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Obama: beware of overconfidence
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Frank Cotolo
16 Oct 2008 |
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"That is a great sign with only a few weeks left before we win."
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Political predictions, however, are overwhelmingly calling for an Obama
victory. They say he now has a better than 80 percent chance of winning, even
if he is not going to become overconfident now.
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Regardless of Obama's warning, supporters have already begun celebrations
around the country. "The prospect of his victory is being used as an excuse to
party," said psychologist Rip Woven, whose new book, Any Excuse to Get Drunk,
Have Sex and Take Ecstasy, comes out next week. "People do want change but
they also want to bring change into their lives doing the same stupid things
they always do, like getting drunk, having sex and taking Ecstasy. My new book
that comes out next week discusses all of this, though it doesn't mention
Obama."
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One college student who will be voting for the first time come this November,
said, "We are going to drink until our stomachs are numb in celebration of
Obama becoming the President and we intend to start this weekend. Me and a
hundred other students from ten other colleges are chipping in for the
booze and drugs."
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A national survey after the last debate indicated that Obama was 5 points
ahead of McCain. But a straw poll which used other materials and not straw,
showed that 99 percent of the people asked who would be their next President
answered with the name Ohama.
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One percent of the people in that poll answered with the name Sting.
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