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[Fragamemnon]

Can the House GOP really block Puerto Rico's application for statehood after Mitt Romney said he'd accept the outcome of the referendum? It doesn't seem tenable politically, but at the same time it won't play well with their base and makes their electoral math even worse (it should have 5 EVs-2 Senate and 3 House seats).

 

[verbum]

Some interesting reactions:

Perhaps nowhere was the joy so simply expressed as at Jakarta's Menteng 01 Elementary School, where a statue of the young Obama stands outside the school in tribute to its most famous alumni.
Jubiliant students happily marched with a poster of the president from one classroom to another after hearing that he had won a second term: "Obama wins ... Obama wins again," they shouted. "I want to be like him, the president," said student Alexander Ananta.

Though Iranian media have long said the country saw little difference between Obama and Romney on tensions over Tehran's nuclear program, that did not stop the semiofficial Fars news agency for rolling out the vivid headline, "Republican's elephant crushed by Democrat's donkey."

I really hope we can see this strain with Iran relieved a bit over the next four years.

 

[Artemisia]

So Obama got Florida, Virginia, and Ohio huh? I kinda wish these states came in earlier. Would have made victory so much sweeter.

 

[ivysaur12]

Can the House GOP really block Puerto Rico's application for statehood after Mitt Romney said he'd accept the outcome of the referendum? It doesn't seem tenable politically, but at the same time it won't play well with their base and makes their electoral math even worse (it should have 5 EVs-2 Senate and 3 House seats).

I don't think they'd block it, necessarily. It'd be interesting to see how their party breakdown would fall into place. I don't believe it would necessarily be a Democratic caucus.

 

[The Culture Vulture]

So who's electoral maps were the closest?

 

[GotEmRunnin]

Tell you what the Virginia swing last night was glorious.

 

[Rebel Leader]

So who's electoral maps were the closest?

Nate Silvers obviously

 

[jiggle]

So who's electoral maps were the closest?

Nate Silvers obviously

apparently he's not

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_...s_predictions_against_the_actual_results.html

 

[lednerg]

Can the House GOP really block Puerto Rico's application for statehood after Mitt Romney said he'd accept the outcome of the referendum? It doesn't seem tenable politically, but at the same time it won't play well with their base and makes their electoral math even worse (it should have 5 EVs-2 Senate and 3 House seats).

I haven't checked in a while, but I'm pretty sure PR is quite socially conservative. That should spell out the rest for you right there, lol.

 

[smr00]

Although i don't much care for Obama i am glad he won because i despise Romney.

 

[lednerg]

apparently he's not

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_...s_predictions_against_the_actual_results.html

They misread (or ignored) his map and his electoral vote distribution chart.

 

[DEO3]

Could only stay up to about 12:30am EST so I'm just now catching up.

-Fuck yes, my state (FL) went blue! I didn't think it was going to happen. VA, OH, CO, and every other swing state as well? I'd call that a fucking mandate!

-Nate Silver made a name for himself calling 49/50 states last go around, and this time he's 50/50. Hopefully this is the beginning of the end of pundits and their media spin/narrative bullshit.

-Tea party candidates in Missouri, Indiana, Massachusetts, UTAH!?, and FL (haha fuck you Allen West), decimated! Bachmann lives fight another day sadly. Democrats easily keep control of the senate and will finally (God I hope ) abolish the filibuster.

Hopefully Republicans will learn to moderate some of their positions after this, but honestly as long as there is a black man named Barack HUSSEIN Obama in the whitehouse, I don't see that happening.

 

[Wiseblade]

So what happens to the republican party now? They went all the way crazy to get the Tea Party vote and it didn't work out. Do they backtrack to the (American) centre to try and win back the moderates?

 

[Bulbo Urethral Baggins]

How can 50% of America be so stupid?

 

[The Culture Vulture]

Dick Morris on Fox and Friends this morning talking about his awful predictions.

http://mediamatters.org/video/2012/11/07/dick-morris-explains-why-his-predicted-romney-l/191196

 

[Unknown One]

How can 50% of America be so stupid?

Fox News.

 

[newjeruse]

So according to Chuck Norris, America is going to look like Tokyo from Shin Megami Tensei.

:lol

Wish that was an actual quote.

 

[Facism]

All these people tweeting about leaving the US because Obama won.

