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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:32 PM
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What time do you think the cable news channels knew an Obama landslide was coming yesterday?
Edited on Wed Nov-05-08 07:34 PM by NNN0LHI
I took a nap yesterday afternoon for a couple of hours and when I woke up about ten after four CST and flipped on the TV I found Patrick J. Buchanan on my TV waxing poetically about CHANGE and HOPE, and I rubbed the sleep out my eyes in amazement and said to my self, "Self, this is going to be an early night."

And it was.

Don
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:33 PM
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1. October. when they started that "the polls are tightening" bullshit
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:35 PM
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2. when the economy crashed
Edited on Wed Nov-05-08 07:35 PM by Skittles
last night? I think when Obama took Pennsylvania they saw the writing clearly on the wall.
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SharonRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:41 PM
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8. LOL
I said the same thing before I saw your post.
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:35 PM
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3. Probably about 7PM Eastern.
Edited on Wed Nov-05-08 07:35 PM by IWantAnyDem
They knew Virginia was a given, but also knew they could drag that one out because of how the returns would come in.

They also knew Ohio was a given. Those two state clearly, Obama wins.

They also knew it would be about 11:00 when the race would be called.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:42 PM
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10. I think too, but they needed to wait for the West Coast to close
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GreenTea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:37 PM
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4. I see NOTHING wrong with this Do you? MSNBC at precisely 8:00 pm when the left coast polls official
Edited on Wed Nov-05-08 07:44 PM by GreenTea
closed, announced Obama the winner! - 8:00 pm Pacific Time

They knew it much earlier I'm sure but they had the decency to wait until the west coast finished voting...

I see NOTHING wrong with that!

Do you?
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:38 PM
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5. Midday when the exit polling confirmed what they already knew (n/t)
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:39 PM
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6. They knew late afternoon from exit polling
They knew where to exit poll and they knew what to ask.

They knew.
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SharonRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:41 PM
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7. I don't know about them, but I knew as soon as they announced
Pennsylvania!
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:47 PM
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13. me too.. and then FOR SURE when Ohio went
:)
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SharonRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 08:21 PM
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15. Exactly!
When I saw PA, I said "It's over," but when I saw Ohio, I said "It's going to be a landslide."
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gollygee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:42 PM
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9. Before yesterday
Probably a while before yesterday.
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Doctor Cynic Donating Member (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:43 PM
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11. As soon as Ohio was called.
Seriously. I don't think anyone expected it to be called so early.
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DearAbby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:45 PM
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12. I believe they knew
they had to have known via exit polls Obama had won.
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Warren Stupidity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 08:37 PM
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19. My understanding is that the exit poll results are kept from
the media consortium members until 5.30 or something like that, and they are voluntarily constrained from reporting the preliminary results until the polls close for any given state. They did start reporting non-result analysis from the exit poll data starting around 6-6.30. That was when they told us that, duh, the economy was the #1 issue by 7x anything else. If they had that data then the vote results were also available.
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 07:55 PM
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14. When Did They Know, or When Did They Admit To It?
Big difference. It was obvious after Sarah Palin first opened her mouth that McCain was going down with all hands on board.
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 08:22 PM
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16. 12:01 a.m.
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cobalt1999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 08:24 PM
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17. They knew this weekend from the info from both parties internal data.
By Sunday it was all a facade of "tightening race"
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Warren Stupidity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 08:34 PM
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18. 5.30
and whatever they are calling VNS these days knew much earlier.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 08:39 PM
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20. It was not exactly a landslide.
It was a great win though!

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Warren Stupidity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 08:58 PM
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21. It most certainly was an electoral college landslide
"Thus, a landslide victory can be either over 55.5% of the popular vote or over 60% of the electoral vote."
wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landslide_victory#Electoral_votes

Yes we did.
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