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Karl Rove Sees Good Signs for Romney in Ohio, Virginia and Florida

Nov. 6, 2012 8:46pm

As polls were just beginning to close Tuesday, former Bush advisor Karl Rove, appearing on Fox News, pointed out a number of factors that could be good news for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

In Virginia, Rove said officials have extended voting times to keep the long lines moving in Fairfax, Norfolk, Virginia Beach and in three “swing counties.”

“I think this a good sign for Romney,” he explained, adding that Republicans have done relatively well in those counties.

While Democrats have a big lead in terms of Florida early voting numbers, Rove said Election Day votes have “erased” that advantage.

“We are going to see this back and forth as the final drips and drabs of the early vote come in,” he added. “I think it’s good news for Romney. I remember in 2004, we were behind until we got to about 30 to 35 percent of the vote [in Florida.].”

On Ohio, Rove said there was only a 49.8 percent voter turnout in 20 Democratic counties while seven Republican counties saw 73.8 percent voter turnout. If that is any indication of the rest of the state, it could be welcome news to the Romney campaign.

“At least in this part of Ohio, Republicans are doing a better job of getting out their vote. And I think that’s what we are going to see when we look at Virginia,” said Rove.

“Not only is Romney doing much better percentage-wise than McCain, but he’s also getting a bigger chunk of votes.”

 

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

    Sip on the Beck Cool-Aid. He made millions, while you blindly followed his lies. He is a business man!

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  • coyote1hell
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:36pm

    Buh’rack, roll up the prayer rugs…you are going to get owned by Romney….Bye Bye…chump

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

    This is the peril of living in an echo chamber.

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

    Romney didn’t lose this election, the republican party lost this election and from how this election came about it is the arrogance of the party.

    If republicans can’t win in this bad state of the country they can’t win anything anymore. TEA party is done, they should have not aligned with the republican party because now people identify TEA party with Republican party. TEA party is fringe.

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  • testEngineer
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:23pm

    Romney Ryan didn’t loose this election the people in the republican party did. All you people who show no compassion and bi%$$ all the time.

    If you are yelling no one will listen even if you have a good point to make. Liberals have been hiding behind the “I am tolerant” mantra even if they aren’t. No one will expect a liberal to be despicable even if they spew venom. Look what people think about conservatives. Can’t believe Obama has duped this country so badly.

    Time for the TEA party to get the f**# out of American politics. They make the easy elections so hard to win. If you guys still think TEA party will rise you guys need to rethink. TEA party has been portrayed as fringe, there is no coming back from that.

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  • Guitar Master
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:22pm

    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
    From THE REPORTER
    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

    I’ve said it all along:

    What we needed was a werewolf in this fight, instead we got a pansy.

    What we needed was a tough turkey ready to take it to ‘em, instead we got a wimp.

    We needed a man that would speak about the things real Americans wanted said, he didn’t.

    We needed a man to ask serious questions about the 4 dead hero’s in Benghazi, not a word was said.

    We needed a man to speak out on behalf of the Constitution, he didn’t.

    We needed a winner, instead we got a full-blown loser.

    Considering the record of the present administration this race should have been won, hands-down.

    What we got was a first class loser !!!

    I love this country but I’m sorry to say it but America deserves what it’s going to get.

    The Republican party needs to be disbanded.

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    • soybomb315_II
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:27pm

      McCain part II. Fool them twice – disband them. Let the Tea Party form a real party and leftover repbulicans can come crawling back under our banner

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

      I am a registered republican. I am an Indian by descent. TEA party needs to go they are fringe. If TEA party forms its own party they won’t even have ground to stand.

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    • soybomb315_II
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:55pm

      i thought india likes tea?

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

      And what is your point? TEA party is fringe, maybe the intent to start the Taxed Enough Already party was good but there are many people who have extreme right ideals and will never win the mainstream thinking so less influence.

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  • Cowoak
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:18pm

    Karl Rove should go away, He is a pro at dividing the country.