I assume the appropriate words would be "good riddance?"

 

[Dash27]

GG Obama GG Nate Silver.

On the ... pretty much only, bright side, pot legal in Colorado and Washington and gay marriage in 2 states too so that's at least a good trend. But 4 more years of the exact same make up? Obama and roughly the same house/senate? Plus Elizabeth Warren?! I think Fauxcahontas is the deepest cut of them all.

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[Unknown One]

All these people tweeting about leaving the US because Obama won.

I assume the appropriate words would be "good riddance?"

No, post the picture "It's better in Somalia" .

 

[Vagabundo]

How can 50% of America be so stupid?

I know, speaking from outside of the US, it's scary how many votes Romney got. I know it wasn't that close, still.. Scary.

 

[Mac_Lane]

Dick Morris on Fox and Friends this morning talking about his awful predictions.

http://mediamatters.org/video/2012/11/07/dick-morris-explains-why-his-predicted-romney-l/191196

How can such a dumb fuck dare to speak about the elections after utterly failing ?

 

[Darklord]

All these people tweeting about leaving the US because Obama won.

I assume the appropriate words would be "good riddance?"

They're going to get a serious shock when every other country thinks they're dumb morons and that those countries also have a love things like "obamacare".

 

[lednerg]

So what happens to the republican party now? They went all the way crazy to get the Tea Party vote and it didn't work out. Do they backtrack to the (American) centre to try and win back the moderates?

It all depends on their ability to swallow their pride. What they should do is ditch the Rove tactics, which may have been useful in the short term, but have only created a monster that cannot sustain itself and grows more and more embarrassing after every election cycle. They need to wake up and realize their base is dying off (senior citizens) and get back into the domain of actual conservatives (David Frum, Andrew Sullivan, and other so-called "RINO"s).

 

[Dabanton]

Dick Morris on Fox and Friends this morning talking about his awful predictions.

http://mediamatters.org/video/2012/11/07/dick-morris-explains-why-his-predicted-romney-l/191196

Haha absolutely shameless after all the shit his been talking these past few weeks.

 

[Bulbo Urethral Baggins]

I know, speaking from outside of the US, it's scary how many votes Romney got. I know it wasn't that close, still.. Scary.

It's amazing that Obama received that exact amount.

 

[ivysaur12]

100% of the precincts reporting in North Datoka. Barring a recount, Heitkamp wins. Nate was wrong (in a good way):

Heidi Heitkamp
Dem. 160,752 50.5%

Rick Berg
Rep. 157,758 49.5%

And with 82% reporting, it also looks like Jon Tester will win in Montana, again proving Nate wrong (in a good way):

Jon Tester
Dem. 201,175 48.3% Incumbent

Denny Rehberg
Rep. 188,552 45.2%

Dan Cox
Lib. 27,092 6.5%

Assuming King caucuses with the Democrats, this is a 55/45 split, meaning a 2-seat gain for the Democrats and a much more liberal caucus.

 

[Trojita]

Which one? Persona? I like talking to demons, they are my friends.

The mainline Shin Megami Tensei. Probably Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne.

 

[Dabanton]

So what happens to the republican party now? They went all the way crazy to get the Tea Party vote and it didn't work out. Do they backtrack to the (American) centre to try and win back the moderates?

Well you can see the commentators already trying to get them to appeal to Latinos.There will be people in the party who'll fight tooth and nail to stop that from happening.

I say they go even crazier.

 

[verbum]

I'm going to listen to Rush Limbaugh today to hear him say, "I co..."- No, I'm not, why ruin a beautiful day? It will sunny and cool with blue skies here.
It will be cold, dark, and dank in Limbaugh land.

 

[Forkball]

apparently he's not

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_...s_predictions_against_the_actual_results.html

Cramer had to be trolling with that prediction.

 

[Nocebo]

It's amazing that Obama received that exact amount.

Yeah should have gotten a lot more votes right?

 

[Espresso]

What happens to Paul Ryan now? Does he keep or lose his house seat?

 

[Keikaku]

Fox News.

I know, speaking from outside of the US, it's scary how many votes Romney got. I know it wasn't that close, still.. Scary.

