November 02, 2012

Whoah: 13% of Obama's 2008 Voters Are Defecting to Romney; 3% Undecided
— Ace

I thought 10% was the maximum he could lose, and still win.

From Hot Air (I thought I discovered this on my own, but clicking back, nope, Hot Air),13%, with 3% more undecided.

So, ultimately, somewhere between 13 and 16% will defect from Obama to Romney.

Obama won relatively big -- more than any Democratic president in recent memory -- but not so big he can afford that level of defection.

70 million voted for Obama in 2008; 60 million voted for McCain.

13% of 70 million is 9.1 million. Subtract that from 70 million and add it to 60 million and you get... Look, I don't do math. I'm just an unfrozen caveman blogger. Your strange world of magic scrawlings confuses me.

And this doesn't even count the independent advantage for Romney!

I can't see how this poll can be true, and yet Obama's tied in the Washington Post's head-to-head.

But again, unfrozen caveman blogger.

Bonus: I figured if Obama lost 10% of his support, Romney would win.

But actually Obama can only afford to lose less than that if his lost support mostly votes for Romney instead of just staying home.

My 10% figure was based (to the extent I base math on anything) on figuring that about 60% of Obama's lost votes would just stay home, and 40% would flip.

But if most of Obama's lost vote is actually voting Romney... well, he can afford fewer lost votes.

Oh Wait: It's wrong to say "And this doesn't even include Romney's advantage with Independents," because, actually, it does include that-- the independents who voted for Obama, but who are now defecting.

But what it doesn't include is much-higher enthusiasm among non-Obama voters in 2008. Many of whom stayed home that year.

Not this year, baby.

Not this year.

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1 13% of 70 million is 16.9 million. math, how does it work?

Posted by: Kevin at November 02, 2012 12:16 PM (F2bKl)

2 I'm first

Posted by: Ray Nagin at November 02, 2012 12:16 PM (wUFaM)

3 >> 13% of 70 million is 16.9 million.

Wut?

Posted by: Andy at November 02, 2012 12:16 PM (5Rurq)

4 Easy enough.

Obama in 2008 - 69,456,897 votes
McCain in 2008 - 59,924,814

Obama in 2012 - 58,343,793
Romney in 2012 - 68,954,211

Almost a dead even reversal of 2008

Posted by: not neo just conservative at November 02, 2012 12:17 PM (MNXL5)

5 13% of 70 million is 9.1 million y'all.

Posted by: Jack Spectre at November 02, 2012 12:17 PM (taaCl)

6 Thinking there is a whole lot of people not answering their phone anymore. I am one of them.

Posted by: macintx at November 02, 2012 12:18 PM (teREJ)

7 this is the only thing that makes sense. Obama has not gained any McCain voters. he's lost voters. America won't tolerate a loser on the economy.

Posted by: PR at November 02, 2012 12:18 PM (KHo8t)

8 Er, 13% of 70 is 9.1, not 16.9. That's still a lot--basically 69 million for Romney to 61 million for Obama--but still.

Posted by: T at November 02, 2012 12:18 PM (esIfP)

9 How on earth can the polls be so weird here? There is either one reality or the other. Are we just deluding ourselves, like Kerry did in 2004? What is going on?

Posted by: Interested Party at November 02, 2012 12:18 PM (RE+1w)

10 70 - 9.1  = 60.9 for SCOAMF & TARD
60 + 9.1 = 69.1 for RR

Posted by: CT moron (the other one) at November 02, 2012 12:18 PM (qxcKC)

11 D.M. Hawkins @HawkinsUSA RAS OH poll shows why EV calculations are tricky. Poll has 40% EV, but only 1 county has even breached 30% of 08. @NumbersMuncher Shorter!!! SCOTTY IS AS FULL OF SHIT AS THE TOILETS NYC AREA

Posted by: Evilpens at November 02, 2012 12:18 PM (ck76k)

12 SUCK IT LONG AND HARD, GERG

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 02, 2012 12:18 PM (jo069)

13 btw I voted for Obama in 2008 and will vote against him Tuesday.

Posted by: PR at November 02, 2012 12:19 PM (KHo8t)

14 Wow.  Datsalottaracists.

Posted by: Jaws at November 02, 2012 12:19 PM (4I3Uo)

15 Turnout among Barry's base will be interesting, too.  Fewer voters and smaller percentage of those -> oh frabjous day.

Posted by: Lance McCormick at November 02, 2012 12:19 PM (zgHLA)

16 Math? Easy. 1R=2D.

Posted by: occam's brassiere at November 02, 2012 12:19 PM (Fk014)

17 Funny how the Washington Post reports that and then pretends Romney has some imaginary problem with a "path to victory." Obama is going DOWN like Chris Christie on, uh, Obama!

Posted by: CoolCzech at November 02, 2012 12:19 PM (niZvt)

18 9.1 ... 16.9 ... 2 out of 3 digits correct is a solid B+!

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 02, 2012 12:19 PM (X3lox)

19 I dunno, four?

Posted by: Thornton Mellon at November 02, 2012 12:20 PM (TR60b)

20 Presidential election of 2012.  Where the Mainstream media and national pollsters died.

Posted by: CUS at November 02, 2012 12:20 PM (84pE9)

21

It means you can stop worrying.

 

But we still need to

 

VOTE!!!!

 

Vote and we will win!

Posted by: rd does not believe the MSM at November 02, 2012 12:20 PM (zLp5I)

22 Whoever is posting in the sidebar, he know his audience.

Posted by: fluffeneidas at November 02, 2012 12:20 PM (O6q63)

23 The shit continues to get realer.

Posted by: Project ORCA at November 02, 2012 12:20 PM (cgxNI)

24 More people stayed home rather than vote for McCain in 2008, that translates to Romney winging by a larger margin. No one has polled me. I got a call earlier today from someone asking for $ for Mitt, I told him I have given what I could and I do not think he needs it and that I believe Romney will win by a landslide, he does too. The people that say O is winning are lying, they don't want to say that they are going to vote against TFG because of his historic election.

Posted by: CarolT at November 02, 2012 12:20 PM (z4WKX)

25 this is the only thing that makes sense. Obama has not gained any McCain voters. he's lost voters. America won't tolerate a loser on the economy.

Posted by: PR at November 02, 2012 04:18 PM (KHo8t)

 

This. The rest is just semantics for the math witches who should be burned at the stake anyway.

Posted by: Jollyroger at November 02, 2012 12:20 PM (t06LC)

26 thanks, yes, 9.1 million. Still. swings the election.

Posted by: ace at November 02, 2012 12:21 PM (LCRYB)

27 status: Leaning Forward

Posted by: soothsayer at November 02, 2012 12:21 PM (jUytm)

28 1 13% of 70 million is 16.9 million.  ath, how does it work?
Posted by: Kevin

AmishDude, is that you?

Posted by: pep at November 02, 2012 12:21 PM (6TB1Z)

29 How can these numbers be correct? I mean if they are, it'll be a landslide and therefore the media would have never released them.

Posted by: Spike at November 02, 2012 12:21 PM (wtnmC)

30 "13% of 70 million is 16.9 million." In Ewok years... yes, Yes it is.

Posted by: CoolCzech at November 02, 2012 12:21 PM (niZvt)

31 Needs more digits after the decimal point ....

Posted by: Nate Silver at November 02, 2012 12:22 PM (w+lzM)

32 Yet, Canadians are trying to storm the election in support of obama. We saw an idiot Canadian donating (getting caught by using her name announcing it) to obama's campaign, and now this: Orléans students' U.S. election trip to Ohio cancelled after parent complaints It was alleged the students would be campaigning for Obama, which outraged some parents who say the Democratic leader eschews Catholic values because of his pro-abortion views. ... Reports said the trip was organized by civics teacher Scott Searle, who is listed as a volunteer for the Obama for America campaign. ... Initially, the trip was touted as a way for students to be introduced to the U.S. electoral process, but Pierre said any semblance of an unbiased trip soon vanished. “The board says that there was active participation in the campaign, and initial reports that that wasn’t the case must have been reconsidered by the board,” she said. Unbelievable. At least this was stopped. What are we missing?

Posted by: 4 days at November 02, 2012 12:22 PM (LpQbZ)

33 PUDDING!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: NewEnglandDevil at November 02, 2012 12:22 PM (73P68)

34 BTW, yes, I did click. Question, do hot chicks not do this, or is everyone too busy watching to call the cops so it goes unreported?

Posted by: Jollyroger at November 02, 2012 12:22 PM (t06LC)

35 http://tinyurl.com/cmj55kq House Republicans may actually add to their majority on Election Day BUT Mitt & Halfrican are tied RIGHT??

Posted by: Evilpens at November 02, 2012 12:22 PM (ck76k)

36

Americans love a winner, and they will not tolerate a SCOAMF!

Posted by: Gen. George S. Patton at November 02, 2012 12:22 PM (w41GQ)

37 But you know, a lot of McCain voters probably will be voting for SCOAMF, so it's likes a wash.

Ok, I just wanted to type that so I had something to laugh at.

JEF Defectors + R turnout enthusiasm = Puddin time

Posted by: CT moron (the other one) at November 02, 2012 12:22 PM (qxcKC)

38 well, let's be more realistic. Maybe 2% of that 69M were frauds and never going to reappear. or admit to nothin'. And then 13% admit to not voting for Obama (and may be too lazy to vote for Romney, say only half get around to it) Add in the dispirited GOP voters who declined to vote in 2008 to teach us a lesson, +2% of McCain's numbers. You get Obama - 10.5M voters Romney + 4.55+1.116 O59.5, R64.7

Posted by: joeindc44 will start talking like biden. like. biden. at November 02, 2012 12:22 PM (QxSug)

39 Ogg Like !

Posted by: Ogg of Thundor - Inventor of club... at November 02, 2012 12:22 PM (XIsD/)

40 Burn the Math Witch!

Posted by: Andy at November 02, 2012 12:22 PM (5Rurq)

41 I cannot wait for the end of polling. Make it Tuesday already.

Posted by: Ben at November 02, 2012 12:23 PM (C2Y4l)

42 status: Leaning Forward
Posted by: soothsayer

< !air biscuit! >

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 02, 2012 12:23 PM (jo069)

43 Hmmm...this was linked on Instapundit about 3 hours ago. :-)

If this is even halfway true, then it's great news. I don't know that I believe nearly that many Obama voters will actually switch to Romney, but I do think a ton of them will just stay home and not bother with voting.

Posted by: davidinvirginia at November 02, 2012 12:23 PM (qEkGZ)

44 In 2008 we hoped the polls were wrong.

In 2012 we know the polls are wrong, and have the math to back it up.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 02, 2012 12:23 PM (dX4hn)

45

So maybe I'm not crazy for wanting to disbelieve the polls.   If this is a landslide, I say we sue all MFM for journalistic malpractice. 

 

Posted by: California Red at November 02, 2012 12:23 PM (Ho3p+)

46 Excuse me a second. *trudges to corner of room and drops trou*
I think... *strains* That our Precedent... *grunts* has done a
helluva... *plop!* job and deserves reelection. *zips up*

Take care of that for me, will ya?

Posted by: Typical Troll at November 02, 2012 12:23 PM (feFL6)

47 So caveman is the new ewok.

Posted by: YIKES! at November 02, 2012 12:24 PM (1PE/J)

48 I did NOT approve of this article.  Written in my dad's own paper?  WTF is happening.  PA slipping away?


http://tinyurl.com/a2mqzvx

Posted by: Greg, Nate Silver's love child at November 02, 2012 12:24 PM (wR+pz)

49

Sons of Anarchy star on what's going on in his hometown of Staten Island, NY:

 

http://tinyurl.com/ad2wfcp

Posted by: tofer732 at November 02, 2012 12:24 PM (2zM0P)

50 13% of 70 million is 9.1 million Close, but it's actually 9.10000000007459 million.

Posted by: Nate Silver at November 02, 2012 12:24 PM (q5NFp)

51

It means that you are all raaaaacist rethuglicans!

 

You must vote for Barack Obama, the black savior for us all!  Or you are raaaaacists. 

Posted by: Raaacists!!!! You are all Raaaaacists!!!! at November 02, 2012 12:24 PM (zLp5I)

52 My stomach can't handle much more of this.  I am literally sick.  I am not cut out for Obama politics.  I want to take a pill and go to sleep and not wake up till next Thursday.

Posted by: mama winger voted double for Paul Ryan at November 02, 2012 12:24 PM (P6QsQ)

53 And, every damn one of those defectors are racist. Every one!

Posted by: 4 days at November 02, 2012 12:24 PM (LpQbZ)

54 is good thing or bad thing?


---> recently unfrozen

Posted by: Jones in CO at November 02, 2012 12:25 PM (8sCoq)

55

@43

Either way we're talking about the difference between a +1 Romney (not voting) and a +2 Romney (voting Romney) cutting into that 2008 sample.

Posted by: Jollyroger at November 02, 2012 12:26 PM (t06LC)

56 % of 70 million is 16.9 million. math, how does it work? Posted by: Kevin at November 02, 2012 04:16 PM (F2bKl) - English major?

