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TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#36676: Nov 4th 2012 at 2:44:25 PM

Oh right. The 2008 wave of blue means that it'll be mostly dems up for grab. Oiy vey.

So basically, the only thing that matters is 2016.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#36677: Nov 4th 2012 at 2:46:18 PM

I'm concerned that if Obama fails to improve things in the next two years he'll lose even more of the House and control of the Senate.

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#36678: Nov 4th 2012 at 3:03:59 PM

Extra day of voting possible in New York

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
Enkufka Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ from Bay of White fish Since: Dec, 2009
Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ
#36679: Nov 4th 2012 at 5:40:42 PM

NY Times Michael Barbaro and USA Today Jackie Kucinich report that right now at a Romney rally, staffers are not letting people leave, even though people and children are getting frostbite.

edited 4th Nov '12 5:43:21 PM by Enkufka

Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen Fry
TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#36680: Nov 4th 2012 at 5:42:20 PM

It'll be absolutely hilarious if the campaign gets sued after all of this.

Well, hilarious aside from the human suffering that is behind said lawsuit.

Enkufka Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ from Bay of White fish Since: Dec, 2009
Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ
#36681: Nov 4th 2012 at 5:47:19 PM

Checking Kucinich's twitter, people are streaming out now, despite the fact that Romney is still speaking.

Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen Fry
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#36682: Nov 4th 2012 at 5:48:39 PM

Oh, Romney.

I volunteered this afternoon at my local Obama for America office to help canvass neighborhoods to get out the vote. It was surprisingly pleasant. Most of the people we met were very enthusiastic about voting for Obama, and I used my personal iPad to help someone look up his registration to make sure he knew where to vote. It was very organized and professional.

edited 4th Nov '12 5:49:13 PM by Fighteer

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DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#36683: Nov 4th 2012 at 5:56:48 PM

Democrats Sue to Extend Florida’s Early Voting

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#36684: Nov 4th 2012 at 6:06:42 PM

Seems kind of late to be doing that now/

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#36685: Nov 4th 2012 at 6:21:35 PM

Biden predicts big victory in Electoral College

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#36686: Nov 4th 2012 at 6:39:08 PM

[up][up] You would think so, but people are being turned away who want to vote and they don't have enough people to handle the crowds.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#36687: Nov 4th 2012 at 7:02:12 PM

Someone in the comments said it's only 44 degrees at that rally. That doesn't sound like frostbite temperatures. I'd be more inclined to believe if they showed a video of someone saying this.

edited 4th Nov '12 7:02:53 PM by Kostya

DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#36688: Nov 4th 2012 at 7:08:54 PM

[up] Frostbite might be exaggerating, but that's certainly cold enough for hypothermia, especially in children.

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#36690: Nov 4th 2012 at 7:13:59 PM

[up] According to the weather site, it wasn't raining, but there has been a steady wind between 6-10mph. It also looks like the official temperature at 7pm (when Romney started speaking) was 41F, dropping to 39F at 10pm.

Edit: Looking at the NWS Windchill chart on NOAA's website, 40 degree weather with a wind of 5-10mph could produce frostbite in half an hour, due to windchill being 34F.

edited 4th Nov '12 7:19:02 PM by DrunkGirlfriend

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#36691: Nov 4th 2012 at 7:19:07 PM

I wonder if this will alter the opinions of these people at all. I'm not expexting them to convert to Obama but maybe they'll stay home now.

[up]Really? Dammit Mitt. I will laugh if you get sued over this. You deserve it for how these people are being treated.

edited 4th Nov '12 7:22:18 PM by Kostya

shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#36692: Nov 4th 2012 at 7:39:47 PM

Yep. Conditions were right for frostbite especially in children or the elderly. Windchill matters in this case and low forties outside in the wind and damp is about when it starts setting in.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#36693: Nov 4th 2012 at 7:52:38 PM

Hey, I just got done volunteering too. One thing I was surprised by is that their voter information isn't as sophisticated as it's cracked up to be. Several people on the list had moved.

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GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#36694: Nov 4th 2012 at 8:23:59 PM

So maybe when Romney comes to my school tomorrow around noon, there will still be ample parking available?

Nice.

Re presidential election predictors, such as masks, Redskins game, etc.: http://xkcd.com/1122/

edited 4th Nov '12 8:25:04 PM by GlennMagusHarvey

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#36695: Nov 4th 2012 at 8:27:21 PM

[up]

Plus the Redskin Game was already wrong in 2004.

edited 4th Nov '12 8:27:55 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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Completion oldtimeytropey from Space Since: Apr, 2012
oldtimeytropey
#36696: Nov 4th 2012 at 8:28:00 PM

Yeah. Then people went around and found ways to make the curse still plausible.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#36697: Nov 4th 2012 at 8:32:11 PM

Are they even allowed to detain people like that? They'd be hard pressed to find a real justification there.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Swish Long Live the King Since: Jan, 2001
Long Live the King
#36698: Nov 4th 2012 at 8:43:02 PM

[up]Sort of. Seems to me like the people were penned in an area with only one or two "authorized" exits, and people couldn't get to those exits and thus were trying to just leave by hopping the waist-high "fences" that surround the area and being told they couldn't do that, and that they'd have to stay...

They're "penned in" as a security precaution so that Secret Service knows where people are, thus they know a threat is possible if people are in "unauthorized" areas...

If staffers were telling people they couldn't leave the Rally, that's false imprisonment... But none of the reports seem to suggest that they weren't telling people they couldn't leave... Just that they couldn't leave the way they were trying to(by walking out through random areas into restricted zones, instead of trudging their way through all the people to get out the "right" way)...

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#36699: Nov 4th 2012 at 8:43:35 PM

Far as I know they're not allowed to prevent people from leaving a venue. For any reason. Once you enter, you should be free to leave out the exit at any time for any reason.

@Shima: I was referring to the suing for the early voting thing, not the early voting themselves. I mean, I don't think they can get a fast enough response at this point to be effective in any way.

DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#36700: Nov 4th 2012 at 8:45:24 PM

@Swish: In that case, they should have been directing people to appropriate exits, not just telling them they couldn't leave.

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian

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