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An Obama Landslide? Here Are the Expert Predictions That Point to a Decisive Obama Victory
TheBlaze’s Becket Adams contributed to this report.
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It’s no secret that numerous — and notable – pundits are predicting a Mitt Romney landslide in Tuesday’s presidential election. But while many are claiming that the Republican candidate will secure a sweeping victory, others view the electoral scenario through a very different lens. In fact, some experts are projecting that President Barack Obama is actually the candidate poised for a massive win.
Below, find some of the most most prevalent predictions that Obama will sail to success at the polls on Tuesday:
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Larry Sabato: Veteran Political Expert
Larry Sabato, known for his electoral predictions, believes Obama is poised for victory. According to his calculations, the president will capture 290 electoral votes, thus securing the White House for a second term. Business Insider has more about Sabato’s campaign calculations:
The forecast shows a significant last-minute bump for Obama in the final days of the campaign — just last Thursday, Sabato had deemed the race too close to call. The bump, which Sabato attributes to Hurricane Sandy and Friday’s not-disastrous jobs numbers, has given Obama an edge in several key battleground states, putting him on track to win 290 electoral college votes — well beyond the 270 he needs to win re-election, but still nowhere close to a landslide.
According to Sabato, four states — Iowa, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, and Colorado — have moved from “toss-up” to “leans Obama” over the past five days. Combined with Ohio, which Sabato has had in Obama’s column since September, those states give the president a soft cushion in the electoral map. Even Romney manages to win Florida and Virginia (which Sabato has moved to “leans Republican”), he still comes up short with just 248 electoral votes.
The below table shows the final predictions, as outlined by Sabato:
Photo Credit: CenterForPolitics.org
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Nate Silver: New York Times Blogger
New York Times blogger Nate Silver is so certain that Obama will win on Tuesday he’s willing to bet $2,000 (literally) that he’s correct in his assertions.
On Sunday, Silver explained the current national proportions, while also highlighting the breakdowns in key states. His conclusion? That the current projections very likely point to an Obama victory:
Based on the simulations that we ran on early Sunday evening, for example, Mr. Obama would have an 85 percent chance of winning the Electoral College if the popular vote were exactly tied nationally. This is where Mr. Obama’s Electoral College advantages, particularly in Nevada, Ohio and Wisconsin, would be of their maximum benefit. Given a tied national popular vote, we would expect Mr. Obama to underperform his polls slightly in these states — but since he leads by a minimum of about three points in the polling average in each one, he could underperform those numbers and still win them.
Mr. Obama would be almost certain to win the Electoral College if he won the popular vote by a percentage point or so. [...]
On Saturday, we wrote that state polls would have to be statistically biased against Mr. Romney for him to win the Electoral College. Now, it may be the case that the national polls would have to be biased against him as well.
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Jim Cramer: Host of CNBC’s “Mad Money”
The Washington Post invited several pundits, analysts, and political strategists to predict the outcome of tomorrow’s election in its Outlook’s “16th Crystal Ball contest.” Among those invited to participate in the contest was CNBC’s Jim Cramer who claims the “race is nowhere as close as the polls suggest.”
Like the New York Times’ Nate Silver, the “Mad Money” host believes tomorrow’s election will be a landslide in the president’s favor. A 440 electoral vote blowout, to be exact.
The thing is, for President Obama to win with 440 electoral votes, he would not only have to outdo his 2008 performance (when he won with 365 electoral votes against a much, much milder opponent), but he would also have to win all of the Midwest along with a combination of heavily conservative western states and/or heavily conservative southern states. None of this seems very plausible.
Considering Cramer is the same guy who, during the crash of 2008, recommended buying stock in Bear Sterns and Lehman Bros., perhaps his 440 electoral vote prediction is more of the same (i.e. a wild and woefully misinformed stab in the dark).
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Sam Wang: Princeton University
While Sam Wang may not be a household name, his predictions may cause Republicans some angst. Wang, who runs the Meta-Analysis model for Princeton Election Consortium, is also predicting an Obama win. Mother Jones explains the professor and neuroscientist’s background:
Wang runs the Meta-Analysis model for the Princeton Election Consortium. Wang, who made a name for himself in neuroscience and biophysics, took the statistical analyses he’d applied in those fields and transposed them to the mess of electoral politics. He developed the model in 2004 initially to help predict the most strategic way to allocate of campaign donations. The model, based on a slew of state polls, calculates each candidate’s probability of winning in the Electoral College if the election were held today.
Considering his accuracy in the 2004 and 2008 elections, Wang’s prediction carries weight. Below, find his current (as of 10 a.m. on November 5) projection (Obama at 305 versus Romney at 233):
Screen shot from the Princeton Princeton Election Consortium
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The American People
Okay, so the American public may not be “expert,” but they are the deciding factors in the electoral schema.
While the polls have shown a nation divided when it comes to choosing between Romney and Obama, there’s a major difference between the candidate one plans to vote for and the candidate one assumes will win. Despite being in a deadlock (the current Real Clear Politics national average is 47.8 percent for Obama and 47.4 percent for Romney), the American people — at least according to Gallup — believe Obama is poised for victory.
When asked “who do you think will win the election in November,” 54 percent chose Obama and only 34 percent selected Romney. Overall, these proportions haven’t moved much when compared to the stances that Gallup observed back in May and August.
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Lanny Davis: Former Special Counsel to President Bill Clinton
Lawyer Lanny Davis joins the ranks of those who believe that victory is inevitable for Obama. Based on “evidence” and his “gut instinct,” Davis wrote a Huffington Post article highlighting his beliefs on the matter. He got specific, too, noting his predictions in detail:
My best guess is the popular vote margin will be 50.5 percent to 49. The electoral vote margin will likely be 281 for Obama and 257 for Romney. I am picking battleground states for Obama to include Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nevada and New Hampshire. For Romney I am predicting he will win battleground states Virginia, North Carolina and Colorado.
