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PolliGaf 2012 |OT5| Big Bird, Binders, Bayonets, Bad News and Benghazi

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Byakuya769

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It looks like we can breath easy about the possibility of losing the popular vote. Thank goodness.

I want bitter tears, not violent rage.
 
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Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Raine said:
This. Obama has too many paths to 270 where they have very little without Ohio. They see that they're losing there and want to get another state in play. The only state they can honestly feel somewhat confident in is NC. They're desperate.
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Rasmussen is showing O+5 in PA. It's a desperation tactic, but not to flip PA.
 
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hydragonwarrior

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/01/congressional-research-service_n_2059156.html

The New York Times reported on Thursday that Senate Republicans applied pressure to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) in September, successfully persuading it to withdraw a report finding that lowering marginal tax rates for the wealthiest Americans had no effect on economic growth or job creation.

"The pressure applied to the research service comes amid a broader Republican effort to raise questions about research and statistics that were once trusted as nonpartisan and apolitical," the Times reported. Democrats in Congress, however, have resurfaced the report and published it in full. It can be read below.

Republicans told the Times they had issues with the tone, wording and scope of the report, but they clearly objected most strongly to its findings, which undermine the governing fiscal philosophy of the party, that tax cuts for the wealthy will spur growth and benefit everybody.

GOP officials told The Times that the decision by the CRS came after a cooperative discussion, but Democrats have suggested that the move is part of a broader effort by Republicans to squelch legitimate research that runs counter to their economic principles.
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Hopefullly this gets more attention. On the flip side, the GOP certainly know the best timing to silence it's critics.
 
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Brinbe

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It really is the McCain death march pt. 2!
We all remember http://www.post-gazette.com/stories...in-tells-pittsburgh-crowd-mac-is-back-619575/

and he lost by 10 pts
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Byakuya769

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Meanwhile Republican's are hocking a study they commissioned the CRS to do showing that the US spends over a trillion dollars on welfare. Except they requested a bunch of programs to be included that aren't welfare.
 
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Trurl

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Cloudy said:
Racial attiudes in the midwest are very different from the rest of the country (meaning in states where it's 75% to 80% white). Also, the auto bailout is a big deal around here
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By different do you mean more enlightened, or something more subtle? I know a racist Ohioan lady who voted for Obama in 2008 and will do it again this year.
 
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Owzers

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Byakuya769 said:
It looks like we can breath easy about the possibility of losing the popular vote. Thank goodness.

I want bitter tears, not violent rage.
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Apart from Obama losing, my greatest election fear is that i'll be robbed of GOP/Fox tears. Just like they declared victory on the last few debates, Fox will complain that the electoral votes' tone is annoying and aggressive, and that while lower, Romney's electoral vote numbers looked presidential.
 
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madp

The Light of El Cantare
Went ahead and cast my vote for Obama today because, as a poll worker, I wasn't sure if I'd have enough time to leave my post on election day. We're already understaffed as it is, although I've been told that we're going to have a large number of "independent observers" at the precinct to defend against "voter fraud". I have the highest authority of any election worker at my precinct and I will escort these teabagger busybodies out at the first sign of meddling or voter harassment.

This is actually the first time I've cast an absentee ballot. Feels good, but a little strange too.
 
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speculawyer

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TacticalFox88 said:
I'm still trying to figure out how ANYONE can believe this bullshit. A dictator...really?

Do these clowns realize that if Obama was trying to be a dictator he wouldn't be going through the process of having a fucking election?! And without Congress, he essentially can't do ANYTHING?!
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On the other hand, this quote was nice . . . . it showed that even people on the right know that Fox News is blowing smoke up their ass:

“This is really the first election I’ve felt absolutely terrified,” Thornton said. “Fox is trying desperately to make it out to be a Romney landslide, but I’m nervous.”
 
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Kinvara

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Mad Pierrot said:
Went ahead and cast my vote for Obama today because, as a poll worker, I wasn't sure if I'd have enough time to leave my post on election day. We're already understaffed as it is, although I've been told that we're going to have a large number of "independent observers" at the precinct to defend against "voter fraud". I have the highest authority of any election worker at my precinct and I will escort these teabagger busybodies out at the first sign of meddling or voter harassment.
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I salute you.

