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Karl Rove: It’s All About Ohio

Nov. 6, 2012 10:18pm

As many have realized by now, the road to the White House for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney goes through Ohio — and he still would need to win a number of other key states as well. But the bottom line for former Bush advisor Karl Rove is: if Romney loses Ohio he officially loses the election.

Rove said Romney needs to win “Indiana, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Ohio and something else” in order to become the next president of the United States. Otherwise, it’s four more years of Barack Obama.

As of 10:40 p.m. ET, Ohio, Florida, Virginia, Indiana and North Carolina had not been called.

Offering some hope for Romney supporters, Rove said: “We need to remember in Ohio, the early vote is historically won by the Democrats and Election Day is won by the Republicans. The last time the Republicans lost Election Day in Ohio was 1964.”

Watch even more analysis from Rove and Fox News below:

 

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  • Ghandi was a Republican
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:03pm

    Here is the real deal: Loads of these machines were set to tabulate Romney votes to obama votes. We know this because the light gave it away by ACCIDENT. That indicator light is the key. The board was never supposed to let on what was going on behind the scenes.
    Guaranteed- IF anyone tried to secure the machines for warehousing ans inspection– This bogus U.N. (partner or whatever) would then step in screaming foul.. GUARANTEED!

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  • CONSERVAKILLA
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:03pm

    YES WE CAN! LOL, how does it feel to be sooo wrong guys? This is such awesome news! USA has spoken, sent the tea party extremists a message! Go back and crawl under a rock! Our nation is moving forward, not backwards.

    CONSERVAKILLA  
    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:11pm

      You do understand that you stand firmly on the side of the screamers against Jews in the Vaterland, right? Idiot.

      I despise you and your ilk. You deserve what’s coming to you.

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    • adeleeeee
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:14pm

      I am prepared. Are you? Fool!

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      adeleeeee  
    • Deuteronomy22
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:15pm

      God’d will be done. The Mormon cult is an abomination.

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    • Deuteronomy22
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:17pm

      @ghost
      I bet Obama won the Jewish vote.

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    • WarMunger_Al
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:18pm

      Just wait until he gets impeached for the treason at Benghazi. America is full of people to stupid to tie there own shoes, like Detroit. They vote the same morons into office (both parties) and expect things will magically get better.

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    • mersey
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:24pm

      I don’t recognize America anymore. We’ve let the Useful Idiots and morons take control.

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    • Parnell3rd
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:48pm

      Thanks to idiots like you, America will cease to exist.

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    • Holyklisticles
      Posted on November 7, 2012 at 12:18am

      I hope your gain was worth a helluva lot more than the freedoms we are about to loose…

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      Holyklisticles  
  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:01pm

    This is a tragedy. America will soon be no more. I want secession for the traditional Red states. I want secession. I am tired of the northeast, ohio, and California running this country in the ground. Why does 3/4 ths of the nation listen to these morons because they have the larger cities. I hate the NE. I hate ohio. I hate California. Secession and states rights is the only thing that can save the true patriots.

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    • Warriorswife
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:15pm

      Hey, I’m from Ohio, My county voted Romney! If yo look at the map, the only parts of OH that are blue are the inner cities. People in rural parts of OH are not a fan of the president!

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    • Valuable
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:22pm

      SOOOOOO upset!!! The Dems celebrating have no idea what they are giving up. The sadness of those who supported RR know how much we lost – it’s so much more than the economy- so much more. I am in my early 40′s and am really worried for my future and my freedom or lack thereof.

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  • PointBreak
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:52pm

    No Rove, it’s about the Ron Paul people you treated like idiots, it’s about the socialist liberal fake republican named ‘RINOmney’ you forced down our throats and it’s your arrogant abuse of power. Ohio has nothing to do with it. The GOP couldn’t find a guy to beat the worst president in history. As long as he was actually a conservative you probably could’ve ran the local dog catcher and beat Obongo. Way to go clowns, you’ve just killed your party.

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    • LadyGOP
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:56pm

      I think Romney should have picked Rubio. He would have carried Florida. I like Ryan a lot but strategy is key in these battles

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    • heyjim55
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:00pm

      It’s not over yet but if Obama gets another chance then we have lost it all , life liberty and the persuit of happyness gone!

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    • justangry
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:01pm

      Pretty much.

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:42pm

      PointBreak, You are exactly right. If Romney had stepped up and said no to the criminal activity and rule breaking against Paul and his supporters, if Romney had stepped up and said no to the rule changes, if he had let all delegates of Paul be seated, if he had let Paul be nominated from the floor, he would have still won the nomination, the platform would have been argued, changed to include Paul policies, Paul would have been able to speak and we would have looked at things differently.
      If all of you, here on The Blaze, would have been upset by these liberty killing actions, not been so sh i tt y to Paul supporters, showed that you really care about freedom, we would have done things different. But, Noooo. You had to scream at the top of your lungs that you did not want us in YOUR Party. Well, you have noone to blame but yourselves.

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    • PointBreak
      Posted on November 7, 2012 at 1:23am

      There is one way to fix this; we can all stop paying our taxes. Solves all of our socialism, immigration and spending problems instantaneously.