Davis believes Obama’s messages have resonated with voters and that Romney’s have not. Additionally, he contends that the president is more likable and that Obama remains “the change candidate who excites and inspires” Americans.
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YouGov: Market Research Firm
According to YouGov, Obama is well-poised to capture the Electoral College on Tuesday. While a pre-election poll conducted from October 31 through November 3 found that the president was up two points over Romney (48.5 percent versus 46.5 percent), state-wide analysis may be more troubling for the GOP candidate.
While it’s not an impossibility for Romney to capture the 270 votes needed to win the election, the cards are currently stacked, at least according to this firm’s analysis, in Obama’s favor. YouGov explains:
YouGov also completed 27 state-level polls during this same time period. Based on these polls, President Obama is well-positioned to win in the Electoral College Tuesday. A Romney victory is not impossible, however: if the cards line up correctly for him, the former Massachusetts Governor could squeak by the threshold of 270 electoral votes and become the next President.
Photo Credit: YouGov
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Remember, these are only predictions and opinions. Like those claiming Romney will win, these individuals and organizations are, based on their knowledge base and experience, seeking to definitively project the odds in a highly-unpredictable electoral season.
In the end, the voters will have the say and, regardless of polling numbers, the situation could end in either candidate’s favor.
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RodT82721
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:29amRemember voters of this great nation, it’s not the votes that count, it the vote counters.
George Soros spent a lot money this year to put the right vote counters in the right places.
Now the have allowed anyone that can wander into a polling place off the street and vote under any name, and give the a couple of months to get all voting done. It would not surprise me if Obama got more votes then there are citizens, his minions have been working on this for months now.
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Cibolo
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:40amYou are 100% correct. I have no doubt in my mind that if Obama wins this election it is because the Elite Banksters corrupted this election. Look at history, how can you possibly think we have a free and uncorrupted election systems? Kennedy, King, Lennon, Marley, Tu PAC, Cobain and Jackson are just a few people that were murdered fro going against these elite banksters. Gulf of Tonkin, Iraq, Vietnam, Korea, 9-11-2001 were all perpetrated by our own Government.
Why would you think for a moment that this election is correct or true. It is just another distraction.
Read your Bible, Repent!
Obama is a henchmen for Satan!
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Max jones
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:41amThat is what I’ve been seeing….NOT a normal scenario! If the lefties lose this election it means a lot of people will go to prison, be publicly shamed. When the spell that the MSM has cast on the population is broken and people see the administration as it really is there will be a reckoning.
If the lefties WIN this election, actually ‘steal’ this election, we go down in flames….literally.
There is no way on earth Obama could win without immoral and criminal activity. NO WAY.
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Max jones
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:45amCIBOLO…..I concur. The diabolical nature of this “take-over ” is apparent, and obvious.
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edcoil
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:51amI did the yougov poll on line this morning and the map at the end shows a lot different they the one here. There seemed to be much more red in it.
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nonofmybiznez
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:57amIt all depends on showing up though. Go vote!
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turkey13
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:00pmI”m just as afraid as I was when Jimmy Carter was running for re-election. It looked like a lanslide and some how Reagan won. Half of Detroit was laid of as was home builders. A new car loan was 21% and 17% for a new home. The rich got very rich – a 6 month CD paid 17%. Since Obama got in office gold has increased in value by 60% and thats why George Soreass bought $ one billion bucks worth 2 years ago. Silver has increased in value by 70%. If the dollar collaspes we will go to a barter system. Gold, silver, food, ammo will be our currency. If Carter had been re-elected we would have been using Russian Rupels for money!
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Zer0
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:36pmFor years the Communist Party USA have ran a candidate in the presidential elections until 2008. Why? In 2008 and 2012 the Communist Party USA have endorsed BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA for president. This includes the endorsements of the Castro family, Hugo Chavez, Vladimir Putin, and Hassan al-Turabi.
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nichevo
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 1:19pmDon’t start crying stolen election already! You may be a bit put-off by these predictions but you can take solace in the fact that Dick Morris and Glenn Beck are calling for Romney landslide. HaHahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
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The_Jerk
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 1:32pmListen, we’re becoming a nation of lazy, obese, intellectually challenged, bodily modified, tattooed, primitive, looters, moochers and takers. We are living through counter-Darwinism, reverse evolution, cultural suicide. These losers are nearing critical mass in our population. When they hit that critical mass, our way of life is finished. It’s only a matter of time. This election, or the next. Welfare societies have no other result.
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black9897
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 1:34pmBO will most likely win. Doubt it will be by a landslide though.
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timeout
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:07pmOh puke!
These guys are died in the wool liberals. The only conservative professor I know is my husband….Sabato is a dunce! And then the rest just fall in line.
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Max jones
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:18pmJERK…..Most of what you said I agree with, as the images you drew are obvious, but make no mistake, there is a ‘hidden’ agenda, at work, here. This agenda is being driven by Satan. You may think that you are aware of what is going on……are you willing to bet your eternity on it?
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Bluebonnet
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:20pmJust yesterday obama told us he a “Christian”………hmmm? Real Christians don’t play dirty games.
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:40pm“While every single poll on the planet predicts Democrats will enjoy a turnout advantage of three to eleven points, the latest Rasmussen survey of party affiliation taken throughout October shows that Republicans enjoy a huge 5.8% Party ID advantage going into the 2012 election.
According to Twitter’s invaluable NumbersMuncher, Rasmussen correctly predicted 2008 would be a D+7 election and incorrectly predicted 2010 would be D+3. (2010 was D+0, or even, so Rasmussen gave an edge to Democrats they didn’t have.)
If the 2012 race is D+2, Romney’s probably going to win. If the race is R+6, Romney’s going to enjoy a landslide.
