Ace of Spades HQ

June 25, 2012

Lulz
— CAC

Meanwhile yet another poll (the fifth in two weeks) showing Michigan a tie came out today.

But remember, PPP, 2012 "looks more and more like 2008". All is well. You're polling finds Obama doing several points better than any other firm, in every state, and that's gotta be because everybody else is wrong, right? Sure, your polling skews all the current averages more favorably to the President, but you're in great company: Bloomberg says Obama is up wider than any President since Reagan in 1984.

Sleep well. You were only wrong by 50% of the margin on Wisconsin and AZ-8. No possible problems with that big an error anyway. Besides, batting .000 is at least better than Research2000 could say right now.

Which reminds me...this map posted Friday sure doesn't look so crazy now, does it?

Posted by: CAC at 04:57 PM | Comments (163)
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1 No way

Posted by: iamahaiangttiam at June 25, 2012 04:59 PM (EG6oe)

2 The denial.

I will use it to sweeten my election night feast.

Up by the widest margin since '84.

Think about what kind of spin THAT is.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 25, 2012 05:01 PM (+yxTR)

3 This is not art. Because I said so. And you need a psychiatric evaluation for even thinking about it.

Lol.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 25, 2012 05:02 PM (hO8IJ)

4 Remain calm. All is well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDAmPIq29ro

Posted by: Chip Diller at June 25, 2012 05:02 PM (bAGA/)

5 What? No maps? CAC. What gives? I can't read and I like pretty pictures, predominantly red, be it states or pubes.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 25, 2012 05:03 PM (MCDCp)

6 Yeah, but what does the Levitating Mass think about it?

Posted by: dogfish at June 25, 2012 05:04 PM (N2yhW)

7 Riots.

Everyone who believes that MSM spin will be very, very angry in November.

I'm not laughing.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at June 25, 2012 05:04 PM (QTHTd)

8 I think my schadenboner is about to have puppies.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 25, 2012 05:05 PM (famk3)

9 Snoopy happy dance?

Posted by: Cicero Kid at June 25, 2012 05:06 PM (IyjUs)

Will it get better for Obama when Egypt goes bat-shit crazy?

Will it get better when the next two Employment Reports show employment down?

Will it get better for Obama when the Euro implodes and Germany goes back to the Deutsch Mark?

Posted by: rd at June 25, 2012 05:07 PM (9sUlj)

11 Levitating mass.

In my pants.

Posted by: Andy at June 25, 2012 05:08 PM (9yau1)

12 Does this mean Barky gets kicked to the curb in November?

I hope so, I really, really, really hope so!!!!!

Posted by: Killerdog at June 25, 2012 05:10 PM (CZrbJ)

13 It's been speculated that some polls drop outlier turd polls in there to drive the RCP averages up

They also do it because Allah puts up a panicky post every time there's an outlier

I think they do it to watch Greg fap

Posted by: kbdabear at June 25, 2012 05:10 PM (Y+DPZ)

14 Thank God the greater Metro Detroit area is not a snapshot of the entire state. Otherwise it is known as the Zimbabwaa of the midwest and a good snapshot of what the entire effen vodka country will look like if we just lean forward 4 more years.

Posted by: Clemenza at June 25, 2012 05:10 PM (qA9lG)

15 Has anyone told SMOD 2012 to divert before he gets caught in our gravity well?

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at June 25, 2012 05:10 PM (84oau)

16 Hooray for red states and red cunt hairs!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 25, 2012 05:11 PM (MCDCp)

17 By the By you DO NOT HAVE TO SUCK INFO TOO LOOK AT THIS SITE>>>

Posted by: Clemenza at June 25, 2012 05:11 PM (qA9lG)

18 I want to make this clear NC is fucking red. FL? WTF I would think it would be red. VA?Not a chance that the black vote is coming out, RED.

Stop it with the negative waves.

http://tinyurl.com/b3cdol

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at June 25, 2012 05:12 PM (dwuBu)

19 The tears of unfathomable sadness taste so much purer and sweeter if they have hope all the way to the end. Like democracy is dead dude in Wisconsin.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose at June 25, 2012 05:12 PM (GE1+K)

20 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at June 25, 2012 05:12 PM (Xb3hu)

21 Yep Barky and Moochelle on the curb would be mighty sweet!

Posted by: Killerdog at June 25, 2012 05:14 PM (CZrbJ)

22 Still wrong on VA, but I understand why your wrong.

Posted by: Jean, team dagny at June 25, 2012 05:14 PM (WkuV6)

23 COBS - SEVERAL FOLKS ARE GETTING A SITE METER POP ASKING FOR INFO UP EVERY TIME YOU CLICK ON ANOTHER POST, REFRESH THE SITE, OR CLICK ON COMMENTS THIS IS ONL HAPPENING ON THIS SITE AND NOT JUST TO ME BUT TO SEVERAL FOLKS, STARTED ON THE WALKER SWATTING THREAD PARANOIA HAS COMMENCED

Posted by: Thunderb at June 25, 2012 05:15 PM (Dnbau)

24 Wow. Crunchy, granola-y, next-to-vampires Oregon.

Posted by: Filly at June 25, 2012 05:16 PM (ebG9b)

We're ALL border states, now...