Here's my good deed for the day before I go to bed: Bublo was referring to Obama. This makes sense when you realise that Bulbo is a pretty nutty conservative. He was, at one point, quite supportive of the Birther movement

 

[codhand]

so now that bams won, im thinking of leaving the country i hear phillipines is great for single guys, any tips from expats?

 

[Black Republican]

Europe loves Obama so much their stocks went up after his victory

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/...in/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

[Juicy Bob]

So what happens to the republican party now? They went all the way crazy to get the Tea Party vote and it didn't work out. Do they backtrack to the (American) centre to try and win back the moderates?

You and I both know they're going to go even more extreme. I think Obama should just disregard them and do what he wants to do. He doesn't have to worry about winning another election again.

 

[ivysaur12]

What happens to Paul Ryan now? Does he keep or lose his house seat?

Keep. He ran twice last night and won in his district. Same with John McCain and Obama in 08.

 

[dark10x]

I'm floored by how many Republican's are bringing religion into this. "Oh, we have abandoned God! We are all sinners!"

Kind of scary and right in line with some of the Muslim extremists they claim to hate.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Europe loves Obama so much their stocks went up after his victory

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/...in/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Holy shit at this

PA voter reports ‘NO PARKING FOR DEMOCRATS’ signs at polling place

 

[Kageshinzo]

so now that bams won, im thinking of leaving the country i hear phillipines is great for single guys, any tips from expats?

We're all blue here.

 

[J-Rzez]

So "anyone but Romney" during the primaries was not just a little triffling thing in the end

In the end it was more like "We're fucked either way, thanks Dems and Reps, so who cares anymore". Which is my sentiment. We got the lesser of two evils I guess though. With Romney we would've collapsed like a controlled demolition. With Obama we'll just look like a pond of stagnant, still water, just with much more slimy green stuff collecting.

Maybe next election they'll wake up and give us someone worth voting for that you can actually put hope and faith behind to actually give us a proper "change" we were promised in which we still won't see after these additional 4 years.

 

[Vagabundo]

Here's my good deed for the day before I go to bed: Bublo was referring to Obama. This makes sense when you realise that Bulbo is a pretty nutty conservative. He was, at one point, quite supportive of the Birther movement

oh lol. sorry Bulbo, I didn't mean to rub salt in those wounds. As a european I don't really understand the Republican mindset, its all very strange to us, candidates like Romney tend to get like 10% of the vote or less.

 

[Bulbo Urethral Baggins]

I'm leaving too.
The big problem for conservatives is the lack of free, non-socialist countries in the world. We were the last remaining bastion of freedom. We can't just pack our bags and move to Canada. Plus they have bagged milk.

oh lol. sorry Bulbo, I didn't mean to rub salt in those wounds. As a european I don't really understand the Republican mindset, its all very strange to us, candidates like Romney tend to get like 10% of the vote or less.

No problem. I'm not bitter. I've suffered for 4 years under oppressive socialism so now I can understand your mindset better. It's the initial stage of giving up my freedom that was difficult.

 

[cdyhybrid]

so now that bams won, im thinking of leaving the country i hear phillipines is great for single guys, any tips from expats?

Bad news for you brah, if you don't like Obama's policies, you're going to hate the rest of the world.

 

[rvy]

Oh some aren't even tying to hide their feelings anymore. These all look like 'next generation' conservative voters so the idiocy and racism will continue.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/the-31-worst-people-on-the-planet

Come on, America. You guys now that the rest of the World couldn't take Romney as president. We hate you enough already.

 

[FyreWulff]

I'm leaving too.
The big problem for conservatives is the lack of free, non-socialist countries in the world. We were the last remaining bastion of freedom. We can't just pack our bags and move to Canada. Plus they have bagged milk.

Somalia is up your alley.

 

[Hitokage]

Dean Chambers hasn't said a word. lol

 

[The Culture Vulture]

Holy shit at this

PA voter reports ‘NO PARKING FOR DEMOCRATS’ signs at polling place

How about the Focus On The Family voting guides placed in the polling area in Virginia.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/...r-guides-displayed-at-virginia-polling-place/

 

[siddhu33]

I'm leaving too.
The big problem for conservatives is the lack of free, non-socialist countries in the world. We were the last remaining bastion of freedom. We can't just pack our bags and move to Canada. Plus they have bagged milk.

Yep...
You should get first class too, so you can help out America more on the way out.