Tad Devine says Obama could ‘get close to 350 electoral votes’
September 29th, 2012 at 2:31 pm by Ted Nesi under Nesi's Notes, On the Main Site
Speaking of Tad Devine, the prominent Democratic operative from Providence I mentioned in today’s Saturday Morning Post, he’s quoted in a new Politico story on how the Electoral College map is looking for Obama:
Democratic strategist Tad Devine thinks Obama could win an Electoral College blowout if Romney doesn’t turn his campaign around in the first debate this Wednesday in Denver.
“He’s in a position to get close to 350 electoral votes, without a doubt,” said Devine, who played key roles for Al Gore in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004. “The president and his campaign successfully identified states where they could beat Romney, set out to define Romney in those places and did so well through the course of the spring and summer.”
“It ain’t pretty for Romney right now,” Devine added. “He’s in a precarious position.”
Though I suppose Tad would say that, wouldn’t he?
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“Devine was a senior adviser in Al Gore’s 2000 and John Kerry’s 2004 Presidential campaigns.”
How does this guy still have a job? He obviously has no clue what he is doing… Both Presidential hopefuls lost…
You are not a meteorologist Tad, you cannot be right 10% of the time and consider yourself successful.
It could happen – Romney is in a sort of slow-motion free fall, so a poor initial debate performance could dry up his fundraising or at least divert it to Republican efforts to save their majority in the House. With Obama having a chance to carry North Carolina, an Obama blowout is probably more likely than Romney winning.
All that said, I expect a boring first debate with no knockouts.