Posted by: 4 days at November 02, 2012 12:26 PM (LpQbZ)

57 Also, people may not bee so keen on committing vote fraud if teh Jef won't be there to pay their mortgage, or have place holder bail them out.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 02, 2012 12:26 PM (GFM2b)

58 I am sorry I missed the evangelical thread.  I am going to go read it now. 

Posted by: mama winger voted double for Paul Ryan at November 02, 2012 12:26 PM (P6QsQ)

59 Ogg no understand all detail
 but like idea of Bonk Bonk .

Posted by: Ogg of Thundor - Inventor of club... at November 02, 2012 12:26 PM (XIsD/)

60 Don't forget GOP voter enthusiasm is WAY higher for Romney that McLame. Offhand I'd say a good 20-25% better turnout this time vs 2008. Just my WAG.

Posted by: Joe Mama at November 02, 2012 12:27 PM (JJ+PT)

61 Could someone explain to me this “Romney will take this country back fifty years” crap that’s all over the left today? What exact policies Romney is going to turn back fifty years? How does he intend to enact those policies? Where in his policy statements he has explicitly stated his intention to do so?

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at November 02, 2012 12:27 PM (azHfB)

62 6% of Barky voters shit on cop cars. 8% of Barky voters shit in hallways. 30% of Barky spokesturds use the word "motherfucker" in official speeches.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 02, 2012 12:27 PM (X3lox)

63 Looks like Ace just proved conclusively that math is racist.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at November 02, 2012 12:27 PM (ZKzrr)

64 >>>My stomach can't handle much more of this. I am literally sick. I am not cut out for Obama politics. I want to take a pill and go to sleep and not wake up till next Thursday. me too. I'm freaking out, seriously. I don't say this on the blog but in real life I'm saying all sorts of things like "I don't know what I'll do if TFG wins."

Posted by: ace at November 02, 2012 12:27 PM (LCRYB)

65 Wow. Datsalottaracists.

***

And, every damn one of those defectors are racist.

Every one!

And how!

Posted by: Buckwheat at November 02, 2012 12:27 PM (96M6e)

66 So were back to being upbeat again? 

Posted by: fly at November 02, 2012 12:27 PM (E2swI)

67 that=than

Posted by: Joe Mama at November 02, 2012 12:27 PM (JJ+PT)

68 New economy. New normal. And now new math. hell in a hand basket, I tells ya

Posted by: soothsayer at November 02, 2012 12:27 PM (jUytm)

69 your modern presidential campaign frightens and confuses me

Posted by: Jones in CO at November 02, 2012 12:27 PM (8sCoq)

70 52 My stomach can't handle much more of this. I am literally sick. I am not cut out for Obama politics. I want to take a pill and go to sleep and not wake up till next Thursday.

Posted by: mama winger voted double for Paul Ryan at November 02, 2012 04:24 PM (P6QsQ)

Maybe it's just nerves, Mama. You're as nervous as Christina Hendricks at a frat kegger. Nervous as Sandra Fluke in Salt Lake City. That nervous, maybe.

Posted by: tubal at November 02, 2012 12:27 PM (BoE3Z)

71 Obama voters defecating?
Is this another NYC thread?

Posted by: andycanuck at November 02, 2012 12:28 PM (nkiQM)

72 Again, just a discrepancy between the "big" (national sample) polls, and the smaller state-by-state polls.

The former all have Romney winning, the latter not.

We'll know soon enough.

Posted by: Looking closely at November 02, 2012 12:28 PM (6Q9g2)

73 I'll have the roast hobo with the mango salsa.

Posted by: PR at November 02, 2012 12:28 PM (KHo8t)

74 That many more people that are racist then 2006. Doesn't surprise me....

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at November 02, 2012 12:28 PM (48wze)

75 This is giving me a schadenboner - it delights in the lamentations of their womyns.

Posted by: Memories at November 02, 2012 12:28 PM (Donwp)

76 Yeah, but the majority of that 13-16% of Obama 08 voters are made up of indies and crossover republicans, to be sure. They aren't democrats.

Posted by: Serious Cat at November 02, 2012 12:28 PM (tmzN0)

77 Romney will take this country back fifty years


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I would like that. Please do.

Posted by: mama winger voted double for Paul Ryan at November 02, 2012 12:28 PM (P6QsQ)

78 math, how does it work?

Posted by: Kevin at November 02, 2012 04:16 PM (F2bKl)



Don't ask me.

I barley made it up to the seventh grade.

Posted by: President Barack Hussein Ben Ghazi at November 02, 2012 12:28 PM (1PE/J)

79 >> But if most of Obama's lost vote is actually voting Romney... well, he can afford fewer lost votes.

That's a 2 point-swing, Cotton.

Posted by: Pepper Brooks at November 02, 2012 12:28 PM (5Rurq)

80 I don't say this on the blog but in real life I'm saying all sorts of things like "I don't know what I'll do if TFG wins."

Is moving to France out of the question?

Posted by: pep at November 02, 2012 12:28 PM (6TB1Z)

81 BTW, yes, I did click. Question, do hot chicks not do this, or is everyone too busy watching to call the cops so it goes unreported?

Posted by: Jollyroger at November 02, 2012 04:22 PM (t06LC)

 

Don't know. Doubt it. Not in pubic.

 

However, my wife used to work at a nat'ly recognized treatment center for a specific disease. A patient showed up, elderly gentleman from NYC. He brought along a 'companion' so that he'd have company on the car ride up to Boston. Said companion proceeded to handle things on her own during the doctor's visit. Oh, and did I say 'companion'? Yeah, companion CRACK-HO. VERY unattractive. And incoherent. And no, they did not call the police.

Posted by: NewEnglandDevil at November 02, 2012 12:29 PM (73P68)

82 What's up with Dick Morris getting worried. Should I be worried???

Posted by: henry in ohio at November 02, 2012 12:29 PM (x72H5)

83 Been watching this junk for 40 ears and this is by far, by far the strangest situation where some solid statistics don't match up with what the polls say. Romney would have to be badly under performing with GOP voters and Independents for this to be close. Somethings stinks big time.

Posted by: jjshaka at November 02, 2012 12:29 PM (LuBkF)

84 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at November 02, 2012 12:29 PM (8y9MW)

85 Drudge: Jimmy Green's stepdaughter had never voted before. The 57-year-old is mentally disabled, and Green said she doesn't understand the concept of casting a ballot. But this week, she called her parents to say she had voted for President Obama. The care home in Fayetteville where she lives registered its residents to vote and drove them to the polls, Green said.

Posted by: Up with people at November 02, 2012 12:29 PM (kzFo5)

86 42-43% That's what Obama will wind up with Tuesday night. (been saying it for months.)

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at November 02, 2012 12:29 PM (eEev7)

87 “Romney will take this country back fifty years”>>

Romney want's to invade Vietnam?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at November 02, 2012 12:29 PM (tf9Ne)

88 "I am sorry I missed the evangelical thread. I am going to go read it now."

I'd love to hear your take on it, Mama.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 02, 2012 12:29 PM (dX4hn)

89 Maybe it's just nerves, Mama.
----------------



It is indeed.  I am by nature a nervous worrier.  I try to overcome that with prayer.  And meds.  And Baby Ruth bars.


Posted by: mama winger voted double for Paul Ryan at November 02, 2012 12:29 PM (P6QsQ)

90 The tenseness hit me all at once on Thursday morning. The thronging in my head, shallow breathing. I feel like I'm waiting for the bombing to start, stop, whatever, do something.

Posted by: soothsayer at November 02, 2012 12:30 PM (jUytm)

91 52 My stomach can't handle much more of this. I am literally sick. I am not cut out for Obama politics. I want to take a pill and go to sleep and not wake up till next Thursday.


I feel the same way.  I found a solution.  I stay drunk.

Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at November 02, 2012 12:30 PM (wR+pz)

92

@64

Shit in the hallway? Serioulsy though, its all gonna be ok.

Obama wins- bad news is country continues going to hell

Good news - blog gold for months on end.

Posted by: Jollyroger at November 02, 2012 12:30 PM (t06LC)

93 status: Leaning Forward Posted by: soothsayer at November 02, 2012 04:21 PM (jUytm) Leaning Forward, a bit too far.

Posted by: 4 days at November 02, 2012 12:30 PM (LpQbZ)

94 Well that is odd. That would make the election 51-48 or very close to it, which is basically what Rove said. Although the left is predicting with 109% certainty that Obama has a 900.1% chance of winning.

Posted by: MJ at November 02, 2012 12:30 PM (TR60b)

95 Keep Obama in President!!!!

Posted by: 0bama Voter Who is not Staying Home at November 02, 2012 12:30 PM (jKE+Z)

96 I am very interested to see if TFG's 95% lockhold on black voters in '08 drops to any significant degree.

Posted by: jakeman at November 02, 2012 12:30 PM (96M6e)

97 I'd love to hear your take on it, Mama.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 02, 2012 04:29 PM (dX4hn)


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What a kind thing to say, Dave in Fla.  I'm off to read it now, and if the opportunity presents itself on another thread to give my two cents, I will.  Otherwise I will post at the bottom of the dead thread.

Posted by: mama winger voted double for Paul Ryan at November 02, 2012 12:31 PM (P6QsQ)

98

OK -- let's say that the Democratic turnout will be supressed by 10% (just because they frickin' lazy).  that's 63 million votes for Obama just on turnout.  If  9.1% of those will go to Romney then Obama scores 57 million votes. 

 I know for a fact that any moron that voted for McCain will almost assuredly vote for Romney which means that the 9.1% (5.7 million votes) not cast for Obama will be cast for Romney bringing his total to 65 million votes.  I also know for a fact that a number of Republicans stayed home last election because they just could stand McCain so we adjust romney's figures by 10% (6.5 million votes)

Throwing out all decimals as a conservative estimate my total will be:

 

-

O: 57 million

R: 71 million

Posted by: CheshireLion at November 02, 2012 12:31 PM (zNDIM)

99 O down 16%, R up 13% (plus Mcan't sit out types).... So 70M-11.2M=58.8 60+9.1=69.1 R=54.8% O=45.2% Not a bad day...

Posted by: More Better Math at November 02, 2012 12:31 PM (ar1FJ)

100 Motherfuckin maths, how DO they work?

Posted by: Dave in Texas at November 02, 2012 12:31 PM (Jm7mj)

101 Don't ask me.
I barley made it up to the seventh grade.

Don't get your hops up, then.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at November 02, 2012 12:31 PM (feFL6)

102 I don't say this on the blog but in real life I'm saying all sorts of things like "I don't know what I'll do if TFG wins."

Posted by: ace at November 02, 2012 04:27 PM (LCRYB)


Real life thing that I've said to my wife recently and more than once: "Be sure you are checking more urgently for overseas job ads." No, I'm not joking.

Posted by: davidinvirginia at November 02, 2012 12:31 PM (qEkGZ)

103 >>>I feel the same way. I found a solution. I stay drunk. I should try that. I hear good things.

Posted by: ace at November 02, 2012 12:32 PM (LCRYB)

104 Keeps Obama in President you know. We gets free stuff and phones froms him. Keeps him in President.  Romney......He sux....... Sux bad you know!!!

Posted by: Cell Phone Babe from Ohio at November 02, 2012 12:32 PM (48wze)

105 To fap or not to fap, that is the question. Ace could you put this in a Venn diagram or pie chart so it would be easier to masterbate too?

Posted by: Mr Pink at November 02, 2012 12:32 PM (Up314)

106 this election is like cancer, in a way -- allow me to illustrate: We know we have a tumor. Obama. We know that the tumor is malignant. Now we are awaiting the news -- can it be removed, or are we gonna die? CAN IT BE REMOVED? We will find out in 4 days.

Posted by: soothsayer at November 02, 2012 12:32 PM (jUytm)

107 **Could someone explain to me this “Romney will take this country back fifty years” crap that’s all over the left today? ** The liberal pathology prevents its victims from being able to speak or argue rationally. Instead, they grunt in code words for their various prejudices. 50 years ago mean, the 50's, a time when America was prosperous and the family structure was intact, and America was very strongly anti-communist and there were no hippies. Of course, the left hates all these things. They claim there was racism (hint: there was) but then again, the avg black family existed and there were black jobs. No ghettos. But there was institutionalized racism so you know, you can't have that. Same with dames. They couldn't yet work at jobs that involved pushing fake paper around an office (i.e., HR offices that exist to hire female HR officers) but they were generally happier than today. Nonetheless, that's what they mean. Why? Apparently, because Republicans are anti-communist and pro-business, and pro-family...so...50s. racist.

Posted by: joeindc44 will start talking like biden. like. biden. at November 02, 2012 12:32 PM (QxSug)

108 Do we get a flaming skull today?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 02, 2012 12:33 PM (MpT3b)

109 Come on people! Math isn't rocket science! Or is it? Fuck if I know.

Posted by: Up with people at November 02, 2012 12:33 PM (kzFo5)

110 ‏OMG..... @kellyfen283 #Obama concerned losing #MN. Sending #Clinton back amid HUGE ticket demands for @PaulRyanVP Rally! #mngop #RomneyRyan2012 #stribpol

Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at November 02, 2012 12:33 PM (DGIjM)

111 64 >>>My stomach can't handle much more of this. I am literally sick. I am not cut out for Obama politics. I want to take a pill and go to sleep and not wake up till next Thursday. me too. I'm freaking out, seriously. I don't say this on the blog but in real life I'm saying all sorts of things like "I don't know what I'll do if TFG wins." Posted by: ace at November 02, 2012 04:27 PM (LCRYB) ______________ Okay--peeps. Let's keep this in the bowels of the comment section. Plan A--Do not give them the satisfaction of letting them- *see* you lose your shit.

