AFL-CIO details efforts to lock down Ohio for Obama
The AFL-CIO previewed its plans for getting out the vote in the final four days of the election two weeks ago, detailing the 5.5 million doors that will be knocked by 128,000 volunteers and a massive...
View ArticleConservative Super PAC says vote Republican because Abraham Lincoln
The actual ad. Warning: May cause extreme depression, possible hand-shaped bruises on forehead. (via Talking Points Memo) I don't even know what to say to this. It's a new Republican Super PAC ad...
View ArticleRomney to win Ohio by 4-7 points...
This according to Hannity and "the man that knows Ohio like no one else," Bill Cunningham. Now you can all calm down... Since I had to drive 14 hours today across a few states, with no satellite...
View ArticleObama Nightly News: World of Mittcraft (final battle) Edition
THE PRESIDENT AS CAMPAIGNER, TODAY This video is from CSPAN, and it is only 3:32 long. The President's message from 3:04 to 3:30 is must-watch video. Here's the transcript of that snippet, but you...
View ArticleSam Wang Pwns Chris Cillizza
Some of you may have heard that Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post decided to 'move' OHIO from OBAMA to 'TOSSUP on his Electoral Map yesterday - and he offered possibly the lamest excuse for doing...
View ArticleTax evasion, character, and country
While I don't really like the site politics.gather.com, this article Harry Reid Was Right: Mitt Romney Paid No Taxes for 15 Years is a good overview, despite the not-quite-accurate headline, of the...
View ArticlePres. Obama in Hilliard OH (photo diary)
Pres. Obama had a rally in Hilliard, Ohio this morning to fire up the troops for early voting and volunteering for GOTV. I had a VIP ticket to get close (you just have to volunteer a few times to get...
View ArticleHas Romney's Fraud Squad put the Fix in for Ohio?
I was just fine today before I read the "Free Press" out of Columbus Ohio. It appears that secret, experimental electronic "patch" software has been installed in Ohio at the behest of the Republican...
View ArticleNOM robocalling in Senate and presidential races in battleground states
The Human Rights Campaign keeps on top of the FEC filings from the National Organization for Marriage, and finds that they aren't just playing in the states where marriage equality is on the ballot....
View ArticleRas. OH O 49% R 49%
Last poll had Romney up 50% to 48% for PBO. This is a 2% improvement for PBO. Wonder is Rasmussen last OH poll will show Obama up 2-3% to get in line with others. Rasmussen this morning showed the...
View ArticleObama's Salvation Strategy Revisited
On Sunday I posted a diary discussing an electoral-college option of last resort that Obama could rely on in case Ohio fell. I called them salvation states: NH,IA,CO, and NV are four states that...
View ArticleMy kids voted in OH and IA!
I have always wondered what my children would be able to contribute to the world. Like any parent, I hoped they might cure cancer, but feared they would end up living in my basement. So far, since...
View ArticleFinal Edition And No I Am Not Kidding: The Innumerable Flaws Of Mitt
With the election around the corner, it's time to wrap up this series and move onto more pressing matters. Anyone still in the "undecided" column is unlikely to be swayed by mindless doggerel, but...
View ArticleCNN-ORC Ohio: O50, R47
BREAKING: New CNN-ORC Ohio poll of LV's: Obama 50, Romney 47. +/- 3.5%. Party ID: D-32%, R-30%, I-38%. CNNPolitics.com — Sam Feist (@SamFeistCNN) November 2, 2012 Edit: Link to CNN website (thanks to...
View ArticleRomney in a Landslide
I met with my sales manager today, and we spent some time talking. I sell Medicare Advantage insurance - among several other jobs - and I asked him, "what impact will Obamacare have on Medicare...
View ArticleMy Ohio Math Of Obama Victory
Like many here I am a junky of polls, Wang and Natey. I am sure my digitizing has been done better by others. But fallow the exploding chad below to see my calculation to sanity.
View ArticleIt's not over, but ....
.... let's stop looking for polls to show us that there is still doubt that Obama will win Tuesday in the electoral college, and handily. They're not coming. The polls have broken (past tense, it's...
View ArticleNBC/Marist Polls and the Value of Florida
Per Sam Stein's Twitter feed, President Obama is up 51-46 (LV) in Ohio and 49-47 (LV) in Florida, margins of error 3.1 OH and 2.5 FL. Not to take anything for granted in terms of winning the election...
View ArticleBOOM! OH: O+6 (NBC/WSJ/Marist)
NBC/WSJ/Marist - OH: Obama 51, Romney 45 (LVs, 10/31-11/1, +- 3.1) | FL: Obama 49, Romney 47 (LVs, 10/30-11/1, +- 2.5) — Mike O'Brien (@mpoindc) November 3, 2012 NBC/Marist polls: Ohio Obama 51 Romney...
View ArticleThe best Friday news dump EVER
It starts with this: NBC/WSJ/Marist - OH: Sherrod Brown 50, Mandel 45 (LVs, 10/31-11/1, +- 3.1) | FL: Nelson 52, Mack 43 (LVs, 10/30-11/1, +- 2.5) — @mpoindc via Seesmic twhirl Chased by this:...
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