North Carolina is now a battleground state!!!

I live in North Carolina, and it is a battleground state. I see Kerry/Edwards bumper stickers everywhere, and I live in podunk conservative and church on every street corner North Carolina.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A billboard looms over Interstate 40/85 in Alamance County, where George W. Bush carried more than 62 percent of the vote in the 2000 presidential election.



Since 2001, the sign says, 1.8 million American jobs have been lost: "Fed up? Vote Democratic."


Four years after Al Gore (news - web sites) wrote off North Carolina and Bush rolled to victory here, Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry (news - web sites) is fighting for the state. With North Carolina Sen. John Edwards (news - web sites) on the ticket, Democrats believe they may carry the state in a presidential election for the first time since 1976.


On Friday, Kerry is to make his second visit here since naming Edwards his running mate last month.


In the three weeks after the choice was announced, nearly 11,000 people signed up online in North Carolina asking to volunteer, says Morgan Jackson, state director for the Kerry-Edwards campaign. "For a state like North Carolina, that's just not something that happens overnight."


Republicans say they welcome that kind of attention to North Carolina from the Democrats.



Read my other entry below on where the race stands and you can see that I had predicted that before the this story broke.


read the story here:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040818/ap_on_el_pr/fighting_for_nc&cid=694&ncid=1963&sid=96378798


and blog about it here at the only site on the internet that will predict the electoral vote tally accurately

The Biggest Political Blunder in History
I have to laugh. Karl Rove thought he had it all figured out. New York New York what a beautiful town. Well that was then, right after 9/11, but now is now and the hand writing is all over the wall in neon colors. What do they say??

Get the hell out of New York Bush!!! Thats what is says.

Karl Rove's wet dreams of the red carpet being laid out for the Republican Convention in New York, to put it simply, 20/20 is always better. It is the biggest political blunder at least in the last 50 years.

New York it is estimated is gonna have 250k to 1 million protesters. Plan are being made to really give the republicans a hard time. Convention goers are gonna get the real treatment, with people giving them wrong directions, the traffic is gonna be blocked, and frankly Bush is gonna come in and give his stupid speech, and then leave quickly.

The second biggest blunder is the convention speaker roster, they have replaced their base with abortion and gay rights supporters.

What I wonder is after its all over, who in the hell is gonna support Bush anyhow??

This Is Where The Race Stands Today
We are now between the Democratic and Republican conventions. Its not to long for labor day. Well I think the "dog days" of summer are here for Bush, but not so fast Kerry only has 264 with one pick up from last time leaning his way, New Hampshire.

So this is where the 2004 Presidential Election race stands today, according to my calculations. There are more "toss-ups" or undecideds than in 2000, such as Virginia or Indiana, which could be surprises for Kerry's column if Bush does not tread carefully.

The race is wide open, some states like Minnesota and or Wisconsin could turn to toss-up as the Labor Day kick off starts.

Any thing can happen, right now Kerry has the lead and its his to lose. Tell me what you think.

Welcome
Mood:  flirty

My name is Real Michaud and this is the 2004 Presidential Election Blog. Analysis is what this blog is about, and predicting the election "to a tee" will hopefully be the outcome.

I remember in 1992 I predicted the electoral college for Bill Clinton. It was the first time I voted, and all I did that year was follow the campaign on c-span, and read every article about polls and predictions I could get my greedy little eyes on.

I came to the realization in 2000 that predicting presidential elections wasn't all that easy. This year is just as hard, I have my hunches, but all in all it could go either way.

So I guess I will start my blog out with...have you ever predicted and election and what made you come to your conclusion.....its wide open folks...have at it make me happy. Give me something to think about!!!