Posted by: tasker at November 02, 2012 12:33 PM (r2PLg)

112 @101, I like where your mind is heading. #R60O40

Posted by: joeindc44 will start talking like biden. like. biden. at November 02, 2012 12:34 PM (QxSug)

113 I'm trying not to be vindictive, and be a better, less bitter man, but it is very tempting to scream at all those NYers now complaining about hallway defecation, "you voted for these people, over and over and over.  You inflicted them on the rest of us.  What did you think would happen?"

I suppose it's a test of character.  I get a C+.


Posted by: pep at November 02, 2012 12:34 PM (6TB1Z)

114 Oh, that Joe Biden...

http://bit.ly/TYviRm

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 02, 2012 12:34 PM (piMMO)

115 How is this not being reflected in the polls (really, ANY of the polls, not just hack-jobs like PPP) coming out of Ohio, then? I'm not asking to be snarky, I'm asking in legitimate confusion. Either this is a watershed election in terms of radically changing how Americans are polled on the state level, or we're really stroking ourselves with every "Hey, it's still a toss-up!" article or blogpost that gets thrown our way.

I'm not trying to be an Eeyore, unless there's some lost episode of Winnie the Pooh where Eeyore spent a lot of time looking confused and saying, "The fuck?"

Posted by: GOPPartyReptile at November 02, 2012 12:34 PM (j9FqA)

116 Mr White? Yo. Mr White? We gotta problem here.

Posted by: Pinkman at November 02, 2012 12:34 PM (TR60b)

117 I also know for a fact that a number of Republicans stayed home last election because they just could stand McCain so we adjust romney's figures by 10% (6.5 million votes)
Throwing out all decimals as a conservative estimate my total will be:
.........

Posted by: CheshireLion at November 02, 2012 04:31 PM (zNDIM)

That there's the point, C. Lion. Lots of Pubbies sat out the last one (to their shame)...... Their need for atonement, and a fair amount of buyer's remorse on the part of lukewarm Donks is the difference in this election.

Posted by: tubal at November 02, 2012 12:34 PM (BoE3Z)

118

me too. I'm freaking out, seriously.

I don't say this on the blog but in real life I'm saying all sorts of things like "I don't know what I'll do if TFG wins."

Ace, you coming to Boston on Tuesday?

Posted by: fluffeneidas at November 02, 2012 12:34 PM (O6q63)

119 >>>eah, but the majority of that 13-16% of Obama 08 voters are made up of indies and crossover republicans, to be sure. They aren't democrats. Ah. Well, that's true. Some Republicans are in there. Still, the total numbers are the total numbers. Virtually every McCain voter will vote Romney, plus those who stayed home, plus the defectors.

Posted by: ace at November 02, 2012 12:34 PM (LCRYB)

120 Don't get your hops up, then.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at November 02, 2012 04:31 PM (feFL6)


Wah waah.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 02, 2012 12:34 PM (QKKT0)

121 Say Obama loses 8%, of those 2% or 1/4 of those stay home. The others vote Romney, so 8% of 70M is 5.6M = 64.4M for Obama, Romney picks up 4.2M so it'd be 64.2m for Romney. Then add in Reps who stayed home and couldn't vote for McCain and Romney wins !

Posted by: Mitchy at November 02, 2012 12:35 PM (abRXd)

122 There is a suspicious lack of reality setting in with shit. Was it played out?

Posted by: MJ at November 02, 2012 12:35 PM (TR60b)

123 Plan B-- Alberta. Plan C-- Costa Rica. Plan D-- Re-invade. Plan E- Burn Shep Smith in effigy. Okay that should probably happen earlier.

Posted by: tasker at November 02, 2012 12:35 PM (r2PLg)

124 Dick Morris is pretty down, but its the uncertainity of the moment that gets him. The oscillations in the polls could also be due to the storm disrupting polling. As word gets out people are dumpster diving to stay alive and shitting in the hall while Obama is pictured in Las Vegas, I don't see that as a net positive.

Posted by: Jollyroger at November 02, 2012 12:35 PM (t06LC)

125 >>>How is this not being reflected in the polls (really, ANY of the polls, not just hack-jobs like PPP) coming out of Ohio, then? I'm not asking to be snarky, I'm asking in legitimate confusion. I'm confused too. Some of these numbers are way wrong.

Posted by: ace at November 02, 2012 12:35 PM (LCRYB)

126 104 I don't say this on the blog but in real life I'm saying all sorts of things like "I don't know what I'll do if TFG wins."
Posted by: ace at November 02, 2012 04:27 PM (LCRYB)

Me - I'd go into hunker down mode and try to build up as much savings and buffer as I could from the federal vortex until 2016. Nothing lasts forever and nobody can predict the political future much beyond two years ahead anyway.

Worst case: Belize. They speak English and are open to immigrants with skillz.

Posted by: Mætenloch at November 02, 2012 12:35 PM (XkotV)

127 Didn't Petula Clark have a hit with "Don't Shit in the Hallway, Baby"?

Posted by: Othered at November 02, 2012 12:35 PM (EuW9O)

128

My stomach can't handle much more of this. I am literally sick. I am not cut out for Obama politics. I want to take a pill and go to sleep and not wake up till next Thursday.

Posted by: mama winger voted double for Paul Ryan at November 02, 2012 04:24 PM (P6QsQ)

 

If you sleep until Thursday, you will miss the Tuesday night avalanche party. 

It starts about 10PM EST.  Romney takes NH, PA, FL, NC, and OH.  And when WI, IA, and MN come in for Romney, it kicks into high gear. 

 

Posted by: Hear the Rumbles? Landslide's a coming at November 02, 2012 12:35 PM (zLp5I)

129 **Could someone explain to me this “Romney will take this country back fifty years” crap that’s all over the left today? **


***

We had some fun with that in a thread a couple of days ago because there are damn sure some values from the 50s that we'd like to see come back.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 02, 2012 12:35 PM (piMMO)

130 OT: During a discussion about the late children’s television presenter — now at the centre of rape and sex abuse allegations — Ms Patterson read out a text billed as “an alternative view on the Jimmy Savile story”. It said: “I wish everyone would stop criticising Jimmy Savile. He was a nice man. When I was eight he fixed it for me to milk a cow blind-folded.” http://goo.gl/5MZYp Whoops!

Posted by: Walkers! at November 02, 2012 12:36 PM (Lom3Z)

131 Jabba the Napolitano visited hurricane victims today- Staten Islanders immediately harpooned her, processed the blubber, and used the oil to light their homes

Posted by: Jones in CO at November 02, 2012 12:36 PM (8sCoq)

132 they can't all be right. It's impossible. Like I said the other day, someone is in for a horrible shock on election night. I just hope it's not us.

Posted by: ace at November 02, 2012 12:36 PM (LCRYB)

133 Here we go with the new math again...

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 02, 2012 12:36 PM (f9c2L)

134 My stomach can't handle much more of this. I am literally sick. I am not cut out for Obama politics. I want to take a pill and go to sleep and not wake up till next Thursday. Posted by: mama winger voted double for Paul Ryan at November 02, 2012 04:24 PM (P6QsQ) I know what you mean. But, that said, if we didn't feel this urgency, we wouldn't be as motivated. At the end of the day, we can say we did what we could. Hopefully, we can also say we won, with a drunk slur. It will be, what it will be at this point.

Posted by: 4 days at November 02, 2012 12:36 PM (LpQbZ)

135 >>>Yet, Canadians are trying to storm the election in support of obama. We saw an idiot Canadian donating (getting caught by using her name announcing it) to obama's campaign, and now this: Bill Russell always sent hookers to Wilt Chamberlain's room the night before they played. Tired him out. If I was America's Rigel or enemy, I would help Obama in order to maintain my competitive advantage too.

Posted by: Truman North at November 02, 2012 12:36 PM (I2LwF)

136 Seriously- should I be worried if Dick Morris is worried the hurricane has bumped obamas numbers?

Posted by: henry in ohio at November 02, 2012 12:36 PM (x72H5)

137
Hurricane in the Northeast, LandSlide everywhere else.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 02, 2012 12:36 PM (PHb2k)

138 But but but but my polls show Obama with a 150 bazillion % chance to win or at least tie! ALL YOUR MATH ARE BELONG TO US.

Posted by: Nate Silver at November 02, 2012 12:36 PM (HgwiM)

139

I don't say this on the blog but in real life I'm saying all sorts of things like "I don't know what I'll do if TFG wins."

 

Yeah, don't say that Ace or else you will be called eeyore troll in need of the banhammer. 

Posted by: California Red at November 02, 2012 12:37 PM (Ho3p+)

140 24 hour hold on the recrimination comments.

Posted by: tasker at November 02, 2012 12:37 PM (r2PLg)

141 Didn't Petula Clark have a hit with "Don't Shit in the Hallway, Baby"?


****

Lynn Anderson had a hit with "I Never Promised you Rose Scented Poop"

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 02, 2012 12:37 PM (piMMO)

142 People who shit in hallways are still voting for Obama!

Posted by: Y-not at November 02, 2012 12:37 PM (5H6zj)

143 CT Moron had a funny rant last thread about how much endurance athletes suck. I agree. Dated a couple. Finicky, neurotic, self-absorbed left-wing rich bitches all of them. Seemingly, outwardly attractive but beset by weird body issues. Very low body fat on a women is not attractive naked. Also -- dry coochie. Not sure why. Only two chicks I've ever been with that had the dry cooch problem were endurance chicks. I remember thinking, what the fuck is wrong with your hoo-ha? You are 24, this should not be an issue. Both said it was normal for them. I tried to explain, no this is not normal. My job is to supply the tree, your job is to water the tree with your magic lady juice. We should not have to buy artificial lady juice from CVS, unless you are a menopausal 24 year old. Dry coochie is no fun. I do not enjoy maximizing friction on my genitalia. That shit burns.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 02, 2012 12:37 PM (ZPrif)

144 >Seriously- should I be worried if Dick Morris is worried


The same Dick Morris who was convinced the 2008 election would be Condi v Hillary? That Dick?

Posted by: Jones in CO at November 02, 2012 12:37 PM (8sCoq)

145 Why are the Polls all wrong you ask ? Because it's group think, this election is going to be a carbon copy of 2008 turnout. Nobody is willing to say, no it's not !

Posted by: Mitchy at November 02, 2012 12:37 PM (abRXd)

146 Dick Morris was on with Howie Carr last night. He said exactly what I wanted to hear. We're going to win the Senate with 52 seats, and Ohio, and...a real soothsayer that Dick Morris. He almost had me, too. Then he plugged his new book.

Posted by: soothsayer at November 02, 2012 12:38 PM (jUytm)

147 Here's a helpful suggestion to all waitresses, servers, cocktail waiters, barkeeps, pizza delivery guys -- after serving Ace, just stand there with your hand out and a frowny face as he piles $5 bills into your palm. Keep frowning until he runs out or you start feeling guilty.
 
Then thank him for the 5% tip.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 02, 2012 12:38 PM (ccXZP)

148 Worst case: Belize. They speak English and are open to immigrants with skillz.

Posted by: Mætenloch at November 02, 2012 04:35 PM (XkotV)


Can you care a monkey's face from a coconut?  The tourists dig those.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 02, 2012 12:38 PM (QKKT0)

149 To quote Han Solo, "Don't get cocky!"

We still need to win on Tuesday.  This is the Superbowl and only two minutes left.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 02, 2012 12:38 PM (94rak)

150 Voted against the Jug Eared Fuck today and I seriously feel better. I'm smiling more this afternoon than I have all week.

Posted by: sans_sheriff at November 02, 2012 12:38 PM (HgwiM)

151 My business will surge if JEF wins. I inspect foreclosures. I am probably the only one in America who can say that.

Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at November 02, 2012 12:38 PM (DGIjM)

152 So why aren't the polls reflecting this? They are, they're just hiding it. Look at how the DRI's are being manipulated to hide the I vote...the I vote which has broken for R.

Posted by: joeindc44 will start talking like biden. like. biden. at November 02, 2012 12:38 PM (QxSug)

153 Seriously- should I be worried if Dick Morris is worried the hurricane has bumped obamas numbers?


***

Well, DM was doing really well at holding his landslide line and not hedging his bets but, it seems, the bets are now, indeed, hedged.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 02, 2012 12:38 PM (piMMO)

154 My stomach can't handle much more of this. I am literally sick. I am not cut out for Obama politics. Working as intended, sadly. They use it to beat folks into submission, or turn them off, so they have a free hand. It's worked at lower levels for generations, so they've turned it up to 11 now to finish us off. Starting to think extraordinary measures may be required to put an end to it, regardless of how next Tuesday shakes out.

Posted by: Brother Cavil presents at November 02, 2012 12:38 PM (GBXon)

155 My models are showing if it is D+3 then the race is close, but Romney wins by about 1%.

If the turnout is Even, then Romney wins by 4.5%.

I can't see how the Dems get to a D+3 turnout, especially with how their early vote numbers collapsed.  But I see lots of evidence that Even is likely.

Give me your arguments both ways.  How can they get D+3?  Why can't they?

Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 02, 2012 12:38 PM (dX4hn)

156

Not mathematically possible.

Hardy har har.

Posted by: Joe Biden at November 02, 2012 12:38 PM (wAQA5)

157 Real life thing that I've said to my wife recently and more than once: "Be sure you are checking more urgently for overseas job ads." No, I'm not joking.

Lots of recent discussions in the ONT about the relative merits of Belize vs. Costa Rica vs. Panama, etc.