The most important piece of information in this poll, though, is that Rasmussen’s sample is a monstrous 15,000 likely voter. Moreover, Rasmussen’s Party ID results match similar results found by Gallup and Pew.
Again, if Rasmussen is anywhere near as correct as he’s been in the past, all of these polls showing Obama holding small leads, are dead wrong. They’re under-sampling Republicans in a major way; predicting an electorate that looks like 2008.
ADDED: In one photo, here’s a look at Rasmussen’s track record.”
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WATER-THE-TREE
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:53pmThe only way that Bammy can win at all and it not be a LANDSLIDE for Romney is if Bammy’s camp does some landslide cheating. The only thing I fear is that Bammy could cheat by a landslide and then just like like all of what he has already gotten away with nothing will be done. It is treasonously criminal how much he has already gotten away with, and nothing is done!
Having the media ridiculously on your side, and even more important, THE STUPIDITY OF THE WILLINGLY IGNORANT MASSES is devastating to the truth! Never underestimate the POWER of stupidity of large groups of the people!
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drphil69
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 3:20pm@Cibolo – not sure about your whole list, but I am fairly certain that Kurt Go-Bang put the end of a shotgun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. (i.e. suicide, not murder) He was a herion adict, and not exactly a big influence in society…
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realindependent
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 3:25pmPresident Obama has lead every predictions of the electoral college since the beginning and I the Great one. Yes “Mark Levin” i am the Great one not you. Puts on magic prediction hat. Obama will win electoral college by a big number…
4 MORE YEARS… 4 MORE YEARS….
**smug**
PATTY HENRY
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 3:57pmDon’t sweat it. The only thing that surprises me is SABATO…I didn’t know he was a dumb jerk…oh well.
THE LANDSLIDE that MITT is going to bring on tomorrow will make the CHICK FIl-A ground swell look like “chicken feed” (couldn’t resist) …. YOU little Liberals don’t get AMERICA. NOT NOW, NOT EVER.
WE were excited to see a Man of COLOR get elected…we just didn’t know his color was RED (communist) or YELLOW (Benghazi)
REMEMBER BENGHAZI !!! NOW get out there and vote…remember there are FOUR YOUNG PATRIOTS who were murdered because of that jerk in the WH who can no longer (EVER) vote…VOTE FOR THEM. ROMNEY is going to make a WONDERFUL PRESIDENT!!! ANN is going to make a GREAT FIRST LADY (with class and not off around the world spending our tax $) and FOR VEEP?? GOOD grief!!! How do you get BETTER than PAUL RYAN!!! OBAMA thought he was so smart by making PAUL RYAN sit in front of him while he dissed RYAN’S BUDGET… payback is a bi tch isn’t it Obama. HIT THE ROAD JACK and DONTCHA COME BACK NO MORE NO MORE NO MORE NO MORE…
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Phreqguru
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 4:22pmI have confidence Romney will win this election. If I am wrong, this great nation will become the “Divisive States of America”. Just the way Barry wants it, and then we are all screwed.
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woodyl1011fl
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 4:30pmDemocrats began setting up the most massive vote corruption machinery since they won in 2008. They are determined never to have another national election in which their opponents have any chance of winning. Soros has control of the democrat party through all his front organizations which include the so called mainstream media all of academia which are part of the support organizations of his plan. The evil of totalitarianism will eventually destroy them all. But in the meantime the United States will sink into oblivion if they succeed tomorrow. California and the east and west coasts are good examples of how this mindless self-destruction works. How they vote are strong indicators of the self-destruction that is about to crush us. Ignorance and irrational thinking it seems is winning and a new dark age is rising. The useful idiots will be consumed in the process. The deceived ones will realize too late that they are governments property and will be slaves all their miserable lives. Their only release will be death and their government masters will control that to. This is our last chance to be a free people but at least 47% ignorant Americans desire the oppression of slavery over freedom and liberty. John Dewey, Lenin, Saul Alinsky, Marx, Mao and Stalin would be envious for we are doing to ourselves what they could not accomplish against us in their own lifetimes. The rest of us will not go quietly into the dark oppression of democrat party tyranny.
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West Coast Patriot
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 4:42pmWell, I just cast my vote for Gary Johnson and I feel good. I know he will not win, but I hope he gets 5% or more in order to make the Libertarian Party viable in future elections. Come what may tomorrow, because it will be either Mitt Romney or Obama, the country will stay the same. More war, less freedom, spying on Americans will continue, indefinite detention of Americans (like Brandon Raub, a U.S. Marine) will continue, the economic crash will come and our future generations will p[ay for it all.
Here is a video that even you on The Blaze can understand, because it was made by an Australian that understands more than most Americans, and in a way that children can understand: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXlMFWmotSU&feature=youtu.be
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calebjim
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 4:45pmIf this disaster is elected again, this country is over. I am surprised that the people that support this man can’t see the truth. God forbid 4 more years of this man. I don’t use president because it would be a sin to use Obama and president in the same sentence.
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LeadNotFollow
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 4:49pm.
ROD….. You are correct. We’ve known about the George Soros vote counting plot for months now, but the media and the law just ignored it.
The anti-Christ will be “re-elected” through voter fraud.
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NOT A CRAZY
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 4:50pmThese maroons are already a laughingstock. Jim Cramer? Are you kidding me? Jim freaking Cramer? That clown lost all credibility in the stock market so now he is going to make political predictions. That is about as funny as it gets. I guess now we know why he is such an abysmal failure.
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standtuff
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 4:55pmKeep telling us Obama is going to win….please. Seriously, we can’t afford getting complacent. Everyone needs to go vote. If people sit home thinking its in the bag, it could be close enough for recounts and that would suck. This needs to be every person casting their vote, everyone even in states that you don’t think there is a chance. Your vote and voice needs to be heard loudly. Don’t forget you are voting for senators, congress, state and local too.
