I think that traditionally they call it a "landslide" if the winner tops 350 or 370 electoral votes, can't remember which. Presuming that Obama wins NC (which seems likely and some have called already) then he'll be sitting at 374. Add to that Senate Dem wins in states considered once unlikely (Oregon, Colorado, etc) and a good sized gain in the House (ousting the very last Republicans in New England) and an argument could be made that Obama had pretty long coattails.
I don't really care for the terminology in the area though. Does a landslide give you more of a mandate than a decisive victory? Meh. The mandate is to try and move the country forward, to fix the crap that is broken. And no victory, no matter how big, gives you the right to shit on the minority. So I think its largely academic. Judah On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 6:19 AM, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would agree with that. > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 9:17 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> "Decisive" is the word I would use. >> >> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > I am not so sure that Obama's victory cold accurately be descibed as a >> > 'landslide' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:278906 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