Mrs. Jakeman, who's far less tinfoil-hattish than I am, broaches the subject at least once a week. I'm increasingly hopeful about R&R's chances, but if things turn out for the worst, we may take a sabbatical. The dems have her industry in the crosshairs (company just laid off 1000 peeps), and I'm a freelance writer, so I'm good to go as long as I've got internet.

Posted by: jakeman at November 02, 2012 12:38 PM (96M6e)

158 carve.

ack

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 02, 2012 12:38 PM (QKKT0)

159 I voted for Obama in 2008. But this weekend I am headed out to Virginia to knock on doors for Romney. I think there are more of us than anyone could know.

Posted by: Victoria at November 02, 2012 12:38 PM (rgkVI)

160 134 they can't all be right. It's impossible. Like I said the other day, someone is in for a horrible shock on election night. I just hope it's not us. Posted by: ace at November 02, 2012 04:36 PM (LCRYB) __________________ Warplanning 101 Plan for the worst--hope for the best.... Yes--It could be us that need the emergency valium and Depends/

Posted by: tasker at November 02, 2012 12:38 PM (r2PLg)

161 If those numbers are accurate and Romney turns out the base like 2004, Obama *might* win.....California.

Posted by: Spike at November 02, 2012 12:38 PM (wtnmC)

162 I've "properly expressed myself" online for years. Last week while properly refraining from expressing myself on the ballot, I voted early. At this point. what will be, will be. The fiscal cliff is going to be crossed  1 Jan 13 either way. It ain't gonna be pretty. But life's gonna go on.

Posted by: Screwtape at November 02, 2012 12:39 PM (BAnPT)

163 So, it looks like 13% of Obama's supporters are defectors, with the remaining 87% being defecators?

Posted by: Tex Lovera at November 02, 2012 12:39 PM (wtvvX)

164 I'm going to be fucking the crack of dawn to vote for RR on Tuesday.

Posted by: Soona at November 02, 2012 12:39 PM (Bk8vR)

165 102 Motherfuckin maths, how DO they work?


Magnets? How the fuck they work?

Posted by: Naes at November 02, 2012 12:39 PM (r4dYV)

166 **150 Worst case: Belize. They speak English and are open to immigrants with skillz. Posted by: Mætenloch at November 02, 2012 04:35 PM (XkotV) ** sorry, wingnut, you will be hunted down. Signed xxoo, your morally superior, empathetic yet completely totalitarian liberal betters

Posted by: joeindc44 will start talking like biden. like. biden. at November 02, 2012 12:39 PM (QxSug)

167 How is this not being reflected in the polls (really, ANY of the polls, not just hack-jobs like PPP) coming out of Ohio, then?

Off hand, I've got two reasons, both of which are probably at play.

1) 9% Response rate.
2) D + 5 (or greater) poll skews.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at November 02, 2012 12:39 PM (8y9MW)

Posted by: Tex Lovera at November 02, 2012 12:39 PM (wtvvX)

169 Add in black participation falling back to the historic 55% rather than the 2008 60%.

Look, there was bad news everywhere you looked if you were a McCain supporter in 2008.
The only good news we got was anecdotal. "Big crowds at Palin rallies, PUMA's are still pissed, etc."

Now, you could say we are puffing the same bullshit this go-round.

Except one thing: There are a shitload of good signs--real numbers, not stories--including and outside of the polls.

I'm telling you, NM is going RED and the JEF doesn't see it coming.

Posted by: RoyalOil at November 02, 2012 12:40 PM (imtbm)

170 Worst case: Belize. They speak English and are open to immigrants with skillz. Posted by: Mætenloch at November 02, 2012 04:35 PM (XkotV) I'd very much prefer secession but I'll probably move to Israel and take my chances with Iranian nukes and homicidal arab lunatics. Barky will likely get me there, anyway, as it would all go to shit with him in charge of the American Socialist Superstate for another 4 years the foreseeable future. If Barky wins, then it's all done. Either we start anew or it's time to leave for other spots that don't have third world Western-hating retards running them.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 02, 2012 12:40 PM (X3lox)

171

Posted by: GOPPartyReptile at November 02, 2012 04:34 PM (j9FqA)

 

The emotional blackmail of the left, with the rhetoric of Racist, and Sexist, has stifled the voice of many many voters...

 

As I pointed out in another thread.... look at Facebook.... Liberals are vocal and Profane... and MANY on the right, silent... browbeaten into silence because they don't want to FIGHT about it.

 

Now, take that meme and apply it to polls.... where many on the Right, do not answer Polls...

 

And you suddenly have 5-8% of voters NOT being reflected in the pollig data... due to their own chosen silence...

 

Add in the institutional bias of just about all the polls, where they think more DEMS will vote, the Reps..... which belies most of history (2008 was an outlier)...

 

And you have the perfect situation for Polls to be wrong... and WAY like in Reagen terms, wrong...

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 02, 2012 12:40 PM (lZBBB)

172 bumped his numbers? The hurricane is a disaster and he embraced it.

Posted by: joeindc44 will start talking like biden. like. biden. at November 02, 2012 12:40 PM (QxSug)

173

 I don't say this on the blog but in real life I'm saying all sorts of things like "I don't know what I'll do if TFG wins."

+++++

How do you set up this whole post then say you're freaking out? I come here so I don't freak out!

Posted by: USS Diversity at November 02, 2012 12:40 PM (9ghZ6)

174 Jimmy Green's stepdaughter had never voted before. The 57-year-old is mentally disabled, and Green said she doesn't understand the concept of casting a ballot. But this week, she called her parents to say she had voted for President Obama. The care home in Fayetteville where she lives registered its residents to vote and drove them to the polls, Green said. Posted by: Up with people at November 02, 2012 04:29 PM (kzFo5) Sounds like ACORN reared its ugly head, again.

Posted by: 4 days at November 02, 2012 12:40 PM (LpQbZ)

175 Dick Morris is useless. He predicted a big McCain win. He'll say whatever we want to hear.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 02, 2012 12:40 PM (ZPrif)

176 I'm going to be fucking the crack of dawn to vote for RR on Tuesday.

Hope it works.  But it didn't get us off the island.

Posted by: Gilligan at November 02, 2012 12:40 PM (QKKT0)

177

 

Could we please get this down to the 1st grade math that I understand?

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at November 02, 2012 12:41 PM (ggRof)

178 Dick Morris is, well, a Dick !

Posted by: Mitchy at November 02, 2012 12:41 PM (abRXd)

179

Going on the premise that Rasmussen is the most accurate poll (at least based on 2004 and 2008 predictions), he has them tied today with a D+3 (I think) split. Most pollsters agree that Republican enthusiasm is higher for this election than in previous years so, based on 2010 numbers, we should see at worst, a D+1, at best a R+1 or R+2 next Tuesday. Early voting seems to confirm that more republicans are motivated to vote compared to democrats. So, assuming this is the drift for the next 4 days, it seems logical to think Romney has a better chance at winning than Obama, right?

Posted by: IC at November 02, 2012 12:41 PM (a0IVu)

180 138 Seriously- should I be worried if Dick Morris is worried the hurricane has bumped obamas numbers?

Posted by: henry in ohio at November 02, 2012 04:36 PM (x72H5)

Yes.  But you should be totally panicked that you even absorb a complete sentence from the idiot.

Posted by: jwb7605 at November 02, 2012 12:42 PM (Qxe/p)

181 So we all shouldn't panic? Are you sure? I feel like we should panic and run around like idiots.

Posted by: Witchfinder at November 02, 2012 12:42 PM (pLTLS)

182 I'm going to be fucking the crack of dawn to vote for RR on Tuesday.

Me, too.  I'm taking the whole day off.  I'll probably get up at my normal hour (5 AM) to take a nice, leisurely time getting ready (a good breakfast, instead of my normal protein bar, for instance), and then get to polling location by about 6:50, so I can be there when the doors open.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at November 02, 2012 12:42 PM (8y9MW)

183 Ace--

The 13% actually does take into account Romney's advantage with independents; that's one of the main factors in the shift.

Also, by itself, this wouldn't be quite the disaster for Obama that it seems, because there are two relatively small but important group of voters who didn't vote for him last time, but are likely to break significantly for him this time: voters ages 18-21, and recently naturalized citizens.  Part of of the 13% loss (but only a part) is likely due to the aging of the population: Romney is winning older voters, so it stands to reason that some of Obama's 2008 voters will have defected simply because they've become older (and wiser, obviously).

Combined with the reversal of the enthusiasm gap from four years ago, however,  this does appear to have the potential for something close to repeat of 1980.

Posted by: SpitfireIXb at November 02, 2012 12:42 PM (HBsj6)

184 43

If I'm doing my math right, Obama can have back all 3% of his undecideds.  Minus the 13% who say they are voting for Romney, he's at 60.4 million.  Starting with McCain's total of 59.9 million, if only 1 out of 13 former Obama voters who say they're now voting for Romney do so and the rest stay home, Romney wins by a couple hundred thousand votes.

Posted by: not neo just conservative at November 02, 2012 12:42 PM (MNXL5)

185 Also -- dry coochie. Not sure why. --- I don't know about that in particular BUT the internal ladyparts don't necessarily work correctly if you are below a certain percentage of body fat. The body is telling itself that it is in near-starvation conditions and, as a result, won't have a period because it doesn't think there is enough calories to go around.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 02, 2012 12:42 PM (e0xKF)

186 Only two chicks I've ever been with that had the dry cooch problem were endurance chicks.

Low body fat fucks with the normal reproductive functions.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at November 02, 2012 12:42 PM (ZKzrr)

187 How can national polling be D+ anything, isn't republican registration > d registration overall?

Posted by: joeindc44 will start talking like biden. like. biden. at November 02, 2012 12:42 PM (QxSug)

188 >>>I suppose it's a test of character. I get a C+. Why is coddling self-destructive idiots a positive trait?

Posted by: Truman North at November 02, 2012 12:42 PM (I2LwF)

189 168 102 Motherfuckin maths, how DO they work? Magnets? How the fuck they work? Really good around a hard drive!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 02, 2012 12:42 PM (GFM2b)

190 Can we panic later? I'm a little tired.

Posted by: soothsayer at November 02, 2012 12:42 PM (jUytm)

191 they can't all be right. It's impossible.

Like I said the other day, someone is in for a horrible shock on election night. I just hope it's not us.

****

I've been pissed after losing an election, but I've never cried. Now, for some time, I've had a lump building in my throat and I might just crack if Romney loses.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 02, 2012 12:42 PM (piMMO)

192 178 Dick Morris is useless. He predicted a big McCain win. He'll say whatever we want to hear.
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 02, 2012 04:40 PM (ZPrif)

Half of what Dick Morris says is spot on and half is wish-casting pr0n to pimp his latest book. The problem with him is that you can never tell which is which.

Posted by: Mætenloch at November 02, 2012 12:43 PM (XkotV)

193 Ohioans met Obama today at all 3 stops with Benghazi signs. Way to go Ohio

Posted by: armymom at November 02, 2012 12:43 PM (ahrb1)

194 >Dick Morris is useless. He predicted a big McCain win. He'll say whatever we want to hear.

only days ago he published a 'romney landslide' column- he watches one news report about obama playing president in NJ and he's an eyeore again- he's an opportunist and a whore- his scruples and beliefs are malleable, depending on who's hiring

Posted by: Jones in CO at November 02, 2012 12:43 PM (8sCoq)

195 178 "Dick Morris is useless. He predicted a big McCain win. He'll say whatever we want to hear."


He predicted a 100 seat gain and a Senate Majority for Republicans in 2010. How did those predictions work out? Also the notion that an incumbent under 50% is in huge trouble is not accurate. If it's 45% incumbent to 39% challenger, the incumbent will win in a given race.

Posted by: Naes at November 02, 2012 12:43 PM (r4dYV)

196 If the volume of email solicitations for money is any indicator, the Romney campaign is pumping on all cylinders.  I get one every half hour.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 02, 2012 12:43 PM (QKKT0)

197 184 So we all shouldn't panic? Are you sure? I feel like we should panic and run around like idiots.

Posted by: Witchfinder at November 02, 2012 04:42 PM (pLTLS)

Panic uses up too much energy.
But I'm with you half way.

Posted by: jwb7605 at November 02, 2012 12:44 PM (Qxe/p)

198 Vote we much!

Posted by: Rev. Al at November 02, 2012 12:44 PM (l3vZN)

199 Props for the Kee-Rock reference, ace.

Posted by: Ferb Fletcher at November 02, 2012 12:44 PM (hyP1j)

200 Hope it works. But it didn't get us off the island.


****

Wanna bet all the Dem isles get attention before the one Rep one does.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 02, 2012 12:44 PM (piMMO)

201 can we haz a panic emoticon, plz?

Posted by: soothsayer at November 02, 2012 12:44 PM (jUytm)

202 All we can do is vote and pay for Mitt. If Obama wins, this country will be Greece sadly in my lifetime. My only solace, I'll be old and senile when the riots occur from the bankcrupcy and lack of food, energy and jobs.

Posted by: Mitchy at November 02, 2012 12:45 PM (abRXd)

203 I don't say this on the blog but in real life I'm saying all sorts of things like "I don't know what I'll do if TFG wins." You just did, chucklehead.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 02, 2012 12:45 PM (BatdI)

204 169 **150 Worst case: Belize. They speak English and are open to immigrants with skillz.


