[MLUG - DISCUSSION] election results

[Mike Miller]

On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Vern Green wrote:

> Rush particularly has good ratings and have a strong influence because 
> there are a great many people who do agree with him. This is a problem 
> for republicans and while there are a lot of republicans who are capable 
> of making up their minds, including a lot of Rush and Hannity fans, 
> there are a great many that agree with them and are not participating.

Why is Rush "a problem" for Republicans?  I thought he was a great 
supporter of the Republicans.


> With Dobson coming out and claiming that there is no way he will ever 
> support or vote for McCain, I think McCain loses some votes there.

Who will the Dobsonians support then?  What if McCain chooses Huckabee as 
a running mate?  If that happened, I think they'd be crazy to try to run a 
third-party candidate.


> The low republican turnout could mean many things, but I think it mainly 
> comes down to two:
>
> Either republicans were too busy working their jobs to get out and vote 
> yesterday, or they are staying home because they are unhappy with the 
> candidates we decided to put up. Ultimately, I think it comes down to 
> republicans not being as excited about McCain as Steven is.

Where are we getting the figures on the "low Republican turnout?"  I 
didn't hear that it was low, but I did hear that turnout was high, and I 
have assumed that was mostly among Democrats because of their novel 
candidates -- a woman and a black man.  But I did not see in the news, not 
yet anyway, that Republican turnout was low.

Mike