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If you're interested I wrote my election analysis in message #1544045.

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>It always amazed me that The Shrub (in the mode of "The Messiah" name-callers) was able to portray himself as not part of the "Eastern Establishment" despite coming from a definitely Eastern Establishment family and having degrees from both Harvard and Yale
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It worked because he seemed more genuine as a southerner. Also, there was never anyone to challenge him on it as the Democratic party was happy to oblige and treat him as a bumpkin rather than one of their own Ivy leaguers.

>Despite all the flaws of Obama's administration the Republicans will run such a nasty, vitriolic, mud-slinging, anti-Obama rather than pro-Romney campaign that the voting public will turn them off. The Democrates will almost certainly run the same kind of campaign against Romney with essentially the same result.

Obama's team has nothing but negatives to run on and Romney's team has already shown their teeth during the primaries and will not make the mistakes of pulling punches like McCain.This will be the dirtiest campaign we have ever seen. In short, entertaining as all get out! ;)