Posted by: Mætenloch at November 02, 2012 04:35 PM (XkotV) **
Might want to think about that a little. Look up "dangerous animals of Belize". I have some friends that moved there. They are deeply repentant. Their take - no rule of law, locals dislike Americans, locals steal everything not nailed down. Also, neighboring Honduras and Guatemala, as well as (Southern Mexico) are making locals twitchy.
Their answer is to move to Paraguay, apparently.
Did I mention that these friends are pretty fucking stupid? 

Posted by: tubal at November 02, 2012 12:45 PM (BoE3Z)

205
I don't say this on the blog but in real life I'm saying all sorts of things like "I don't know what I'll do if TFG wins."
Posted by: ace at November 02, 2012 04:27 PM (LCRYB)



For me it's pretty straight forward stoic if I might add.
Those of us who voted for Romney did what we could.
Those who voted for the scoamf, voted third party or didn't vote tough shit deal with it.
I'm also predicting an explosive growth in the black market/underground economy
due to lowering standard of living and higher taxes

Posted by: YIKES! at November 02, 2012 12:45 PM (1PE/J)

206 Ace--

I see you figured out my points on your own while I was writing my first comment.  Maybe caveman isn't as math-impaired as he thinks. 

Posted by: SpitfireIXb at November 02, 2012 12:45 PM (HBsj6)

207 20 Presidential election of 2012. Where the Mainstream media and national pollsters died.

Posted by: CUS at November 02, 2012 04:20 PM (84pE9)

If Only.  No, they will do a hair-pin u turn and unleash on Romney like they did on Bush, but this is gonna be LSM on mega-steroids.  They are digging out questions that used to be normal for real journalists and then dragging out Sarah Palin questions.  It's gonna be so despicable a change, that people will just toss out their t.v.'s.

I hope it's the end of the papers, and poor nbc and immelt are going to be left hanging on hatred and lies, and we see how that worked out.  Fox is gonna be the only network with a credence of journalism in the final years of a Romney 8 year run.  I wonder if AndreaMitchellGreenspan will look like Helen Thomas then?


Posted by: ShameTheShameless at November 02, 2012 12:45 PM (TFeHR)

208 What happened to all the landslide talk? The damned hurricane? It's Katrina North.

Posted by: USS Diversity at November 02, 2012 12:46 PM (9ghZ6)

209 Posted by: Ferb Fletcher at November 02, 2012 04:44 PM (hyP1j)

Aren't you a little young to be commenting about political punditry?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at November 02, 2012 12:46 PM (8y9MW)

210 Might want to think about that a little. Look up "dangerous animals of Belize". I have some friends that moved there. They are deeply repentant. Their take - no rule of law, locals dislike Americans, locals steal everything not nailed down. Also, neighboring Honduras and Guatemala, as well as (Southern Mexico) are making locals twitchy. Their answer is to move to Paraguay, apparently. Did I mention that these friends are pretty fucking stupid? --- Those private cities in Costa Rica are sounding like a better fallback plan if a few of my primary plans fall through.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 02, 2012 12:46 PM (e0xKF)

211 Like I said the other day, someone is in for a horrible shock on election night. I just hope it's not us.

I haven't felt this optimistic since Jimmy Carter was up for reelection and I pulled into the school parking lot and saw EVERY ONE of my neighbors in line.

'You're late', they said.

Posted by: Cholera at November 02, 2012 12:46 PM (feFL6)

212 I bet Obama doesn't break 60 million votes this year. I think it's a lot worse for him than everyone thinks.

Posted by: Solo4357 at November 02, 2012 12:46 PM (NBOA5)

213 I'll admit I'm expecting the worst and hoping for the best. But that's because I was so crushed in 08 when I stayed delusional hoping for a last minute miracle. We don't need a last minute miracle this time. But a lucky bounce or two our way would help a lot.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 02, 2012 12:47 PM (ZPrif)

214 >>>You just did, chucklehead. in a comment, way downthread. Barely counts.

Posted by: ace at November 02, 2012 12:47 PM (LCRYB)

215

Worst case: Belize. They speak English and are open to immigrants with skillz.

Posted by: Mætenloch at November 02, 2012 04:35 PM (XkotV)

----------- Are they open to immigrants with $$$$

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at November 02, 2012 12:47 PM (R8hU8)

216 On the plus side, I'm getting the biggest day on my blog ever.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 02, 2012 12:47 PM (dX4hn)

217 By monday, the east coasters sitting in their own poo and having no food or gas will be a story even the bengazi lying media can't ignore.

Posted by: Mitchy at November 02, 2012 12:47 PM (abRXd)

218 Yeah but the way the voting machines are rigged a vote for Romney tabulates as a vote for Obama. So, Lean Foward.

Posted by: kansas at November 02, 2012 12:47 PM (mka2b)

219 can we haz a panic emoticon, plz? Posted by: soothsayer at November 02, 2012 04:44 PM (jUytm) ⸘

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 02, 2012 12:47 PM (X3lox)

220 My business will surge if JEF wins. I inspect foreclosures.
I am probably the only one in America who can say that.

Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at November 02, 2012 04:38 PM (DGIjM)/i]


Ahem.

Posted by: Ruger-S&W-Mossberg-Remington at November 02, 2012 12:47 PM (JJ+PT)

221

Low body fat fucks with the normal reproductive functions...or

Low-body fat fucks, with the normal reproductive functions.

Posted by: fluffy, comma at November 02, 2012 12:47 PM (O6q63)

222 We KNOW Romney is going to win. It's obvious to everyone except the msm, BUT I want to see a landslide of epic proportions...double digits..the mother of all land-freakin'-slides. I want it to be so obviously indisputable that everyone on the left has to choke back salty tears for weeks to come. I want to see wailing, gnashing of teeth , rending of garments, human sacrifice..but mostly human sacrifice.

Posted by: RondinellaMamma at November 02, 2012 12:47 PM (53riN)

223 Whenever one talks about Dick Morris, it must be remembered that he was Bill and Hillary's right-hand man.  And would be again if Hillary ever attempts to gain another office.   Just keep that in mind.  He is not a friend of the right.

Posted by: Soona at November 02, 2012 12:47 PM (Bk8vR)

Posted by: Ruger-S&W-Mossberg-Remington at November 02, 2012 12:48 PM (JJ+PT)

225 For the love of Vishnu, forget the polls and make sure you get every live body out there and vote on Tuesday.  Then, Vishnu willing, there will be dipping.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 02, 2012 12:48 PM (kFnmp)

226 OT/ re the Bloomie thread, so here it is again: Imagine the optics of Rudy, Gov. Large, and say Paul Ryan leading a convoy of relief buses down I-80 and I-95 with food, blankets maybe a gasoline tanker or two into New Jersey and New York....

Posted by: TheThinMan at November 02, 2012 12:48 PM (X6O1T)

227 5 13% of 70 million is 9.1 million y'all.

Posted by: Jack Spectre at November 02, 2012 04:17 PM (taaCl)


Hate to break it to you babe, but 13% of 70 Million is 16 Trillion!

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at November 02, 2012 12:48 PM (ovpNn)

228 Could someone explain to me this “Romney will take this country back fifty years” crap that’s all over the left today? ---- Yeah, those million dollar deficits 50 years ago were a bitch.

Posted by: Up with people at November 02, 2012 12:48 PM (kzFo5)

229
# 163:

Yes--It could be us that need the emergency valium and Depends/

Meh. My plan for election night if:

A. Romney wins: Get smashed, annoy liberals on line, try to work the made up word 'twateratti' into as many posts as possible.

B. Obumbles wins: Get smashed, annoy liberals on line, try to work the made up word 'twateratti' into as many posts as possible.

Honestly though, my money's on scenario number 'A'.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at November 02, 2012 12:49 PM (L7hol)

230 ----------- Are they open to immigrants with $$$$ Posted by: Velvet Ambition at November 02, 2012 04:47 PM (R8hU Most anyplace is open to that.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at November 02, 2012 12:49 PM (kc2b9)

231
Anybody feeling down?  Remember this:

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/277191.php#277191

Feel better?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 02, 2012 12:49 PM (PHb2k)

232 spitfire, the boat is slow but eventually crosses the river.

Posted by: ace at November 02, 2012 12:49 PM (LCRYB)

233 Yeah, Belize, not so good. General principle is I won't move anywhere where I'm an ethnic or religious minority. Cause a general rule of human behavior is the majority fucks over the minority. And when the majority is looking for somebody to fuck over, I don't want to stand out.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 02, 2012 12:49 PM (ZPrif)

234 Imagine the optics of Rudy, Gov. Large, and say Paul Ryan leading a convoy of relief buses down I-80 and
I-95 with food, blankets maybe a gasoline tanker or two into New Jersey and New York....


****

Rent a boat and do a shore landing.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 02, 2012 12:49 PM (piMMO)

235
Protecting the scoam and getting reelected is a hill the mfm wants to die on.
I fucking hope it's a impale.

Posted by: YIKES! at November 02, 2012 12:49 PM (1PE/J)

236 I'm not panicking until 10PM when we really start to see numbers, if it's not a landslide.

Until then keep living life.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 45% more DOOM! at November 02, 2012 12:50 PM (xAtAj)

237 224 My business will surge if JEF wins. I inspect foreclosures. I am probably the only one in America who can say that. Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at November 02, 2012 04:38 PM (DGIjM)/i] Ahem. Posted by: Ruger-S&W-Mossberg-Remington at November 02, 2012 04:47 PM (JJ+PT) Guns, gold and foreclosures... the new American economy! Yea haw!

Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at November 02, 2012 12:50 PM (DGIjM)

238 in 2004, I knew the polls were accurate and that Bush would eke out a win


in 2008,  I knew the polls were accurate, and that Juan was gonna lose


i 2012, I know the polls are bullsh*t and that Romney is gonna win.


that is all...

Posted by: Ben in Benghazi at November 02, 2012 12:50 PM (Dll6b)

239 me too. I'm freaking out, seriously.

I don't say this on the blog but in real life I'm saying all sorts of things like "I don't know what I'll do if TFG wins."

Posted by: ace at November 02, 2012 04:27 PM (LCRYB)


yes many of us feel the same way, My spouse and i have been carrying people for four years, now we are broke. and trying to hang on ourselves.

we are finished , another four years of this,  many others will be too.i'm sure a lot of folks are in the same boat.

and the sadness i feel for future young adults .


they will never  experience the freedom we used to have.


Posted by: willow at November 02, 2012 12:50 PM (hX8cq)

240 Many on the left are falling back on "It's ok, Romney will win the popular vote but, Obama will win the Electoral College."

Really fuckstick?

You wanna point to the states that are going to buck the national vote percentages and give the JEF the win?

'Cause let me tell you what you are really saying, you are saying the JEF wins OH because Nate Silver says so. That's it. That's your only data point.

How many people showed up at the JEF rally today in OH vs. Romney?

Posted by: RoyalOil at November 02, 2012 12:50 PM (imtbm)

241 Recall - 6 months ago the recall election was statistically tied on election day. How did that turn out?

Posted by: Up with people at November 02, 2012 12:50 PM (kzFo5)

242 Give me your arguments both ways. How can they get D+3? Why can't they? AA unemployment is at 14%, their participation will be less then 2008. No conservatives are staying home, none. Women are breaking even, which means either mass defections of Dim gals, or more Conservative women particating. Add'm up, R+1 to R+3

Posted by: Jean at November 02, 2012 12:51 PM (UjSt7)

243 NDH...perfect. Maybe have Rudy do a MacArthur impersonation..."I have returned"

Posted by: TheThinMan at November 02, 2012 12:51 PM (X6O1T)

244 Excuse me a second. *trudges to corner of room and drops trou* I think... *strains* That our Precedent... *grunts* has done a helluva... *plop!* job and deserves reelection. *zips up* Take care of that for me, will ya? Posted by: Typical Troll at November 02, 2012 04:23 PM (feFL6) What has this blog done to me?? Because that^^ made me laugh my tush off.

Posted by: kawfytawk at November 02, 2012 12:51 PM (JWLqy)

245 235
Anybody feeling down? Remember this:

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/277191.php#277191

Feel better?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 02, 2012 04:49 PM (PHb2k)


Damn those were grim days.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 45% more DOOM! at November 02, 2012 12:51 PM (xAtAj)

246 Dick Morris is the 'genius' who moved Bill Clinton to the center in 1996, the election in which Clinton received a healthy plurality of votes.

Posted by: soothsayer at November 02, 2012 12:51 PM (jUytm)

247 You folks talking about moving...

****

I'm not going anywhere!

There are other options. If I'm going to have to fight in a fucking civil war or be part of a revolution, it's going to be here, in my own country,

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 02, 2012 12:51 PM (piMMO)

248 This election is going to give me an ulcer, a heart attack or an aneurysm. Maybe all three at once.

Posted by: physics geek at November 02, 2012 12:51 PM (llWHs)

249 I'm at peace, I already voted for Mitt and gave money. Now it's up to my fellow Americans. If they are so tied to their handouts that they want to turn America into Greece, then I'll adjust my lifestyle and still live my life out the best I can. I have no kids, so when I die, if the country is going to shit, oh well, I tried my best to stop it, sorry future Americans, I tried.

Posted by: AZ Man at November 02, 2012 12:52 PM (abRXd)

250 ABC was covering Barry's /The Nanny's ass. Hannity had the woman on that owns the Company who sent her men up their and she said they were told to go home.