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  • Rman3
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:51pm

    Right now, it is not just Ohio. It’s also Colorado, where Romney is down 4% with 65% of the vote in. It’s Virginia, where Romney’s lead is down to 40,000 with 25% of the vote yet to be counted. It’s not looking good at this hour. There’s still a chance, but it’s a slight one.

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    • WarMunger_Al
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:20pm

      No chance, The commie states will put him in. He will be a clear winner, and America a clear loser. Watch the markets crash tomorrow.

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  • The Realist
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:50pm

    The (majority so it would seem) of people of this country officially suck. You have brought upon us something you cannot imagine. It will start with a couple more radical, anti-constitutional Supreme Court judges, and roll downhill from there. Our liberties and freedoms will erode so fast we won’t know what happened. The economy will continue to tank under the Marxist, and right on schedule, our utility rates will “necessarily skyrocket.” With virtually all drilling put off-limits, gas prices will continue to climb to levels never seen. There won’t be a need to vote anymore, because now that amnesty will be granted to millions of illegals, the voter landscape will be changed, resulting in an (eventual) permanent Democrat rule. Oh these are barely scraping the surface-there is TONS more. To my sons-I’m sorry, some of us tried our best-there just wasn’t enough of us to care, and too many of us turned our backs on God. Thanks America.

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    • Ghandi was a Republican
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:09pm

      Sorry- States have their own National Guards for things like this. Just stop collecting taxes for the Federal Government that doesn’t represent you. THAT is the scenario we face before these progressives would ever be allowed to move “forward”. The day you see our military move on it’s own people is the day you see the military move on this White house and remove it’s contents..

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    • WarMunger_Al
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:22pm

      GHandi-
      States don’t have their own “national guard”. They are owned by the federal government and loaned to the states. The Governors should form true state militias, but they won’t as they are shills and cowards that fold to dictators whims.

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  • ososomo
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:50pm

    No Karl, its all about not being able to carry Florida.

    Guess what? YOU ARE WRONG. Can you say that? If not, anyone who listens to you are in trouble.

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  • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:49pm

    Come on, don’t make Ohio the scapegoat. Pennsylvania and Michigan were supposed to go to Romney, too. If Ohio falls to zero, don’t blame me or my family. We ALL voted Romney. Our votes were cancelled by the gimme-taker Obama-phone people up north.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:03pm

      Same, friend. If you look at the county map, Ohio is so red it’s like blood. But throw in the college town of twits too young to have bills and not be supported by their parents, and the union town of Cleveland, and we’re screwed.

      I honestly have no solution to this. The gamble on the Stupid Vote worked. If we sit in the mist of the idiots, what move do we make?

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  • suz
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:48pm

    i’ve been watching/listening to the blaze all day and i’m shocked no one has been talking about corruption.

    i not surprised at where this election is right now. i have no doubt you have pollsters throwing out bags of republican votes; being bought previous thereto and right there at the polls, bus loads of people who are not entitled to vote all over the map. are we going to start talking about corruption? look at the crowds for romney compared to bho — does this not bring a huge question that there MIGHT BE SOMETHING OFF? wisconsin was called way too early while romney was ahead–how?!

    somebody wake up over there.

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  • jhaydeng
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:45pm

    I’d like to thank everyone who complained about Obama, but couldn’t get their fat asses off the couch to vote!

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    • neoconenemy
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:42pm

      Yeah….blame everybody except yourselves who didn’t give us a candidate to vote for!!! Romney losing is good, it will keep us vigilant and angry.

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  • jhaydeng
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:42pm

    All the proof against Obama and his beliefs and the usurping of the Constitution doesn’t matter to Americans if Romney doesn’t win! As a former Lib/Dem I am saddened that Americans are so weak minded! America is dimming the lights……

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    • justangry
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:46pm

      Romney has NO interest in adhering the Constitution. That’s the problem.

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    • buttpatriot
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:49pm

      phoney baloney said angel moroni

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    • techengineer11
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:01pm

      Justangry: The only potential positive that I can take out of this election is that just maybe middle America is completely rejecting the Neo-Con foreign policy.. Only problem with that is that Obama is himself a Neo-Con and actually GWB on roids… Yet the Media portrays a different version of him and he repeats over and over that he got us out of Iraq…. Even though it was 3 years later on the same timetable gWB had set..

      anyway I think I’m going to throw up… Just sickening all the way round; however, it’s time for Conservatives to learn and understand that it is in the end all about Demographics… or Race.

      Why can’t you understand that people? Why? Why are my people so gullible and naive? Are you duped by the Media and Hollywood too? Do you not get that 90-95% of blacks vote D because they get free stuff?

      Come on people.. We have to unify and do something fast! We have lost our heritage our history and our damn country! Time to wake up.

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  • Ghandi was a Republican
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:40pm

    This is all for show.The welfare pockets int he cities where the massive voter fraud takes place is already in. Everything left is 7-=80% Romney. It is cruel to keep the loons hanging like this. To play on their hopes only to exploit them ever more after the election. It really is pitiful.

