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2016 Postmortem

VirginiaTarheel

(823 posts) Sat Nov 3, 2012, 10:40 PM Nov 2012

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11 of 13 Washington Post Experts/Pundits/Forecasters Predict Obama Victory

Andrew Beyer and Leslie Sanchez are the dissenters.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/opinions/outlook-crystal-ball-contest/

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11 of 13 Washington Post Experts/Pundits/Forecasters Predict Obama Victory (Original Post) VirginiaTarheel Nov 2012 OP

Dirty Sanchez! Drunken Irishman Nov 2012 #1

hehe VirginiaTarheel Nov 2012 #3

Andrew Beyer is UTLonghorn Nov 2012 #2

Jim Cramer predicted Obama getting 440. geek tragedy Nov 2012 #4

That's so far out from all other predictions he's saying the polls are all way biased for the Repubs muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 #5

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

1. Dirty Sanchez!

Reply to VirginiaTarheel (Original post)

Sat Nov 3, 2012, 10:41 PM

Nov 2012

VirginiaTarheel

(823 posts)

3. hehe

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 3, 2012, 10:56 PM

Nov 2012

UTLonghorn

(24 posts)

2. Andrew Beyer is

Reply to VirginiaTarheel (Original post)

Sat Nov 3, 2012, 10:42 PM

Nov 2012

a horse racing expert and Leslie Sanchez is a Republican pundit, so I don't put much weight in their predictions.

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

4. Jim Cramer predicted Obama getting 440.

Reply to VirginiaTarheel (Original post)

Sat Nov 3, 2012, 11:06 PM

Nov 2012

None of them predicted Republicans would take the Senate.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)

5. That's so far out from all other predictions he's saying the polls are all way biased for the Repubs

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #4)

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 08:19 AM

Nov 2012

To get to 440, Obama would need to take many states that are marked down as 'safe Republican', where Romney has a lead of 15% or more. If I take the RealClearPolitics map and give Obama all toss-ups, leans Rep and likely Rep, Obama still only has 410.

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