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Romney Campaign: We Lost Florida; Obama Will Have 332 Electoral Votes To Romney’s 206
Post Date: 2012-11-08 15:38:28 by Brian S
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Though votes are still being tallied, President Obama is all but assured a victory in Florida because the lion’s share of the outstanding ballots come from Democratic-heavy counties. Obama leads Republican Mitt Romney by 55,825 votes — or 49.9 percent to 49.24 — but there just aren’t enough votes from Republican areas to allow the challenger to catch up. Romney’s Florida campaign has acknowledged their candidate lost in Florida as well. Romney already conceded the national race after he lost the other battleground states. “The numbers in Florida show this was winnable,” Brett Doster, Florida advisor for Romney, said in a statement. “We thought ...
Herman Cain: Break Up The Republican Party To ‘Save The Country’
Post Date: 2012-11-08 13:11:24 by Brian S
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Former presidential candidate Herman Cain said Wednesday that the time has come for tea party conservatives to break away from the Republican Party and form their own political organization, which he said would “save the country.” “I never thought that I would say this, and this is the first time publicly that I’ve said it,” Cain told American Family Association President Brian Fischer. “We need a third party to save this country. Not Ron Paul and the Ron Paulites. No, we need a legitimate third party to challenge the current system that we have.” Cain added that he does not think today’s conservative party can “rebrand itself against the ...
Fox Discovers Constant Lying Isn’t Consistently Effective Electoral Strategy
Post Date: 2012-11-08 11:23:42 by Brian S
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On big news nights, when the sort of people who don’t watch Fox News every night are more likely to turn it on, the channel nearly always puts its best face forward. The real crazies aren’t invited. The idiots and most grotesque race-baiters and conspiracy theorists and worst hacks wait patiently until the next morning, when Fox & Friends resumes as scheduled with its usual audience of credulous and furious old white people. So last night we got Megyn Kelly, Bret Baier, Brit Hume and Chris Wallace hosting a roster of oddly reasonable pundits and analysts, from Juan Williams to Karl Rove and Joe Trippi.Of course all of those people are horrible and mendacious in their own ...
Rove Biggest Super-PAC Loser in Cash Gusher Trump Calls a Waste
Post Date: 2012-11-08 11:06:29 by Brian S
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Karl Rove and his investors were the biggest losers on Election Day. The Republican strategist who created the model for the outside money groups that raised and spent more than $1 billion on the Nov. 6 elections saw almost no return for their money. Rove, through his two political groups, American Crossroads and Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, backed unsuccessful Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney with $127 million on more than 82,000 television spots, according to Kantar Media’s CMAG, an ad tracker based in New York. Ten of the 12 Senate candidates and four of the nine House candidates they supported also lost their races. The results have angered some ...
Republicans Losing Key States as Hispanics Shun Party
Post Date: 2012-11-08 10:57:36 by Brian S
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If demographics are destiny, Democrats are positioned to dominate U.S. national politics until Republicans can attract Hispanic voters who shunned their party in the presidential election. “It’s a huge issue. It’s a big reason why they lost states like Virginia, Florida and Colorado,” said William Frey, a senior demographer at the Washington-based Brookings Institution. “As Hispanics continue to disperse to the South and West -- Republican strongholds -- the party becomes increasingly at risk.” As Hispanics make up more of the U.S. population, they also are transforming the country’s politics. In this election, Latino voters represented 10 percent of the ...
GOP Plunges Into Soul-searching, Blaming And Intense Debate On How To Win Future Campaigns
Post Date: 2012-11-07 23:32:24 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON — Having lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections, Republicans plunged Wednesday into an intense period of self-examination, blame-setting and testy debate over whether their party needs serious change or just some minor tweaks. The fallout will help determine whether the GOP might return to heights approximating the Ronald Reagan years or, as some fear, suffer even deeper losses as the nation’s Democratic-leaning Hispanics increase in number. “The party is clearly in some sort of identity crisis,” said Rick Tyler, a past aide to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Hard-core conservatives, furious at President Barack Obama’s ...
