2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumChuck Todd: There will be no concession speech tonight
That's what Chuck Toad said earlier this morning. I hope he's wrong and we get the satisfaction in hearing Romney concede tonight that asshole!
Chuck Todd's reasoning was that there will be too many privisional ballots in OH and that the media will not declare a winner in OH until they are counted. Hopefully, this will not be the case. Also, what if OH is not an important state after all. If Obama wins CO, NV, and VA, he probably does not need OH (assuming he holds all the "blue" states).
sadbear
(4,340 posts)faithfulcitizen
(3,191 posts)BlueDemKev
(3,003 posts)Twelve String
(38 posts)Provisional ballots wont matter Obama will win Ohio without them.
russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,950 posts)liberal N proud
(60,336 posts)They are hoping the SCOTUS will get to choose again.
Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)Or is he just pulling this out of his ass?
dennis4868
(9,774 posts)is pulled right out of his ass!
Faith9326
(304 posts)I think if Obama does win, It'll be called tonight.
Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)Even really close states in 2008, were called that night. Same with the primaries. Every state was called on super tuesday of 2008, even though some were down to fractions of a percent. Todd, once again, is full of shit
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)Romney will not win this state.
The votes won't even be close enough to let that criminal Husted steal it for Romney.
MSMITH33156
(879 posts)in 2004.
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)...Obama won't need OH to get to 270 so we will DEFINITELY be hearing Rmoney's concession speech tonight...
Remember, this is the same waste of air that said that the RNC had more diversity than the DNC...
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)truebrit71
(20,805 posts)...with or without Ohio..
bamacrat
(3,867 posts)The rest will just be window dressing. I however think R$ will concede around 11:30-midnight.
Phx_Dem
(11,198 posts)but that won't change the outcome.
Edited for clarification: "STFU toad" is directed to Chuck Todd, not the DU poster.
dawnie51
(959 posts)and he expects to have created enough chaos with the long lines, suppressive laws, false advertisements, etc., plus his imperial destiny, I have no doubt that it will take something incredible to make him concede. He is just that big a tool.
bushisanidiot
(8,064 posts).
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)If we get:
NH-PA-MI-WI-IA-CO-NV
Then we do not need any of
FL, VA, or OH
That's readily doable. If we get VA, I'm going to bed early.
budkin
(6,703 posts)MSMITH33156
(879 posts)is the Gore/Kerry states, plus Nevada (which is in the bag) and Colorado, and it is goodnight.
budkin
(6,703 posts)PsychProfessor
(204 posts)NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)even if he's right.
The_Counsel
(1,660 posts)Does Chuck realize that it isn't what the MEDIA says, but rather the secretary of state? If one candidate has a bigger lead than there are provisional votes to be counted (or a reasonable percentage thereof) the media will look foolish not to call it, insisting that things are close?
There's also the matter of Obama quite possibly having all the Electoral Votes needed despite not getting a call from Ohio. Or North Carolina. Or Florida. Things look THAT good for the President.
I mean seriously ... there has to be SOME point where the media has to give up on this "close" narrative. Haven't they made all the ad money they can by now...?
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)Sorry, I'm not one for conspiracy theories, But this is way too obvious. I'm following everything on twitter today, and masses of Ohio voters in DEM areas, are being forced to vote provisionally! They say that the provisional lines in those precincts are dwarfing the regular lines.
We have to win without Ohio. Because romney the fuckhead will drag this out and create a legal challenge just like Bush did.. and look who is on the Supreme Court. They cannot win by letting us all vote. They know this.
They will make Ohio the battleground, and it will be ALL of those assorted schemes there from broken machines, to missing ballots, to lying about ID, etc., to make it close enough that they'll have to count the ballots.
Two things we need to do. Let people know to do EVERYTHING they can to avoid taking a provisional ballot. period.
And get this Country on mail in ballots for ALL states. Period.
woolldog
(8,791 posts)Regardless of what happens in Ohio.