of the man. holy crap.

that he would be on I was thinking good at least it was not Brokaw. Plus Rather was fine on Rachel last night. SMH

What does that mean for the election?

Dan's pretty sharp....HE KNOWS that BO DID get the vote out. Not nice to toy with people's mind Dan.

The problem is, there aren't enough of them.

But, for the sake of winning, let's pretend Dan's not all wrong.

tip since the summer when I saw him in Bill Maher

Seems that anyone who can be considered a pundit is irritated with Nate; maybe they're all saying the opposite of what his results show, just to try to be relevant. Weird.

He's says it's going to be very close, but advantage Obama.

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20121104/OPINION/311040038/Dan-Rather-s-election-prediction

There is a consensus that Romney will get his out. The question is can Obama get out his. Republicans got their voters to the polls in the 2010 off-year Congressional elections, fueled by detestation of Obama among the faithful, and they crushed. Obama got an unusually strong turnout in 2008, especially among the young and most especially among young women. Whether or not he can do that again, or come close, could be decisive. It’ll matter most in the swing states, Ohio and the others.

Money matters, as it always does, and Romney has more money than Obama to spend down the stretch for advertising to persuade late-deciders and to maximize turnout of his base.

So who’s going to win? I can be dumb as a fencepost about a lot of things, but I’m not so dumb as to make a prediction this near to the finish in a race as close as this one appears to be.

At this juncture, it looks dead even in the national popular vote, with a slight edge for President Obama in the Electoral College math. So, bottom line: as of this date, advantage Obama. But I wouldn’t bet the rent money either way.

I do know what he said this morning . He did not say that to Rachel last night. That is why I wondered if he said it because he was with Joe. It was right after Heileman gave a great report about the confidence of the Obama team.

i'm a big fan of Rather, but doesn't mean he is always right and doesn't mean i agree with all he says.

anyway, he also said something like, "yeah but you bet on facts not your gut and the facts suggest Obama is going to win" (from memory, bear with me).

so there's that.

in the Zapruder film?

I have never trusted him.

that crappy AXS. He's dreaming tht the south will rise again.

Thanks for this great news about this apparent late surge for POTUS in Florida. A win in Florida would be huge. And Virginia, NC, Nevada, Colorado, NH, Iowa, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. GObama.

Now he's just trying to do some serious GOP ass kissing.

Not racism. They really just can't comprehend how anyone names Obama could potentially have won two landslide elections and demolished a war hero and a successful businessman. Until it happens they still won't understand it

bottomline is Romney is depending on getting over 60 percent of the white vote. Most National Polls predict President Obama will get below 40 percent of white voters. I disagree with that. This is the Republican Party's last Hurrah with that strategy.Rather is depending on minority voters not to get out and vote. So far, that theory has been crushed in early voting. I think it will be crushed on election day too.

Rather seemed upbeat about Obama being reelected. I call bullshit. Link please

Say that on Rachel's show last night! It was on Motning Joe. You can call bullshit all day but I have no reason to lie about what he said. Believe what you want. I'm done with it. Gonna finish getting dressed so I can prove him wrong.

I think he's playing to the Morning Joke crowd.

It was very odd. I swear Morning Joe changes people.

I heard him myself and was shocked, too.

He said something like "You should never report on your gut, but my gut tells me that Romney's going to have a good day . . ."

I seriously hope he has no idea what he's talking about this time around.

and twice on election day.

No thanks, Rather. I prefer the facts and good, thoughtful decision making.

sees things, hear voices in any dealing with RWers.

Several people commented on that. Someone also said her neighbor early voted yesterday and the wait was about 2 hours.

But that's an issue we'll address in the months to come.

Nothing we can do about it now.

He's the Romney demographic, most of the alpha journalists are.

Everywhere I look I see someone stating that Republicans are getting out the vote while the Democrats are apathetic. Yeah, that's why I stood in the cold before dawn to vote today.

He was working my last nerve with Rachel last night and continued to do so this morning. I had to relieve the tension by voting this morning!

I have no use for gloom and doomers today.

Kenneth?

anti-Obama Republican. Remember the watermelon comment in 2010?

Electoral-vote has the President at 303 without Florida or NC, so I'm not worried about Rather's gut.

This may be an attempt on his part to motivate the Democratic base to get out and vote. So let's do it!

RIP Dan

as well as the nut cases. They have built a frenetic base of people that are highly motivated based on hate and fear. A 55 year old woman was caught in Oregon messing around with ballots. She probably seems normal to her friends and neighbors, but she has been brainwashed and committed a felony. Up to 5-yrs in jail, 125k fine. She probably baked cookies for the church bake sale, and here she is doing this.

We're up against fervent sheeple voting against the black, muslim, kenyan, communist who they think will doom them to hell if they support him. You actually have religious leaders threatening their followers souls if the support Obama.

Then there's the people who have had their jobs threatened by bosses...

but they are better than anyone's "gut." What a stupid thing to say. He's a reporter? He should be fired.