Posted by: Ktgreat at November 02, 2012 12:52 PM (avGs3)

251 0 Don't forget GOP voter enthusiasm is WAY higher for Romney that McLame. Offhand I'd say a good 20-25% better turnout this time vs 2008. Just my WAG. Posted by: Joe Mama at November 02, 2012 04:27 PM (JJ+PT) THIS a lot of R's Sat at home because they were Disgusted it was McLame

Posted by: Evilpens at November 02, 2012 12:52 PM (ck76k)

252 How do you set up this wholepost then say you're freaking out?I come here so I don't freak out! Posted by: USS Diversity at November 02, 2012 04:40 PM (9ghZ6) ahahaha, that made me laugh out loud

Posted by: 4 days at November 02, 2012 12:52 PM (LpQbZ)

253 that'd get the R's NY, CT and NJ

Posted by: TheThinMan at November 02, 2012 12:52 PM (X6O1T)

254 There are other options. If I'm going to have to fight in a fucking civil war or be part of a revolution, it's going to be here, in my own country

WOLVERINES!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 02, 2012 12:52 PM (kFnmp)

255 Remember Benghazi.

Vote R.


Posted by: Craig Poe at November 02, 2012 12:52 PM (BVkEs)

256 from breitbart on Colorado polling data, "In PPP's poll, Democrats have a 4-point edge in the sample. The partisan split is D/R/I: 40/36/24. I don't think in the history of the state have the Demorats made up 40% of the electorate in a presidential election. Even in the Democrat wave year of 2008, the GOP actually had an edge in the make up of the electorate. The partisan split was 31% R, 30% D, and 39% Ind. In 2004, the GOP had a 9 point edge over Democrats. " If you take the DRI of 40/36/24 (only giving O+4 at 50%) and put it into 31/30/39, you get: O=31+16, 47 versus R=30+23 53 for colorado, a purple state

Posted by: joeindc44 will start talking like biden. like. biden. at November 02, 2012 12:52 PM (QxSug)

257 246, NV and NM are my only concerns. NV can be stolen, and Gary Johnson can split up NM into a mess.

Posted by: Jean at November 02, 2012 12:52 PM (UjSt7)

258 math, how does it work?
Posted by: Kevin at November 02, 2012 04:16 PM

Don't forget to add in the Poppin' Fresh "In Fairness" Factor to all material Ace sources from Tespid Air.

When you have deleted all Choom Boy's criminality (and have substituted "Obamateurisms") and have factored in the watered-down support for Romney ("If only he was T-Paw" *long soulful sigh* ) you can begin to see accuracy peeping through the fog.

Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at November 02, 2012 12:52 PM (ZgX/g)

259 NDH...perfect. Maybe have Rudy do a MacArthur impersonation..."I have returned"


***

well, I WAS all about how Rudy would do things differently until I learned he had been on CNBC this morning, applauding Nannie's decision re the marathon.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 02, 2012 12:52 PM (piMMO)

260 Did something change in Belize in the last 20 years? A friend's father used to do missionary work down there and always gave the impression it was pretty laid back.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 02, 2012 12:53 PM (MpT3b)

261 242 I'm not panicking until 10PM when we really start to see numbers, if it's not a landslide. Until then keep living life. --- Looks like it's a good thing I'm tied up until 9-10PM on election night. That keeps the youngest from adding some terms to her vocabulary, as she knows that anything said loudly or screamed is something she wants to repeat.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 02, 2012 12:53 PM (e0xKF)

262 I think R&R will win. What concearns me most is the reaction. The lame duck Jug Eared Fuck will not work to tamp down any major riots. This could get really ugly.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at November 02, 2012 12:53 PM (kc2b9)

263 sooo, obama gotv "machine" is turning out voters for romney; way to go !

Posted by: runner at November 02, 2012 12:53 PM (WR5xI)

264 Remember the words of Winston Wolf.

Get out the vote, people.  It's not over until Romney is sworn in.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 02, 2012 12:53 PM (kFnmp)

265 If we lose, so what. In the big scheme of human events, it is not the end of the world. It means that when conservatives do come back into power which is virtually guaranteed, there will be a lot more work to do to correct the disastrous policies of the JEF.

Posted by: Walkers! at November 02, 2012 12:54 PM (Lom3Z)

266 WOLVERINES!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 02, 2012 04:52 PM (kFnmp)

Redwings.

I'm not moving anywhere either, though. Fuck that guy. I was born here, after all.

Posted by: tubal at November 02, 2012 12:54 PM (BoE3Z)

267 233 # 163: Yes--It could be us that need the emergency valium and Depends/ Meh. My plan for election night if: A. Romney wins: Get smashed, annoy liberals on line, try to work the made up word 'twateratti' into as many posts as possible. B. Obumbles wins: Get smashed, annoy liberals on line, try to work the made up word 'twateratti' into as many posts as possible. Honestly though, my money's on scenario number 'A'. Posted by: Sticky Wicket at November 02, 2012 04:49 PM (L7hol) __________________ In college--I did Psych lab, Psych Eval and stats-- sometimes I like to let Ace--roll with something--so he"saves" himself. I'm evil like that.

Posted by: tasker at November 02, 2012 12:54 PM (r2PLg)

268 Worst case: Belize. They speak English and are open to immigrants with skillz.

Posted by: Mætenloch at November 02, 2012 04:35 PM (XkotV)

----------- Are they open to immigrants with $$$$

When Maet shows up with his cob-logger fortune, it'll be open arms.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 02, 2012 12:54 PM (QKKT0)

269 don't want to stand out.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 02, 2012 04:49 PM (ZPrif)



Almost everywhere in Mexico, Central America, and the northern part of South America, "White Hispanics" or actual Euro White people are in charge of pretty much everything. In the southern countries of Latin America, most people are Euro or mostly Euro ( Argentina, Uru, & Chile )



Belize is a strange case, and seems to have an economy based on stolen American cars

Posted by: Ben in Benghazi at November 02, 2012 12:54 PM (Dll6b)

270 People. Good people. Remember the Chick-fil-A lines? -- Across the entire nation? Remember the absolute shock and horror on the leftie's faces? Remember the where did THAT come from? THAT will be Tuesday.

Posted by: 4 days at November 02, 2012 12:54 PM (LpQbZ)

271 150 Worst case: Belize. They speak English and are open to immigrants with skillz.



You obviously have never been there. I drove there ounce.

Harlem runs a country, open sewers, corrupt leaders, crime, on and on.

It's Harlem, or Nigeria, take your choice.

Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at November 02, 2012 12:54 PM (wR+pz)

272 At Boulder....

Posted by: tasker at November 02, 2012 12:54 PM (r2PLg)

273 Romney... rent a helicopter and do an air drop.

Or...is that too much like showing up the POTUS for some?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 02, 2012 12:54 PM (piMMO)

274 only days ago he published a 'romney landslide' column- he watches one news report about obama playing president in NJ and he's an eyeore again- he's an opportunist and a whore- his scruples and beliefs are malleable, depending on who's hiring

Posted by: Jones in CO at November 02, 2012 04:43 PM (8sCoq)

 

Now that you mention it, I have never seen Ace and Dick in the same place. Nor would I. I don't swing that way.

Posted by: Jollyroger at November 02, 2012 12:55 PM (t06LC)

275 I used to fret about my kid's future, but that was only up to the point the other day when I was told that it was a good thing she wasn't voting this time because if she did, she'd vote for Obama.

My first two thoughts were 1)  Not voting works for me too and 2)  I got mine already kiddo, if Obama gets re-elected good luck getting yours.

Posted by: not neo just conservative at November 02, 2012 12:55 PM (MNXL5)

276

Rent a boat and do a shore landing.

 


 

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 02, 2012 04:49 PM (piMMO)

 

And the US Navy is..... where?  oh.... pretty much deployed, or in the yards... although there were 21 ships sitting in Norfolk pre storm....

 

Know how much POWER generation that is? Know how much Potable Water an Amphib can produce?  Know how much GAS an AOE can carry? 

 

And every stinkin Squid on a Ship, is a Trained Fire Fighter.... and many have Security Training....

 

Heck.... rememberHaiti?... the Navy pulled in there to help...

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 02, 2012 12:55 PM (lZBBB)

277 There are other options. If I'm going to have to fight in a fucking civil war or be part of a revolution, it's going to be here, in my own country,

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 02, 2012 04:51 PM (piMMO)


If Obama is re-elected, I'm going to try and convince the wife to become owners.


I'm not thinking it's that bad yet, but I don't want to be in denial.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 45% more DOOM! at November 02, 2012 12:55 PM (xAtAj)

278 time for the PCP { preference cascade puddin }

Posted by: rstone at November 02, 2012 12:55 PM (NcSi2)

279 gun owners*

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 45% more DOOM! at November 02, 2012 12:55 PM (xAtAj)

280 I'd donate $5 to the Obama Campaign if I could get one of those cool bomber jackets.

I'm still voting for Romney.

Posted by: Fritz at November 02, 2012 12:55 PM (vm7ot)

281 272 If we lose, so what. In the big scheme of human events, it is not the end of the world. It means that when conservatives do come back into power which is virtually guaranteed, there will be a lot more work to do to correct the disastrous policies of the JEF

If the worst happens, I'll sit back and tell myself that after four years, this POS is out of our lives forever.  Not much, but it'll keep me from hanging myself.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 02, 2012 12:55 PM (kFnmp)

282 Remember the Chick-fil-A lines? -- Across the entire nation?

***

Damnit.

Now I want Chik-Fil-A

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 02, 2012 12:55 PM (piMMO)

283 The other thing Romney has in his favor? He's not a SCoaMF. Not sure of the math on that, but it's clearly bonus numbers.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at November 02, 2012 12:56 PM (eHIJJ)

284 THIS a lot of R's Sat at home because they were Disgusted it was McLame

Posted by: Evilpens at November 02, 2012 04:52 PM (ck76k)


Not all were sit-outs. A lot were squishy types that voted for the JEF.

Posted by: Joe Mama at November 02, 2012 12:56 PM (JJ+PT)

285 I'd donate $5 to the Obama Campaign if I could get one of those cool bomber jackets. That Lamb Skin piece of art is $750 if it's a dime. That's our tax money BTW.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at November 02, 2012 12:57 PM (kc2b9)

286 And don't forget the majority of the public hates Ocare....

Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna not greg/gerg at November 02, 2012 12:57 PM (9+ccr)

287 another thing these polls show is, even with the most leftwing, partisan jackass imagineable, the left will still vote for TFG, so why do the GOP's feel the need to act like they're the bad guys?

Posted by: joeindc44 will start talking like biden. like. biden. at November 02, 2012 12:57 PM (QxSug)

288 And the US Navy is..... where? oh.... pretty much deployed, or in the yards... although there were 21 ships sitting in Norfolk pre storm....

Know how much POWER generation that is? Know how much Potable Water an Amphib can produce? Know how much GAS an AOE can carry?

And every stinkin Squid on a Ship, is a Trained Fire Fighter.... and many have Security Training....

Heck.... rememberHaiti?... the Navy pulled in there to help...


***

I remember a big ass Coast Guard ship being used in N.O.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 02, 2012 12:57 PM (piMMO)

289 Looking at the gas lines on FNC.  I wonder how many of those people know that the unions are turning away help because of being non-union.   Is any news getting to these people?

Posted by: Soona at November 02, 2012 12:57 PM (Bk8vR)

290 I'm not going anywhere! There are other options. If I'm going to have to fight in a fucking civil war or be part of a revolution, it's going to be here, in my own country, --- Funny story, (to me), the neighbor of 15 years put a Obama sign in her yard the last election. A few months later I get a knock on the door, and she's frantic. Apparently her husband somehow filled the house up with natural gas and she needed to use my phone. She was afraid to use her own phone because the house was full of explosive gas. My answer (lie) - sorry, my phone is dead. As a was leaving to go get my morning coffee I noticed her sitting on the front porch of her house and laughed to myself.

Posted by: Up with people at November 02, 2012 12:57 PM (kzFo5)

291 If this country is stupid enough to re-elect Obama, then in 2016 it'll be a Biden-Moochele ticket. I'll be buying some land up in the mountains and living off the grid.

Posted by: Mitt Man at November 02, 2012 12:57 PM (abRXd)

292 Could someone explain to me this “Romney will take this country back fifty years” crap that’s all over the left today? If it means we undo the last fifty years of their degradation and corruption, I'm down for that.

Posted by: Brother Cavil presents at November 02, 2012 12:57 PM (GBXon)

293 Damnit.

Now I want Chik-Fil-A

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 02, 2012 04:55 PM (piMMO)


Better hurry, they are closed tomorrow.

Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at November 02, 2012 12:58 PM (wR+pz)

294 Belize, I got a hill in Kentucky that will hold out longer then some banana republic.

Posted by: Jean at November 02, 2012 12:58 PM (wLibB)

295
# 267:

That keeps the youngest from adding some terms to her vocabulary, as she knows that anything said loudly or screamed is something she wants to repeat.

Kids ears are tuned, and extra sensitive to words you don't want them repeating.

My wife and I do foster care, and our youngest, who at the time had barely mastered 'Uh Oh', toddled past our computer room just as my wife said 'bullshit'. He immediately repeated it, clear as day.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at November 02, 2012 12:58 PM (L7hol)

296

I've got a 13% defection........... in my

 

oh never mind.

