Dick Morris and Project Orca?

primary system would have prevented this.

That was the first time I've ever voted for a Republican. Akin looked like the weakest to run against McCaskill and there was an actual effort from some groups to vote for the worst. Akin opening his mouth up shortly thereafter was the icing on the cake.

So many here on DU state they'll never vote for a Republican. I'll do again and again and again in cases like our 2012 primary.

It was brilliant. If anyone else had one the primary McCaskill would have lost the election. They knew he was the weakest link.

Get him out there, overconfident and bragging. He'll slip up.

Looks like they got the unskewed poll.

I am starting a fund to help Cantor fight this.
Please donate what you can.

www.nowiknowhowalgorefeels.com

Cantor DID

We have NO idea who won or lost. None! All we have is a computer that spit out numbers
that said Cantor lost, that is it. We have no actual knowledge of whether the numbers presented
are true or not. There has been no verified count of the paper ballots (if in fact
there were paper ballots). You guys still don't get it! Why Cantor "lost" is purely conjecture
until you have an actual public count of the ballots. A computer program can give you any
number you want. One must count the actual ballots by hand to know the true count. We
can't rely on software and databases that can be easily manipulated by insiders.

I'm sure no hand ballot election has ever been tampered with. Never. Not once.

:eyeroll:

raincity_calling has an absolutely valid point. If that poll was a good one, with a decent # of likely voters polled, there really is no good explanation for such a turn-around in such a short time, your snark notwithstanding.

I would have to say they get a fail.

Play with puppy - expect to be licked!

Hang out with dawg, 'ketch' fleas !

he had the same team of dunces doing the numbers for team Cant'or, that did the numbers for all those worthless budget proposals the republicans had been trying to push, since Bush crashed the economy in 2008. Cantor's voters all went on a hike up the Appalachian trail, is about what I figure caused the fudgy math blunder. Maybe his pollsters just decided to lie to him, like he'd been lying to the American people for 12 years? The folks that blew all that cash on Cantor, didn't get a very good "VALUE" when they funded the "VALUES PARTY's" #2 Man. Whatever it was, I loved it! Almost as good as seeing Rick Santorum and George Allen bite the political dust.

There is a song about Cantor's numbers...

Conway Twitty - hahahaahahahahah

at counting the votes before hand.

If they ever learn how to generate honest poll numbers, Dems might be in trouble.

their last political campaign dollar tonight.

I saw some by the dumpster behind Staples.

and only polled Republicans.

I'm guessing the massive change was due to Democrats voting in the Republican primary.

...because he spent too much time on the national stage, perhaps positioning himself to be the next speaker.

But it's not like he'll be hurting for work or $$ anytime soon. I'm sure that nearly every Repub lobby shop on K-street, not to mention every "think tank", would just luuuuuvv to have him - at whatever price he names.

In any case, good freaking riddance to him.

I guarantee that most Cantor supporters thought "It's Cantor - he'll be fine without my vote" and skipped the trip to the polls.

Look at the race for NE-2. Lee Terry outspent Dan Frei 20-1, and only won by less than 3000 votes.

Cantor's voters worked for Cantor, just about like Cantor had worked for the state of Virginia and the American people.(slim and none)

Cantor had to have been on board with the Tea Party on 95% of their pet issues; to primary someone over that 5% is pretty disloyal.

and he lost by 10.8, the amount of votes that it took to upset his polling was 7,212 (VA Elections results)

How many democrats voted for Brat?


Is it possible that over 7k democrats would have voted for Brat?

I'm just wondering if it's possible for a democrat to win this seat.

...Virginia-7 is supposed to be beet-red.

But then, I will be doing a happy-dance if I'm proven wrong and the Dems win that seat.

and I'll tell you what you want to hear too.

Just make it small bills, ok?

sheesh, one campaign with a $200K win would be like winning the lottery for me. Then I would sadly apologize and

you would never see me again.

Or maybe the "Wish in one hand, shit in the other" Polling Firm.

The Titanic voyage of political polling debacles.

Ah hh....election night memories.

Or was doing all the counting?

...the one that takes place at the polls, and only counts those who show up. (barring fraud and suppression)

Fail magic.

See, there's your mistake right there.

Perhaps it will go the way of Arthur Anderson.