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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I seem to remember that Bush had a similar lead to Obama in Ohio back in 04. Kerry could never close the gap. Its not over yet but Romney's chances are grim if he doesn't start making it up soon.
There are two Floridas?
edited 6th Nov '12 7:09:27 PM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.It's over. Obama has Florida. Even though his lead is razor-thin right now, that's only because all the central red counties reported first. The results still coming in are mostly from Miami-Dade and other blue areas.
Looks like we get another 4 years of Obama vs the House.
edited 6th Nov '12 7:18:28 PM by EdwardsGrizzly
<><Obama now has a 0.5% lead in Florida (87% reporting), currently it's still 4 Dem senate gains and Ohio is showing a 5% Obama lead with 30% reporting. Why is Ohio so slow to count? Do they use paper votes over machine voting? Or are they just being extra careful, so as to avoid people doing a nut when it don’t go their way?
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranWell im good.
Going to bed guys, ill be back in the morning.
Yup, all the houses are changing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXkI1sTDoEgCNN is calling for Claire Mc Caskill and Sherrod Brown, which apparently makes it impossible for GOP to win the Senate. Hallelujah.
@Ace of Spades: We talked about Grayson earlier. He's made a number of offensive statements, but the main reason I dislike him so strongly is because of his "Taliban Dan" ad campaign, in which he took video of his opponent telling men not to be domineering over their wives, cut the "don't" out of the sentence, and ran it in ads designed to evoke the idea of a some rape cult leader who hates women.
Then, when basically everyone called him out on it, he continued to adamantly insist on national TV that his ad was an accurate portrayal of his opponent, not even making any of the usual politician damage control statements.
edited 6th Nov '12 7:19:42 PM by EdwardsGrizzly
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Obama looking on for Ohio.
edited 6th Nov '12 7:09:08 PM by TheBatPencil
And let us pray that come it may (As come it will for a' that)