Posted by: eleven at November 02, 2012 12:58 PM (fsLdt)

297
Better hurry, they are closed tomorrow.


***

Why?!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 02, 2012 12:59 PM (piMMO)

298 Oh, and Harry Reid is bragging that he will obstruct a President Romney at every turn.

But yeah, don't vote for Akin.  Or something.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 02, 2012 12:59 PM (kFnmp)

299 Now I want Chik-Fil-A Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 02, 2012 04:55 PM (piMMO) Better hurry, they are closed tomorrow. Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at November 02, 2012 04:58 PM (wR+pz) Why are they closed tomorrow? they are usually closed on Sunday

Posted by: kawfytawk at November 02, 2012 12:59 PM (JWLqy)

300 The Belize demographics have changed. The white/european ruling class stopped having babies decades ago. The rest didn't. Over decades that changes the culture. Belize is steadily becoming just another tiny, crappy, violent, lawless Central American state -- albeit one with larger white and larger black minority populations than the others. The occasional rich American moving down there doesn't really impact the fundamental demographic shifts.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 02, 2012 12:59 PM (ZPrif)

301 298 If this country is stupid enough to re-elect Obama, then in 2016 it'll be a Biden-Moochele ticket. I'll be buying some land up in the mountains and living off the grid.

Posted by: Mitt Man at November 02, 2012 04:57 PM (abRXd)

That is a viable option for all of us, in some variation or another. As for me, I will take all my chips off the table.

Posted by: tubal at November 02, 2012 12:59 PM (BoE3Z)

302 Joe Mama: "Not all were sit-outs. A lot were squishy types that voted for the JEF."

While true, I really did like the crease in his pants and the pattern in his crotchetal region.

Posted by: David Brooks at November 02, 2012 01:00 PM (eHIJJ)

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 02, 2012 01:00 PM (PHb2k)

304 Could someone explain to me this “Romney will take this country back fifty years” crap that’s all over the left today? Only fifty, damn

Posted by: Jean at November 02, 2012 01:00 PM (wLibB)

305 299 Could someone explain to me this “Romney will take this country back fifty years” crap that’s all over the left today?


It the abortion arguement.  Your uterus  will belong to us.

Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at November 02, 2012 01:00 PM (wR+pz)

306 Damnit. Now I want Chik-Fil-A Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 02, 2012 04:55 PM (piMMO) mmmmm waffle fries.

Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at November 02, 2012 01:00 PM (DGIjM)

307 301 Belize, I got a hill in Kentucky that will hold out longer then some banana republic. Posted by: Jean at November 02, 2012 04:58 PM (wLibB) Amen, same here. The Sherriff stopped by and said Hey, then complemented me on my Romney Ryan bumber sticker. We won't be bullied.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at November 02, 2012 01:00 PM (kc2b9)

308 That is a viable option for all of us, in some variation or another. As for me, I will take all my chips off the table.

Frak it.  Let the Moron Horde invade Green;and and claim it as our own.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 02, 2012 01:00 PM (kFnmp)

309
Romney is gonna take this country back Fifty Years!**

(**translation: those communist mother fuckers trying to ruin our country will have to go back to late night flop sweat filled meeting in back alley basements where they suffer in the company of other socialist marxist and generally anti-American shitheads and college professors who make bombs and pollute the minds of the children)

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at November 02, 2012 01:00 PM (ovpNn)

310 I think the Maet reveal-the-IP experiment was a success. It's gonna
get crazy over the next couple of days with the troll-a-polluza so
anything that makes them crawl into the corner and whimper is
fair game.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at November 02, 2012 01:00 PM (feFL6)

311
html stuff no worky sometimes.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 02, 2012 01:00 PM (PHb2k)

312 So this is next to meaningless.. but I will relay this little tidbit to all you worriers in hopes it will cheer you up.

5 years ago, I started going on Daily Kooks.. to basically troll..  It can be fun.. and they are so easily annoyed.. it almost isn't a challenge...  I've been banned from there, but I still visit often to see which way the wind is blowing from the other side.

But here's the point..  Those are probably THE most rabid bunch of partisans on the internet.  But their numbers are not even half what they were during the 2008 campaign.  Participants in diaries - i.e. commenters - would normally be in the several hundreds..  No more.. many of their "diaries" fail to garner 50 recommends.. only a few a day get recs and comments in the hundreds.

It tells me that, on the whole, liberals are less interested in politics.. the younger ones have given up.. The OWS crap beat the fight out of a lot of 'em.. Obama's failures to come thru on all the far-lefty promises have beat down another big chunk of those libtards as well.

2008 was a lib fantasy come true.  And it was the perfect storm for us.. McCain! Ye gods!  What a loser.. and they had their god who was gonna save the world.

It's gone though..  And I think their drive is gone and they are beat down enough for us to win.. because our enthusiasm and our drive is akin to what they had in 2008.

So.. don't worry.. we got this one..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 02, 2012 01:00 PM (f9c2L)

313 I think I hate Harry Reid more than any other Democrat. I will never forgive Republicans if they don't win the Senate.

Posted by: Naes at November 02, 2012 01:01 PM (r4dYV)

314 Seriously- should I be worried if Dick Morris is worried the hurricane has bumped obamas numbers?
====================
No.
Why?
Early and absentee voting.
Obama won in  2008 because he racked up huge points there.
Case in point: NM Albuquerque saw a 63/37 split before election day and a 55/45 split on election day in the JEF's favor.
With 2 days to go, it's down 56k from 2008; and only 13k were added yesterday.
Most of the early voting is in the books; Romney focused on the soft supporters--people who likely voted for the JEF last time, the JEF focused on his hard-core.

Any increase for the JEF now will be due to the soft supporters--many of who Romney already got to the polls for him.

Posted by: RoyalOil at November 02, 2012 01:01 PM (imtbm)

315 Could someone explain to me this “Romney will take this country back fifty years” crap that’s all over the left today? It's the whole "put you back in chains" BS...they have never been good at math

Posted by: kawfytawk at November 02, 2012 01:01 PM (JWLqy)

316
Why are they closed tomorrow? they are usually closed on Sunday

Posted by: kawfytawk at November 02, 2012 04:59 PM (JWLqy)


Cause I am drunk and think it IS Saturday already,  Ha Ha.

Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at November 02, 2012 01:01 PM (wR+pz)

317 Remember the Chick-fil-A lines? -- Across the entire nation?

***

Damnit.

Now I want Chik-Fil-A

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 02, 2012 04:55 PM (piMMO)

 

 

----------------------------------------------------

 

 

That's been my contention all through this.  Get your face out of the poll numbers and look around.  The physical evidence of how this nation will vote has been all around us for  months......years.

Posted by: Soona at November 02, 2012 01:01 PM (Bk8vR)

318 320 I think I hate Harry Reid more than any other Democrat. I will never forgive Republicans if they don't win the Senate.

Very tough sell, though.  Although Tom Smith in PA is gaining on Bob White Bread Casey.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 02, 2012 01:01 PM (kFnmp)

319 THANKS OBAMA!!!!

Posted by: Storm Victims at November 02, 2012 01:02 PM (BVkEs)

320 My oldest daughter turns 9 on Election Day. So she's very interested in the election. We were watching the last debate together and at one point I remember looking at her and she had tears in her eyes. "Why, Daddy? Why does President Obama suck so hard? I wish you could be President." Poor baby. We're going to celebrate and make some "To 47 From 53, With Love" signs together. Because I'm all about the fuckin healing.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 02, 2012 01:02 PM (BatdI)

321 Now that you mention it, I have never seen Ace and Dick in the same place. Nor would I. I don't swing that way.

What have you got against ace?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 02, 2012 01:03 PM (YEelc)

322 Romney is gonna take this country back Fifty Years!**


***

Yes! Self-reliance! The three-R's in schools!

Men who act like men instead of little boys!

Dressing to go to town.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 02, 2012 01:03 PM (piMMO)

323 320 I think I hate Harry Reid more than any other Democrat. I will never forgive Republicans if they don't win the Senate.

Posted by: Naes at November 02, 2012 05:01 PM (r4dYV)


Harry Reid is my Senator.

If I had known which fucking hospital he was in last week i would have gone to visit him with flowers and stood on his oxygen hose for a good 20 minutes.

Brain damage from lack of oxygen is at what...15?

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at November 02, 2012 01:03 PM (ovpNn)

324 Belize somehow attracts random White people from Europe in the USA as immigrants.  Most of them go back to Europe or finagle their way into the USA


Billy Bob's experience there jives with mine, man:  Corrupt Holders People, trash everywhere, sh*t in open sewers, with a sprinkling of deluded White people gradually opening their eyes

Posted by: Ben in Benghazi at November 02, 2012 01:03 PM (Dll6b)

325 50 years?  They are saying Romney is the new JFK!!!

Posted by: Grig at November 02, 2012 01:03 PM (BsG1N)

326 Seriously- should I be worried if Dick Morris is worried the hurricane has bumped obamas numbers? I can't see Romney's numbers affected....Conservatives will crawl on broken glass to vote....Obama voters will likely be lined up wherever the freebies are....so unless they give handouts at the polling stations I don't see a problem.

Posted by: kawfytawk at November 02, 2012 01:03 PM (JWLqy)

327

Cause I am drunk and think it IS Saturday already, Ha Ha.

 

I commend you sir.  You can sit at my table anytime.

Posted by: eleven at November 02, 2012 01:04 PM (fsLdt)

328 I plan on going to Chick-fil-A after voting this Tuesday.

Posted by: Craig Poe at November 02, 2012 01:04 PM (BVkEs)

329

Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at November 02, 2012 05:00 PM (wR+pz)

 

Hmmm..... back 50 years.... that would be.... 1962

 

Federal spending: $106.82 billion Federal debt: $302.9 billion Inflation: 0.4% Consumer Price Index: 30.2 Unemployment: 6.7%
Prices Cost of a new home: $18,200.00 Cost of a new car: $ Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.04 Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.31 Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.54 Cost of a gallon of Milk: $0.49

 

 

OK.....

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 02, 2012 01:04 PM (lZBBB)

330 Holy cow.. look who is joining Mitt in Cincy tonight for his rally! God, i would love to be there! U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner Secretary Condoleezza Rice Secretary Elaine Chao Governor Bobby Jindal Governor Tom Ridge Senator Rob Portman Senator Marco Rubio Senator John Thune Senator Lindsey Graham Senator Norm Coleman Chairman Reince Priebus Mayor Rudy Giuliani Senator John and Cindy McCain Senator Kelly Ayotte Congressman Jason Chaffetz Congressman Artur Davis Governor Rick Perry Governor Sam Brownback Olympian Derek Parra Olympian Scott Hamilton Jack Nicklaus Tagg and Jen Romney Matt and Laurie Romney Josh Romney Ben Romney Craig and Mary Romney

Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at November 02, 2012 01:05 PM (DGIjM)

331 Dammit. The Chick-fil-A Express over on campus closes at 5.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 02, 2012 01:05 PM (MpT3b)

332 I'm so sick of Bronco Bama.

Posted by: eleven at November 02, 2012 01:05 PM (fsLdt)

333 My theory on the polling being "close" is this. Its all about the donations. If they release a poll to big of a win/loss for one side whats the point to donate to them anymore? If romney is up by 10 points in every poll its in the bag right? So he wouldnt need anymore money to win. And if hes down by 10 points (this goes for either candidate) no point in donating because who wants to give money to someone who is going to lose? So they purposely keep the polls "tied" to keep that sweet sweet cash flow.

Posted by: Conservative Cowboy at November 02, 2012 01:05 PM (QyShY)

334 new thread up

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 02, 2012 01:06 PM (piMMO)

335

 stood on his oxygen hose for a good 20 minutes.Brain damage from lack of oxygen is at what...15?

 

 


 

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at November 02, 2012 05:03 PM (ovpNn)

 

 

 How could you tell if it had worked?

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 02, 2012 01:06 PM (lZBBB)

336 Also -- dry coochie. Not sure why. Only two chicks I've ever been with that had the dry cooch problem were endurance chicks. I remember thinking, what the fuck is wrong with your hoo-ha? You are 24, this should not be an issue. Both said it was normal for them. I tried to explain, no this is not normal. My job is to supply the tree, your job is to water the tree with your magic lady juice. We should not have to buy artificial lady juice from CVS, unless you are a menopausal 24 year old.

Dry coochie is no fun. I do not enjoy maximizing friction on my genitalia. That shit burns.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 02, 2012 04:37 PM (ZPrif)

Finally, I'm getting "the talk" that my dad never had time to give me. Tell me more, sir.

Posted by: somebody else, not me at November 02, 2012 01:06 PM (nZvGM)

337 What happened in Belize is the same as Zimbabwe or South Africa. The white ruling class minority fell below the minimum % necessary to keep law and order and civilization. Now it's reverting to Guatemala. The demographic momentum is unstoppable at this point.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 02, 2012 01:07 PM (ZPrif)

338 It doesn't matter how you vote, it's who counts the votes.

Posted by: Joe Stalin at November 02, 2012 01:07 PM (H73Hc)

339 Wow, looking at that 2008 thread.  We were behind in so many races, and they were all red states.

Now we are ahead in the polls in all the important states, except Ohio.  Plus we are tied in states that weren't even on that list like IA, WI, and MI.

What a difference.

Of course then, we were all optimistic, now we are full of pessimism.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 02, 2012 01:07 PM (dX4hn)

340 At least I have football to watch and keep my mind off of this until Monday, this emotional rollercoaster is going to drive me drink..er I mean drink more.

