President Dean…
: Josh Marshall is amazed at Dean’s poll numbers. Matthew Yglesias is calling the election already.
4 responses to “President Dean…”
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Wasn’t it at about this time in 1996 that we were giving the GOP nomination to Steve Forbes?
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Howard Dean may win the Democratic nomination, but do you know who the Iowa Electronic Market (the political futures market) predicts will win the presidency??
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Oh no, it wouldn’t be the Dumb Guy from Texas, would it? In a 58 to 42 popular vote landslide, would it?
There will be five interesting things to watch in the comign election:
1. How Bush’s campaign strategy actually begins to unfold during the springtime.
2. How the Clintons move to control the money that moves into the DNC even after Howie purges the organization.
3. How the Clintons screw Dean six ways from Sunday.
4. Bush’s electoral margin of victory and how many Senate seats are gained on the margin.
5. Does Bush pull a surprise promotion at the convention and pull a Condi Rice out of his hat, now that Cheney is getting a bit long in the tooth. -
In a 58 to 42 popular vote landslide, would it?
Oddly enough, a highly respected academic election modeler is coming up with exactly the same numbers.