(Reagan & Carter - 1980)
I have put my neck out quite a while ago and called 46-states going for McCain (I said this on 9-8-08). It may be 44 at the least, throwing in California from Reagan and Carter mixin it up. But I would take Hawaii out of the mix, they have had a good time under Republican "rule." I seem to have some fans of this idea... remember my number in November. If this happens, the cry to end the Electoral College will be defining from the Left, who have no regard for the Constitution and the way the Constitution makes provisions to change such things.
One of the country's top pollsters was in Rochester on Thursday and suggested that the November presidential election will end in an electoral landslide, even though the candidates are running close.
"Essentially the election is at equilibrium," said John Zogby, president of Zogby International. "This election will stay close until the end."
Zogby said he thinks the race will turn in the last weekend before Election Day and though the popular vote will be tight, the successful candidate will win in a landslide.
He likened this year's election to the contest in 1980, when Ronald Reagan defeated President Jimmy Carter.
"This may be and probably is the most important election in our lifetime," Zogby said. "I don't say that lightly."
Despite two books by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, Americans still don't know enough about him. And if they don't think they know him well enough by the time they vote, they'll go with the "comfortable old shoe," Republican Sen. John McCain, Zogby said.