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West Coast Patriot
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 5:00pmThe story before this one was Romney winning by a landslide, and I laughed at that. I do believe that Romney has a chance of winning the popular vote, but will he win the electoral college? It makes me wonder if this is a set up to get rid of the electoral college in order to transform us into a true Socialistic Democracy by making our elections mob rule with the popular vote.
Real Clear Politics has upped their electoral map in Obama’s favor according to the latest polls. Interesting with The Blazes story on a landslide Romney win: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/2012_elections_electoral_college_map_no_toss_ups.html
One day to go to either see all of you jumping up and down, or committing suicide.
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turkey13
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 5:02pmThats the biggest problem! When you come up with more votes than resistered voters it looks bad. No news media is reporyting that these people that are squaking have had 4 years to register and 14 days to vote early.
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West Coast Patriot
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 5:13pmStandtuff, You have a right to be concerned, because if the primary is any indication of the Republican mindset about getting out in bad weather, or doing what it takes to work for their candidate, you may be in trouble. I mean, why do you think Ron Paul did so well with gathering delegates, until they were illegally stripped from him? Republicans were too lazy to get off their butts in order to fight for their candidate. I will be watching the election closely tomorrow.
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West Coast Patriot
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 5:14pmAnonymous T. Irrelevant, Do not forget that there a quite a few registered Republicans that are Paul supporters. Little monkey wrench.
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tifosa
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 6:47pmJim Cramer and Lanny? Really? Well, it’s only fair, you included WayneRoot and DickMorris in Mitt’s 5. LOL!
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Boray
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 7:20pmYou bet, and out of the mouth of Vladimir Lenin. Who, except Barrack Hussein Obama, would know better? If he is reelected, it is a pathetic black mark on Conservative voters. Unfortunately, many of them are single issue voters, such as abortion, the bogus “womens’” rights issues, etc. It will be a nation in decline. He will be unfettered in taking on revenge against perceived injustices. Finally, he will turn the nation into a gulag, run by communists. Valerie Jarrett is mad as hell, and wants PAYBACK. As of Thursday, Obama has written that he wants reparations, $150k for each black person.
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Dushman Kush
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 8:24pmMonths ago, Comrade George Soros approved the Romney-Ryan ticket. Tell your peers what point you are making…….Sheeeeeesh…….
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ashestoashes
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 8:43pm@WEST COAST..Did you happen to read the article on Valerie Jarret? She said there would be retribution for those who fought against Obama and that the ones who supported him would be rewarded..she also said that they 2 federal judges ready to go.and there would be no more elections…that was always an argument that my fellow conservatives shot me..if they get their liberal judges as a majority in the Supreme Court..this country would be done..I know..it’s hard to see Romney as anything but a lying, cheating thug liberal..but those Supreme Court Justices might be something to consider….
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NOFX
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 8:46pmmaybe when the msm reports on Obama winning by a few trillion votes the other 47% will call BS on him too.
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West Coast Patriot
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 8:59pmAshesToAshes, DustToDust, sounds like a possible death of a Liberty voter. I have already voted for Gary Johnson, my ballot is on its way to Salem, OR. I will sleep with a clear conscience that I voted for Liberty. Romney, Obama same thing. You think Romney will put in constitutional judges? You are starting to fall asleep again. Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXlMFWmotSU&feature=youtu.be
Sorry to see you being swayed by the fear mongering and elitist values that will cause our utter destruction. Do not feel bad, as we were going to see the economic collapse regardless of you voting with a clear conscience or not. We will all be paupers soon, I just happen to be very prepared and I will make it through the storm. Better start preparing Ashes.
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Socially-Liberal-Fiscally-Moderate
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:03pm@CIBOLO
Then how come much more super pac funding and elitist banks are backing Romney than Obama.
Check the facts.
Stop living in the fairytale land that 9-11 was an inside job- that is quite insulting and naive of you.
Finally, what do I have to repent for?
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ashestoashes
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:28pm@WEST COAST..I thought you live in California..I noticed that Ca. and New Mexico are both blue states..I live in a blue state myself..I thought I saw where even Romey’s state of NH is blue..I really thought that the last election would be a dictatorship..and I don’t think I am wrong that this is merely formality..and I doubt she will ever turn around..with the globalist agenda of massive depopulation..I believe that is why the banks sold us out to the arabs in 1979..Convenience..I know you think we can turn this thing around..but I believe we are at the end of the road..the globalist will win..until…the Master comes back..
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ashestoashes
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:00pm@SOCIALLY LIBERALLY FISCALLY MODERATE.. If you ever watched the history video of the Rothschlds..you would see their pattern..and their fingerprints all over 9/11..this video will show you the US Presidents..Lincoln..Garfield..Kennedy and his brother who were killed for going against them to print our own money..History reveals that they have started and funded all sides of wars..the War of 1812 to get their bank here..the Civil War. World War 1 and 2..Mother Rothschild said on her deathbed if her sons wanted no war..there would be no war..so please..many more die in war than died at the WTC…What’s insulting is that we were fooled..Sibel Edmonds..FBI translater on 9/11 was gag ordered..she’s talking..even a Lt Colonel. Check out the probe called Utube video Fabled Enemies..2.3 trillion came up missing the day before 9/11..the Haliburton reconstruction contract got fulfillled..and the biggest of all..there were still several arab nations which had no Rothschild controlled banks..I think there are only 3 now..with Iran being one..
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NOFX
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:30pm@CICILO, biggie, tupac, and Kurt Cobain were killed by Big Banking and Big Corporation? You listed a few others …but that is the craziest conspiracy theory I have ever heard! I’m hoping that you are joking because that is too far out there beyond rational thought!!
