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[AniHawk]

Also, this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFh0J8Ph18U

 

[Loudninja]

Also, this:
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Ouch.

 

[RustyNails]

Also, this:

Nothing will make my day better than Obama carrying NC on election day (still possible...depends on turnout), but I want to see CNN's reaction because it's lean R on their map.

 

[Mercury Fred]

I'm getting so thirsty... for bitter Republican tears.

 

[Hobbestetrician]

Also, this:

Oh my.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Also, this:

Dead heat.

 

[Black Republican]

Also, this:

still think NC to slide Romney eventually, but as long as Obama doesnt get blown out there its all good

 

[Link]

Not Florida

Florida has certainly tightened. Not saying Obama will win it, but it's within striking distance.

 

[pigeon]

Also, this:

It's tough to even analyze North Carolina right now because there have been a surfeit of awful pollsters recently, but this is two points better than PPP's last visit last week. Could be nothing -- if it weren't for that 6-point Grove poll, it would pretty much be Romney's Ohio. If we see one or two other polls soon that show Obama leading, we should assume that NC is reaching a tie or better.

 

[Cloudy]

http://kdvr.com/2012/10/25/pna-poll-obama-leads-romney-46-43-in-colorado/

DENVER — A new survey of Colorado voters from a Democrat-leaning company shows President Barack Obama leading Republican Mitt Romney by a 46-43 percent margin.

 

[Ecotic]

Okay this makes no sense, Obama has to be up more than the national polls suggest for these State polls to be accurate, right?

But then again in 1960 Kennedy won the popular vote over Nixon by 0.2% and won with +82 electoral votes, so I guess it's perfectly possible.

 

[titiklabingapat]

Hopium is back in this thread, I see.

 

[Loudninja]

http://kdvr.com/2012/10/25/pna-poll-obama-leads-romney-46-43-in-colorado/

The CO polls has been consistent have they not?

 

[Plinko]

Wat?

Oh man if he wins NC it's going to be an early election night.

 

[Bel Marduk]

Not Florida

Oh.. I don't know. TPM average has Obama up 0.9% in Florida and early voting starts Sunday, when the Obama campaign will have a massive, unprecedented GOTV effort.

 

[Nazgul_Hunter]

I hope these polls put an end to this

 

[Kusagari]

Not Florida

Florida has been ridiculously close in polling the entire election, only very slightly leaning Romney, and the absentee numbers for Obama look extremely positive.

It will be close, within 1% - no matter who wins, but I think Obama will pull it off.

 

[Forever]

Fuck yes, all the polls look good.

 

[Link]

Okay this makes no sense, Obama has to be up more than the national polls suggest for these State polls to be accurate, right?

But then again in 1960 Kennedy won the popular vote over Nixon by 0.2% and won with +82 electoral votes, so I guess it's perfectly possible.

Nah, it just means that Romney is much more dominant in red states than Obama is in blue states. Which makes sense if you think about it.

 

[RoninChaos]

In context, he absolutely meant that pregnancy emerging from a rape was part of god's plan. So yes, he meant the life was the gift, but directly inserted by god. That in itself is just a fucked up thing to say, and if I were religious I would be grossly offended.

One way to avoid these gaffes is to not take such an absurd extremist position in the first place. These clowns want to take rape and turn it into an unprecedented and disastrous nightmare for the victim, adding misery upon misery. They want rape victims to suffer the consequences of the rape. And all because they played a game of "I am more pro-life than you" with political rivals to advance their political careers.

Fucking scum.

Yeah, agreed. If there was even a sliver of a chance these people could go "Look, I feel this way, but it isn't the law. I disagree with it" that would be different than "Well, you got raped. Sucks to be you. HERE'S A BABY!" The most disgusting part of this is, as my man Stinkles here said, it comes down to having the victim suffer the consequences for something they had no control over. It's rooted in the bullshit logic of people like Aiken who say shit like "legit rape" or go with the crowd that thinks women who dress a certain way are "asking to get raped". At best it's an INSANE amount of concentrated ignorance. At worst it's demeaning the victim even more by carrying the idea that what happened was their fault/part of god's plan. It's disgusting.

 

[CoffeeJanitor]

Obama is screwed... : (

 

[Angry Grimace]

Okay this makes no sense, Obama has to be up more than the national polls suggest for these State polls to be accurate, right?

But then again in 1960 Kennedy won the popular vote over Nixon by 0.2% and won with +82 electoral votes, so I guess it's perfectly possible.

The margins in the south are like 90% Romney and they check the boxes that indicate to Gallup that they will definitely show up at the polls

 

[Doc Holliday]

Landslide incoming?? Hopium is a dangerous drug.

 

[Cubsfan23]

Romney's "momentum" is officially over

 

[KingGondo]

Landslide incoming?? Hopium is a dangerous drug.

It's so good I want to overdose.

 

[gcubed]

Landslide incoming?? Hopium is a dangerous drug.

he can never reach 08 levels due to Indiana and NE district as well as EC adjustments from the census.

 

[GhaleonEB]

PPP's last poll has Romney up two points. So the move to tied fits with the shift we've seen other polls today and the past few days.

Which is great news for John McCain.

