new poll puts Obama within 3 -- in Georgia

[elemess]

My friend Corey is convinced that Obama will win Georgia. I'm convinced he won't. So is his wife. So was everyone else at their house last night for Break Fast. Made for an interesting evening. That, and his wife has turned their son into a Phillies fan, for which I will never forgive either of them (his wife for doing it, Corey for failing to

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[halfass_johnny]

Agreed. If Georgia went blue, I'd be convinced that I was hallucinating.

[elemess]

We'd all be in that alternate Star Trek universe. You wouldn't have a goatee anymore, but your wife would.

[muse0fire]

Ah, but one can dream....

(You're probably right, but I've dared to become optimistic so I'm going with the idea that anything can happen.) Clinton won Georgia in 1992, didn't he?

[elemess]

Clinton won Georgia with less than 50% because Ross Perot took something like 13% of the vote. If only Bob Barr could do the same.

[muse0fire]

I know a lot of Libertarians* in Atlanta who are probably disenchanted enough with both parties to vote for Bob Barr. Maybe it'll happen...

(* or as Lewis Black calls them, "pussy Republicans")

[elemess]

I'd love to see polls that specifically name Barr instead of lumping him in with "other." I wonder what he'd pull in if people knew he's a third option.