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West Coast Patriot
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 3:36amAshesToAshes, I believe that it is never good to give up. The Revolutionary War was only fought by a handful of true Patriots. We are not fighting with guns, but with an Idea. “An idea whose time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any government.” ~ Ron Paul
We are in a political war. We have battles to win, and that is all we can try to do. You win some, you lose some. But, you never give up. When we start to give up, our numbers decrease, and when that happens, we start to lose more battles. We must fight on, we must not give in to tyranny, even if all others do. We try to wake up minds to what is really going on, but you can only lead a horse to water.
The Libertarian Party has a decent chance of getting the 5% needed to get them automatic ballot access in all 50 states and election funding in the next election, which means easier to get into debates. Paul supporters will continue to gain chair positions in the GOP at the local and state levels. At some time, we may have two vehicles for Liberty minded candidates. We must focus on the war and not just the battles. Good Luck to you my friend.
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BlazingBob
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 4:57amYou have to be an complete idiot to think that all democrats are voting for OBAMA – NEWS FLASH – THEY ARE NOT !
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Hanner
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 8:54amSounds like Obama’s “Choom” gang made these predictions. Somebody is sippin on somethin.
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FormerLib
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:45amSorry, I don’t buy it. ALL of the polls these guys cite are weighted democrat by 5 to 11 points, and all assume the same Democrat turnout as 2008. They also assume the same Republican lack of enthusiasm that they showed for John McCain. The fact that Romney is virtually tied in polls that favor Dems by 6 to 11 points means Romney is really up by 5 to 10 points.
Romney will win, and win decisively. There will be a lot of prognosticators with egg on their faces, most of whom also missed the 2010 midterms and thought they would be close. Like that same tsunami they did not see coming in 2010, look for tonight’s win for Romney to be by 5 to 8 points and over 300 electoral votes. Michael Barone believe the same thing, and that guy is a walking encyclopedia of election facts.
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xstone1970
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:26amI love their little map.. Gives Ohio/Nv/NH to Obama but still calls NC/Co and Fl tossups. Not biased ar all! They will be very surprised come Wed. Morning!
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chucksue351
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:44amwe can only hope and pray
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Max jones
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:02pmThere is a demographic that has not been factored into this….17 million evangelical Christians, that are flying under the radar, due to the fact that most of them just don’t vote, usually. There is a video making the rounds that may have had an effect on this…..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5iUFAeExb8
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VRW Conspirator
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:57pmthey also have Minnesoto and Michigan and Pennsylvania likely or solidly Obama…but all three states are TIED in the latest polls…that would mean TOSS UP status…so they have about 30 EC votes that should be toss up in the Obama camp…
take those 30 away and even split them 20-10 for Obama…and you get a 3-5 pt Obama victory.. you put NC, VA, and FLA back into the Romney likely/solid where they are polling and the race gets even closer….
sorry… God is not absent in the affairs of man… God has a candidate in this race…a man that bows his head and kneels and prays before and after each speech.. a man that says “Thy Will be done, not mine..” and that man IS NOT Obama….
Rejoice brothers and sisters…the outcome is in the hands of the Almighty and HIS WILL will win the day…do your jobs..vote and take others with you and then watch as the Light of Heaven renews America….
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circleDwagons
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:50pmThe “red” counties should just form our own country. I would NOT be in a blue city come wed.
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tifosa
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 6:31pmLOL at the “secret” teavangelicals “flying under the radar…”
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formerlyFreedomOverFear
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 7:10pmXstone so i see you live in realville here with Rush and I. He’s the mayor but I’m the Governor.
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Diego Roswell
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:21amThe country has not been so divided (as the media would have us believe) since the first American Civil War. An Obama victory gives credence to failed policies, broken promises, dead American servicemen, mass murder, secret drone strikes, unwarranted spying on citizens, increased taxation, crony capitalism, mob rule, union thuggery, still bigger and even more intrusive government, redistribution of wealth, socialism and bigotry. The first BIG step toward a second American Civil War and Balkanization of the former United States of America.
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Max jones
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:55amDIEGOROSWELL …wrote”Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:21am
The country has not been so divided (as the media would have us believe) since the first American Civil War. An Obama victory gives credence to failed policies, broken promises, dead American servicemen, mass murder, secret drone strikes, unwarranted spying on citizens, increased taxation, crony capitalism, mob rule, union thuggery, still bigger and even more intrusive government, redistribution of wealth, socialism and bigotry. The first BIG step toward a second American Civil War and Balkanization of the former United States of America.”
And I add—….and the biggest step into the Global theocracy the Great Book of Revelation calls the BEAST.
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pragmaticpatriot
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:16pmBalkanization has been my fear too, in a way. im ready to divorced the liberals, run them out of town. They are insane and in Realville would be the village idiots. Texas or Oklahoma would be my choice mainly because they are armed and dont shy away from executing murderers.
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Max jones
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:47pmI am in Oklahoma, and the only concerns i have is how our fine military is going to go……..with the people or the faux government…..Fort sill is in my neighborhood.
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pragmaticpatriot
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 4:43pm@MAX JONES, id be worried if i were near Ft Sill too! the artillery is bigger in that neck of the woods. Im thinking more south of Poteau…
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jonreadsitall
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:20amSeems odd: the map suggest there is no such category as Leaning Romney.
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Ilikepeople
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:26amHere’s a thought: do people get on TV to predict a “Landslide victory” for their benefit, or your benefit? If the announcer of the “Landslide victory” already really believes said landslide, then I don’t see how them announcing it will make it any more beneficial for themselves.
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Ilikepeople
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:32amWhat doesn’t make sense to me is that if you really want a candidate to win, then you tell people they don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell, and not that they have it made. The way they are doing it is so that people feel crushed, sad, and unmotivated after Romney loses (after all you are a nation full of girly boys), and Obama will come across as the under-dog who won.
