Scarborough warns 'ghost in the machine' could upset Obama victory David Edwards and John Byrne

Published: Monday November 3, 2008





Print This Email This In a little-noticed comment over the weekend, MSNBC commentator Joe Scarborough said Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) had two things to fear -- complacency by supporters given his wide lead in the polls, and a "ghost in the machine."



"Polls are getting hard to read at this point," MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski remarked on Sunday's edition of Morning Joe.



"Well, they are because they're all, almost all in Barack Obama's corner at this point so if you are the Barack Obama campaign you really only have two things to worry about," Scarborough replied. "One, complacency on part of your supporters which can be very, very damaging impact on the campaign or number two, that there's a ghost in the machine. That somehow these polls are going to be incorrect like the polls that assured Barack Obama was going to lock up the Democratic nomination after New Hampshire.



"Of course we know that didn't happen," Scarborough added. "So..."



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Added Scarborough: "Outside of that though, the landscape looks awfully blue for Tuesday. It looks like possible a Barack Obama landslide, again, unless those polls are off three, four, five points."



This video is from MSNBC's Morning Joe, broadcast Nov. 2, 2008.













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