Obama has slight lead in electoral votes; Congress expected to remain status quo
Source: washington post
On the final weekend of a fiercely fought presidential campaign, President Obama holds a narrow advantage over Mitt Romney in the crucial contest for the electoral votes needed to win the White House, even as national polls continue to show the candidates in a virtual tie for the popular vote.
In Congress, despite record levels of disapproval with the institution, voters seem likely to opt for the status quo — Democrats in charge of the Senate and Republicans in the House.
Democrats are expected to gain seats in the House but not the 25 needed to recapture the majority lost in the Republican sweep of 2010. In the Senate, Democrats hold a 53-47 majority, including two independents who caucus with them. Although 10 or more races were considered too close to call through much of the fall, Democrats are now in a position to maintain their majority, although perhaps barely.
This election assessment, along with reports on all the states, is based on interviews by a team of Washington Post reporters with strategists in the two parties and both presidential campaigns, as well as state and local officials and independent analysts. The assessment includes an analysis of polls on individual states and races that have poured forth over the final weeks before the election.
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The latest Washington Post-ABC News national poll shows a dead heat this weekend, with Obama and Romney both at 48 percent among likely voters. The survey has barely fluctuated.
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Here is KoS discussion of Chris Cillizza's methodology:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/02/1154174/-Sam-Wang-Pwns-Chris-Cillizza
"...the absolute necessity for Romney to win the state if he wants to be president - leads us to move it back to the 'tossup' category."
When you can maneuver your jaw again, join me over the fold.
As I said yesterday, this amounts to a "I really, really want the race to be closer, so I am going to reassign states at random until OBAMA is below 270 again - despite reality.
I guess we can go ahead dismiss climate change as a factor behind Hurrican Sandy, because I really don't want it to be due to climate change, so there.
The news readers will tell us that we purposely chose the President from one party and the Representative from the other party so they can "keep watch" on each other. This, they'll tell us, will assure that "compromise" will be necessary and no one party will dominate.
Never mind that the ****ing Repubs got together just hours after Obama's inauguration on January 20, 2008, and conspired to block all his programs and, in the case of McConnell, make him fail...
"Compromise," my ass...
more road apples from the WA-PO...
Obama has this one,book it! 