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  • Mr.Fitnah
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:14pm

    Still 46 % to count in Miami Dade Florida is over, as is the Romney run for President.

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  • montanalablover
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:12pm

    Well, it’s 8PM here in Montana and OUR polls are getting ready to close. I’ve been glued to Fox all evening and am getting more bummed by the minute. Romney’s path to 270 electoral votes is fading away this point. I’m bummed naturally but I think Bill O’Reilly said it right this evening. We officially have a nation of takers from the government, not contributors. Millions now have the entitlement attitude that government owe’s them and once you have a nation where the majority or at least up into the 45% to 50% range feeding at the pig trough, GAME OVER. I hate to think what this country will look like in another 4 years under the commie, more massive debt, businesses closing down, more folks laid off and of course they’ll have to go onto assistance. And watch out for ObamaCare, that’s the worst part. I pity all the young people who voted for their Messiah and they’ll have a real shock when they find out they are going to be fined for not having health insurance. They’re too stupid to know that. SOCIALISM HERE WE COME.

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  • bennyfranklin
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:08pm

    florida is going blue. its over.

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    • realindependent
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:20pm

      Poor Karl Rove,Dick Army, and the Koch Brothers. Billions spent and they are getting they’re clocks cleaned. That’s what happens when you build a straw man trying to make Obama a Marxist, Mao-ist,communist and Americans realize it is just that a straw man…..

      Could have paid some of that debt down with all that money…..

      But Republicans don’t pay down debt the double or triple it like Reagan and Bush did….LuLz

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  • mrmarkjohnson
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:04pm

    This is one of the five worst days in American history. America will never be great again. There’s no way we can recover from another four years of Obama. It’s just not possible.

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

      nominate a constitutional candidate and we can be great again

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

      Ye of little heart. Things got bad in WWII, We are Americans – some of us are still tough We must keep are faith in our Lord.

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  • perry1980
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:59pm

    Carl you better be right

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    • circleDwagons
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:07pm

      Carl said that it would be a landslide, Beck said it would be a landslide

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    • nichevo
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:13pm

      Carl, Glenn and Dick all predicted landslides. Unfortunately they let their gut overrule the facts. Billy Cunningham, the self-proclaimed great American was so cocksure of a victory in Ohio so Obamas victory in Ohio is sweet icing on the cake. Can’t wait to hear Billy on Hannitys show tomorrow if he is brave enough to come out of his hole.

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    • jeanr
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:13pm

      It’s Karl, not Carl. I would have thought you would get that right. Conservatives love the letter “K”…especially 3 of them in a row.

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    • nichevo
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:25pm

      Karl may have been an architect or genius 12 years ago when he was hungry but now he’s latched onto the FOX teat and has become another lazy partisan hack. I’m watching him squirm statistically right now and it is sweet!!!!!

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  • dont_drive_slow_in_the_left_lane_obliviot
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:52pm

    sorry, the fraud machine is going to win. good night amerika.

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  • aggiebydefault
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:51pm

    Ladies and gentlemen, while I have enjoyed reading everyone’s contributions to this site during this election year. I can’t say I agreed with the most extreme posters, many of you were quite illuminating in my pursuit to see a different side of the political spectum. But I think we can all agree Romney was simply NOT the candidate and that hard core tea bag candidates and officials did more harm than good. 2016 isn’t so far off.

    In the mean time, moderation.

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    • ososomo
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:56pm

      I think the right as too many celebrity icons making money off of people by blowing smoke up our butts. They will make money off this defeat. We will look like fools.

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    • F_This
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:10pm

      I don’t care if a monkey is running against Obama, how could anyone vote for a person that has lied so many times? Is Romney the perfect candidate, no, but I hate a person that lies every time his mouth opens, especially the president.

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  • rickbob
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:48pm

    Why is the Blaze about an hour behind EVERYBODY ELSE??? Tuning out here. . .