Controversial Florida Rep. Allen West Trails In Tight Contest
Post Date: 2012-11-07 13:27:41 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON -- In a race seen as a test of the strength for the tea party movement, Democrat Patrick Murphy appeared poised to defeat freshman Rep. Allen West, a top tea party figure, in Florida’s 18th Congressional District. The race was one of the tightest House contests in the country, with Murphy receiving 50.4% of the vote to West’s 49.6%. With all precincts reporting by Wednesday morning, Murphy’s .8-point lead was greater than the .5-point margin that would trigger a recount, but West had not conceded. West is the first black Republican congressman to represent Florida since Reconstruction. He was part of a small group of incumbents facing a close reelection, and he ...
Nate Silver-Led Statistics Men Crush Pundits in Election
Post Date: 2012-11-07 11:56:15 by Brian S
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Nate Silver was right. The Gallup Poll was wrong. Silver, the computer expert who gave Obama a 90 percent chance of winning re-election, predicted on his blog, FiveThirtyEight (for the number of seats in the Electoral College), that the president would receive 51 percent of the popular vote as he called each of the 50 states, including all nine battlegrounds. “Nate Silver, right,” said Bill Burton, who moved from the White House to the pro-Obama super-political action committee Priorities USA Action. Gallup’s daily national tracking poll put Republican nominee Mitt Romney ahead by five points until it was suspended for Hurricane Sandy, and a final national survey released ...
Election 2012 Results Thread (It's Kinda Like Rape, If It Is Inevitable...You Might As Well Lay Back And Enjoy It!)
Post Date: 2012-11-06 18:33:11 by Brian S
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Attributing the rape quote to Clayton William, candidate for the Gov. of Texas, who if not had made that quote, GW Bush would have never become President of the USA.
Democrats, Independents Boost U.S. Economic Confidence; October's Economic Confidence Index Score Tied For Best Monthly Reading Since 2008
Post Date: 2012-11-06 13:36:19 by Brian S
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by Alyssa Brown WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Independents' economic confidence improved four percentage points, to -20, in October, the highest monthly level of confidence among this group since 2008. Democrats also saw a gain of four points last month, to 27, a four-year high. Republicans' economic confidence held steady at -59, tied with September for the lowest monthly score of the year. Partisans' opinions of the economy have become more polarized in the two months leading up to the election, with an 86-point gap separating Republicans' and Democrats confidence in October -- the largest party divide of the year and a significant increase from January's 43-point gap. ...
LP VP Candidate: Mitt Romney is the only sane choice for Libertarians
Post Date: 2012-11-06 13:22:23 by jwpegler
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As a former Libertarian presidential contender, the 2008 Libertarian vice presidential nominee, the former chairman of the Libertarian National Campaign Committee, and the man called "Mr. Libertarian" by media across this country, you might be surprised to find I’m supporting Republican Mitt Romney for president. Yes, this Las Vegan has gone “all in” for Mitt. Why? Because Mitt Romney is the only sane choice for Libertarians. It’s simple. Libertarians believe in less government; lower taxes; cutting rules, regulations and mandates to get government out of the way of small business; reining in out-of-control government agencies like the EPA; auditing the Fed; ...
Chrysler Gives Workers Day Off To Vote
Post Date: 2012-11-06 11:09:25 by Brian S
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The car company that attacked Mitt Romney for falsely claiming it was moving operations overseas is going a step further, ostensibly for President Obama. Chrysler's vice president of design, Ralph Gilles, tweeted Tuesday that the company gave its entire work force the day off to vote. "Let's go!" he wrote. UAW has been a stalwart supporter of the president and Obama has campaigned heavily on his decision to bail out the auto industry, particularly in the critical swing state of Ohio, where one in eight jobs depends on the industry. Last week, Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne pushed back on a Romney ad that asserted the company was moving Jeep manufacturing to China. Gilles ...
