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Why We Might Not Have a Presidential Winner on Election Night
National Journal ^ | 10/26/2012 | Alex Roarty

Posted on 10/26/2012 7:35:34 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 10/26/2012 7:35:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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So the same media that claimed the race over 2 months ago, is now hanging on to hope that Obama can keep it close with 11 days to go.

LOL!


2 posted on 10/26/2012 7:38:09 AM PDT by nhwingut (Single Issue Voter: Obama Must Go!)
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A close election, as this one will almost certainly be

I beg to differ. A close election is when the polls seem contradictory with leads flipping back and forth right up until election day. When the polls almost universally show the same candidate in the lead and gaining, that my friends is the sign of a landslide.

3 posted on 10/26/2012 7:39:51 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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Garbage. It’s not going to be a deadlock election this year. Anybody who bothers to think critically can see that.

People are angry, and will make their voices heard.


4 posted on 10/26/2012 7:40:16 AM PDT by Shadow44
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So let’s hope and pray that it’s a large enough margin of victory on election day, so that recounts in any states won’t change the outcome.


5 posted on 10/26/2012 7:40:35 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego ('s)
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We don't need to win outright.
We just need it to be close enough to manipulate the recount.
If that doesn't work, we'll go to one of our judges.

6 posted on 10/26/2012 7:43:57 AM PDT by Baynative
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To: SeekAndFind
I believe the election will be a Romney blowout. This feeling was greatly reinforced yesterday when Obama released this super-weird campaign ad.

Nonetheless, as the old saying goes, if the polls say you're a million votes ahead, campaign as though you're a million votes behind.

7 posted on 10/26/2012 7:44:05 AM PDT by Fiji Hill (Deo Vindice!)
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Hope and prayer are good things, but we don’t need to depend on them this time around.

Obama is going to be shown the door. We, the People, are fed up.


8 posted on 10/26/2012 7:45:57 AM PDT by Walrus (Restoring America starts today! Let's roll!)
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To: SeekAndFind

They should just retitle this article “Grasping at Straws”


9 posted on 10/26/2012 7:50:54 AM PDT by commish (After Four Years of Obama, America needs a little R & R.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Regardless...

Every magazine in the house will be loaded.


10 posted on 10/26/2012 7:54:55 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ignore the polls, watch the campaigns. The media polls are designed to project a “horse race” image to keep readership/viewership hooked. The camapigns’ internal polling is much, much more reliable and can be seen in the campaigns’ actions and attitudes.

By that measure, this is going to be an elephant performing a grade-A donkey stomping.


11 posted on 10/26/2012 7:55:37 AM PDT by kevkrom (If a wise man has an argument with a foolish man, the fool only rages or laughs...)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Our biggest mistake would be to assume our opposition is as ethical as we are. If it seems they are giving up, it means they are going underground and mucking up the system.


12 posted on 10/26/2012 7:58:21 AM PDT by Dr. Pritchett
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To: SeekAndFind

I find myself wanting to ignore any report that quotes Nate Silver as an expert vs. a left wing NYT Fantasy Land hack who feeds his readers the sugar and empty carbs they so crave for their very existence.


13 posted on 10/26/2012 8:00:04 AM PDT by The Hound Passer
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To: Shadow44
It’s not going to be a deadlock election this year. Anybody who bothers to think critically can see that.

I just cannot wait to see the stunned looks on the faces of those such as Rachel Madcow, Chrissy Matthews, Lawrence O'Donnell and especially Mika Brezinski. It will be high comedy on election night.

I hope to see faces that I haven't seen since the Red Sox spanked the Yankees 4 straight in 2004. The face of someone who is gobsmacked and not used to being denied. Ahhhh...Schadenfreude.

14 posted on 10/26/2012 8:00:12 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left." Ecclesiastes 1)
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Spot on - landslide. This won’t be tied up in court because it won’t even be close.

I can not wait for this to be over.


15 posted on 10/26/2012 8:02:27 AM PDT by warsaw44
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To: SeekAndFind

Yeah, remember 8 weeks ago when the race was “over” and Obamugabe had it in the bag?


16 posted on 10/26/2012 8:09:57 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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...they’ll have to cast a provisional ballot and prove their identity later — a headache if officials are trying to determine the winner of a close race in their state.
“That’s the nightmare,” Norden said. “That’s definitely the nightmare.”

I don't accept that for a minute. Dems see this as their opening, an opportunity to stuff the ballot box.

Secretary of State Jon Husted sent an application for an absentee ballot to every eligible Ohio voter...
Here’s the catch: If a voter applies for an absentee ballot, disregards it, and shows up to vote on Election Day, he or she can cast only a provisional ballot. And those votes can’t be counted until 11 days after Nov. 6.

Interesting way to muddle the results enough to fudge the numbers in favor of your party's candidate! Why would they send an absentee ballot application to every registered voter without a request first? What did that cost the state?

Dems have taught me to be suspicious of anything and everything the government does.....

17 posted on 10/26/2012 8:10:54 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: SeekAndFind; All

18 posted on 10/26/2012 8:14:30 AM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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FU Al Gore


19 posted on 10/26/2012 8:16:22 AM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: warsaw44

And if the MSM doesn’t actually want “civil unrest”,
they will not try to keep the “horserace” aspect of this election alive and will not make the landslide a surprise.


20 posted on 10/26/2012 8:17:53 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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