2016 Postmortem
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(33,497 posts)Robbins
(5,066 posts)Ohio Is going Obama and could be called fairly early on.
MSMITH33156
(879 posts)because of early voting in Ohio. Obama had banked enough votes where they couldn't do anything. PA, even if the poll numbers were the same or worse, they still had a chance to do something because the people hadn't early voted.
DrToast
(6,414 posts)The Ohio vote was probably more fixed because Obama hammered Romney over the summer. PA voters may have been more flippable, even if that was always going to be a longshot.
Firebirds01
(576 posts)tufnel
(95 posts)Awesome
TroyD
(4,551 posts)smorkingapple
(827 posts)naviman
(102 posts)It's important to vote!
TPaine7
(4,286 posts)If I were in line and KNEW that Romney had won, I'd stay just to send a message about voter suppression (I'm black).
The good thing is if their polling said 5 points, it might be more. Wouldn't it be great if it Romney lost Ohio by 10 points!
TroyD
(4,551 posts)Why would the Romney campaign release this before the polls have closed ?
Doesn't it risk depressing their voters?
Or is it too late for it to matter at this point?
barnabas63
(1,214 posts)zebe83
(143 posts)or try to make us over confident and not vote.
Firebirds01
(576 posts)30 minutes
GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)OHIO!
GO, PRESIDENT OBAMA!!!
Yes, I'm yelling.
zebe83
(143 posts)And the Toledo Blade has just killed Mittens for the auto lies (Jeep moving to China). I think that that lie may have been his single biggest downfall.
MSMITH33156
(879 posts)his internal polls showed him losing before that, and his gamble was to go that route because he somehow had to undo the Obama success of the auto bailout. It was a gamble, and it failed.
Ironically, what ultimately decides this election, after all the politicking, all the spin, and all the bullshit is that Obama is actually really good at his job, and he saved the auto industry because it was good for the country.
zebe83
(143 posts)IfPalinisAnswerWatsQ
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