Posted by: Pissed off Scalia at June 25, 2012 05:16 PM (X+WXU)

26 @24 Yep, me too..

Paranoid, not the other thing...

Oh yeah. and I'm getting the popup..

Posted by: JarvisWats at June 25, 2012 05:17 PM (8yPsP)

27 22...RACIST!!!

Posted by: a concerned citizen at June 25, 2012 05:17 PM (GsBJY)

I get that pop-up as well. Should I be expecting SWAT to break in my door?

Posted by: Cicero Kid at June 25, 2012 05:17 PM (IyjUs)

29 I only got the popup once........so far that is.

Posted by: Killerdog at June 25, 2012 05:18 PM (CZrbJ)

30 Obama. November 9 2012. Election? What election? What are you people talking about.......

Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 25, 2012 05:18 PM (jucos)

Got the pop-up.

Made me laugh. Apparently, my computer's name is 'MUFF-INN'.

Posted by: garrett at June 25, 2012 05:18 PM (X+WXU)

32 None here ... join me in geekdom, boot from a LINUX ISO

Posted by: Jean, team dagny at June 25, 2012 05:18 PM (WkuV6)

33 I have yet to get the pop-up on this thread. Have gotten it elsewhere.

Posted by: fluffy at June 25, 2012 05:18 PM (z9HTb)

34 That sitemeter thing happened to me a minute ago too.

We're looking into it.

Posted by: Andy at June 25, 2012 05:19 PM (9yau1)

35 30
I get that pop-up as well. Should I be expecting SWAT to break in my door?

Posted by: Cicero Kid at June 25, 2012 09:17 PM (IyjUs)

Naw, probably just a bunch of drunken hobos. They should be easy pickins though!

Posted by: Killerdog at June 25, 2012 05:19 PM (CZrbJ)

We're looking into it.

Top Men?

Posted by: garrett at June 25, 2012 05:20 PM (X+WXU)

37 Sorry for yelling. The pop up is also happening on My pet jawa site as well.

Posted by: Thunderb at June 25, 2012 05:20 PM (Dnbau)

38 The Black Helicopters. They are here again. The Black Mercury Sedans are coming down my driveway. brb, gonna go see what they want.........

Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 25, 2012 05:21 PM (jucos)

39 jawa dudes should be able to help

Posted by: Jean, team dagny at June 25, 2012 05:22 PM (WkuV6)

40 Strange days now and for the rest of the week, strange days. And pop ups.

Posted by: Thunderb at June 25, 2012 05:22 PM (Dnbau)

41 Funny. Everyone experiencing a pop-up... degraded Levitated Mass earlier. SMOD is not pleased.

Posted by: CAC at June 25, 2012 05:22 PM (Crpig)

42 That SWATTING shit is going to real -- someone is going to shoot back

Posted by: Jean, team dagny at June 25, 2012 05:22 PM (WkuV6)

43 What is wrong with Iowa? Do the Dems get the piggies to vote or something?

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 25, 2012 05:23 PM (C8mVl)

44 You morons contact the HR Department for justification of existence, that would be Heather Radish 113.

Posted by: Clemenza at June 25, 2012 05:23 PM (qA9lG)

45 24 COBS - SEVERAL FOLKS ARE GETTING A SITE METER POP ASKING FOR INFO UP EVERY TIME YOU CLICK ON ANOTHER POST, REFRESH THE SITE, OR CLICK ON COMMENTS

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I'm getting the popup, too. I just assumed Pixy had neglected to send the appropriate cut of skimmed ampersands to SiteMeter and they decided to get snippy about it.

Posted by: Anachronda at June 25, 2012 05:23 PM (1c58W)

46 I'm getting the same damn thing. sitemeter log in

Posted by: tasker at June 25, 2012 05:24 PM (r2PLg)

degraded Levitated Mass earlier.

Put a nipple on it, then we'll talk.

Posted by: garrett at June 25, 2012 05:24 PM (X+WXU)

48 The Kos Kidz have enough trouble believing MICHIGAN is in play during this cycle.

Imagine how their heads will *ASPLODE* if they have to reckon with the possibility that fuckin' OREGON is now within reach for Romney.

Hey: I know the feeling. I remember thinking it was utterly impossible that Obama could win Indiana or North Carolina in 2008. And yet.

