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[Measley]

Lines in Florida have been extremely long. Someone on dkos said 9 hour wait for him.

Republicans reduced early voting days and hours for 2012, as it basically won Obama the state in 2008. 2008 EV was 14 days, this time it is 8 days. No Sunday EV and times reduced too.

Picture from the 9 hour guy, who do you think all these people are voting for?

Wow, that's some serious diversity.

 

[Tim-E]

This panel on Meet the Press is fucking stupid.

 

[RockTurtle]

that picture is awesome and hilarious at the same time. That girl is playing the shit out of that ds.

i live 10 mins from this place.

this is off Florida International University.

There's swamp right behind there. bacteria grows overnight and the mornings smell like sewage until the sun comes up and cooks up the bacteria.

 

[ivysaur12]

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[DMczaf]

Wow, that's some serious diversity.

America's Obama.

 

[speculawyer]

Lines in Florida have been extremely long. Someone on dkos said 9 hour wait for him.

Republicans reduced early voting days and hours for 2012, as it basically won Obama the state in 2008. 2008 EV was 14 days, this time it is 8 days. No Sunday EV and times reduced too.

Picture from the 9 hour guy, who do you think all these people are voting for?

You know, FUCK ANY POLITICIAN THAT CUTS BACK ON EARLY VOTING DAYS/HOURS IF THERE ARE LINES MORE THAN 10 MINUTES LONG.


Maybe it is because I live in a wealthy area but I've never had to wait more than 15 minutes in the past 12 years. And since I've moved to where I currently am, I've never waited more than 3 minutes. It should be like that EVERYWHERE. It is FUCKING UNJUST that I get service like that yet I see massive lines elsewhere.

And any logistics person will tell you that early voting is good logistics & economics. It is very inefficient & expensive to have a one day thing where everyone is supposed to line up and do something. Spread that task out over time such that you reduce lines and you save money on ballot machines

 

[cartoon_soldier]

CROWD SIZES BATTLE

@samsteinhp
Obama camp appears right.14k in Concord is the largest rally in NH history. The 8,500 he drew on Oct 27 was previous http://bit.ly/U29DI8

 

[pigeon]

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Wow, Dine at 6%. Hard to take at face value. I do hope mccaskill pulls it out -- it's definitely possible, and Akin really is a mess.

 

[Measley]

This panel on Meet the Press is fucking stupid.

I gotta agree. That panel trying to argue that the economy is in the pooper ala Carter and Bush 41 made me want to punch my TV.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Problem with the Dispatch poll:

@mckaycoppins Plus for Columbus Dispatch mail poll: Old-fashioned way to solve cell phone problem. Downside: Some responses 10 days old.

 

[SteveWinwood]

It's actually really annoying at this point. I wish the mods would enforce a flag in people's profiles so they could go about their trolly business but be forced to admit it in their profile.

Yes please.

 

[jbug617]

I gotta agree. That panel trying to argue that the economy is in the pooper ala Carter and Bush 41 made me want to punch my TV.

Soon as they brought that up I switched the channel.

 

[zero_suit]

I gotta agree. That panel trying to argue that the economy is in the pooper ala Carter and Bush 41 made me want to punch my TV.

Why watch that dreck?

 

[pigeon]

Problem with the Dispatch poll:

Obama's only improved in those days. The poll corroborates the other polls showing Obama with a decent lead, and does it wit a different methodology.

 

[speculawyer]

Romney almost seems like he is incapable of making a gracious concession speech.

Meh. I think Romney will stand down politely.

But Hannity, Rush, Michael Savage, Beck, and the rest of the clown brigade will go absolutely ballistic.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Lines in Florida have been extremely long. Someone on dkos said 9 hour wait for him.

This is fucking criminal. Can`t find any numbers for polling stations. Your country should be ashamed of itself.

 

[Measley]

Soon as they brought that up I switched the channel.

Yeah, Cory Booker tried to mitigate the bullshit, but he was drowned out by Scarborough and Co.

Why watch that dreck?

I watch it in the inane hope that I will glean something valuable from it. Neogaf, Facebook, Truthout, Twitter, Sam Wang, Nate Silver and others have shown me that network and cable news punditry is generally bullshit.

 

[Tim-E]

I gotta agree. That panel trying to argue that the economy is in the pooper ala Carter and Bush 41 made me want to punch my TV.

I miss Tim Russert

 

[Effect]

Any reports from Florida from people leaving the really long lines or are people actually and hopefully toughing them out?

edit: It's not like Obama needs Florida but it would be great to have. The more states the better in case something freaky happens. Also I want the win to be as decisive as possible.

Come Tuesday my sister and I are taking our grandparents first thing in the morning. When the polls open. Then off to vote for us and then work. Mother will be home early to vote and I assume that's when she and my dad are going to vote. She commutes to work in NYC. So hoping she doesn't have traffic. Better yet since she works in Manhattan I hope she still doesn't have to go in (do to her building still having power issues with their network) or takes a day off so she doesn't have to chance anything. That would be even better. That way all of us can go the very first thing in the morning. All six of us for Obama in Pennsylvania.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Wow, that's some serious diversity.

