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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Christie was Mitt's first choice for VP.
State Supermajority in California? I've heard....mixed reviews about Cali Democrats. What would they do with a supermajority?
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.
They'd do better than the Republicans that's for sure.
But because California is so large and diverse (A democrat from San Francisco, Sacremento, and Los Angles are very different people) its hard to say.
edited 3rd Nov '12 4:47:27 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016Recent Senate Developments:
Nebraska went from certain Republican victory, to leans Republican.
Massachusetts, Indiana, Ohio, North Dakota, and Pennsylvania all became toss-ups.
edited 3rd Nov '12 5:07:15 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016I heard from Coast To Coast AM that the media is trying to portray this as a really close race, when in reality, the gap between votes is nigh impossible for Romney to overcome. But then again, I rarely listen to CTCAM.
Do not obey in advance.It's because the media is partisan...
Fox News has a vested interest in saying the race is close, because it'll get the base out to vote for Romney, and thus actually make the race close.
The other stations are vested in keeping Obama in the White House, and thus need the Democrat voters to think the race is close(meaning, Obama could lose), so that they don't have a situation where Democrats in swing states think the election is over, and find out an hour after the polls close that their state swung red because they didn't show up...
It's essentially a repeat of 2000 that the media outlets are trying to repeat and not repeat, respectively.
Well, if you follow Nate Silver's math (who's basically being a non-partisan statistican here), he's basically got it that the Senate is 9 out of 10 going to remain in the Democrat's hands, and 4 in 5 Obama is going to win the race.
So yeah, the Media's probably just riling shit up that don't needed to be riled.
Though that makes sense to. But in reality, the race is hilariously unclose. But to prevent it from flopping it has to look close.
edited 3rd Nov '12 5:20:33 PM by PotatoesRock

@Online viewing: I'm sure most major news outlets will have a livestream of some kind.
edited 3rd Nov '12 3:59:14 PM by Kostya