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 25, 2012 05:24 PM (ogWsV)

49 BELLEFONTE, Pa.Â— Jerry Sandusky wants Â“people to know that heÂ’s not guilty,Â” a lawyer for the retired Penn State assistant football coach said Monday. Sandusky Â— once considered Hall of Fame coach Joe PaternoÂ’s heir apparent Â— was convicted Friday of 45 counts for sexually abusing 10 boys over 15 years. Karl Rominger, who helped defend the 68-year-old retired defensive coach, visited him at the Centre County jail, where he is being kept under observation and away from other inmates pending a psychological review that will help determine the next step toward his sentencing, which is in about three months. Â“HeÂ’s defiant and wants the truth to be told. He wants people to know that heÂ’s not guilty,Â” Rominger said. Â“That would be his hope.Â”

Posted by: steevy at June 25, 2012 05:24 PM (Xb3hu)

50 I am kind of embarrassed I got all yelly like that.

Posted by: Thunderb at June 25, 2012 05:25 PM (Dnbau)

51 --btw Want to get an ulcer? Read Justice Roberts dissent in Miller v. Alabama. After reading that.... well-- Kennedy is capable of anything.

Posted by: tasker at June 25, 2012 05:25 PM (r2PLg)

Â“HeÂ’s defiant and wants the truth to be told. He wants people to know that heÂ’s not guilty,Â” Rominger said. Â“That would be his hope.Â”

He's mythically innocent!

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at June 25, 2012 05:26 PM (X+WXU)

"Hey: I know the feeling. I remember thinking it was utterly impossible that Obama could win Indiana or North Carolina in 2008. And yet."

We won't get fooled again.

Posted by: Cicero Kid, odopted Hoosier at June 25, 2012 05:27 PM (IyjUs)

54 Runnin Chrome with ad blocker here. No pop ups.

Posted by: fixerupper at June 25, 2012 05:27 PM (ffV1/)

55 Rominger said. Â“That would be his hope.Â” Well that, and getting the other inmates to stop chanting: "Teacher leave those kids alone .." all night.

Posted by: Jean, team dagny at June 25, 2012 05:27 PM (WkuV6)

56 Dear Vic-- And Sgt. York-- you're gonna have to vote-- Romney.

Posted by: tasker at June 25, 2012 05:27 PM (r2PLg)

57 @ 53 I am only embarassed when I can not piss straight Mrs Clemenza is another story..

Posted by: Clemenza at June 25, 2012 05:28 PM (qA9lG)

58 I'm getting the site meter thing, too.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 25, 2012 05:28 PM (Gysld)

59 Why are there three shades of red and four shades of blue in that map? What gives? ;-)

Posted by: GadsdenJazz at June 25, 2012 05:28 PM (sbVC3)

60 Let me clarify...i voted for Palin. The other Hoosiers are full-on Romney this time.

Posted by: Cicero Kid, adopted Hoosier at June 25, 2012 05:28 PM (IyjUs)

61 Let's not crack the- Dos Equis yet.

Posted by: tasker at June 25, 2012 05:29 PM (r2PLg)

62 Some real programming talent these days with software and internet. Remember back around the turn of the millennium when shit actually worked?

Posted by: bernverdnardo at June 25, 2012 05:29 PM (m9BLI)

63 oh... and regards to Missouri.....Going Red. .. and McCaskills out.

Posted by: fixerupper at June 25, 2012 05:29 PM (ffV1/)

64 Popup is very annoying. One more time and they will get an account name and password that will raise eyebrows.

Posted by: irongrampa at June 25, 2012 05:29 PM (SAMxH)

65 There's only one question Public Policy Polling has left to answer:

Posted by: Meghan McCain at June 25, 2012 05:31 PM (9F2c1)

66 is that a pop up or are you just glad to see me? - Mae West

Posted by: Thunderb at June 25, 2012 05:31 PM (Dnbau)

67 My man wears the Chrome browser or he wears nothing at all.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at June 25, 2012 05:32 PM (EiH7n)

68 67 Popup is very annoying. One more time and they will get an account name and password that will raise eyebrows.

Posted by: irongrampa at June 25, 2012 09:29 PM (SAMxH)

I was getting it earlier, but am not now.

Posted by: buzzion at June 25, 2012 05:33 PM (GULKT)

69 Off, damn sock, and my experiment with posting a picture failed. Here's the link to the one question Public Policy Polling has to answer.

Posted by: The Lost Dutchman at June 25, 2012 05:33 PM (9F2c1)

70 Still way too close to be comfortable. If Romney loses MI, OH or FL he loses. If he wins all three but loses IA, there's an Electoral College tie...which then goes to the House.

I can't even fathom how insane the left would become if the election was thrown to the House of Representatives.

Posted by: Coldstream at June 25, 2012 05:33 PM (qrCKL)

71 The Kos Kidz have enough trouble believing MICHIGAN is in play during this cycle. Imagine how their heads will *ASPLODE* if they have to reckon with the possibility that fuckin' OREGON is now within reach for Romney. Hey: I know the feeling. I remember thinking it was utterly impossible that Obama could win Indiana or North Carolina in 2008. And yet. Posted by: Jeff B. at June 25, 2012 09:24 PM (ogWsV) I couldn't buy Colorado until it actually happened. Total denial. We have already seen the left eviscerate polling showing Walker cruising to a nice win in the recall race. Imagine what happens when most of these polls shift over to Likely Voter samples.

