Letters to the Editor
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@AJ Never did like that razor
On a personal note, I never did like that razor. "All other things being equal..." Well how do we know everything else is equal? And did we leave something out? So we have to run around and prove everything else equal and we probably need occams's razor to do that. Oh no! An infinite regress.
My theory, only partially substantiated by the facts (haven't crunched all da numbers, for starters) is that the percentage of Republicans voting for Hillary has been growing as the campaign season continues. And as this percentage has grown so has the number of spoiler votes, either against Obama directly or to extend the campaign season. I'm assuming that earlier in the contest, Republicans had significant, viable choices to make. Based on the fact that many republican candidates had large negatives within the party (Romney, Guiliani, even McCain) that Republicans voted for Obama because they either really wanted Obama or really really disliked Hillary. I know that's subjective, but animosity to Romney shouldn't be underestimated. It's one of the reasons McCain is the nominee. Later on, after McCain sewed it up, it's more likely that Republicans started voting Democratic to skew the results, and not out of who they want to win in Nov.
I usually say that's my 0.02 euro, but this one is probably worth only 0.01.