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An_American_Thinker
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:38amHa! Good observation! The biased report can’t even bring themselves to “leaning Romney” and instead calls them “tossup.”
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mastice
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:42am@jonreadsitall
Very good observation – things like that are very telling of the political leanings of the people who created that map.
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Ilikepeople
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:45amSee the issue is that the U.S is a nation of girly boys who gossip like women (just listen to men at work), and you are unto the Revelation locusts that come out of the pit with **** like women. And people like Charles Krauthammer get on TV “It’s gonna be close”, but he says it for his own glory to show you all how smart a Quadriplegic can be, when he should be saying Romney doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell.
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Ilikepeople
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:56amBecause if the election system was real then Krauthammer would use psychology to get people to vote by telling you Romney has no chance of winning so you need to get the vote out. But the thing is that God knows the system’s a fraud, and so Krauthammer’s soul makes him say the opposite for his own glory.
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Ilikepeople
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:06pmPeople believe the election system is legitimate, because rule number one of arrogance is people serve their own glory.
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Max jones
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:08pmILIKEPEEPS….vawy vawt pithy……You really should stay out of areas you know nothing about…like anything to do with American politics, anything to do with the bible and anything to do thinking…..really.
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Ilikepeople
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:10pmAmericans sell themselves crap-sandwiches, your own personal self is your own worst enemy. You’re devouring yourselves.
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Yeah_Buddy
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:41pmILIKETALKING…wtf r u ranting about? After reading your crummy posts, I feel as confused as an American watching another Obummer pep talk.
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OhioRifleman
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 1:29pm@ I LIKE PEOPLE
Tim, get back on your meds young man. You’re freaking out the regulars on this site.
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GiveUsJustice
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:29pmIn one of his rants, ILIKEPEOPLE has a point. If you are wanting to energize your base, you don’t do it by saying Obama is going to win in a landslide. That would make me not vote. By saying Romney is screwed would make me want to fight the lines.
I can understand how a less intelligent mind would think otherwise though and keep putting out that Obama is going to landslide this thing.
Could you argue that the person is just trying to do it for their own glory to gloat afterwards? Yes. But why would you want to do that? Liberals never do that and 80 to 90% of the time spit lies to the American public through the main stream all the time, why change now.
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ripple effect
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:15amI live in a wealthy west coast city in California that in 2008 there were obama stickers on every Prius. They were quite proud to be ignorant. This time around it is hard to find these stickers. Though the state will probably vote obummer. We are owned by the civil service, welfare, SDI, and unemployment extensions. This is what I call the “opium voter” O P M translation Other Peoples Money. I feel that the rest of the country is a bit less stupid. And we are on track to save this country. God save the Republic. And please pray for us out here on the left coast
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QuincySmith
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:23amI visited a neighbor yesterday who was in the hospital. I noted during my drive home that there were very few political signs, and not one oblama sign. Four years ago there were more than I care to remember. Looking forward (oops) to tomorrow’s returns.
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RedManBlueState
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:24pmThis weekend, I saw a ROMNEY sticker on a Prius at the Walmart parking lot of all places.
I had to do a double and triple-take, then ask my wife to verify what I just saw to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating.
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hi
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:12amHow much did each making predictions for Obama win sent money to his campaign?
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Blitz
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:12amMitt is going to win I pray and if he doesn’t prepare for the collapes of the dollar in future.
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Max jones
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:32amBLITZ…..Whoever wins has GOT to be prepared for ANY eventuality, including the collapse of the dollar.
I think that Obama has been doing just that……preparing us for the NWO….
There is evil on this earth, like we’ve never seen before, and it is a hungry beast.
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mrs.janet.murgatroid
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:09amIf Donald Trump would offer to shave his head for the next 4 years if Romney wins I’m sure he could swing the election. He would be forbidden to wear any dead animals on his head as well as horse **** wigs also. No beaver tail or coon skin hats either.
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Red Meat
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:15amHow much did Soros pay Sabatto?
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Impeach Blobama
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:09amRemember when America had a REAL President? We’ll have one again Jan 20, 2013 at noon!
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:13amAmen, tomorrow we win back our nation.
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SquidVetOhio
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:06amRomney is going to win Ohio. The Romney canvassers were all over my neighborhood this weekend and called me a million times. I’ve NEVER seen the GOP ground game so good here and I’ve been voting since ’92. Obama is going to lose Ohio by 8 to 10 points.
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justangry
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:24amThere’s no way it’s going to be that big of a win for either. I’ve been wrong before, but I just get a sense that’s how it’s going to pan out. I actually wouldn’t be surprised if Obama takes Ohio.
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justangry
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:25amAt least the Buckeyes are 10-0
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:25pmNever underestimate the power of the stage four malignant tumor known as Cleveland / NE Ohio.
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justangry
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 3:30pmRothbard, I’m not. I think all the major cities will go Obama. Of course you’ve seen the Ben Swan piece suggesting Romney’s buddies own the machines in the Cinci area.
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Ilikepeople
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:06amWell this is how I look at it: people were given Social Security numbers for the security of elites, and the American people said nothing. And Obama will once again be President for the security of elites, and the American people will say nothing. Because if you didn’t understand what the numbering leads up to, then it’s because you don’t what the “Lead to” is.
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Ilikepeople
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:17amAnd then God numbers people, because they’ve become Holy to the Lord, and they become worth more moaning and groaning in discomfort. And people will say “Oh God please help”, and God will say I did I told you to think.
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Max jones
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:26amSon, we know how you are going to look at any subject: very naively, and in an attitude of narcissic self pleasure. You are so enamored of your newfound ‘spirituality’ as to make your comments laughable. I’ve tried to relate to you in many different ways. People are beginning to ignore your posts. I must also. You rarely make any sense, and your quasi-religious comments are obviously,the ramblings of an immature mind…..Your biblical references reveal you to be “unread”.