Posted by: CAC at June 25, 2012 05:34 PM (Crpig)

72 Damnit, just cut and paste http://tinyurl.com/y3jwrm.

Posted by: The Lost Dutchman at June 25, 2012 05:34 PM (9F2c1)

73 EXCLUSIVE SANDUSKY PHOTO! http://tinyurl.com/cz7szun

Posted by: symbolic or something at June 25, 2012 05:35 PM (0WvoA)

74 I can't even fathom how insane the left would become if the election was thrown to the House of Representatives. ---- .... heh. a guy can dream cant he....

Posted by: fixerupper at June 25, 2012 05:35 PM (ffV1/)

75 Romney wins NY by 8pm EST and it is all over by 8:15

Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 25, 2012 05:35 PM (jucos)

76 If Romney plays smart and camps out along the Great Lakes, and wins at least three states bordering them, he wins the election going away. Actually flipping Oregon would be like kicking the loser in the balls while he's already down.

Posted by: CAC at June 25, 2012 05:36 PM (Crpig)

77 Truck Monkey, my drinking - fireworks meter is if the networks cannot call NY for Obama, beofre the call VA for Romney.

Posted by: Jean, team dagny at June 25, 2012 05:37 PM (WkuV6)

78 77 I can't even fathom how insane the left would become if the election was thrown to the House of Representatives.

----

.... heh. a guy can dream cant he....

Chances are if that happens the Republicans will have the popular vote. They will certainly have the delegations in more than 26 states. I guess that is the disadvantage for the Democratic party being restricted to the East Coast and West Coast socialist enclaves.

Posted by: Sean at June 25, 2012 05:38 PM (E0rp6)

79 @ 79

    You say that as though it's a bad thing.

      I want to see them smashed into sniveling impotence, denied even the role of spoiler.

    And wandering the political wilderness ,wailing, for decades to come.

Posted by: irongrampa at June 25, 2012 05:39 PM (SAMxH)

80 There will be no 269-269 tie. CAC has spoken.

Posted by: CAC at June 25, 2012 05:39 PM (Crpig)

81 I agree with CAC this thing is going to slide ...

Posted by: Jean, team dagny at June 25, 2012 05:41 PM (WkuV6)

82 This is not art. Because I said so. And you need a psychiatric evaluation for even thinking about it. I dunno, I kind of like it. Granted, it's no Dog's playing poker - but still, it's kind of interesting. Needs a bit more red though..

Posted by: Hummingbird at June 25, 2012 05:41 PM (R5yLq)

83 Who cares if there's a 269-269 tie? It's not as if the outcome of the election would be in doubt, since the GOP has a strong majority of House delegations (and yes, it's done by DELGATION COUNT -- the state of IL votes as one based on the number of Representatives they have from one party vs. another, and in a bit of delicious irony Illinois would cast a vote for Romney).

I just want to win. Win pretty, win ugly? Fuck it -- just win, baby.

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 25, 2012 05:42 PM (ogWsV)

84 I can see 1980 from my house !!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Bob in Baltimore at June 25, 2012 05:42 PM (Dll6b)

85 Ok, nick switch over complete. Forgot she was posting on the ONT last night.. lol

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 25, 2012 05:43 PM (R5yLq)

86 I can taste 1984

Posted by: Jean, team dagny at June 25, 2012 05:43 PM (WkuV6)

87 Dagny's back?

Posted by: Jean, team dagny at June 25, 2012 05:44 PM (WkuV6)

88 Is anyone else getting a window that pops up on the site (usually the front page) that ask for sign-in. It appears to be a site meter tracking sign in window. You can close it and it doesn't affect anything but I've never seen that before this evening.

Posted by: Tami at June 25, 2012 05:44 PM (X6akg)

89 It's not as if the outcome of the election would be in doubt, since the GOP has a strong majority of House delegations So your assumption is they would try to settle it in a legal fashion and play by the rules? Lol..

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 25, 2012 05:44 PM (R5yLq)

90 I don't have this problem, thank god. But then I'm using Firefox.

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 25, 2012 05:45 PM (ogWsV)

91 Oh duh....I see I'm not the first person to ask about it.

Posted by: Tami at June 25, 2012 05:45 PM (X6akg)

92 Is anyone else getting a window that pops up on the site (usually the front page) that ask for sign-in. It appears to be a site meter tracking sign in window. You can close it and it doesn't affect anything but I've never seen that before this evening. Nope, no window here. I'm using Chrome at the moment. I can switch to another browser and test for you if needed

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 25, 2012 05:45 PM (R5yLq)

93 Yup, no popup on Firefox.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 25, 2012 05:46 PM (d6TfZ)

94 Now Mexicans can vote, right?

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 25, 2012 05:46 PM (ejmiE)

95 it's no Dog's playing poker - but still, it's kind of interesting If it's not Sad Eyed Urchins, it's crap.

Posted by: toby928© at June 25, 2012 05:46 PM (QupBk)

96 Mittens may win Michigan if the finns can Stop poaching deer, knife fighting and making pasty,s in the upper area of the Great Lakes state.

