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Crucial National Poll Results: 18 million-plus Americans Rickrolled

Clearly, I have not been living up to my responsibilities.

Nationally, the number is 6% — and multiplied out by 300 million Americans, that means at least 18 million Americans have been on the receiving end of the prank. Note that this is likely an underestimation, as the poll was unable to include those under the age of 18. Full results are here.

UPDATE: Best Rickroll ever? HAHAHAHA!

Electoral College Watch

Lord Bitememan pointed out in a comment that some states are moving from the D’s to toss-ups, with the latest coming in from New Hampshire.

On Sunday, New Hampshire moved from Leans Democratic to Toss-Up in the Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power Calculator. This change comes as a result of Rasmussen Markets data showing a closer race.

Remember the “President of New Hampshire?” Things might go well for him there, along with some other unexpected places.

Rasmussen’s latest “Balance of Power Calculator”:

Balance of Power Calculator - Electoral College
Safe Republican	168
Likely Republican	21
Leans Republican	51
Toss-Up	55
Leans Democratic	53
Likely Democratic	33
Safe Democratic	157

Here’s where it counts.

Thirteen states with 159 Electoral Votes are either a pure Toss-Up or just slightly leaning to one party or the other. These are likely to be the early battleground states of Election 2008: Florida (27), Pennsylvania (21), Ohio (20), Michigan, (17), Virginia (13), Missouri (11), Minnesota (10), Wisconsin (10), Colorado (9), Iowa (7), Nevada (5), New Mexico (5), and New Hampshire (4).

As of now, these states poll as follows:

Florida - McCain Leads Obama by Four, Clinton by Seven

Pennsylvania - McCain 44% Obama 43%, McCain 46% Clinton 44%

Ohio - McCain Leads Both Clinton and Obama by Six

Michigan - McCain 43% Obama 42%; McCain 45% Clinton 42%

Virginia - McCain 52% Obama 41%; McCain 58% Clinton 36%

Missouri - McCain 53% Obama 38%; McCain 50% Clinton 41%

Minnesota - Obama 47% McCain 43%; McCain 47% Clinton 46%

Wisconsin - McCain 48 Obama 46; McCain 50 Clinton 39

Colorado - McCain and Obama tied at 46; McCain over Clinton 52-38

Iowa - Obama 44% McCain 41%; McCain 47% Clinton 37%

Nevada - Obama 45% McCain 41%; Clinton 45% McCain 44%

New Mexico - Obama and McCain Tied at 44%; McCain 50% Clinton 38%

New Hampshire - McCain 46% Obama 43%; McCain 47% Clinton 41%

Looks good, right? It’s still early, though, and the Dems have a ton of money to spend on attacking John McCain–which we all know they’ll do. All this is just to show that we CAN win in November, as long as we keep it together on our side. Right now, McCain is starting on his “biography tour,” and he’s trying to squeeze some money out of the big-time GOP donors.

YOU can, of course, help keep things going. The McCain campaign is going to need every bit of help from supporters that they can get, and you can start now.

Republican voters like McCain

Conservative media and blogs may not think conservative and/or Republican voters like McCain, but that’s because they never step outside the echo chambers that tell them McCain is a “liberal just like Hillary.” Or maybe they’re just dishonest. Or both.

The Conservative Elite™ just doesn’t get it.

Via Marc Ambinder, poll from Pew.

This is why I’m not voting for Romney

UGH.

I’ll vote for (and campaign for) Romney in the general election should he be the nominee, but RomneyCare is another major reason I can’t vote for him in the primary. If he is elected, I’ll fight this to my dying breath.

There are many other reasons why I’m supporting John McCain, of course. What follows is McCain’s ad about RomneyCare, but it goes much deeper than a 30-second ad, of course.

Spending on the state’s landmark health insurance initiative would rise by more than $400 million next year, representing one of the largest increases in the $28.2 billion state budget the governor proposed yesterday. The biggest driver of the cost increase is projected growth in the number of people signing up for state-subsidized insurance, which now far exceeds earlier estimates. State and federal taxpayers are expected to bear nearly all of the additional cost. Although the price tag for the initiative is ballooning, the governor yesterday reaffirmed the state’s commitment to ensuring that nearly every resident is covered.

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