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jimbo_from_suwanee
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:04amIf Obama wins, to what country should the providers move?
If we can get say 1 million to move to a country with low population and high natural resources, we may be able to create/vote into existance a new bastion of freedom for the world.
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LB
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:14amLet’s divide the country..we take the center which is red already, they keep the outer fringe and Great Lakes. Done. We are called The United States they are called The Detinu states
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U.N.hater
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:14amHow about staying and fighting to take your country back? Americans DON’T run away…
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rickc34
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:15amVoter fraud has already raised it ugly head in Kansas and North Carolina with people voting for Romney saying their votes went to Obama instead, the voting machines are rigged. America will get what it deserves with Obama rather than what it needs with Romney. Is America standing in judgment of God for the evil it has allowed here at home? Good is considered evil and evil good.
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jimbo_from_suwanee
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:36amMaybe we can form a new Republic in Suriname with immigration and voting. Then do the same thing in French Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador.
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jimbo_from_suwanee
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:39amAfter we form that Northern loop of countries in South American we can illegally immigrate into the Obama/Socialist USA, and re-take it from within? The government would fund our insurgents as we work to re-take it!
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:26pmJust come secede with us in Texas.
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Max jones
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:42pmIf the left pulls this one out….Everything will be unrecognizable. Our ‘bill of rights’, will be null. If any “producers” are able to get out, better liquidate immediately and SNEAK-OUT…..But liquidate into what currency? precious metals? diamonds ? Pesos?
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RedManBlueState
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:32pm@Max jones
Food, drinking water, and drugs (medical and narcotic) will be the new currency when TSHTF. You better have GUNS if you want to keep the others.
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Max jones
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:40pmSo true.
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ognus
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:02amObama has no chance. Look at the crowds. Look at the people willing to wait in the cold for Romney. That says it all.
This is Obama’s last hurrah. The church of Obama is falling, and how mighty the fall shall be.
If Obama wins, I am throwing all the vigor of my soul into Benghazi, Fast & Furious, Voter Fraud and Impeachment.
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jimbo_from_suwanee
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:13amI hope you are right, but I think the liberal cheating factor will put Barry on top in a close election.
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jimbo_from_suwanee
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:46amGeorge McGovern had big crowds turning out too. So, crowds are not a air-tight indication.
Let’s get out the word, to vote against Obama, and hope that Wednesday, November 7, has the chance to be a dawn rather than the setting of the sun before a long night.
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fdraiden
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:51amGood luck! Never underestimate the stupidity of the american people!
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Max jones
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 1:00pmOGNUS and never underestimate the fighting spirit of a PATRIOT…..Standing up against EVIL is a holy thing to do, also.
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NancyBee
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:34pmOgnus….I’m with you….I am so mad about Benghazi…Fast and Furious…and all the hateful talk coming from this Admin.
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jimbo_from_suwanee
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:40pm…Let’s not forget about using tax payer money to pay defense contractors to break federal labor law.
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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:01amI can’t believe that people would want the same thing for four more years. Think positive and go out and vote Romney/Ryan. God Bless America…….
Think of Benghazi, Fort Hood, Fast and Furious,ObamaCare, the debt, the regulations and the very worse the economy and the list goes on and the list goes on but hopefully not much longer.
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melving
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:10amcredit rating drop
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Max jones
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:27pmIMACHRISTIAN….As a Christian you should be aware of what is going on.:
2 Thessalonians 2:3 (KJV) Let no man deceive you by any means: for , except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition. …….is WHAT is happening,
And THIS is why; 2 Thessalonians 2:11 (KJV) And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
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jimbo_from_suwanee
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 4:22pmIt is like a woman married to a husband who beats her, and she says, “I have to stay with even though he treats me bad because, I looooovvvvvvvve him.”
The 47 are just the same. No matter how badly they end up due to the failures of socialism, they keep voting for liberals.
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nomorpc4me
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:58amVote for freedom to succeed or vote for slavery to big government.
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Oneirishman
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:57amHow will they see the ballot, given the amount of smoke blown up Democraps butts with predictions like these.
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UBETHECHANGE
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:56amExpert propagandists is more like it. How much was that Gallup poll oversampling Democrats? http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/14/surprise-oversampling-dems-puts-obama-in-lead
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Max jones
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:55pmI hope this video reaches way down deep into the Christian culture….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5iUFAeExb8
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randy
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:53amWhen this is over and Romney/Ryan wins….. They have to deal with Spooky Dude George Soros…
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gyro
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:02amEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:30pmWhat? Like whack him? yikes.
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dudeonthebayou
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 5:45pmI don’t think Soros can die… really… Just look at him. His demon face is showing through. Maybe he can be vanquished.
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afishfarted
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:53amnot unlike the previous predictions from republicans posted herer last week, there is a bias among the experts. Take it with a grain of salt.
Corruption is the deciding factor
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Max jones
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 1:19pmWhen Obama was “installed” in 2008, The globalist elite had their man in power, and every move he has made, and every word he has spoke was tied to, and in service to, the globalist agenda….If that is not obvious to you, you are probably mentally challenged or so far up barry’s a$$ you can’t even wear your glasses. No offense meant, This site, and it’s links, may be the only source of truth available in this world!!! (wikileaks, anyone?)…….Breitbart IS a murder victim.
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txannie
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:52amThe color map says quite a bit. Just think, if the red states decided to quit sending food and oil to the west and east coast a whole lot of people would be up the creek without a paddle. If the blue states have that many people packed into them to win the popular vote it must be like hell to be there, like rats in a sewer crawling all over each other. But it really shows why the electoral college needs to go. When you can win by the majority of votes but lose because of the electoral votes…that’s just wrong, no matter what state you are from.
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Stelex
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:05amYou need to do some homework, there are very good reasons for the electoral vote. We are a republic not a democracy. Learn and understand the difference.