Posted by: Clemenza at June 25, 2012 05:47 PM (qA9lG)

97 I'm using Firefox with adblocker too and it still appears.

Posted by: Tami at June 25, 2012 05:47 PM (X6akg)

98 I can taste 1984 Orwell. Always goes better with ketchup.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 25, 2012 05:47 PM (R5yLq)

99 Wow.. nice map! I can see November from my house!!! And.. just read the post below about Aaron... man, that is so awful.

Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at June 25, 2012 05:48 PM (DGIjM)

100 >>>So your assumption is they would try to settle it in a legal fashion and play by the rules?

It's not an assumption. It's operation of law. There is literally no other procedure that can possibly be done to decide. The Constitution is crystal-clear on the mechanism for deciding an electoral college tie. It's not as if the Democrats and Obama can stage a coup at that point (no, sorry -- I hate Obama as much as anyone here, but that is not going to fucking happen).

Spare me the gratuitous bodysnatchers-style paranoid. In the event of an Electoral College tie we win, and while the Dems and the media will bitchbitchbitch (though actually they won't even be able to do that if Romney wins the popular vote -- what would be the basis for claiming that Obama should win an EV tie on "moral grounds" if Romney was the popular vote victor?) it won't make one fucking lick of difference. Chill, my friend.

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 25, 2012 05:48 PM (ogWsV)

101 Hmmm .. hadn't seen it before, but just saw that sitemeter popup.

Posted by: Gerry at June 25, 2012 05:48 PM (hbTVS)

102 Nope, no window here. I'm using Chrome at the moment. I can switch to another browser and test for you if needed Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 25, 2012 09:45 PM (R5yLq) ---- Chrome too... no window. I just opened up in Explorer and Im not getting the popups with it either.

Posted by: fixerupper at June 25, 2012 05:49 PM (ffV1/)

103 102 I have firefox with ad blocker, and I'm seeing the pesky things.
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 25, 2012 09:46 PM

Use Firefox No-Script

http://tinyurl.com/7kkn6wz

Posted by: kbdabear at June 25, 2012 05:49 PM (Y+DPZ)

104 I can't even fathom how insane the left would become if the election was thrown to the House of Representatives. I'm sure the Occutards would go berserk. However, I have been working on a counter strategy. It involves the one thing they fear even more than a steady job. Deodorant.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 25, 2012 05:49 PM (R5yLq)

105 This is what the window shows:

Enter username and password for http://tracking.sitemeter.com

Posted by: Tami at June 25, 2012 05:49 PM (X6akg)

106 Look on the bright side, if the Left steps out, you won't have to explain all those ammo boxes in your basement to your wife anymore.

Posted by: Jean at June 25, 2012 05:51 PM (WkuV6)

107 It's not an assumption. It's operation of law. Right. Like it's legal for the President to appoint all those Czars, or to tell the DOJ not to enforce the law. I mean I get where your coming from, but I get the feeling your not quite getting who it is your dealing with - the law only matters to them if it supports their point of view.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 25, 2012 05:51 PM (R5yLq)

108 All Right Fuckmuffins in the best Elvira Gulch Voice "Tracking cookies Lots And Lots of Tracking cookies"

Posted by: Clemenza at June 25, 2012 05:52 PM (qA9lG)

109 I'm going out a limb here and say you guys contracted something from the ONT...

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 25, 2012 05:52 PM (famk3)

110 Is Wisconsin going blue?

Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at June 25, 2012 05:53 PM (DGIjM)

111 Shhhhhhh...I am playing my fiddle. What's that smell...something's burning?

Posted by: Nero at June 25, 2012 05:53 PM (Y41+m)

112 @120 only in the ball area if they vote BHO.

Posted by: Clemenza at June 25, 2012 05:54 PM (qA9lG)

113 PPP is a joke of an outfit in 2012.

Their state-level numbers directly contradict the high-frequency, large sample national trackers and everything we know about how demographics couple each state to the top-line nationals.

They fucked up Wisconcin's recall, which is a known data-point where we have their projection and the result and they have yet to alter their bizarre sampling patterns.

Tom Jensen is a joke: it was funny when he went on twitter to gloat about his and the Barret internal pollster's numbers after the [faulty] WI exits were released -- he only got it wrong by what.... over twice the projected differential? (3% verse 7% win)

But Barret could pull it out if it looks like 2008 on steroids, right PPP?!

In the words of Capt O'Hagen: "I'll believe ya when me shit turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbet."

Posted by: Uriah Heep at June 25, 2012 05:54 PM (JdSQO)

114 We are talking Mondale territory here.

Posted by: eman at June 25, 2012 05:54 PM (ejmiE)

115 Selena Zito was on batchelor tonight discussing PA. She kind of misspoke a bit and then quickly self corrected. I listen very carefully to her as she was spot on in the last race there. She says she expects PA to be very close, two points either way.