Poll Finds Obama Holding 3-point Edge Nationally At 50-47
Post Date: 2012-11-06 10:38:49 by Brian S
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President Obama holds an edge over GOP nominee Mitt Romney as voters head to the polls on Election Day, according to the final survey from The Washington Post/ABC News. The poll, released Monday, shows Obama with 50 percent support among likely voters to 47 for Romney. In the same poll 10 days back, Romney held a 50-47 edge over the president. Independents, who 10 days ago backed Romney 58-38, are almost evenly split, with 48 percent now for Romney to 46 for Obama. While the race is still close, with other national polls showing the candidates in a dead heat, most voters believe the president will win reelection. Fifty-five percent say Obama will win, to 35 percent for Romney. Obama ...
Johnson, Stein in Election Eve Third Party Debate - LIVE tonight 6 pm PST / 9 EST; 11/5/12
Post Date: 2012-11-05 19:53:21 by Hondo68
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Should our federal government be big and "green" or small and frugal? That question is likely to be at the heart of the final debate of the 2012 presidential campaign, when candidates Dr. Jill Stein of the Green Party and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party meet in an election eve debate between "alternative candidates" for president. The candidates will discuss and spar over issues for 90 minutes (9:00 p.m.-10:30 p.m.) in the RT America television studio in Washington, D.C. RT (Russia Today) America is the English language, state-funded Russian television station that is sponsoring and televising the debate. It will be carried on some ...
Obama Becoming A Heavier Favorite, In 538's View. Now 86% To Win Electoral College
Post Date: 2012-11-05 18:52:37 by Brian S
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@fivethirtyeight Obama's win probability peaked at 87% on 10/4, last day before polls reflected Denver debate. Fell to 61% on 10/12. Now fully recovered. @fivethirtyeight Obama becoming a heavier favorite, in 538's view. Now 86% to win Electoral College. fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com 5 Nov 12 @fivethirtyeight Obama unlikely to win by anything like his post-DNC margins. But Romney has no momentum, Obama's state polling is robust, and time is up. Click for Full Text!
Election Lawyers Are Ready to Pounce
Post Date: 2012-11-05 17:56:17 by Brian S
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Nearly 200 people banged on the locked doors of the Miami-Dade Elections Department in Doral, Fla., on Sunday afternoon, clamoring for it to reopen and shouting, “Let us vote!” The state’s GOP-controlled legislature cut the number of days for early voting this year— from 14 to eight—and prohibited early voting from taking place on Sundays. Miami- Dade officials had decided to open the office for a few hours on Sunday anyway in response to long lines all week—unbeknownst to Miami’s Republican mayor, Carlos Gimenez, according to the Miami Herald. After Gimenez found out, the Herald reports, the precinct closed. That’s what prompted the protest. An ...
Historic Showing Among Latino Voters Will Carry Obama To Re-Election
Post Date: 2012-11-05 10:38:23 by Brian S
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With President Obama in a position to claim a record high share of Latino voters, a leading research firm said Monday that the incumbent's performance among America's fastest growing voting bloc should put him over the top in swing states and help him secure a second term. Acording to a report by Latino Decisions, Obama is "poised to win a record high share of the Latino vote, and in turn likely to win key swing states and enough electoral college votes to retain the presidency." Latino Decisions shows Obama earning the support of 73 percent of Latino voters with "consistent vote history or have already voted" — creating big separation from Mitt ...
The Looming GOP Civil War -- Whether Mitt Wins Or Not
Post Date: 2012-11-05 10:34:06 by Brian S
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WEST CHESTER, Ohio — Mitt Romney’s boisterous rally here Friday night featured both the promise of the Republican Party’s future and a sharp reminder of why the GOP may lose its second consecutive presidential race on Tuesday. The scene in this Cincinnati suburb also set the stage for the party’s coming inner struggle to define itself no matter this cycle’s outcome. A cadre of young and diverse Republican officials took the stage to speak before Romney. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte each made the case for their nominee and offered a reminder of the strength of the GOP’s bench. But they did so before ...