Eh? It's a bunch of black people

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

Eh? It's a bunch of black people

Something you wont find at GOP rallies.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Any reports from Florida from people leaving the really long lines or are people actually and hopefully toughing them out?

edit: It's not like Obama needs Florida but it would be great to have. The more states the better in case something freaky happens. Also I want the win to be as decisive as possible.

Assuming that since lines are that long, most people are sticking to them.

Problem is how many people are not going because of how long the lines are?

 

[Measley]

Eh? It's a bunch of black people

There's some Hispanics in there too.

 

[Fatalah]

Nate Silver is everywhere! He's killing it in interviews now. Watching him on NBC with Maria Bartiromo.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

It`s fucked up that elections are a states thing. There should be a federal law mandating distance to and number of polling stations per person.

 

[HylianTom]

I miss Tim Russert

Yup. I miss him, the Capital Gang, the old McLaughlin Group.. it just isn't the same.

 

[The Librarian]

Problem with the Dispatch poll:

So a poll showed Obama leading in Ohio when...Obama was leading in Ohio? What are you trying to say?

 

[Measley]

I miss Tim Russert

I miss real journalism.

 

[Tim-E]

Yup. I miss him, the Capital Gang, the old McLaughlin Group.. it just isn't the same.

The beltway media is so cynical and will ignore fact and logic in order to make things to appear "even." I can't stand it.

 

[speculawyer]

I miss Tim Russert

He really wasn't much better. He just let whoever spew their talking points.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

So a poll showed Obama leading in Ohio when...Obama was leading in Ohio? What are you trying to say?

That a mail in poll with a 10 day lag shouldn't be considered very reliable either way.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Something you wont find at GOP rallies.

Have you been to a GOP rally? I went to a McCain event last time and there were more than a few blacks and Asians.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Problem is how many people are not going because of how long the lines are?

I complain all the time about people who dont vote, and even I dont think i would get in a line like that.

 

[Tim-E]

He really wasn't much better. He just let whoever spew their talking points.

He seemed better to me at the time. Then again, I was younger and not as politically aware and knowledgeable as I am now, so I may have just not noticed.

 

[Crisco]

Dunno about you guys, but any mail that's even remotely political doesn't even make it through my garage door. Goes right into the recycle bin.

 

[Measley]

I complain all the time about people who dont vote, and even I dont think i would get in a line like that.

Yeah, that's why I'm glad they started early voting here in Ohio. I live in a very urban area, and our wait was less than 30 minutes. I don't know why Florida is making voting harder than it needs to be.

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

Have you been to a GOP rally? I went to a McCain event last time and there were more than a few blacks and Asians.

Highly doubtful. The ratio was probably 1000:1 white to minority.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

 

[el retorno]

Have you been to a GOP rally? I went to a McCain event last time and there were more than a few blacks and Asians.

why?

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Have you been to a GOP rally? I went to a McCain event last time and there were more than a few blacks and Asians.

So a black guy and an Asian walk into a McCain rally...

 

[GhaleonEB]

Since the GOP will hold the House, they'll just counter any claims of a mandate that Obama makes with their own: unified obstruction is what they did and were re-elected to do.

 

[SteveWinwood]

why?

It can be fun. I went to a Santorum and a Ron Paul event this year just for giggles.

 

[el retorno]

Since the GOP will hold the House, they'll just counter any claims of a mandate that Obama makes with their own: unified obstruction is what they did and were re-elected to do.

it really sucks 2010 was redistricting.

It can be fun. I went to a Santorum and a Ron Paul event this year just for giggles.

Primaries I understand

 

[Effect]

Dunno about you guys, but any mail that's even remotely political doesn't even make it through my garage door. Goes right into the recycle bin.

I've been tossing republican flyers into the recycle bin at the post office for about a month now. Every other day one shows up and it's the sam damn flier. Only got a dem one for the first time this past week. So annoying. I'm not the only one since the bins are filled with them. I just rip my address off (to shred later) and that of a my grandparents since I grab their mail for them as well and toss the rest away.

Which does bring up a very interesting issue. The republicans for the most part want the USPS gone. Yet they (state based republican parties) rely so heavily on it come elections. It doesn't make any sense.

 

[PhoenixDark]

why?

It was during the primary season, I wanted to do something political since Michigan was irrelevant in the dem primary

Everyone was very nice

 

[el retorno]

It was during the primary season, I wanted to do something political since Michigan was irrelevant in the dem primary

Everyone was very nice

ok that i get

 

[Link]

Yeah, that's why I'm glad they started early voting here in Ohio. I live in a very urban area, and our wait was less than 30 minutes. I don't know why Florida is making voting harder than it needs to be.

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

It was during the primary season, I wanted to do something political since Michigan was irrelevant in the dem primary

Everyone was very nice

They probably assumed you were Ron Christie just as we do.

 

[empty vessel]

I seriously need to know how many or how little voting places there are per capita... this is fucked up.

I agree. It's constructively a denial of voting rights. This is why the federal government needs to run elections.

 

[coldfoot]

eh, I've got friends on FB in the NY/NJ area and they're all bitching about govt. response. He's not an isolated case.

Thank you. Local government workers are extremely lazy and overpaid here. Can't wait to go away, I am seriously considering making Texas my home now.