Posted by: food tester at June 25, 2012 05:55 PM (oZfic)

116 but I don't get the pop up on any other site, just this one, altho another commenter said she got it on my pet jawa too and thought it was a munuvain thingy

Posted by: Thunderb at June 25, 2012 05:55 PM (Dnbau)

117

I am seeing the sitmeter pop-up here, Other McCain, elsewhere.

Running Windows and IE 9.0.7.

Using MS security essentials.

Posted by: rd at June 25, 2012 05:56 PM (9sUlj)

118 RE- the pop-up- it has been happening here every time I post a comment, but it also happened when I tried to view the Worthing story on Patterico. It asked for a userid and password. I just clicked "cancel" and it went away.

Posted by: Moonbeam at June 25, 2012 05:57 PM (1k4dd)

119 Use Firefox No-Script http://tinyurl.com/7kkn6wz Posted by: kbdabear Ok, did that and it's now changed the look of these comments. It's like reading a newspaper column! And this comment box is all different too.

Posted by: Tami at June 25, 2012 05:57 PM (X6akg)

120

Michigan has some surprises yet. The dems in Detroit are still recovering from the Kwame fiasco and the Wayne County exec scandals. Many of them are screaming enough is enough, especially as the new Detroit fiscal crisis has shown how bad things were, and still are. In fact a lot of rumours going around ( I denounce myself in advance ) that a moderate fiscally responsible democrat named Mike Duggan of the caucasion persuasion is the leading likely candidate for mayor of the motor city when Bing decides not to seek a second term, or is bounced by Duggan in a primary.

And Snyder is behind the scenes, working some magic.

Michigan may be purple today, but expect it to go red soon. Detroit and other dem turnout will be weak, no question about it.

And some of us think Michigan is quite ready to put Mitt in office.

Posted by: Mister Money at June 25, 2012 05:57 PM (wN82N)

121 What were PPP's projections for 2010 and the Wisconsin recall? How accurate were they? Aren't they a tool of some Democratic party organization?

Posted by: Sean at June 25, 2012 05:59 PM (E0rp6)

122 How are MA, CT, and NJ not as hard blue as NY? Sorry, I don't buy that. I spend considerable time in all those places, and they are no less crazy left than is NY. And lefties either can't confess to or simply can't recognize their prior misjudgments--they'll double down on O. Unless it's a total wipe-out tsunami for Romney across the nation there's no way those states go red.

Posted by: Boston12GS at June 25, 2012 05:59 PM (0VqvZ)

123 Didn't like No-script.....removed it.

Posted by: Tami at June 25, 2012 05:59 PM (X6akg)

124 . Always goes better with ketchup. Posted by: StuckOnStupid

Ketchup, ambrosia. Food of the gods.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 25, 2012 05:59 PM (famk3)

125 I'm getting those same "log in" pop-ups as well, running Opera with cookies and pop-up turned off.

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 25, 2012 05:59 PM (XYqoq)

126 @132 Being a home town Ladd , when Michigan gets rid of that tissuary syphllitic dingle, all is well.

Posted by: Clemenza at June 25, 2012 06:00 PM (qA9lG)

127 Can you say "Delta City"?

Posted by: Omni Consumer Products at June 25, 2012 06:01 PM (XYqoq)

128 Let's look the last 4 significant data points: Democrats are rejected: 1) NJ and VA governors races 2) 2010 midterms 3) Scott Brown 4) Scott Walker Where is the evidence that this is even going to be close?

Posted by: Spike at June 25, 2012 06:03 PM (I4NNt)

129 NJ is republican in the south and west. Remember republicans used to get elected there and Christie is a republican. The republican party there couldn't fight its way out of a paper bag, but there are some republicans there.

Posted by: Thunderb at June 25, 2012 06:03 PM (Dnbau)

130 How are MA, CT, and NJ not as hard blue as NY? Sorry, I don't buy that.

Shhh! Please, I take small comfort in us not being totally fucked up.

Posted by: fluffy, Masshole at June 25, 2012 06:04 PM (z9HTb)

131 What were PPP's projections for 2010 and the Wisconsin recall? How accurate were they? Aren't they a tool of some Democratic party organization? Posted by: Sean at June 25, 2012 09:59 PM (E0rp6) Overshot on 2010 by 1% Undershot (severely) by 4%, over half of Walker's final margin, for the recall. Came in 6th amongst all pollsters for recall.

Posted by: CAC at June 25, 2012 06:06 PM (Crpig)

132 I am of two minds lately. After doubling down today because the Jugeared mother fucker didn't get his baby way, I am thinking either he really wants this and will keep doubling down on everything and things get so out of control that he will declare martial law right before the elections or he really thinks he will get by on just his charm. I'm not sure I want to make a bet at this point as to which it is.

