The X Game: Jan 17

It's hard to keep track of who is supposed to do well and who is supposed to do poorly -- and who is setting those expectations. So here is a handy guide... updated as warranted.

X = Expectations.

Comments

Why is Giuliani's arrow blue?

Posted by Dan | January 17, 2008 12:18 PM

For that matter, why are we still talking about Giuliani at all?

Posted by Gabriel | January 17, 2008 1:07 PM

Giuliani is raising expectations for himself in NV? Why would he do that? Is he secretly campaigning there or something? The caucus setup sure doesn't favor someone with no organization, and the latest polls show him in 4th place...

Posted by bbartlog | January 17, 2008 1:14 PM

MS Paint lives!

Posted by Will | January 17, 2008 1:37 PM

Hello, Marc, commenters-

Very entertaining format and chart. Although, like the commenter above, I did notice immediately that Rudy had the blue arrow!

I also am surprised to learn that he's raising expectations for himself there. (Although the only benefit from how he's done so far, is that he doesn't have any expectations outside of Florida. That helps.) The impression that I had gotten was that Mitt was raising expectations for himself in NV and that everyone else was abandoning it...

Posted by ElectionNightHQ.com (McCain site) Publisher | January 17, 2008 3:50 PM

everyone else was abandoning it

You can't abandon a place you never were in in the first place, which is more or less the situation for most of the campaigns. But in any case Paul is still competing in Nevada.

Posted by bbartlog | January 17, 2008 5:25 PM