that the Repukes put in place are going to work against President Obama.

He said he was always getting questioned about them. I think he felt the numbers wouldn't be high enough to sway Ohio or Florida as a result. I hope he's right, but I'm not hanging my hat on it. The article was very thorough. Nate usually covers all his bases.

his blog. Thanks.

A U.S. judge in Ohio threw out a Republican-backed law that cut three days of early voting for most of the state’s citizens, handing a victory to President Barack Obama’s campaign organization.

In a third setback for Republican-sponsored election law changes this week, U.S. District Judge Peter Economus in Columbus ruled that Ohio can’t give members of the military and citizens living abroad three days more than other voters to cast ballots. He ordered the previous schedule restored that allowed anyone to vote until the day before an election.

“This court finds that plaintiffs have a constitutionally protected right to participate in the 2012 election -- and all elections -- on an equal basis with all Ohio voters,” Economus said, ruling on a lawsuit brought by Obama for America.


http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-31/ohio-early-voting-days-must-be-equal-for-all-u-dot-s-dot-judge-rules

Looks like these various voting restriction regulations are going tobe over ruled. We shall see if they get to the Scar Gang in DC that has a political instead of judicial approach to measuring a law...

in Ohio and the Repug SC in Ohio may allow the law to stand. It was a very strong opinion in this instance, so it could go either way. But the current Ohio SC usually has no qualms about supporting shitty laws...

the Ohio AG is appealing and now it goes to the 6th Circuit.

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2012/08/federal_judge_overturns_law_re.html

details here:
http://news.firedoglake.com/2012/08/31/federal-court-rules-to-open-early-voting-on-weekend-before-election-in-ohio/

and here:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/31/1126371/-Judge-restores-three-days-of-early-voting-in-Ohio

anyone that gets caught in a lie at our convention is banished from the party. No one gives them any "they did it too" ammunition!

They lied enough to give our side a lot to attack them for. We don't need anyone screwing us.

edit it to suit their agenda.

you can't do instant responses when you've been legitimately caught out in a lie.

in several critical swing states.

They will attempt to steal this one and they may have that capability.

Both the Florida and Ohio laws are dead. Pennsylvania holds for now.

proprietary software, central tabulation...

Check Ohio in '04. Some precincts with over 1000 registered voters had only enough machines to count less than 500 votes if they ran steadily all day. Long lines and some left after waiting over 4 hours.

Don't get too comfortable predicting electoral votes based on polls.

If you check out the Princeton Presidential Consortium, they generally see Obama has having closer to a 90% chance of winning the EC.

"CONSTANT VIGILANCE!!!!"

Another one for my quotes file!

"Paranoia, is the price of liberty. Vigilance is not enough." -- unknown

Also, in addition to what I've read in the MSM that Romney never really says anything about actual solutions to problems, the meme that Ryan is a HUGE LIAR is just getting going. I'm feeling pretty good... not cocky, but better than I did at this point in 2008 when Sarah Palin was still interesting to people who like that kind of thing.

What is Obama gonna be able to do with a Republican House?

Other than the spelunking that he does so well?

Not very much.

The House will have several opportunities to force Obama to crawl over broken glass to avoid a government shut down or a default. They did that last time, and apparently will pay exactly ZERO as a political price.

Silver is showing 229 House seats as solid or leaning Republican. And only 184 solid or leaning Democrat. With 22 as toss ups. Republicans only need 219 for a majority.

The Senate does not look much better. 37 continuing Republican, six solid, three leaning, and seven toss up, including Wisconsin and Missouri. Okay, they need 5 of the seven for a majority, so that looks kinda tough, but not impossible. Democrats have 30 continuing, 11 solid, and six leaning. So we need, first, all of the leaning - Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, New Mexico, and Hawaii, and then three of the seven toss ups (along with the White House). Nevada, Montana, Missouri, Wisconsin, Virginia, Maine, Massachusetts.

I don't expect anything from a 2nd Obama term except gnashing of teeth if we don't also win the House and hold the Senate.

My greatest fears.

At the very least, if we do lose the House, we won't have to wait as long for the next election. That's why I believe we also need to focus the majority of our attention on the Senate races.

will not ignore the down-ticket races.

We've been kicking a LOT of ass lately. And yet, I still see people getting up and getting the word out any way they can. If we keep this up, it'll be that much harder for the GOP to steal this next election.

He used to irritate me so much, even tho he is quite accurate.

We absolutely need to GET THE VOTE OUT.

We cannot be complacent. You can't steal an election that isn't close enough to steal. I love reading stories like this, but I am always concerned about complacency. I love the youth vote, but I count on nothing. We have to work for this election!

Call me a concern troll...