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ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#147151: Oct 29th 2016 at 11:25:45 AM

[up]

Thanks, though I had to verify via The Guardian instead as I had no articles left for Washington Post.

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Cronosonic (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#147152: Oct 29th 2016 at 11:27:08 AM

Last time I saw one of Keith Olbermann's videos on GQ he was pretty calm when talking about Trump. Then I see him again in my Youtube recommended feed and watch his latest, and holy shit, he's livid. Not that I blame him, of course.

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#147153: Oct 29th 2016 at 11:28:45 AM

I just got back from door-to-door canvassing in my local neighborhood. All the people I reached were strong Hillary supporters; nobody was vocally undecided. I did speak to one guy who wasn't aware of the state Senate race, so I gave him a prompt on that one. Maybe the folks who weren't interested just didn't answer the door. But it's a good feeling to go out and talk to "real people" about the election, not the manufactured hypothetical voters that show up on the news.

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Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#147154: Oct 29th 2016 at 11:32:32 AM

Keith Olbermann seems like a cool dude.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#147155: Oct 29th 2016 at 11:34:00 AM

So, I know that actual polling info will be days off, but is anyone worried that this scandal could truly impact Clinton's chances? Or is she too far ahead in too many states for that to be a probable risk?

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pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
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#147156: Oct 29th 2016 at 11:35:43 AM

[up]x4 — Which just goes to show that Trump is so enamored of power (as he perceives it in his infantile way), that he wants to join the club, and become a powerful, tyrannical dictator himself. Without having to do any work to get it, of course...

edited 29th Oct '16 11:40:42 AM by pwiegle

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KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#147157: Oct 29th 2016 at 11:37:04 AM

Just did early voting with my mom. We both voted for Hillary, as well as the Democratic candidate for the House, though we split on the Senate seat - I went Strickland, she went Portland. I suppose when it comes to Republicans, you could do worse than him.

@Fighteer: You're in Pennsylvania, right? What is the general opinion on the Senate election?

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carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#147158: Oct 29th 2016 at 11:47:51 AM

. . .door-to-door canvassing. . .

I'd be seriously concerned for the safety of anyone who did that if it were in my region. More of a suburban thing I guess?

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#147159: Oct 29th 2016 at 11:49:41 AM

The Democratic candidate for my district's state legislature seat was going door to door. First time meeting a politician face to face.

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#147160: Oct 29th 2016 at 11:52:00 AM

My ballot is in the mail. I don't even know who's running to replace Harry Reid, but the D got my vote.note  Used google a lot to look up all the lower/local candidates as well as more information on the ballot initiatives. Yes to MJnote , no to deregulation. I only left blank the election for the school board, because I couldn't find anything good on either candidate.

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LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#147161: Oct 29th 2016 at 12:14:21 PM

We have to remember that a lot of Dems were already feeling ambivalent towards Clinton: this could cause them to not vote.

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Lennik (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#147162: Oct 29th 2016 at 12:17:40 PM

I highly doubt a significant number of Dems are going to fall for this. It's undecideds that I don't trust.

edited 29th Oct '16 12:18:08 PM by Lennik

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#147163: Oct 29th 2016 at 12:19:38 PM

[up][up]I don't think that was actually the case for registered Democrats. Also, it kind of seems like you're just looking for the worst possible outcome.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#147164: Oct 29th 2016 at 12:20:38 PM

If nothing comes of the emails, it could just blow over.

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Lennik (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#147165: Oct 29th 2016 at 12:30:02 PM

It depends. If Comey lets this draw on without coming clean and providing answers, low-information voters will fill in the blanks themselves, with helpful obfuscation from the 24/7 news cycle.

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storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#147166: Oct 29th 2016 at 12:35:26 PM

I suppose the good news is that Florida and North Carolina both have early voting. So Hillary has probably already locked in part of her lead.

edited 29th Oct '16 12:35:39 PM by storyyeller

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Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#147167: Oct 29th 2016 at 12:37:19 PM

[up][up], [up][up][up]That's what I'm thinking too. On the other hand, right now it seems like the story is becoming about the FBI, since there's not enough info on the emails themselves.

Part of the issue is that people have been treating this like the bombshell that it is not. If Comey explicitly said "I changed my mind, we're prosecuting Clinton," that would indeed be a big deal. But he didn't.

It very well could be that he has nothing and this the closest he could get, hence the Clinton camp confidently saying "release what you've got" (although I still think there's the chance it comes back to bite them anyways). I personally wouldn't expect to be hearing any more from him for the next week or so.

Nonetheless, I do imagine this hurts Clinton to some degree, with some people tenuously voting for her deciding "ah, can't trust'em after all, I'll just sit this one out," and people on the fence about Trump deciding "ah, those Clintons are just up to no good, better stick with Trump."

Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#147168: Oct 29th 2016 at 12:41:52 PM

[up][up]Which is good enough, really. North Carolina and Florida are enough to win Hillary the election as long as Trump doesn't win in every other competitive looking state and at least one that doesn't look competitive.

edited 29th Oct '16 12:42:20 PM by Gilphon

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#147169: Oct 29th 2016 at 12:42:05 PM

I do like that the Clinton campaign's response to this has basically been Bring It.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#147170: Oct 29th 2016 at 12:44:25 PM

Clinton personally dared the FBI to release the emails in full. So I'm guessing they are either duplicates and/or innocuous enough to not have any impact. Clinton certainly knows which emails they are at least.

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KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#147172: Oct 29th 2016 at 12:58:30 PM

[up] I see. A heavily Democratic area, then? Do you know what it's like in other parts of the state?

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#147173: Oct 29th 2016 at 1:02:44 PM

I think Northeast PA is leaning towards Trump so I'd imagine they're also in favor of Toomey. Central PA is probably pretty similar.

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#147174: Oct 29th 2016 at 1:12:50 PM

Election Update: Four Ways Forward For Clinton After The FBI News.

Certainly, I think there's a low risk of anything damaging coming from this, so I'm thinking that maybe Clinton should demand more information, then mostly just let it fade away. Comey, I think, can be left to the court of public opinion for now (or to, say, the President).

She might want to wait a bit if her team has anything on Trump, though if she does, she should probably drop it soon.

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#147175: Oct 29th 2016 at 1:59:52 PM

Yeah, this would be a great for time for a tape of Trump dropping Cluster N Bombs or something like that to come out.

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