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As the Election Results Come In

By Jeralyn, Section Elections 2012
Posted on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 07:42:00 AM EST
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Tomorrow night, when the results begin coming in, check out this handy New York Tinmes interactive, 512 paths to the White House. It shows you each candidates ways of winning after states have been gained or eliminated. Pretty cool. You can start playing with it now. I love getting to part where it says Obama has 2 routes left, Romney none. It may be more accurate than many of the pundits.

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    I'm the worst transplanted Chicago Democrat ever (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by ruffian on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 07:56:39 AM EST
    Lent my Romney voting neighbor some 'walking around money' with no conditions. Just told her to remember who was on her side.

    Oh well, when she pays me back I'll donate it to Planned Parenthood or something.

    you are charging her interest, compouding daily, (none / 0) (#5)
    by cpinva on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 08:27:29 AM EST
    Oh well, when she pays me back I'll donate it to Planned Parenthood or something.

    aren't you? she'd think less of you otherwise.

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    LOL. and I did not even give her a stern lecture (5.00 / 1) (#13)
    by ruffian on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 09:40:40 AM EST
    about her bootstraps!

    I feel sure I just created a huge moral hazard.

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    I heard (none / 0) (#15)
    by CoralGables on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 09:50:07 AM EST
    she wired it to Allen West

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    Noooooooooooooooooooooo! (none / 0) (#24)
    by ruffian on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 11:00:28 AM EST


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    Yes Sir, How real Muhricans campaign (5.00 / 1) (#17)
    by NYShooter on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 09:54:36 AM EST
    It seems a rather large, last minute telephone campaign, targeting minority voters, has sprung up in key swing states,(Virginia, North Carolina and Florida,)

     These Patriots are telling would-be voters that they don't have to go through the hustle and bustle of voting in person, but can do it right over the phone.

    How considerate!


    On the plane, just now the flight attendant (5.00 / 2) (#21)
    by Angel on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 10:17:54 AM EST
    shared her M & M's with me.  Opened my hand and she poured out:

    4 Blue
    2 Red
    2 Brown
    1Green

    We looked at each other and high-fived and laughed. No one else knew what it was all. A fabulous moment which I am taking as a good omen.  

    Thanks for sharing - it is great! (none / 0) (#1)
    by mogal on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 06:40:43 AM EST


    my son and i went to vote, shortly after the polls (none / 0) (#2)
    by cpinva on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 06:59:57 AM EST
    opened at 6am. there was a line, but it moved pretty quickly. i think it took us all of about 10 minutes between walking in, and feeding our completed ballots to the tabulating machine. it wasn't an overwhelming crush, but a fairly steady stream of people coming in, probably on their way to work.

    voting heavy in my suburban philly precinct (none / 0) (#3)
    by womanwarrior on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 07:23:20 AM EST
    I was 98 at about 8:00.  There was a steady stream of people, and so many of my friends and neighbors.  Last election, I was 85 in the afternoon.  If there are no shenanigans, it is looking good for Obama here, I think.  

    Chuck Todd... (none / 0) (#6)
    by ScottW714 on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 08:34:02 AM EST
    ...was saying there is a real possibility that each candidate would end up with 269.  In that case the House elects the President and the Senate elects the VP.

    That it crazy, and I really hope this thing is done by the time I go to sleep at around midnight CST.

    Houston is offering free publican transportation for anyone brandishing the voter registration card.

    Don't get me started on Chuck Todd... (5.00 / 1) (#8)
    by Anne on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 08:58:12 AM EST
    he's been working that scenario like a fiend - as if he could make it happen just by talking about it; I look forward to seeing his extreme disappointment when he realizes it just isn't going to happen.  

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    Yep, that's been bandied about (5.00 / 1) (#10)
    by Towanda on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 09:01:59 AM EST
    for a while, with some (I know that this will surprise you . . . not) contradictory reports in media on next steps, so I've been reading the  Constitution -- the Twelfth and Twentieth amendments, for starters.  

    Any election that gets me reading the Constitution isn't all bad.

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    What Did You Come Up With ? (none / 0) (#19)
    by ScottW714 on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 10:08:07 AM EST


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    Strict constructionists (none / 0) (#22)
    by Towanda on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 10:35:19 AM EST
    could go to court, I suppose, to hew to the Twelfth, based on the old inaugural calendar.  

    But the Twentieth appears (I am not a lawyer) to clarify that the newly sworn-in House would handle the vote for Prez.

    (The Senate votes for Vice Prez; thus, the result that some pundits point out:  Romney and Biden.)

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    So We Would Have to Wait... (none / 0) (#23)
    by ScottW714 on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 10:56:59 AM EST
    ...for the House to get sworn in, in January ?

    That would be absolutely insane.

    Here's to hopin' Obama takes this thing down early, no questions.

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    You have to wait that long, anyway (none / 0) (#27)
    by Towanda on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 11:14:48 AM EST
    for the Electoral College votes to be submitted to Congress for its approval.  The EC meets on December 17 but turns in its tally in early January -- I don't recall the date, but it's online at congress.gov or something like that.

    And some states don't count some votes until December, I read.  

    And some states -- the real nightmare -- don't bind their electors; imagine a tie, and one elector in a blue state decides to switch.  In mid-December.

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    That real possibility (none / 0) (#7)
    by CoralGables on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 08:54:28 AM EST
    just about equals the same odds as Obama winning South Carolina today.

    It could happen.

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    Well, this South Carolinian (5.00 / 2) (#12)
    by the capstan on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 09:32:55 AM EST
    made sure O. got one vote; the kids wanted mine to count in the popular total, just in case.

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    And my daughter's too (5.00 / 1) (#14)
    by CoralGables on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 09:48:55 AM EST
    a bluebird's gotta sing.