Good luck on election day.
 
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Loudninja

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speculawyer said:
On the other hand, this quote was nice . . . . it showed that even people on the right know that Fox News is blowing smoke up their ass:

“This is really the first election I’ve felt absolutely terrified,” Thornton said. “Fox is trying desperately to make it out to be a Romney landslide, but I’m nervous.”
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I found that pretty damn funny haha.
 
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Gruco

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Wow, Romney on the offense in PA while Obama resorting to playing defense in WI. I guess Obummer's ploy to politically exploit hurricane Sandy using campaign surrogate Chris Christie backfired big time. Looks like this election is going to end up as a historic win for real analysts like Dick Morris and finally expose that twerp Nate Silver for the fraud that he is.

Can't wait for a grown-up to be back in Washington, putting America back to WORK.
 
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Plinko

Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
hydragonwarrior said:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/01/congressional-research-service_n_2059156.html



Hopefullly this gets more attention. On the flip side, the GOP certainly know the best timing to silence it's critics.
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WOW.
Republicans told the Times they had issues with the tone, wording and scope of the report, but they clearly objected most strongly to its findings, which undermine the governing fiscal philosophy of the party, that tax cuts for the wealthy will spur growth and benefit everybody.
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Their motto has to be "Today's Republican Party: Facts Mean NOTHING."
 
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Y2Kev

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Gruco said:
Wow, Romney on the offense in PA while Obama resorting to playing defense in WI. I guess Obummer's ploy to politically exploit hurricane Sandy using campaign surrogate Chris Christie backfired big time. Looks like this election is going to end up as a historic win for real analysts like Dick Morris and finally expose that twerp Nate Silver for the fraud that he is.

Can't wait for a grown-up to be back in Washington, putting America back to WORK.
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Telling, right?

Congratulations to OBAMA for being a 1 term president and RUINING america
 
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Arde5643

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Mad Pierrot said:
Went ahead and cast my vote for Obama today because, as a poll worker, I wasn't sure if I'd have enough time to leave my post on election day. We're already understaffed as it is, although I've been told that we're going to have a large number of "independent observers" at the precinct to defend against "voter fraud". I have the highest authority of any election worker at my precinct and I will escort these teabagger busybodies out at the first sign of meddling or voter harassment.

This is actually the first time I've cast an absentee ballot. Feels good, but a little strange too.
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Glad to have you there, dude. Mad respect. :D
 
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nib95

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hydragonwarrior said:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/01/congressional-research-service_n_2059156.html



Hopefullly this gets more attention. On the flip side, the GOP certainly know the best timing to silence it's critics.
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Anyone using common sense, math, research and history could tell as much. The Republicans and those who vote for them are painfully out of touch. On so many issues, but especially the economy.

Deserves its own thread despite being an obvious outcome.
 
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Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Gruco said:
Wow, Romney on the offense in PA while Obama resorting to playing defense in WI. I guess Obummer's ploy to politically exploit hurricane Sandy using campaign surrogate Chris Christie backfired big time. Looks like this election is going to end up as a historic win for real analysts like Dick Morris and finally expose that twerp Nate Silver for the fraud that he is.

Can't wait for a grown-up to be back in Washington, putting America back to WORK.
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Poe's Law so Hard
 
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Martial

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I remember reading a while back in the thread that some of you print out a map and color in the states as they are called through the night? I was wondering if you had links to those maps because I'll be at work until like 11, but I have someone texting me when states are called. Would be fun to keep track while at work, and before you ask I don't have a smartphone. I wish I could keep track with GAFmobile at work, but yeah.
 
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madp

The Light of El Cantare
Kinvara said:
I salute you.

Good luck on election day.
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Thanks. It's turning out to be a really bizarre situation--I'm in Ohio near Cincinnati, but I've been told that there are people being dispatched by shadowy political organizations from as far away as Columbus just to do this "independent observer" shit. There are even people who are labeling themselves "Issue 2 Independent Observers"--in reference to Ohio Issue 2, which would transfer congressional redistricting powers to an independent government body--which is extra bizarre because what does opposition to a single issue have to do with being an independent observer for a general election? It's almost like these people are slapping giant neon signs on themselves that they're up to no good. I expect a hell of a lot of headaches on Tuesday.
 
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