Posted by: Texas Fluke at November 02, 2012 01:07 PM (2g+7R)

341 Didn't Petula Clark have a hit with "Don't Shit in the Hallway, Baby"?
Thread winner, forever.

Posted by: andycanuck at November 02, 2012 01:08 PM (nkiQM)

342 343 stood on his oxygen hose for a good 20 minutes.Brain damage from lack of oxygen is at what...15?



Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at November 02, 2012 05:03 PM (ovpNn)


How could you tell if it had worked?

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 02, 2012 05:06 PM (lZBBB)


I would start counting from 0 to 20 minutes at the 15 minute mark.

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at November 02, 2012 01:08 PM (ovpNn)

343 I'm not trying to be an Eeyore, unless there's some lost episode of Winnie the Pooh where Eeyore spent a lot of time looking confused and saying, "The fuck?"

Posted by: GOPPartyReptile at November 02, 2012 04:34 PM (j9FqA)


That was Winnie the Pooh and the Very Fucked-Up Day. Great story but Disney passed on it, the cowardly bastards.

Posted by: joncelli at November 02, 2012 01:09 PM (RD7QR)

344

Also -- dry coochie. Not sure why. Only two chicks I've ever been with that had the dry cooch problem were endurance chicks.

 

Uhhhh......I didn't even know that was a thing. 

Posted by: eleven at November 02, 2012 01:09 PM (fsLdt)

345 Romney is gonna take this country back Fifty Years!** Hey, is that when 100 men with slide rules could put a man on the moon. Now the graduates from our vaunted universities can't use a fucking screwdriver.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at November 02, 2012 01:09 PM (kc2b9)

346 I didn't realize the polls were so close in 2008. I remember actually thinking McLame could pull it out, after reading Hillbuzz and a bunch of anecdotal shite. In reality, they had to hold McCain back from conceding at 4 PM.

Posted by: USS Diversity at November 02, 2012 01:11 PM (9ghZ6)

347 @354 As Coulter likes to say, it's probable McCain voted for Obama.

Posted by: Ktgreat at November 02, 2012 01:13 PM (avGs3)

348 I've been lying low and popping BP pills. Tuesday can't come soon enough...or can it? Hense the reason for BP pills. Please let me be a...well, you know...one od those.

Posted by: Granny at November 02, 2012 01:14 PM (egHP5)

349

Yeah Juan had no intention of winning that race. I didn't see it until later.

 

Pretty sure Romney ain't playing that.

Posted by: USS Diversity at November 02, 2012 01:15 PM (9ghZ6)

350 I think surveys like this are far more telling than simple polling that can easily be gamed.

All the polls say the same thing at this point, independents are going for Romney by nearly double digits, it's just a matter of how many Republicans vs Democrats are put in the poll.

But when you have a survey that shows a SUBSTANTIAL amount of people saying they voted for Obama last time around, but now they're voting Romney, it looks like a landslide to me.  Especially considering that's not factoring in a possible Republican tsunami of turnout.

Posted by: McAdams at November 02, 2012 01:15 PM (plgt6)

351 Wanted to say something to the people who fear Obama's Sandy bounce (I think he got one). 1) It (or much of it) may fade by Nov 6. Obama looked Presidential and I think the global warming stuff helps him w/ independents, especially women. However, bounces based on optics aren't really deep ones (IMO). It's why most convention bounces fade relatively quickly...you see everyone at their best, but it doesn't really alter their record and issues. I really think as people think more about the election this weekend, and Monday, and less about Sandy things will largely return to whatever they were going to be anyway (w/out Sandy). Part of the reason I think this is that O's two strong debate performances didn't move the needle for him. I think many of the people who claim to be undecided have actually hardened their hearts against him. 2) A lot of us (I'm one of them) had something like 51-47, 51-48 as the popular vote result. If we were right the bounce shouldn't be able to alter those numbers enough to get a popular vote win for O. Perhaps he could go a point higher or so, w/ more undecideds breaking to him, but I don't see many Romney voters flipping over Sandy, only undecideds. Remember also, that even w/ a popular vote win of under a point, Romney likely would have something like a 67% chance of winning the electoral college too. Over a point and his chances go into the 90% plus range. Over two points and the chances of an EC win increase to virtually 100%. Quite simply: He doesn't have to win by very much to ice this thing. Remember 2004 was considered a close election and Bush won by 2.4 points. Even with a Sandy bounce for O, a similar performance to Bush's is very achievable for Romney. Thus, this thing can be "close" and still be a very solid win. Remember that.

Posted by: trickamsterdam at November 02, 2012 01:17 PM (uTBHY)

352 >>>Obama won relatively big -- more than any Democratic president in recent memory...

Wrong, wrong wrong!!!! McLame _LOST_ bigger than any other Republican candidate in recent memory.

Get it straight next time!

Posted by: RoadRunner at November 02, 2012 01:17 PM (rIOWj)

353 Just asking:  at what point is it appropriate to commence drinking heavily? 

Posted by: Natasha at November 02, 2012 01:21 PM (jU5uf)

354 361 Just asking: at what point is it appropriate to commence drinking heavily? Posted by: Natasha at November 02, 2012 05:21 PM (jU5uf) 4 years ago!

Posted by: Granny at November 02, 2012 01:28 PM (egHP5)

355 Y'all are forgetting that the JEF hasn't been above 50% in anything --polls, approval level, any of that mess.

That's DOOM, as Monty would say, for an incumbent.

Posted by: Double Wide at November 02, 2012 01:30 PM (vcYNu)

356 Been said many times, but one more time for the eeyores.  There is no way in hell that bambi can win again.  No. Way.  I know I live in a red state, but it is almost impossible to find the voter willing to state they are voting bambi   ...and I know some of them were part of the fooled last time.  My pulled from thin air says that at least 1% that voted for him to "be a part of history" won't be doing it again, at least 1% that voted for him won't because the economy still sucks, and at least 1% o that voted for him because McCain sucked so bad won't.  Romney wins Tuesday, and it would be an epic blow out if it were not for those that will still vote for the chocolate jesus simply based upon his skin color.

Posted by: dogfish at November 02, 2012 01:32 PM (N2yhW)

357 CNN/ORC poll showing Obama up 3 in Ohio (50-47) among likelys:

White men: 61-37 RR
White women: 51-46 O
White % presuming gender balance is equivalent: appr. 53-44 RR

So, in a state that's 81.0% WNH, 15.6% H/B, the minority vote turns the total about 12 points? I guess that works mathematically. Dubious.


Posted by: letitbeme at November 02, 2012 01:32 PM (4uDUj)

358

"I'm telling you, NM is going RED and the JEF doesn't see it coming."

hey royal:  Whats your thought on the impact of Gary Johnson in NM.  Will he siphon off votes from Romney?   or potheads from Obama?

Posted by: California Red at November 02, 2012 01:33 PM (Ho3p+)

359 But Intrade has Obama up by 20%!!!!!

Posted by: In before the troll at November 02, 2012 01:33 PM (TIIx5)

360
Plus, I was told that there was no math on this blog. Geez.

Posted by: In before the troll at November 02, 2012 01:36 PM (TIIx5)

361

Volunteered and helped escort 5 van loads of seniors to the polls, today......not one good word about the SCOAMF among the 65 of the 70 plus crowd...bless their hearts!

Posted by: cat at November 02, 2012 01:41 PM (+YbEV)

362

Didn't Petula Clark have a hit with "Don't Shit in the Hallway, Baby"?

We are not worthy!!

LMAO!

Posted by: cat at November 02, 2012 01:45 PM (+YbEV)

363 Two girls, one hallway.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 02, 2012 02:23 PM (gA69l)

364 I saw a recent poll showing defection rate of 12%, can't recall if it was state or national. I think it was in Ohio. It also showed Obama getting 9% of Republican votes. In 2008, I've read Obama got 9% of Republican votes also. McCain got, like, Lieberman's vote and that was his entire Democrat support. So Obama is holding on to his 9% liberal Republicans but Romney is more than matching him. UNDERTOW!!

Posted by: TooCon at November 02, 2012 03:13 PM (FefyM)

365

Racist Right calls Obama a traitor over death of FOUR Americans, But calls Bush a Patriot over the death of thousands! Sean Insanity uses suffering people as "prop" to demean Obama's efforts while Hate-Radio and Romney does NOTHING to help!

ItÂ’s disgusting how President Obama is being vilified for the death of FOUR Americans. It was a horrible tragedy but it also shows another mental problem with the right, and that is being hypocritical to the bone.

With the election next week, the party of racists, bigots, extremists haters are NOT hiding the hard-core fact that they don't want black people in the White House anymore. That proof is in the pudding.

 You right wing nuts blame Obama for everything from how your kid does in school to the weather conditions.

IÂ’m supporting Obama because generally speaking I believe he is tilting the country in the right direction, particularly from an economic perspective, whereas the Republicans would do irreparable damage to the economy and gut vital social programs that are a lifeline to many Americans just like they did for eight years Under Bush.

Wow so let's see shal we? Despite alledgedly being nothing more than an unqualified "community organizer" we now have a guy that can have people killed, controls the tectonic plates and can call down earthquakes at will, has the power to manipulated the global media, is going to circumvent the Constitution to obtain a third term, somehow is taking guns away despite only a single significant bit of gun legislation during the term which actually expanded gun rights, and is simultaneiously both the messiah and the antichrist. Wow I can understand why you oddballs are so frightened by this uberman

No doubt Obama-haters like here are without dobut the biggest racists in American History. Bigger than the KKK, bigger than the Nazi. Bigger than Rush Limabugh!

The party of racists, bigots, extremists, homophobes, AND hypocrites scream bloody murder over the fact that FOUR Americans die under a “lie” that President Obama told, but then again these exact same hypocrites didn’t whine, in fact, they didn’t care or mind that hundreds and thousands of Americans died under a lie President Bush told. They didn’t mind that they died for an unjust war or that they died looking for weapons of Mass Delusion.

That is a fact!
Anyone who sees Obama as a Terrorist Is an Un-American Racist!
Anyone who sees Obama as a Traitor Is an Un-American Racist!
Anyone who sees Obama as a Communist Is an Un-American Racist!
Anyone who sees Obama as a Marxist Is an Un-American Racist!
Anyone who sees Obama as a Socialist Is an Un-American Racist!
Anyone who sees Obama as a Muslim Is an Un-American Racist AND a Bigot!
Anyone who sees Obama as a Liar  Is an Un-American Racist AND a hypocrite!
Anyone who sees Obama as a Fraud Is an Un-American Racist!
Anyone who sees Obama as a Enemy of America Is an Un-American Racist!
Anyone who sees Obama as a Destroyer of America Is an Un-American Racist!
Anyone who sees Obama as a Murder Is an Un-American Racist!
Anyone who sees Obama as a Evil Man Is an  Hateful Un-American Racist!
Anyone who sees Obama as a Homo Is an Un-American Racist AND a lying homophobe!
Anyone who sees Obama as a Failure Is an Un-American Fact-challenged liar who thinks 8 years of Bush was a Success!

I think in some republicans minds he is a virtual communist, but in reality he is nothing of the sort. Hell! He's NONE of these things! Just a Black man as President who doesn't scare Americans, just the party of racist, bigots, extremists, homophobes who will go as far to exploit the suffering of Americans, like Sean Insanity to demean the President!

POS & SCOAMF - nicknames for Obama popularized by Brain-dead racists and Dog Fellaters.
"The Republicans are the party that says government doesnÂ’t work...
and then get elected and prove it.” - P.J. O’Rourke

Who knew after four years I was right! You people are a disgrace to all Americans! You clearly aren't a Christian with that mouth .... and the others who speak the same pathetic language you do.  YUK !

Posted by: Questionman at November 02, 2012 03:39 PM (F+55I)

366 All McCain voters from 2008 will vote for Romney, many fewer Obama voters from 2008 will vote for him this year, many of those will stay home buy many more will vote for Romney, and Romney will get the evangelical vote that stayed home in 2008 because they didnÂ’t like either candidate. No math required.

Posted by: TeeJaw at November 02, 2012 08:45 PM (vtqVY)

367 ______________________________


I know I'm late to this party, Ace. But the following line (let's see if I can do a simple copy&paste without having your comments screen go idiotically nuts) left me in stitches:

"13% of 70 million is 9.1 million. Subtract that from 70 million and add it to 60 million and you get... Look, I don't do math. I'm just an unfrozen caveman blogger. Your strange world of magic scrawlings confuses me."

Yes, I laughed 'out loud' and rather uproariously. 

Good stuff.

And agree with your analysis. 

Saw Romney at the Va Beach Amphitheater last night. He's more than good. He's our next President.





 

 

Posted by: _Dave_ at November 02, 2012 10:50 PM (J+Q+d)

368 _______________________________

Hey, Ace! The basic Copy and Paste works here! Hurrah!
After being burned many times long ago, I guess I can finally conclude that there was something to the inverse of Pavlov's theories.


Anyway, back to my mixed-Bourbon solo-party as I watch Lynch's Inland Empire.

Keep re-posting that really god-awful bad 1970-somethin' Star Wars Christmas Special featuring 'love-day'.
I live for it.

 
 



Posted by: _Dave_ at November 02, 2012 10:55 PM (J+Q+d)

369 I know a lot of people that voted for Obama last time that are not voting for him now. Some of these people are Libertarian-leaning, and some are Democrats that reside more in the middle. As far as independent pals, they are ALL voting for Romney.

Posted by: Mistress Overdone at November 04, 2012 06:46 PM (8Nq99)

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