Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Nate Silver on November 4: Did Hurricane Sandy blow Romney off course?

dear bolaji
i thought ifa was mischievous.
ken (hope to be drinking at my neighbor's house tomorrow night, and not to drown my tears!)
ken

On 11/5/12 2:44 PM, Mobolaji Aluko wrote:

Dear All:

Obama 300   Romney 238 ni ifa wi!  That is what the oracles say.

     Ifa o wa eyele...............Ifa does not want a sparrow

     Ifa o wa akuko..............Ifa does not need a cock

     Atari alaseju ni ifa nwa...It is the scalp of the mischievous 

                                         that Ifa seeks

Only mischief will prevent Obama's victory tomorrow.

I invite every one for a victory drink in my Burtonsville, MD, USA home this Wednesday, and another in my Yenagoa, BY, Nigeria VC's lodge on Saturday.  RSVP anyone?  Try alukome@gmail.com.

And there you have it!

Bolaji Aluko

Having a belly laugh!
But dead serious

On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Ikhide <xokigbo@yahoo.com> wrote:

Nate Silver forecasts 307.2 electoral votes for Obama and 230.8 votes for Romnery

; 86.3 % chance of Obama winning compared to 13.7 % chance of Romney winning.

 

"If President Obama wins re-election on Tuesday, the historical memory of the race might turn on the role played by Hurricane Sandy.

Already, some analysts are describing the storm as an "October surprise" that allowed Mr. Obama to regain his footing after stumbling badly in the first presidential debate and struggling to get back on course. Some Republicans seem prepared to blame a potential defeat for Mitt Romney on the storm, and the embrace of Mr. Obama by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and other public officials.

The theory has some appeal. The last three days of polling have brought what is almost certainly Mr. Obama's strongest run of polling since the first presidential debate in Denver. Mr. Obama led in the vast majority of battleground-state polls over the weekend. And increasingly, it is hard to find leads for Mr. Romney in national surveys — although several of them show a tie."

 

- The oracle Nate Silver

 

Wahala dey! Professor Bangura, I hope that camel is not an exhausted mutt from the Gambia O! I want a real well-fed camel! Read the rest here.

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