 

[Slime]

Here's that troubling Iowa registration data I mentioned. Good to see it doesn't seem to be having any effect on early voting.

 

[Jarmel]

Also, this:

Voting in NC, this makes me happy.

 

[Link]

Speaking of EV adjustments, is there a reason they don't just add/subtract a vote somewhere to avoid the possibility of a tie altogether?

 

[ezekial45]

CNN is now doing a report about the "cracks" in Obama's Virginia support.

 

[Ecotic]

Nah, it just means that Romney is much more dominant in red states than Obama is in blue states. Which makes sense if you think about it.

Maybe, but I'm not sure. There's probably comparable millions of 'wasted' Obama votes between California, New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Washington, and Maryland. All big to medium states.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Speaking of EV adjustments, is there a reason they don't just add/subtract a vote somewhere to avoid the possibility of a tie altogether?

It wouldn't be possible without Nebraska and Maine fucking with the system.

Is CNN trying to steal Fox News's market or something? They've been running stories about Obama losing non-stop as far as I can tell.

 

[Clevinger]

 

[Loudninja]

CNN is now doing a report about the "cracks" in Obama's Virginia support.

Of course!

 

[XenodudeX]

Oh man if he wins NC it's going to be an early election night.

NC most likely won't be called for either candidate until well into next day, or even next two days. I remember it took a while for NC, IN, and MO to be called in 2008.

 

[Link]

Maybe, but I'm not sure. There's probably comparable millions of 'wasted' Obama votes between California, New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Washington, and Maryland. All big to medium states.

Sure, but let's not kid ourselves, even strong blue states like NY and CA have a sizable Republican population. Those states have high costs of living and attract a lot of upper class people. And you can bet that many working on Wall Street, for example, tend to lean right.

 

[MasterShotgun]

LTTP but damn at today's PPP numbers. So much hopium in one day.

 

[Bowdz]

Also, this:

Obama camp to Romney in NC:

 

[PhoenixDark]

Allegedly, Obama is already up 100k in NC due to early voting
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251175941

The chart has been posted before so it's nothing new. In 2008, he was up 140k at this point in NC early voting

 

[ezekial45]

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/ohio-election-results-could-come-weeks-after-nov

The official results from Ohio could come weeks after election day due to new rules about absentee and provisional ballots, potentially holding up the official outcome of the presidential election, according to a report on a potential "nightmare voting scenario" by the Cincinnati Inquirer.

Under Secretary of State Jon Husted’s initiative to send absentee ballot applications to nearly 7 million registered voters across Ohio, more than 800,000 people so far have asked for but not yet completed an absentee ballot for the Nov. 6 election.

Anyone who does not return an absentee ballot, deciding instead to vote at the polls, will be required to cast a provisional ballot.

That’s so officials may verify that they did not vote absentee and also show up at the polls.

By state law, provisional ballots may not be counted until at least Nov. 17.

 

[PistolGrip]

Maybe God really does want Romney to win.

God loves Romney and Rape apparently.

 

[Brinbe]

faaaaaaaaantastic... this just makes the current media narrative all the more sweeter. =D

 

[Jadedx]

Florida has been ridiculously close in polling the entire election, only very slightly leaning Romney, and the absentee numbers for Obama look extremely positive.

It will be close, within 1% - no matter who wins, but I think Obama will pull it off.

I do too.

 

[RustyNails]

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/ohio-election-results-could-come-weeks-after-nov

John Husted has become the comical villain of this election. His tears will quench the thirst of neogaf for years to come.

 

[Ecotic]

Sure, but let's not kid ourselves, even strong blue states like NY and CA have a sizable Republican population. Those states have high costs of living and attract a lot of upper class people. And you can bet that many working on Wall Street, for example, tend to lean right.

Sure but all that is equally offset by the sizable Democratic populations in the Republican South. Big cities like Atlanta, New Orleans, and Charlotte are reliably Democratic, as is the black belt in general.

 

[grkazan12]

Just went to the local Obama office, damn do these people work. Calls over the place, never knew so much work occurs outside of the stump speeches. Classes were cancelled for the day for me and they said I could make a few calls if I wanted to, so I decided to stay and make a few. Unfortunately, I'm busy with school stuff atm, but I'm glad to have at least experienced it.

With the work that I saw getting done here, I'm confident PA still going to stay blue, no toss up here ppl.

 

[Loudninja]

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/ohio-election-results-could-come-weeks-after-nov

Not going to happen.

 

[The Librarian]

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/ohio-election-results-could-come-weeks-after-nov

Don't do it, Diablos.

 

[empty vessel]

I think if we are a little charitable, it's clear that what he's trying to say is that pregnancy is always a gift from God, even if it happens from a horrific situation. That all life happens as a part of God's plan, and so we should never simply end it, even in these difficult edge cases. We might disagree with that, certainly, but it's not pernicious like Akin's statement. There's no specious science, no implied accusation that women are lying about being raped.

Sounds like a good defense to a rape charge. Members of the jury, my client was doing God's work. I get what you're saying, but given that the sentiment serves equally well as a defense to rape, I think it's just as opprobrious as Akin's statement, if not more so.