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Re: Obama Pulling Out of Red States?

By on 8.23.08 @ 1:00PM

Stacy: You might be right that Obama never had a realistic chance in Georgia, but Bill Clinton carried the state in 1992. How'd that happen? Here's how: Ross Perot siphoned off enough votes from George H.W. Bush to throw it to the Democrat. Good thing there isn't a third party candidate right now who is particularly popular with Georgians.

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