US election 2012

[Brubricker]

Those ad campaigns are awful! That is the stuff of nightmares.

(((((Americans))))

And we spend a fucking billion dollars on them.

 

[elbows]

I saw the name and thought "oh, that can't be... fuck me, it is!"

Luckily unlike Vince she is a black hole of charisma, wooden even by Republican standards. Money cant make up for that

 

[laptop]

Jesse Jackson in Ohio:

Josh Mandel, said he was struck by how determined voters were, particularly older ones. "I saw people wearing oxygen masks and in wheel chairs and on crutches determined to get to the polls."

Well, yes.

Romney gets in, the oxygen's cut off, they die.

 

[agricola]

cheers.

their system is as mental as ours.

Ours is much more mental - dont forget, our election system has a tradition that Sunderland is always first.

 

[JTG]

Obama well up in New Hampshire but only 7% declared

 

[Lord Camomile]

Ha! CNN have a countdown to the next poll close, complete with dramatic music. It's like one of those telesales auctions. Or an episode of Knightmare.

They also allegedly have a presenter called Wolf Blitzen, but I haven't seen him yet.

 

[JTG]

69% in in Florida, Obama still ahead 50-49. Yeowch

 

[Vintage Paw]

Fox have a little timer as well. They are being rather understated this evening though

 

[Brubricker]

They also allegedly have a presenter called Wolf Blitzen, but I haven't seen him yet.

His demeanor is, unfortunately, not so dramatic as his name.

 

[JTG]

Polls closed in Colorado, Wisconsin and Michigan

 

[belboid]

Just watched 30 seconds of CNN. Far too bloody noisy

 

[elbows]

WSJ feed just had Zbigniew Brzezinski on, still alive but looking rather fossilised these days.

 

[Vintage Paw]

Michigan, my second home, calling for Obama.

 

[Lord Camomile]

His demeanor is, unfortunately, not so dramatic as his name.

Is he the Col. Sanders lookalike?

 

[JTG]

Nebraska, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Texas and Louisiana called for Romney

Michigan & New York called for Obama

Florida 50-50 with 71% declared

 

[agricola]

Is he the Col. Sanders lookalike?

No. Wolf Blizter looks like what Santa would look like if Hollywood reimagined him as an edgy defence lawyer.

 

[JTG]

Romney fails to carry either of his 'home' states - Massachusetts and Michigan

 

[agricola]

Romney fails to carry either of his 'home' states - Massachusetts and Michigan

He isnt worried, there are five other states that he has homes in.

 

[belboid]

Well I never. Apparently the Republicans have only been 'traditionally' red (and the dems blue) since 2000.

Bloody well swap it round.

And make the Dems yellow.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Just watched 30 seconds of CNN. Far too bloody noisy

It's crazy, isn't it? Just switched back to PBS, it's like going from a nursery to a nursing home.

 

[Lord Camomile]

No. Wolf Blizter looks like what Santa would look like if Hollywood reimagined him as an edgy defence lawyer.

That's Col. Sanders!

 

[JTG]

27% of precints reporting in Ohio, Obama 11 points up so far

 

[belboid]

The 'Socialist' candidate in Florida is on 560 votes so far...And Roseanne Barr has 6476??!!

 

[JTG]

Guardian:

Democrats will hold the Senate. They are winning, or have won, in Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Missouri. Indiana and Massachusetts would be a pickup for the Democrats.
The black vote is holding or greater than it was in 2008 in pretty much all the swing states.
Florida is far too close to call at this point. The lead is switching back and forth. Watch Hillsborough as a leading indictaor. Obama's leading there right now. Romney is finished if he doesn't carry it, and he very well may not.
North Carolina is also too close to call. Romney leads, but it's very close. The fact that Romney is not ahead by more at this point bodes very poorly for him.
Ohio is a place where the president holds a lead. We won't know more here until more votes are in. So far there's nothing to think that the polls that gave Obama slight lead were wrong.
Virginia won't be called for a very long time. It looks to be shaping up to be one of, if not the, closest states in 2012.

 

[audiotech]

And we spend a fucking billion dollars on them.

 

[JTG]

Tammy Baldwin telling people in Wisconsin to stay in line to vote - long queues there as well

 

[JTG]

Pennsylvania called for Obama

 

[belboid]

Pennsylvania called for Obama. One Romney would have liked, although not crucial. It's almost all over

 

[editor]

Pennsylvania called for Obama

Was he in?

*coat. got.

 

[Treacle Toes]

The Black vote
The Latino vote
The White vote

Horrible dehumanising crap...