He just doesn't care any more.
Bwahahaha, I think making Nate right is starting to become one of my favorite reasons for voting Obama now.
He just doesn't care any more.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/opinions/outlook-crystal-ball-contest/?hpid=z2
LMAO @ Jim Cramer's prediction. Chris Cillizza's is interesting considering he's a political reporter
@ppppolls
Our final Wisconsin poll finds both Barack Obama and Tammy Baldwin leading 51-48. Pretty close races there
Whatever happens on Tuesday (and we pretty much know what will) I just want to say as a mostly lurker, this is probably my current favorite thread on NeoGAF and honest to goodness one of the better political communities/forums I've seen online.
Keep the hopium alive.
I think it's worth pointing out that as entertaining as a 440 EV Obama win would be, Jim Cramer has somehow made a career out of being wrong.
http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/...l-stretch-in-iowa-gives-edge-to-obama/articleObama is up 5 percentage points in Iowa, leading Republican Mitt Romney 47 percent to 42 percent, according to a new Des Moines Register Iowa Poll, although the results also contain signs of hope for Romney, political strategists said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/opinions/outlook-crystal-ball-contest/?hpid=z2
LMAO @ Jim Cramer's prediction. Chris Cillizza's is interesting considering he's a political reporter
I hope Nate is spot on this year. It will make the next election cycle easier since I'll just follow 538 and ignore the other polls all together.
Let's go Tammy!
I hope Nate is spot on this year. It will make the next election cycle easier since I'll just follow 538 and ignore the other polls all together.
Which is exactly why the pundits and politico elites want Nate to fail. It makes pundits like Scarborough and sites like Politico.com obsolete.
Nothing is stopping CNN or politico from coming up with their own models. It makes it impossible to have a real horse race is the problem.
Apparently 11% of people are undecided in that Iowa poll.
Can't speak for politico, but there's plenty stopping CNN.
CNN's entire business model is about pushing a narrative. it's not as right wing as fox (which has abandoned any pretense of being impartial) but it's there. "we don't take sides." "everything is a tie" "its a constant horse race."
having a definitive statistical breakdown of the race pointing clearly in one direction with a high track record of accuracy (as nate is) undermines their business model. There's no point to the rest of their programming if this keeps up.
Romney needs to pick up 81% of them to lead. That would be...surprising.
Thats way too close for comfort.
Rick Santorum was getting sweaty in his squirrel suit, he was waiting for him in the hotel room for over 2 hours.
But The Godfather was clear that his instructions are not be questioned.
Santorum first heard of the legendary conservative power broker after the Iowa caucus, but Rick was still optimistic back then, he never thought the he, the principled Christian candidate will need the help of such man.
But things have changed.
It wasn't easy.
The Godfather is not exactly listed in the phonebook.
It took quite a bit of persuasion and one very awkward trip to Voyeur before Michael Steele agreed to help.
"Go to room 214 in the Watergate hotel in DC, wear a squirrel costume with a vest".
And so he went, and there he waited, and just when doubt start creeping into his mind, the door cracked open.
A weird creature appeared.
"What are you? some kind of a gerbil? a hamster?"
The creatures stared at him with his dead beady eyes and said in a thundering baritone voice -
"Life can be a challenge.
Life can seem impossible.
Its never easy when theres so much on the line.
But you and I can make a difference.
Theres a mission just for you and me".
Santorum started to ask a question when the creatures grabbed him, turned him around and thrown him on the bed.
"Bite the pillow, I'm going in dry. And I'm Pikachu bitch and I'm on a mission to make some sweet Santorum tonight".
Santorum shouted - "No, wai...", but it was too late.
"WHAT'S MY NAME BITCH?" shouted the beast, "SAY IT!"
Santorum head (and lower colon) was exploding with pain and confusing pleasure, he was racing to try and remember the weird creature name.
"Pika? something? pika?"
"Damn straight!"
Wow, 94% of voters have already voted compared to 2008? Makes me soooo much more relieved.
I dont consider 3 points with 3 days left close really.A lot closer than before but Obama above 50 is good.
This narrative that Romney can work with the other party is just fucking silly. I feel like people are basing it on nothing more than he said he can. The dude vetoed 800 times in his time as governor and apparently 707 of those vetoes were overturned. That's not exactly working with the other party.
Holy shit, no wonder Obama has WI on his final schedule so much. This is way too close for WI.
ughhWMUR NH poll
O 47
R 47
I'm preparing for the worst but I'm hoping there's enough of a buffer to deny Husted the ability to flip the state.(Caught a bit of Diablos)
Ugh, this scheming rat Jon Husted...I want to write off Ohio as "wrapped up" for Obama, but I can't with Jon Husted and "experimental software" on voting machines at on my mind. :/
I seriously hope no shenanigans like numbers being switched happens on Tuesday.
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/11/obama-memo-swing-state-voter-registrations.php?ref=fpaIn a memo sent to reporters, the Obama campaign said it opened more than 5,000 get-out-the-vote staging locations Saturday morning in advance of the big push for votes Tuesday. Based in homes and businesses, the GOTV locations are localized versions of Obama field offices from which teams of volunteers using what the campaign says is advanced software will coordinate efforts to win the battleground states.
The campaign revealed some impressive results from its grassroots operations so far. Team Obama says the campaign has registered 1,792,261 new voters across the battleground states. Thats nearly double the number of voters the Obama campaign registered in 2008, according to the campaign.
Obama volunteers have had more than 125,646,479 personal contacts with voters by Saturday via phone calls and door knocks, the campaign said. That doesnt count the robocalls on auto-dialers, mail, literature drops or any other non-volunteer, non-personal contacts, the campaign said.
Not necessarily. I think the reasoning is that most people assume that the democrats are simply more reasonable, and not bat-shit insane like the republicans. Mitt would be able to be more bipartisan because of the democrats, not because of Romney is more convincing, persuasive
Guys, guys, guys... we're going to have an openly gay Senator. Holy shit.
Guys, guys, guys... we're going to have an openly gay Senator. Holy shit.
we are? Who?
Another one you mean? NM that was houseGuys, guys, guys... we're going to have an openly gay Senator. Holy shit.