Posted by: jewells45 at June 25, 2012 06:07 PM (UljOc)

133 NY is surprisingly red, outside the urban population centers. Simply not enough numbers to overcome them.

Posted by: irongrampa at June 25, 2012 06:08 PM (SAMxH)

134 Army MP armored vehicles training in St Louis.Strange? t. Louis City residents should not be alarmed if they see military vehicles in their neighborhoods. The U.S. Army is conducting training in St. Louis June 21-28. Police said residents in the police department's sixth district may be most likely to see the vehicles. The sixth district includes neighborhoods in north St. Louis. The vehicles will be like the one in the above photo.

Posted by: steevy at June 25, 2012 06:10 PM (Xb3hu)

135 147 Hillary did very well in the upstate vote though.They ain't that red.

Posted by: steevy at June 25, 2012 06:11 PM (Xb3hu)

136 Gee, I hope that you're not some sort of virus peddling jerk, cause I just went ahead and installed it. Trusting soul, ain't I?

Thank you. Posted by: Blue Hen at June 25, 2012 09:53 PM

Nope, I'm a regular here, and I use FF NoScript all the time

You are correct in being cautious though, some trolls love to link to malware sites or gay pr0n

Posted by: kbdabear at June 25, 2012 06:12 PM (Y+DPZ)

137 Thunderb writes: 142 NJ is republican in the south and west. Remember republicans used to get elected there and Christie is a republican. The republican party there couldn't fight its way out of a paper bag, but there are some republicans there. I like Christie, he's a swell guy. But he is a NJ Republican, which is quite a different creature than the millions of Republicans we need to vote Romney into office. Wisconsin shows how important an effective ground game is, how crushing its power--but I can assure you that there is ZERO, ZILCH, NADA Republican ground game here in MA--Republicans hold 4 of 40 (10%) State Senate seats and 33 out of 160 (20%) House seats. It's nothing short of pathetic. I suspect that the same is essentially true in CT and NJ.

Posted by: Boston12GS at June 25, 2012 06:12 PM (0VqvZ)

138 I just cruised through popehat.com. One one of their threads they mentioned the sitemeter popup on that site as well. Someone speculated that maybe it's malware that came if you went to AW's site?

I'mon FF with blockers on and not seeing the popup. (and haven't been to AW's site)

Posted by: someone at June 25, 2012 06:13 PM (bqjJT)

139 151 The fat man likes muslims,a lot.2nd Amendment?Not so much.

Posted by: steevy at June 25, 2012 06:13 PM (Xb3hu)

140 Posted by: Thunderb at June 25, 2012 09:15 PM (Dnbau) Darn it! I thought it was just my iPhone. This is the only site where that crap happens. I click on Ace. Open the comments and after loading Safari closes. Happens all the time now. Started doing that about a month ago.

Posted by: Sandwich Bag at June 25, 2012 06:14 PM (MG6Y6)

141 I am thinking either he really wants this and will keep doubling down on everything and things get so out of control that he will declare martial law right before the elections or he really thinks he will get by on just his charm. A few months ago I would have laughed this off as paranoia. Sadly, not today. This Administration has already shown that they are willing to ignore any laws they don't like or they consider inconvenient. They did it with the backdoor Amnesty, they've done it again today by revoking 287g for Arizona after losing in the Supreme Court. The law means nothing to them - so now what I once would have shrugged off as paranoia I have to stop and consider as a possible reality. Sad, but true.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 25, 2012 06:15 PM (R5yLq)

142 Paying attention to states only matters if it's close to a 50-50 outcome. Why should we expect anything different from the 2010 House nationals totals -- there has been convergence between House numbers and Presidential numbers. Best guess for 2012 is 2010, which would be near landslide for Romney.

Posted by: Spike at June 25, 2012 06:15 PM (I4NNt)

143 Oh...and it only does that here.

Posted by: Sandwich Bag at June 25, 2012 06:16 PM (MG6Y6)

144 out of control that he will declare martial law right before the elections or he really thinks he will get by on just his charm. I'm not sure I want to make a bet at this point as to which it is.===============

yeah, well, if Hussein does that he won't survive The Experience.

Just sayin.....

Posted by: Bob in Baltimore at June 25, 2012 06:17 PM (Dll6b)

145 155 See the snippet I copied at 148.

Posted by: steevy at June 25, 2012 06:18 PM (Xb3hu)

146 I sure hope no one in the army gets hurt in North St. Louis. It truly is a war zone. Went there for a funeral for a very old relative a while back. Tried to walk outside with a crying baby- silly me! The homes and buildings had once been gracious. I can't remember the last time there was not a democrat holding every city office. Probably since the time my parents sprawled us out to the county, 40 years ago.

Posted by: Justamom at June 25, 2012 06:19 PM (Sptt8)

147 Stuck on stupid.. yeah I used to be the same way. We have some friends who keep telling us that there will be no elections and I think.. oh c'mon.. this is America. That can't happen. Sadly, as you say, I am really re-thinking things. How this man can keep this crap up and no one is even trying to stop him.. it boggles the mind.

Posted by: jewells45 at June 25, 2012 06:20 PM (UljOc)

148 @    155

    Tinfoil hat stuff doesn't seem so ludicrous lately, does it?

    I agree with your assessment, chum.

