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Obama will have to own his economy now, Obamacare and all.
Correction: Obama will NOW ensure that the Bush rates stay.
I’ll repeat something I said earlier: Obama will not ensure that the Bush tax rates stay as-is.
I have to talk my wife off the roof.
It’s over, networks calling Ohio for Obama
AP calls North Carolina for Romney
UPDATE: Boston.com calls it for Elizabeth Warren.
https://www.boston.com/news/special/politics/2012/general/mass-us-senate-election-results-2012.html
At least Deb Fischer won in Nebraska —
McCaskill wins in Missouri
Current Florida numbers:
Romney / Ryan
REP 3,725,197
49.33%
Obama / Biden
DEM 3,761,720
49.81%
Johnson / Gray
LBT 39,689
0.53%
Note the numbers on Johnson (aka votes for Obama).
Boston.com still hasn’t called race for Warren.
https://www.boston.com/news/special/politics/2012/general/mass-us-senate-election-results-2012.html
Local TV station calls race for David Ciciline in RI-01
BREAKING: Lying Democrats matter more to Massachusetts voters than honest Republicans.
most networks calling Mass for Warren
Who do I not feel like getting a pep talk from? John Boehner.
Hoping to be a lot happier at this point in the evening.
Tommy Thompson loses to uber liberal Tammy Baldwin for Senate in WI
Not looking good folks
Mourdock loses in Indiana
FOx calls Wisconsin for Obama
Joel, I don’t think I can stomach looking at that comment right now.
AP exit poll says half the electorate still blames Bush for high prices and unemployment? Really? If that’s so, I don’t want to breathe the same air as half of my fellow Americans.
FOX calls PA for Dems
“Well, Jesse Jackson Jr. has 72 percent of the vote. And there you have a wonderful commentary on the electorate in Chicago.”
Anne: See my earlier comment on the 21-year-old unmarried woman voting for Obama while in labor b/c she was raised on Big Bird and thinks Romney will take her kid’s Big Bird away.
North Carolina flips 11th in NC Red with Mark Meadows win http://www.wcnc.com/news/politics/Meadows-brings-NCs-11th-District-to-GOP-side-177569731.html
Boston.com has not called the Brown Warren race yet. NBC is jumping the gun.
Allen West taking lead (thankfully, I was worried), but it’s still rather close:
Allen B. West
REP 131,192
50.63%
Patrick Murphy
DEM 127,905
49.37%
Well, Jesse Jackson Jr. has 72 percent of the vote. And there you have a wonderful commentary on the electorate in Chicago.
Oh, no…if true: NBC calls Mass for Fauxcahontas.
CNN says Repubs hold House. Not unlike sun rising in east. Was this really in doubt?
Florida panhandle heavily conservative / Republican, so with several precincts not yet reporting, I’m hopeful.
Romney / Ryan
REP 3,323,980
49.51%
Obama / Biden
DEM 3,333,052
49.65%
In Florida, with over 6 million votes cast (71%), Romney down just 3,000 votes. Razor thin. Several Panhandle precincts still have yet to report.
Brown vs. Warren still too close.
https://www.boston.com/news/special/politics/2012/general/mass-us-senate-election-results-2012.html
Florida still so close. Scary.
Mourdock closing in, down from 5 to about 2.5 with 50% in,
“Linda McMahon loses in CT” Not surprised, CT has become part of NY.
Linda McMahon loses in CT
FL is getting closer: 49.38% Romney/Ryan and 49.8% Obama/Biden . . . http://enight.elections.myflorida.com/FederalOffices/
GREETINGS FROM THE LEFT COAST. Team San Diego is keeping an eye on the margins of victory in FL and VA — we think that will be a clue to tonight’s final results.
Gut feeling, based on no science, it’s all about Florida.
Nelson (D) wins Senate in Florida —
Can’t stand the suspense. Making Mozzarella sticks now.
John Hayward@Doc_0
Big pile of Romney votes just hit, Tampa area turned red, Florida 52-47 for Romney.
Mass Senate results trickling in, too early to say– you can follow here http://livewire.wcvb.com/Event/2012_Massachusetts_New_England_Election_Results
You can follow results in Doherty-Cicilline race here http://www.providencejournal.com/politics/rhode-island/general-election/2012/results/
Angus King wins in Maine, says independent but almost certain to caucus with Dems
Donnelly in Indiana jumped to 4-5% lead after his home county reported, but still only 21% of vote in
MSNBC is pointing out that if Mourdock loses Indiana, it may be b/c the Libertarian Party candidate is doing (relatively) well. I wish Libertarians would remember that the perfect is the enemy of the better.
The FOX News map is updating faster than Politico:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2012-election-results
Prediction: If reelected, Obama ensures that the Bush-era tax rates remain. If he’s voted out, he’ll let them rise as an FU to the country.
In Chicago, a 21-year-old casts her ballot for Obama while she’s in labor. Reading between the lines of the story, she’s unwed and without a male partner. (Lives with her mom.) Yet she says, “I grew up on Sesame Street and PBS. [Romney] wants to cut that. What will my daughter grow up on?”
Good question. Answer: Not much.
Pretty close so far in Indiana Senate, but only 10% in so far and supposedly the western part of the state, central time zone, should be strong for Mourdock
CNN just called Florida for Gore!
Exit polls are designed to demoralize R voters to the west of wherever they’re being reported from.
Reminder that when Jimmy Carter conceded in ’80 while polls were still open in the west, a lot of Democrats stayed home, leading to some unexpected ballot measure outcomes.
Obama won Indiana in 2008. Romney has won it decisively tonight.
FOX just called KY and IN for Romney.
FOX says way too close to call in Virginia
They’re talking Brown/Warren on FOX right now
Although I can’t stand Politico, they usually have a pretty good live map. Here it is, http://www.politico.com/2012-election/map/#/President/2012
I’m watching Indiana Senate race, where polls are closed, here https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23INSEN
Please don’t get my hopes up http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/332786/first-massachusetts-exit-polls-brown-warren-dead-even
First Massachusetts Exit Polls: Brown, Warren ‘Dead Even’
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Fuzzy Slippers
November 6, 201211:24 pm
Florida called for Obama (thanks “Johnson” voters). Ohio to Obama.
It’s over.
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