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WHAT IS WITH ALL THE EARLY CALLS???

Posted on 11/07/2006 6:31:13 PM PST by Minus_The_Bear

What the hell is with the national media calling races before a single vote is counted? POLL ARE STILL OPEN!!!


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1 posted on 11/07/2006 6:31:14 PM PST by Minus_The_Bear
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To: Minus_The_Bear

Gives the leftards more to scream about when/if they lose.


2 posted on 11/07/2006 6:32:18 PM PST by proud_yank (Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
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To: Minus_The_Bear

A stopped clock is right twice a day.


3 posted on 11/07/2006 6:32:26 PM PST by kinoxi
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To: Minus_The_Bear

To listen to the MSM, the left won every race a week ago.


4 posted on 11/07/2006 6:32:40 PM PST by Tim Long (Mountjoy for Sen. Noonan for Gov. McClintock for Lt. Gov. Poochigian for Attorney Gen. Yes on 85.)
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To: Minus_The_Bear

Are the polls open in the states where the races are being called?


5 posted on 11/07/2006 6:32:50 PM PST by HaveHadEnough
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To: Minus_The_Bear

Fox just called Maryland for Cardin with 1% precincts reporting and Steele leading with 11 points! Based on what??

Geez.


6 posted on 11/07/2006 6:32:56 PM PST by alnick
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To: Minus_The_Bear

It's called "AreWeThereYetitis." Americans are people of very, very little patience. They want it now!


7 posted on 11/07/2006 6:33:04 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (While the 'RATS celebrate tonight, the Al Qaeda boys are grinning and polishing their bullets.)
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To: Minus_The_Bear
You expected something different from the 2004 elections?

The 2002 elections?

The 2000 elections?

Keep in mind, many of these calls are being based on exit polls rather than actual results, and we all know how reliable those are.

8 posted on 11/07/2006 6:33:19 PM PST by technomage (NEVER underestimate the depths to which liberals will stoop for power.)
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To: Minus_The_Bear

I am calling total BS on all the Networks CNN, MSNBC and FOX for calling all the Senate Races against the GOP. they now have Chafee out.


9 posted on 11/07/2006 6:33:28 PM PST by trumandogz
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To: Minus_The_Bear
IT'S ALL B.S.!!
10 posted on 11/07/2006 6:34:24 PM PST by blues_guitarist (POLLS SHMOLES!!! . ..TODAY'S THE DAY!!! GET OUT THERE!!!)
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To: Minus_The_Bear

Calling races where an incumbent is running unopposed or the challenger is extremely weak (all polls showing one party up by over 25%) is possible, and probaly true even without returns. I do see it as very bad form though.


11 posted on 11/07/2006 6:34:36 PM PST by Fraxinus
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Don't bother listening to any calls made unless the precints reported is at least 90%


12 posted on 11/07/2006 6:34:42 PM PST by Barte45 (Conservative Christian @ Heart)
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To: Minus_The_Bear

It's usually not difficult to call some races fairly early.


13 posted on 11/07/2006 6:34:57 PM PST by HitmanLV ("If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking until you do succeed." - Jerry 'Curly' Howard)
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To: Minus_The_Bear

Every one of these idiot alphabet channels are looking to one up the other one...pathetic.


14 posted on 11/07/2006 6:35:00 PM PST by oust the louse
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To: alnick
Fox just called Maryland for Cardin with 1% precincts reporting and Steele leading with 11 points! Based on what??

Really???????

15 posted on 11/07/2006 6:35:03 PM PST by Luke Skyfreeper
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To: Minus_The_Bear

WTF! Bill Kristol is going a "John Madden" on Fox News.. OMG... drawing on the screen... looks like what Ran Rather was doing in 2004...


16 posted on 11/07/2006 6:35:07 PM PST by Echo Talon
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To: Minus_The_Bear

We now have to watch Arlington County VA to see if Allen can squeeze enough votes out to win.


17 posted on 11/07/2006 6:35:07 PM PST by trumandogz
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To: Minus_The_Bear

Old habits die hard. They shouldn't call races while any polls are open in CONUS


18 posted on 11/07/2006 6:35:15 PM PST by kerryusama04 (Isa 8:20, Eze 22:26)
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To: alnick

yep - I want the Old Media to eat one of these .... either RI or MD. That's BS!


19 posted on 11/07/2006 6:36:45 PM PST by rface ("...the most schizoid freeper I've ever seen" - New Bloomfield, Missouri)
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To: Minus_The_Bear
Exit polls combined with historical voting patterns.

In 2000 I was hoping Bush would take Michigan. I watched the MI Sec of State site as precinct after precinct reported in and Bush was leading big time, but everybody was calling Michigan for Gore. Then finally, in the middle of the night, Wayne county (Detroit) reported in, and all of the sudden Bush was beaten by several tens of thousands of votes.

If a Republican Candidate doesn't have a substantial lead before the big cities report, then they're usually toast. So you can see a real close race, or even the Republican leading, but when the big dump of votes from the city arrives, it's all over.

20 posted on 11/07/2006 6:37:05 PM PST by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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