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:36pm@Stelex,
I’d argue that the reasoning behind the electoral college was correct, but the functional application is not. The idea that the electoral college is somehow able to provide a buffer against stupidity en masse is pretty much played out.
In addition, I’d argue that it leads to voter disengagement. If you are a republican in NY then why vote? If you are a liberal in Kansas why vote? (figuratively of course) We have/had lower voter turnout that Iraq in some cases. People endured mortar fire to vote in Iraq and people won’t get off their couches here. Kinda sad. I’d support a constitutional amendment to change that.
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Stelex
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:06pmRoth……I will concede some of your points, but a straight democracy is dicey also.
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Max jones
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:38pmROTHBARD<et.al The system in place, no matter what it is, can function only in a relatively MORAL atmosphere. We don't have a moral atmosphere. In fact we have an IMMORAL, deceitful atmosphere and a deeply engrained SYSTEMIC MALFUNCTION.
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txannie
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 3:06pm@stelex…the electoral college was formed to facilitate the mostly agrarian culture (that means “farm” culture) we had here in America that couldn’t get to a common poll on a particular day because they were busy working the crops so they chose people that were supposed to listen to the people to vote for them in their stead and the states were awarded the number of electoral votes based on the population numbers. When we were 90% agrarian rural it worked. Now that we are closer to 90% urban and metro, it is obsolete…but it gets the job done when less popular candidates can convince the ELECTORAL VOTERS to ignore the popular vote they are supposed to represent and vote what they themselves want to vote. Why do you think the people want to get on the electoral panel in the first place? It’s a position of power and many can be pandered to and bought. It is an obsolete means of letting everyone have their say on a particular day and in this day of wonder of electronics and transportation it needs to be done away with. I’m a rancher out in the middle of nowhere but I can get to the polls with my newfangled invention called an internal combustion engine on rubber wheels instead of taking a horse and wagon that might get 20 miles in one day and take me away from the important job of raising food crops for the city dwellers for weeks at a time. Yes, dear, I have done my homework.
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Stelex
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 7:28pmMax, no system will work in an amoral atmosphere…..there in lies the problem and really the only problem. With out moral or a standard code of behavior……no system will work, someone will always manipulate it. The founders tried to block that fact but we managed to “F” it up anyway over the last 100 plus years taking out the constitution bite by bite………TXAnnie…..glad you found Wiki whatever
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DOra Glasberg
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:52amThe media has become the country’s biggest DRAMA QUEEN.
Hurricane Sandy and Obama’s response put him over the edge.
Really folks, most of the ‘Landslide Romney’ pundits assume IDIOTICALLY,
Romney will win all the swing states. Absolutely no poll agrees with that assessment.
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floridareader
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:46amOh Dora, your very own world of wonders puts you over the edge of ignorance.
Your idol went for his photo-opp to NJ and then left running to Vegas.
Sandy’s victims in NJ are lacking power, heat, food and water and your idol is campaigning with celebrities.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/superstorm-power-food-gas/2012/11/04/id/462741
He said he would order FEMA to help, but it is FEMA who needs help:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/04/fema-fuel-sandy_n_2073500.html
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DOra Glasberg
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:01pmBoth Christie and Bloomberg only made nice nice to Obama because they know they will have to deal with him for another 4 years.
Annie know these too. Poor dear.
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AvengerK
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 1:08pmThat’s right GASBAG…keep whistling past the graveyard sweetie.
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Deadbang
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:07pmAsk the people eating out of dumpsters in New York if Obama’s respose put him over the top> What exactly is it that you think he did for those people other than show up and get his picture taken with Gov. Christie?
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:52amI don’t think so…………………………..
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Stelex
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:49amIgnore any and all polls and just get out and VOTE. Your life does depend on it.
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NineteenEighty4
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:57amI agree. To the extent that all these people are talking about polls, in the end it is all just speculation. The only “poll” that matters takes place on Nov. 6th.
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pamela kay
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 8:59pmSTELEX, I agree 100%
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justangry
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:49amMeh, the central bank gets what it wants regardless. That’s all that matters.
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Individualism
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:54amuntil the angry people crystal night them.
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resme
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:05am@just, I remember reading a few years back about Bush Sr, How a Saudi oil company ( can’t remember the name ) would bring briefcases full of cash and give it out to lawyers. The lawyers would take the cash and donate to Bush Sr’s campaign ( getting around campaign laws )
I’m sure it’s no different compared to today. I can see Goldman Sachs doing it.
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justangry
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:11pm@resme, I actually don’t recall that, but it wouldn’t surprise me with all the other lies and deception.
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:24pmTyranny Left or Tyranny Right? Pick your tyranny I suppose. Either way, the next POTUS gets to oversee the deconstruction of the republic under financial collapse. Joy! /sarc
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Max jones
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:10pmJUSTANGRY/RESME…….Globalism has been at the heart of our foreign policy since LBJ was told about why JFK was killed. It was not until the senior Bush, that domestic policy began to prep the U.S. for imminent loss of sovereignty…..Satan is purposely bi-partisan…..and today even has a chokehold on America’s ‘Laodicean” church. Actually, The democratic party has not been particularly well informed about what globalism IS. Bill and Hillary, actually, are ignorant hicks, and may still not see it clearly.
The ‘career’ Globalists are religiously passionate and intent in their agenda….Bill and hillary focus mainly on defending themselves from disgrace, indicative of the “moral” vacuum in their lives. Anything more than that is out of their intellectual reach.
Obama IS the genuine article from his record to his “dreams”. He’ll be exposed…it will be too late, but it will happen.
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justangry
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 5:53pmAre you suggesting that globalism is a partisan issue?
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sWampy
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:49amThis is going to be like Carter/Reagan, don’t let the liberals fool you, after all every day is opposites day to those brain dead idiots.
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