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For all the months of the incessant "Ohio, Ohio, Ohio" rhetoric it's ironic that, as it turned out, Ohio wasn't gonna win it for Romney in the end; he ended up winning only 1 of the battlegrounds after all. But from a campaign strategy standpoint, I can't believe he ran that Jeep ad the way he did. Ohio media outlets made it their headline story for a week straight and both GM and Chrysler publicly rebuked him for doing it. And it registered with some voters in Romney's core constituency. I have a hunch they saw a dip in their numbers as a result and decided on their Hail Mary in PA in the final week.

I agree with everything stated here. Especially with regard to independents. They are just as partisan as those who identify their party affiliation. I found this idea of them and the undecideds suddenly breaking one way or the other hard to believe. I think it will be borne out that Sandy had virtually NO impact on the race other than perhaps lowering turnout in NY and NJ. What won this election for Obama was his ground game that mobilized his core constituencies.

Excellent point.

I think the vote has to be within 1/4 of a percent for the provisional ballots to be counted. Something like that. Could be wrong but there's a reason Husted called the election and he wouldn't have done that without knowing that the outcome would be close enough to trigger the provisional count. Also, you KNOW he was on the phone with the Romney folks. It's just fun to see Rove get mad at the Fox News Desk. And I don't blame the Romney camp for delaying their concession speech until tomorrow. No harm in that if they need to see what happens in FL or VA.

Faux news reporting that Romney will NOT make any concession speech until ALL of Ohio is counted. Wow.

Uh oh. Rove going nuts over the Ohio call. Says it's too early. Lots of Republican precincts to report yet.

Nate Silver's map up to this point is dead nut on. He's gonna look like even more of a genius after this. He's 3 for 3 in the last three major elections, 2008, '10, and now '12. Very impressive indeed. Somebody better put Dick Morris on suicide watch.

What was his stance on Gore's popular vote advantage? I'm interested to see how he spins this.

I read this and rolled on the floor. Serious gut-splitting laughter. I can see him and Anne donning the magic undies and sparking up a couple doobs.

That is amazing, isn't it? I'm in Stafford, VA and it took me 10 minutes from check-in to walking out the door today. They are saying people in Henrico Co will be in line until 11pm and in Prince William Co. until 10pm. That is amazing to me. There is NO REASON why anyone should EVER have to wait that long in a line to vote in this country. That is serious 3rd World crap. It says so much that these people would rather wait than give up their right. It's a different kind of poll tax in effect and it takes a certain amount of resolve to tolerate that. Well done people.

Nate Silver's map is 100% accurate so far. EDIT: That was rhetorical for those playing at home.

I think "Darken Your Bubbles" should be a new euphemism for something. Exactly what, I don't know. But it has a certain ring to it.

Crazy Ivan! I think that Russian crew is trying to defect.

Can't thank you enough for the heads up about this little hockey fix, chz. Yuda man! GO SABRES!!!

If reports are true that True the Vote has trained one million volunteers to monitor poll activity, there are going to be large numbers of volunteers on the other side to ensure their tactics aren't intimidating. I've never been one to buy into media-created fear frenzies, but again, if these reports are true, I can see things getting out of hand in some areas. Let's all hope it doesn't come to that.

G Dub was never a rancher. Not even close.

Great example. And no accident. While federal and state governments have contracted out certain aspects of their operations since day one in this country, the for profit prison system has gotten out of hand as a direct result of the war on drugs.

Who's talking about automakers supporting candidates? I haven't seen any official endorsements by the "auto companies." And I'm happy that Lee Iaccoca can express his endorsement as a private citizen but he doesn't represent Chrysler. I'm talking about two fortune 500 companies feeling the need to respond to blatant lies in a campaign ad. I don't recall that ever happening before.

I'm sure you know all about Mike Huckabee's TV ad that warns Christians if they don't vote for Romney, they will burn in hell for all eternity. Ergo, your vote needs to "stand the test of fire" as he puts it.

I'll say 150. Not sure how many he'll have in the second half. GO BILLS!!!

Funniest post in the entire thread. Can you imagine if those NAACP workers were wearing hoodies?

I agree 100%. But it's the same Republican State Legislature and Governor in Florida that is suppressing this man's vote. I don't see how it's the other side of the aisle in this case.

I thought there was an eclipse that day and here it was your damned calves in the way the entire time.

Haha. Apparently, NYC doesn't want SI, either. I'm gonna have to start a "Statehood for Staten Island" movement.

Great insight. And I appreciate your knowledge on the subject. I'm just not as confident that in the event I am disenfranchised and I can't prove discrimination as defined in the Amendments cited previously, my ability to vote won't be compromised.