Posted by
Conservative USA on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 3:01:20 AM
Once again Dick Morris has come with a non-sense Electoral College map on Newsmax.com. While everyone knows that Obama would win big in the electoral college map if the election were held today, Dick Morris once again makes terrible mistakes, putting strong McCain states in the Obama column (just as he put Iowa in the McCain column one month ago, when it has always been in the strong Obama column).
According to Morris' map, NV, CO, NM, OH, FL, VA, MO & AR (yes Arkansas!) are in the "strongly Obama" column. This is non-sense. While we could leave NM in that column (though I think that "leaning Obama" is a better category), the other states are "leaning Obama" or "toss-up" states (with the exception of AR, which is a solid McCain state) . You cannot classify a state like MO or NV as a "strong Obama" state when both, historically speaking, tilt Republican and in this election cycle have been leaning McCain until two weeks ago. That's simply irresponsible.
But maybe the funniest thing is the place Morris gives to AZ and TN: "leaning obama." Non-sense again. McCain may not be the most beloved politician in his home state, but he will definitely carry AZ. Concerning TN, it has always been a "strong McCain" state throughout the election cycle.
Finally, Morris classify LA, GA and SC as toss-ups. While LA and SC are solid GOP states, GA is leaning McCain. Oh, it seems even Alabama is just leaning McCain (Of course that's not the case).
Maybe Morris should consider the possibility of a different job. As an election analyst, he just doesn't get it.