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Texin

(2,596 posts)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 02:26 PM Nov 2012

Watching Andrea Mitchell right now on MSNBC

and she's interviewing Haley Barbour. The banner at the bottom of the screen says Game-Changer Voting and they're talking like Romney is surging in voting right now.

WTF is going on?!! I have deliberately steered away from watching anything on television today because I'm tied up in nervous knots anyway, but this is seriously freaking me out.

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defacto7

(13,485 posts)
5. But this is the time of day we should expect the vote to be
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 02:33 PM
Nov 2012

leaning towards R. It's just how things are placed on the map... so forget it till after 10PM. or 8 if you want to watch the turn over. There's nothing coming in anyway... so forget everything till late.

Texin

(2,596 posts)
6. It's not her but the banner at the bottom of the screen I'm talking about
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 02:37 PM
Nov 2012

I dunno, maybe it was just hearing that mealeymouthed Haley Barbour that got me going.

socialindependocrat

(1,372 posts)
10. You listnein to Boss Hog - Matter chew, boy?!
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 02:44 PM
Nov 2012

Look at the bulk of the polls - They have Obama winning even in their worst case scenarios.

Look at Obama 342 - relax!

Laurian

(2,593 posts)
7. I have purposefully left the TV off today. I cannot handle the "time filler" babble that will
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 02:38 PM
Nov 2012

go on all day. I'm saving my nerves and sanity for real results tonight.

TardisBlue

(56 posts)
11. We need Animal Planet to have an "Election-Day Puppy Bowl".
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 02:45 PM
Nov 2012

To offer a distraction like they do on Super Bowl Sunday.

kwolf68

(7,365 posts)
8. The concerned poster is concerned
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 02:42 PM
Nov 2012


Your worry will be filed and duly addressed at a later time. Thank you for your call.
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