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Lawrence Odonnel said he does not (Original Post) helpisontheway Nov 2012 OP
To get people to the polls, it is not over yet. demgrrrll Nov 2012 #1
Sheeit. cilla4progress Nov 2012 #2
Ironic ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #3
Yeah and he also urged people in "safe" states to vote third party fujiyama Nov 2012 #4
He's just saying don't trust the polls, make sure you vote and get others to vote. pointsoflight Nov 2012 #5
we all remember 2000 and 2004 demtenjeep Nov 2012 #6
Turn it all off! fugop Nov 2012 #7
The fucking neurotics on MSNBC do more damage to our side than the hatchet men over at Fox n/t Azathoth Nov 2012 #8
++++ Whisp Nov 2012 #10
Lawrence knows he Wellstone ruled Nov 2012 #9
Because he's nervous just like we are budkin Nov 2012 #11

cilla4progress

(24,736 posts)
2. Sheeit.
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 11:20 PM
Nov 2012

I kinda missed this.

I think everyone is a little shell-shocked. Want to be giddy but terrified at the other choice.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
3. Ironic ...
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 11:20 PM
Nov 2012

Hasn't much of the recent commentary regarding Nate Silver been lamenting pundits' choosing "feelings" over Silver's numbers?

fujiyama

(15,185 posts)
4. Yeah and he also urged people in "safe" states to vote third party
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 11:25 PM
Nov 2012

which is absolutely idiotic and inexcusable.

It's hard to take any pundit seriously (on either the left or the right) after this campaign.

It is certainly the possibility that the polls are as Nate mentioned, statistically biased against Romney. Maybe likely voter samples have been too generous toward Democrats this cycle. We don't know. What we do know is that the aggregate of polls in swing states is showing us that Obama has enough electoral votes to win. There is also the high probability of voter intimidation and suppression. There is also the possibility of outright fraud.

Going by "your gut" in this situation is ultimately meaningless. That's not what the guys at the top of Obama's campaign are doing. They've scoured just about every precinct in every swing state finding out likely voters and are trying to get them to the polls. Ultimately, we have to do what we can and hope the guys at the top (Plouffe, Axelrod, and Co.) know what they're doing.

pointsoflight

(1,372 posts)
5. He's just saying don't trust the polls, make sure you vote and get others to vote.
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 11:29 PM
Nov 2012

Yeah, the polls look good, but those people who were polled need to actually vote for it to count. It's not done until the votes are in.

fugop

(1,828 posts)
7. Turn it all off!
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 11:31 PM
Nov 2012

I'm not watching any of them until after. I woke up Saturday and decided the campaign news, for me at least, was done. I don't need to listen to the Rachels and Lawrences of the world throwing demoralizing shit around and bringing things down. I love them from time to time, but I'm enough of a nerve-prone Dem on my own. They don't have to cheerlead all the time, but damn. It's amazing how the GOP pundits show no wavering in spite of all the polls being against Romney. While Dems, in the face of growing evidence that victory should be at hand, publicly continue to wet their pants.

Sigh. It's the ONLY thing I wish we could be a little more like the right about.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
9. Lawrence knows he
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 11:37 PM
Nov 2012

has to kowtow to Joe Scab. Cause Joe Scab controls the guess list for Comcast/GE/NBC(Phil Anshutz,Bain Capital,Ex GOP RNC Griffith). And you thought This cable channel was legit,guess again.

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