Posted by: irongrampa at June 25, 2012 06:22 PM (SAMxH)

149 Christ, Obama is not going to declare marital law if he loses. Marital law requires the support of the military... which he doesn't have. Or it would require support among the National Guard... which are run by the states. He's going to bitch and moan about the need for election "reform" or some such blather and then take a 7 figure job touring and speaking. He's either sinister or incompetent. All evidence points to him being utterly incompetent and people expect him to arrange a coup? If he did, it would be the end of the Democratic Party and he would spend the rest of his life in a jail cell. Give me a break.

Posted by: Sean at June 25, 2012 06:24 PM (E0rp6)

150 I am cheered, and wish to share my cheer. My brother's new girlfriend's family voted for the SCOAMT and are ALL voting Romney this time. Middle class. About the first thing anyone in my family said when meeting her for the first time on Father's Day was to ask who she's voting for. Cut to the chase.

Posted by: Justamom at June 25, 2012 06:25 PM (Sptt8)

151 Martial law wouldn't necessarily mean no election. Just an escort to the polls. That idea of making voting mandatory didn't float really well, did it? Call up the guard to escort all urban voters to vote.

Posted by: Justamom at June 25, 2012 06:27 PM (Sptt8)

152 We have some friends who keep telling us that there will be no elections and I think.. oh c'mon.. this is America. That can't happen. Sadly, as you say, I am really re-thinking things. The thing that scares me the most? This last power grab where he's decided he will not enforce the law when it comes to a certain block of illegals. As far as I can tell there has been some minor grumbling from a few members of Congress, but I think so far the strongest complaint I've heard from the Republican's in Congress amounted to "We oppose the process" or something to that effect. Opposed the process? What the hell is wrong with you people? You have just granted the President of the United States the power to decide which federal laws will be enforced, and which ones won't. That is pretty terrifying stuff, to say the least.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 25, 2012 06:31 PM (R5yLq)

153 Obama will revision "democracy" and we will all vote in our preassigned soviets to unanimously cheer Fearless Leader. I've been reading Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archapelago, and their methods are the type that the modern radical left would be very happy with...

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 25, 2012 06:32 PM (XYqoq)

154 Oh, on another aside - I think martial law is probably a serious long shot. Yes, the President and his cronies have an uncanny ability to manufacture a crisis to which they supposedly are forced to respond - but I don't see a scenario at least at the moment where they could pull it off. My real concern here is that I have no doubt that this next election will be overrun with fraud, particularly in battleground states. Far more so than you would see in a normal election. I also think that the democrats will do anything, absolutely anything to win.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 25, 2012 06:45 PM (R5yLq)

155 If you're saying that the SCOAMF will institute martial law, stop and think for a moment how similar you sound to Naomi Wolf and the Bush critics who swore that we would never see a 2008 election or the peaceful transfer of power. Keep it lucid, people and keep your head in the game.

Posted by: Moonbeam at June 25, 2012 06:51 PM (1k4dd)

156 87 Who cares if there's a 269-269 tie? It's not as if the outcome of the election would be in doubt, since the GOP has a strong majority of House delegations (and yes, it's done by DELGATION COUNT -- the state of IL votes as one based on the number of Representatives they have from one party vs. another, and in a bit of delicious irony Illinois would cast a vote for Romney).

I just want to win. Win pretty, win ugly? Fuck it -- just win, baby.

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 25, 2012 09:42 PM (ogWsV)

***************

If this is true, then wouldn't, wait for it, Califuckia also go for Romney? Or am I thinking counties, not reps?

Posted by: Boomer Redneque, Threadslayer at June 25, 2012 07:05 PM (eQnzo)

157 If this is true, then wouldn't, wait for it, Califuckia also go for Romney? Or am I thinking counties, not reps? Posted by: Boomer Redneque, Threadslayer at June 25, 2012 11:05 PM (eQnzo) Most California Reps are Democrat (haven't been majority GOP since mid-late '90's.). Most of the (small population) counties are deep red, though.

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 25, 2012 07:07 PM (XYqoq)

158 OK, thanks. I must have been mistakenly thinking 1 county = 1 rep. D'oh!

Posted by: Boomer Redneque, Threadslayer at June 25, 2012 07:20 PM (eQnzo)

159 My beloved Vermont is still a lovely dark blue.

There is plenty of time between now and November for the rest of America to lay aside its racist hate for our President and vote for our multiracial bronze god.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at June 25, 2012 07:24 PM (dqSmk)

160 they are replaying batchelor's first hour with selena right now

Posted by: food tester at June 25, 2012 08:40 PM (oZfic)

161 I want to know more about THE FUCKING ROCK.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at June 26, 2012 05:04 AM (CP+yl)

162

Spin: Another word for lie.

Posted by: burt at June 26, 2012 06:16 AM (OzqQM)

163 Mr and Mrs Mittens should read every comment of every post in this blog.....it will be a real lesson in free speech!

Posted by: NoMittens at June 26, 2012 06:27 AM (elHhH)

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