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    On Election Night in 2000 ... (none / 0) (#11)
    by Robot Porter on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 09:20:00 AM EST
    after the Networks had to pull back their call for the second time, one of the anchors said something like:  The only thing that would make this night any stranger is if a UFO landed on the White House lawn right now.

    So, I guess, that is a possibility as well.

    ;)

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    it did. (none / 0) (#33)
    by cpinva on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 01:25:38 PM EST
    The only thing that would make this night any stranger is if a UFO landed on the White House lawn right now.

    its earthling name was george bush, the ne'er do well son of a famous martian, exiled to planet earth, as the result of a little "trouble" back home. it wasn't until his father bothered to see how he was getting along, and was stunned at the damage he'd caused the entire planet, that he was quickly whisked back home to mars, in hopes that no one on earth would notice he was gone, and start looking for him.

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    I hope that's actually *public* (none / 0) (#18)
    by Peter G on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 10:04:10 AM EST
    transportation, not 'publican.

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    Correct (none / 0) (#20)
    by ScottW714 on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 10:15:23 AM EST


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    mr. todd is, well, intellectually challenged. (none / 0) (#28)
    by cpinva on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 11:45:47 AM EST
    no doubt he puts his red shoes on, clicks his heels three times, and says "i wish i were home', when leaving work in the evening.

    how to explain to the children (FOX viewers), that "Daddy" (mitt romney) didn't win? the after vote conspiracy theories, probably already being crafted and coordinated between the RNC & FOX, should be really entertaining. i especially look forward to Dean Chambers' explanation, when his "unskewed" polls go horribly awry.

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    I debated about whether to go early (none / 0) (#9)
    by Anne on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 09:01:11 AM EST
    or after work, and decided it might be really busy after 5:00.

    When I had trouble finding a place to park at 6:50 - 10 minutes before the polls opened - I decided I'd made the right call to go early. In the building, the line had already formed, and was to the entrance.  Got to the voting machine about 7:15, and was out by 7:20.  There was still a line when I left, the parking lot was full and cars were parked on the drive leading up to the school.

    The ballot questions are probably driving turnout here in MD more than anything.  One has to do with in-state tuition for qualified students whose parents are undocumented, one with approval of same-sex marriage, and one with approval of expanded gambling.  The ads have been non-stop, especially for the gambling question - I heard this morning that both sides spent a combined $90 million.  That's more than was spent on the last three gubernatorial elections.  Seems casino interests have very full pockets.  

    I really can't wait for it to be over.  The ads, the robocalls (best reason not to have a land line is you don't get the robocalls) - at this point, it's just noise, and my ears hurt.

    Hope it's over early - I actually think it will be, much to the disappointment of the talking heads, who would prefer that we be glued to our sets until the wee hours..  Watching Fox later might be especially entertaining, if only to witness the variety of excuses that will be offered for why Romney lost so decisively.  

    Oh, well - not much to be done now, I guess.

    apparently, so do the anti-casino interests. (none / 0) (#29)
    by cpinva on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 11:48:26 AM EST
    we've been getting both side's ads, down here in va. though it obviously doesn't affect me, i've been curious to see what the actual basis is, for some of the ads, both for and against.

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    It isn't so much the "anti-casino" (none / 0) (#32)
    by Anne on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 12:26:19 PM EST
    interests that are behind the "Vote No on Question 7" campaign, but casino interests themselves that have operations in PA, DE, and WV and don't want to see gambling dollars spent in MD.

    On the one hand, any dollars the state gets a piece of are more dollars in the coffers, but...I think the casinos got an unnecessarily sweet deal from the state, and I'm not at all convinced the money will be spent on education.  Bottom line for me is that I think the benefits of expanded gambling will accrue much more to the casino interests than to the interests of either the state or its residents.

    I just want the ads to stop.

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    He he he he he he (none / 0) (#16)
    by Militarytracy on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 09:50:28 AM EST
    Did ya'll hear Haley Barbour this morning tell those of you who know that Mitt Romney is getting his arse kicked in Pennsylvania that you are entitled to your own opinions but not your own facts?  He he he he he he he he

    I'm debating whether the entertainment (none / 0) (#25)
    by ruffian on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 11:04:21 AM EST
    value of watching their heads explode tonight will be worth the pain of hearing them speak.

    At least I am fervently hoping that will be the debate I am having tonight.

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    do be sure and steer clear of mr. barbour, (none / 0) (#30)
    by cpinva on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 11:49:51 AM EST
    you certainly don't want to be singed, when that bolt of lightening hits him.

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    The polls out here opened at 7:00 a.m. (none / 0) (#26)
    by Donald from Hawaii on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 11:13:26 AM EST
    That's about 15 minutes ago. It's estimated that one-third of Hawaii voters have already voted by absentee ballot. Our first printout will include those numbers plus the morning vote, so we'll know the lay of the land in pretty short order this evening.

    The local presidential race and U.S. Senate contest are pretty much forgone conclusions in the islands, so aside from casting a nervous eye across the Pacific in your general direction tonight, we have a couple of bitterly contested mayoral races in both the City & County of Honolulu (which is the entire island of Oahu) and the County of Hawaii (the Big Island), and those results are what everyone is anticipating. The Honolulu mayoral runoff in particular, between former Mayor Kirk Caldwell and former Gov. Ben Cayetano (both Democrats), has become particularly acrimonious.

    internicine warfare generally is. (none / 0) (#31)
    by cpinva on Tue Nov 06, 2012 at 11:52:01 AM EST
    The Honolulu mayoral runoff in particular, between former Mayor Kirk Caldwell and former Gov. Ben Cayetano (both Democrats), has become particularly acrimonious.
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