Just silly old me, but I’d rather they didn’t jump the gun. To my mind, victory depends on turnout. At 7:00 P.M.in NYC or Washington, DC, farther west the day is still young and the polls are still open. I have no problem with them calling each state as that state’s polls close.
But let some talking head call the election pre-maturely for Romney, people farther west decide their vote isn’t necessary and don’t bother going to vote, and we suddenly wind up with 4 more years of Obunga! Let’s not let our enthusiasm override our common sense, PLEASE!
Just let it play out the way it’s supposed to. A 10:00 or 11:00 P.M. call of victory for R&R will do nicely. We all should be well-stocked with popcorn. Let’s enjoy the evening listening to the increasingly loud and mournful wailing of the libs as the closing of the polls rolls westward.
ANY Romney voter who would be swayed by the TV before voting on the 6th is worse than foolish. This year it is about getting out the vote, nothing less!
I really wish that there would be no reporting at all on TV, the internet or via any other media source of the results of any of the voting results for the president or members of congress until the polls close in California. Other races being run on a state-by-state basis are a totally different matter.
I think this is more critical this year than ever before, particularly considering the fact that the press is obviously totally in the tank for Obama. We already know there will be a tremendous amount of fraud. Romney is going to need to win every state by a wide popular vote margin so the Dems can’t possibly have enough replacement ballots to offset the results.
When Florida was called prematurely for the Democrat candidate, it was Republicans, not Democrats, who didn’t vote. It is *much* better to be overconfident, then under-confident. People like to vote for winners, not losers. An early call for Romney, and Democrats will find something better to do. Republicans will still show up, wanting to be part of the win.
It is much better to “fight like you know you are going to win” than to “fight like it’s tied”. The former generally leads to success. The latter is a good way for people to become pessimistic, and to stay home.