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  • soybomb315_II
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:48pm

    looks like florida is gonna go for Obama – a bunch of miami areas havent fully reported while almost all of the panhandle is in

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  • ososomo
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:36pm

    Rasmussen was wrong. Karl Rove is wrong. There’s no way to spin this. We are out of touch. I thought this was going to be a big Romney win! It appears I’m just listening to people blow smoke up my ****.

    Admit it. WE WERE WRONG.

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  • soybomb315_II
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:29pm

    78% in for florida and it is 50/50.
    66% in for NC and it is 51/49 for Romney

    Sounds like results are coming in less than expected for Romney, hard to see how those are good things. Romney was supposed to win florida by at least 1-2 points

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    • ModerationIsBest
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:36pm

      My argument has always been. If EVERYTHING is as awful as every right winger says it is, then Romney should be running away with this campaign. It’s not looking like that so far.

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    • ososomo
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:46pm

      This is the time to reconsider. You’re exactly right. If things were so bad, this would be different. This is not a Christie effect. We got bad info all the way around. You can’t win with bad info. And who on the right is going to own up to it?

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:00pm

      78% in for florida and it is 50/50.
      66% in for NC and it is 51/49 for Romney

      And they just called a State going to Obama with only 18% in about 5 minutes ago.

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    • resme
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:20pm

      Rand Paul 2016!

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  • marcus_arealius
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:16pm

    Karl Rove – answer this if true, Drudge has WY for obummer. What the HELL is wrong with Wyoming? Do these people have TVs and electricity? Or not?

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  • sparkyrules
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:04pm

    Michigan has been called for Romney.Great state for natural resources.Too many Obama suckers though.

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    • marybethelizabeth
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:14pm

      Maybe Michigan was Called for Mitt Romney in the Beckian fantasy land but Michigan was not called for Mitt Romney in the real world

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    • Claire22
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:15pm

      Michigan has been called for OBAMA

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    • sparkyrules
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:20pm

      Yeah,well that was a mis-type on my part,I meant Obama.Unfortunately for me,I had a glittering jewel of colossal ignorance like MaryBeth catch it before I did.Oh well.

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  • Damocles
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:02pm

    FL and NC are way too close. Go Romney!!!

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  • Winedude
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 8:57pm

    My, my we’re a bit touchy tonight. You’re probably one of those suckers that thinks the south will rise again…such hateful posting…truly sad my friend.

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    • RebelPatriot
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:18pm

      Four more years of King Hussein and his socialist agenda and you may awaken to a big surprise.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:50pm

      Whiner – You shouldn’t be calling anybody else hateful when you hate rich white Christian heterosexuals. Don’t be bitter that us Southerners don’t need to listen to or be ruled by you tyrants.

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    • circleDwagons
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:15pm

      The red counties should leave. We would be one kick ass country. Dixie lives

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  • macpappy
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 8:56pm

    I’m glad Rove is optomistic, I am a nervous wreak.

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    • Todd P
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:18pm

      Me too…

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    • phunkymunkey
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:21pm

      me too. nows the time for the xanax… aaaahhhh! i cant even bear to think about what will happen if…. nope, not even gonna say it. im goin’ nucking futs. wake up america! i can’t believe there’s so many stupid ignorant people who would actually vote for that SOB in the white house! aaaaarrrrrgggggghhhh!

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    • ososomo
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 9:37pm

      Rove is just wrong.

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  • SimpleTruths
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 8:56pm

    If by ‘good things’ Rove means back to his seat on the board of Bain Capital. It isn’t going to be in the White House.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on November 6, 2012 at 8:59pm

      PimpleTruths…..

      Don’t you need to clean your bong or something?

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  • ModerationIsBest
    Posted on November 6, 2012 at 8:55pm

    Hey progressive slayer, are you going to be slaying Romney and Ryan?

    They are progressives, look at their voting record.

    Oh, or this one of those, “lesser of two evils” things?

    Admit it, you love progressives, just your form of progressives.

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