[Paradox]

I think Romney could have won it when he was trending +5 on Gallup. But the storm did him in. I knew it would. People here don't understand just how "flaky" some of the voting public really is. They think that all voters vote based on some kind of ideological conviction, and that's just not the case. In a fairly evenly split country like ours, the voters who ultimately determine the race are flakes. At this time, the Democrats are winning the flakes.

In the end, I held out some hope, but I knew it would come down to about 1 percent, I had hoped for Romney, but alas, it did not.

[uncbob]

In a fairly evenly split country like ours, the voters who ultimately determine the race are flakes. At this time, the Democrats are winning the flakes.

The MSM controls the flakes and most of the democrats and the left wing also controls the schools

Sad but true and it isn't going to change

[Longbow1969]

I think Romney could have won it when he was trending +5 on Gallup.

Romney had some momentum when Gallup and Rasmussen showed him up several points, no doubt. I agree the storm derailed that opportunity for him to keep that momentum rolling. Still, Obama was narrowly winning throughout the closing phases of this campaign and there is no way for us to really judge how much hurricane Sandy added to his final total. Looks like Obama won the popular vote by around 2 points and captures the electoral votes the state polling was telling us he'd win all along.