hold onto Indiana and Montana.
Bob Bar and Ralph Nader will get less than 1% of the vote.
Turnout is expected to be between 60% and 65%.
OBAMA SAYS "TAKE THE DAY OFF" ... DEMOCRATS JUMP
Rasmusssen did a poll to find out who would be taking the day off to go and vote. Keep in mind that this is Barack Obama's recommendation – that you take the day off to exercise your patriotic right to vote! (Even though there isn't a right to vote).
What Rasmussen found shouldn't come as a surprise to you. Just look around your office today. Who are the people who didn't show up? You can put money on the fact that they are a Democrat. About 20% of voters say they plan to take today off. Of those people, 35% of them are Democrats. Meanwhile, 94% of John McCain supporters say they do not plan to take the day off of work.
Something else you might find amusing ... 21% of people who have already voted say that they plan to take off of work today. My bet is that 100% of those people voted early for the Chosen One; after all, he's going to take care of them and they won't have to work any more ... right?
CHUMP CHANGE
Obama did an interview with MTV ... this is where he is a true American Idol. But the interview is extremely telling. And yet I will bet you dollars to doughnuts that none of the government educated teenagers listening to this interview can even begin to understand what this man is actually saying. Here are some excerpts:
MTV: Our next question is from Matt from Iowa: "If your desire is to spread the wealth around, what incentive is there for me to try to work hard? If I am only going to get more taken away from me, the more money I make, why wouldn't I just slide into a life of relaxation and let rich people take care of me? And a lot of people are asking similar questions, and I wanted you to specify. What does this mean exactly?"
Obama: What is amazing to me is this whole notion that somehow everybody is just looking out for themselves ... You don't just give tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires. What you do is make sure the tax code is fair ... So this idea, that somehow everybody is just on their own and shouldn't be concerned about other people who are coming up behind them, that's the kind of attitude that I want to end when I am president.
Did you catch that, folks? As president, Barack Obama is going to end this idea of self-reliance. He is going to make sure that government is there to tell you when you should be concerned about the people behind you, and he is going to make sure that government is there to take your money to help these people. We have already established that wanting to keep the money that you earn is "selfish" according to Obama. On the other hand, wanting the money that someone else has earned isn't selfish. We also need to say that it was refreshing to see this particular question ... especially on MTV.
Another one:
MTV: Just out of curiosity, for those that are being taxed that are making more than $250,000 a year, how much difference would it be from how they are being taxed today?
Obama: Well, right now, they are getting taxed at 36 percent. Under Bill Clinton in the 1990s, they were being taxed at 39.6 percent. You are talking about a 3.6 percent difference, and for the average person who is making half a million, a million dollars ... that's chump change, that's nothing ...
So there you go. The reason that Obama will increase taxes on the evil rich is because that is "chump change" to them. It's money they just don't need. I'm sure that is not what the people who earned it think. But what do they know? It is now the government's role to take that chump change and make sure that you aren't being selfish with it.
This is the type of leftist nonsense that Obama has been spreading in his stump speeches. Just yesterday in Jacksonville, where I just spent the weekend, Obama said, "The choice in this election isn't between tax cuts and no tax cuts. It's about whether you believe we should only reward wealth, or whether we should also reward the work and workers who create it." What is wrong with this picture? If by "wealth" you mean the business owners who created the jobs for these workers ... then ask these workers where they would get a job without the evil rich people to create them.
This isn't a question about rewarding wealth over work. Work creates wealth. Obama paints the picture that rich people are being somehow rewarded because they are rich; that being rich is just some status in life that was bestowed on them at the expense of others. This is anti-achievement rhetoric. Achievers bug Democrats because achievers understand that they can realize their dream without the government taking from others to give to them. Achievers must be demonized. If more people figure out that the road to wealth lies in hard work and determination then the role of government, and the power of politicians, will be lessened. Democrats and Obama want Americans to think that the only way they are going to have an adequate standard of living is for the government to take from those who have worked harder and smarter, and give to them. The inevitable result is that there are going to be fewer people willing to work hard to achieve wealth, and more people standing by for their government handouts. Even the government-educated can figure out where that is going to take us.
MY QUESTION TO JEWISH VOTERS
I've been asking why Jewish voters in America have hopped onto the Obama bandwagon ... we actually got some reasoned responses.
Subject: Jewish voters Name: Stacy Message: Neal, As a Jewish voter who is a reluctant Obama supporter, I would like to respond to your oft-repeated question as to why Jewish voters would vote for Obama, who is seen as a weaker supporter of Israel. This exact issue is debated hotly amongst many of my Jewish friends. The reality is that while Israel is an important issue to many Jews, it is not the only issue that matters. Like any other group in America, Jews are not just one-issue voters.
As a Jew, I find the fundamentalist Christian segment of the Republican Party a bit frightening. I have historically voted Republican, but the selection of Sarah Palin indicates that the Republican Party wants to move in that direction. Though Obama's views are, in general, too left for my taste, at least I don't have to worry about him making national decisions based on scripture. That is what many theocracies are doing in the Middle East and I have no interest in a theocracy here.
Paul Krugman says that the GOP has become "the party of the unreasonable right, a haven for racists and reactionaries." You heard the man ... racism! If you're not for Obama ... you're a racist!
When Obama rolls into Pueblo, Colorado for a rally, guess what he does? Shuts down all of the small businesses in the area. But don't worry, he gave them VIP tickets for the rally to compensate for their loss in business.
With less than 24-hours before Election Day, Obama's grandmother died yesterday of cancer.
Here's a Canadian columnist who says she misses Hillary, because, compared to Obama, Hillary and Bill seem fairly normal.
For the people that don't think Sarah Palin is prepared to be Vice President, The Daily Show has pulled together a bunch of fun clips from Joe Biden you'll enjoy. There's also some bonus material poking fun at John Kerry...remember that guy?
Jamie Dupree's Blog If you enjoy Neal's daily chat with Jamie Dupree, you'll love Jamie's Blog! Check it out for analysis of the campaigns and goings on in Washington D.C.
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The last thing I would want to do is discourage any capable and qualified voter from heading out today to vote. Now by capable and qualified I mean someone who is actually a citizen and someone who has somewhat of a clue as to what is going on out there. The sad truth is that there are going to be legions of voters like that idiot woman at an Obama rally who thought that once Obama wins here mortgage payments and gas for her car were going to be taken care of. 