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  • SATX 19
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:40pm

    How in the world did this happen? I swear I’m quitting my job and just following the mindless herd. Why not let half of America pay for me. Oh, ouch. I’m disabled, broke my finger typing, can’t work. Give me $$$$. I’ll stay at home and collect my checks…everyone else is

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    • justangry
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:51pm

      How did it happen? Values voters and Neoconservatives’ priorities are whack.

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    • Ghandi was a Republican
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:52pm

      Well- Because you will have to move to zimbabwe to collect. All the welfare money is lost to carbon credits. Redistribution was never, ever an internal transfer. The loons who voted for obama fell for it hook, line and sinker. Same way you herd and fence regular sheep on the way to the slaughterhouse.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:09pm

      No. Quit your job, ok, but don’t join the leeches. Join the resistance.

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  • semihardrock
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:38pm

    It was over before it began. We havent had “freedom” since they wacked the Kennedy’s.

    Whoever controls the money….controls destiny! QUESTION IS: who controls the money?

    I trust those voting machines like i trust a slot machine, ALL can be programed by a Chinese microchip!

    USA is dead……RIP November 22, 1963

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    • Ghandi was a Republican
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:44pm

      Uh- That would be the convicted felon and self proclaimed Communist currency manipulator, as well as holocaust accomplice Geo Soros. Tells you everything you need to know about obama and his handlers (50 below the radar cazars owned and operated by soros corp.)

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    • justangry
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:46pm

      It’s not like the GOP is all about freedom and the democrats aren’t. I believe it would have been a slam dunk if GOP embraced the liberty movement instead of chastising it. Neocons and values voters… pfft. They’re both progressives and running the show.

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    • seeker9
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:51pm

      The late, great United States of America. RIP.

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    • WarMunger_Al
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 11:28pm

      Ron Paul would have crushed Obama if the Republicans would have put him in the fight. Instead they spit in the faces of the conservative libertarians and the people who value the constitution and individual liberty. The RNC McCained us again. And to make it worse they did not do well in the Senate race, which is probably more important than the presidential race. Republican party is finished.

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  • republitarian
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:36pm

    It is about Ohio. I was hoping it would not be close. Could be another nightmare like 2000.

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  • Jack76
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:35pm

    It’s over, our nation is lost in the liberal cesspool of socialism.
    We are no better than Greece or Spain or France.
    We have allowed foreign nationals to enter our country and defeat us from within.
    Good luck

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  • Colin Maynerdson III
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:34pm

    Apparently, the Almighty isn’t as impressed as Glenn is with the notion that Romney is a man who “prays on his knees.”

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:37pm

      We shall see, but if Obama gets another term, the nation is history once and for all.

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    • DarkJello
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:44pm

      God does not force people to vote one way or the other.

      GB hoped that many would be inspired to move America towards the founder’s ideals, not further away like BHO has and will.

      If BHO wins, America loses! :(

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  • TheReasonableLib
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:32pm

    I’m laughing at the people who think Romney’s going to win Ohio. You guys also thought he was going to win Pennsylvania.

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    • DarkJello
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:45pm

      I hoped he would win Ohio, Pennsylvania seemed like a long shot.

      If BHO wins, America loses.

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  • PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:31pm

    Karl Rove sucks…I saw him get glittered in MN at a book signing. He gave us the 8 years of Bush, which then led to 0. And he did not really want Romney to win because he owes the Bush Family and wants Jeb in 2016. Karl Rove is a creepy little man but then so is Axelrod. Where do these creeps come from?

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  • soybomb315_II
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:29pm

    all eyes should be on florida. If Obama wins florida, ohio wont matter

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    • The Constitution
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:33pm

      Exactly. Tired of all the talk about Ohio and Rove explaining Ohio is still very possible for Romney. Florida is all but done and Obama is winning there. That makes it a done deal. Ohio won’t matter.

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    • WarMunger_Al
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:35pm

      Florida will be a recount most likely.

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  • foxrocks
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:28pm

    I believe Romney wins Ohio! He did a great job there campaigning, and Ohioans have been hit hard by obamanomics! Gonna be a long night, or a few days, will be very close, and we know there will be challanges someplace………

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  • Mutiny
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:28pm

    Anyone watching Fox News? Do they have any Conservatives left. Everyone they are talking to is a former democrat, current democrat, or just huge liberal. Its making me remember why I quit watching that garbage.

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  • WarMunger_Al
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:28pm

    Ohio is going to help when Obama wins Kalifornia, Oregon, and most likely Washington state. They are going to put Obama as the winner. But, maybe not with enough electoral votes to avoid a Senate vote.

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  • TheReasonableLib
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:26pm

    The Obama victory train is coming to town!!!!!!

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    • LadyGOP
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:58pm

      This is no victory. It is the end of America as we know it. We are bankrupt. The ChiComs own us. We are going to full blown Communism. And for the record Glenn you were right to get the hell out of dodge.

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  • Iswingright
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:24pm

    …and Virginia and Florida!!! It looks like we need a miracle. But either way, Obamacare is here to stay because the socialists are going to retain the Senate.

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