Republicans Lay The Groundwork To Blame Hurricane Sandy If Romney Loses
Post Date: 2012-11-05 10:17:40 by Brian S
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In the event that President Obama wins reelection on Tuesday, Republicans have already found their scapegoat: Hurricane Sandy. Just days before Election Day, GOP pundits and prognosticators — and some within the Romney campaign — are roundly describing the devastating storm as the critical event that halted their candidate’s upswing in the polls, which give Obama a clear advantage in the electoral college math. “The hurricane is what broke Romney’s momentum. I don’t think there’s any question about it,” said Haley Barbour, a former Mississippi governor, RNC chairman and respected political strategist, on CNN’s “State of the Union” ...
Poll: McCaskill Has 15-Point Lead Over Akin In Missouri Senate Race
Post Date: 2012-11-05 10:15:14 by Brian S
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Missouri Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill is closing with a big lead, according to a new poll from SurveyUSA and commissioned by four in-state TV stations. McCaskill gets 51 percent of the total, GOP Rep. Todd Akin gets 36 percent, and Libertarian candidate Jonathan Dine sees 8 percent. The same poll shows Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney winning by 7 points, 50 percent to President Obama's 43 percent. Akin's campaign has been steeped in controversy since he made his "legitmate rape" comments back in August. The PollTracker Average of the race shows McCaskill with a solid lead in the final days.
North Carolina man’s Facebook post claims he voted four times ‘to save our country’ from Mitt Romney
Post Date: 2012-11-04 19:35:45 by Abcdefg
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Outraged citizens are using Twitter to investigate a man’s Facebook claim that he’s proudly voted four times already and intends to vote again. Brad Marston captured the post in a screen shot:
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Romney: 'It's Possible' Obama Could Win
Post Date: 2012-11-04 18:41:03 by Brian S
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CLEVELAND (AP) -- Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says he may be defeated by President Barack Obama in Tuesday's presidential contest, but it's doubtful. Speaking at an Ohio rally Sunday afternoon, Romney said that it's possible, but not likely that Obama will win. He was responding to supporters who booed when he speculated on the consequences of an Obama second term. Polls suggest the race is very close. Both campaigns predict wins. Romney is campaigning in four battleground states on Sunday, including Pennsylvania. Romney's visit follows the decision by his campaign and its Republican allies to put millions of dollars in television advertising in ...
Romney, Change? "From the People Who Brought You Economic Collapse and Iraq"
Post Date: 2012-11-04 17:08:14 by Brian S
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Romney has hired the George W. Bush team of economic and foreign policy advisers. The Romney campaign has now decided to adopt the mantle of "change." This hands the Obama campaign another opportunity to let the sun shine on the truth. It certainly is "change", but one usually associates "change" with something new, not with re-instituting disastrously failed policies. (Einstein did not call that change; he called it insanity). If Romney and the Republicans take over, not only will Medicare's guarantee be gone -- forever -- but we will experience the same financial, housing and general economic collapse as we did under George W Bush. Because the truth ...
In Defense of Nate Silver, Election Pollsters, and Statistical Predictions
Post Date: 2012-11-04 15:17:12 by Brian S
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Nate Silver analyzes poll data on the influential FiveThiryEight blog at the New York Times. He crunches polls and other data in an electoral statistical model, and he claims that his work is guided by math, not left or right politics. Yet he’s become a whipping boy as election day approaches. His crime? Publishing the results of statistical models that predict President Obama has a 73.6 percent chance of defeating the Republican challenger, Mitt Romney. “The pollsters tell us what’s happening now,” conservative columnist David Brooks told Politico, trashing Silver. “When they start projecting, they’re getting into silly land.” In the same ...
Breaking: Romney Paid Zero Taxes From 1996 To 2009
Post Date: 2012-11-04 15:08:05 by Brian S
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Harry Reid was right. Bloomberg finally cracked the story... Using a tax shelter called a CRUT (charitable remainder unitrust) that was held by the Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons), Mitt Romney was able to pay zero taxes (legally) every single year from 1996 to 2009. Why did he stop in 2009? Because he would make public his 2010 tax return, that is why. This tax loophole was killed by Congress in 1997. However those including Romney that were already using it were allowed to continue it. The way it works, is that Romney makes a "charitable" contribution to the Church of Latter Day Saints and it goes into a ...
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