CNN Projects Obama Wins Florida (Finally!)

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Saturday November 10, 2012 · 11:12 AM PST

2012/11/10 · 11:12

After Florida's noon deadline to finish counting votes, Obama finished with 50.01% of the vote, compared to 49.13% for Romney. His margin is about 74,000 votes. Narrow, but a lot larger than 537.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/...

NBC/Marist VA: O 48 R 47

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Sunday November 04, 2012 · 9:12 PM PST

2012/11/04 · 21:12

Just posted on twitter.

Senate race is Kaine 49/Allen 46.

Obama favorability: 51/45

Romney favorability: 50/45

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Friday October 26, 2012 · 11:45 AM PDT

2012/10/26 · 11:45

Breaking on Twitter...I think they are supposed to have a bunch today so I will keep updating.

CO President '12: Obama (D) 47.0% Romney (R) 46.0% (Oct. 25 - Purple Strategies) http://tpm.ly/...

OH President '12: Obama (D) 46.0% Romney (R) 44.0% (Oct. 25 - Purple Strategies) http://tpm.ly/...

New SUSA OH Poll: O 47 R 44

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Tuesday October 23, 2012 · 7:58 PM PDT

2012/10/23 · 19:58

New SUSA numbers for Ohio here: http://www2.ohio-votes.com/...

In not such great news, Sherrod Brown's lead has shrunk from 5 points to 1 point, and he now leads 43-42.

More details below the fold.

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Thursday October 18, 2012 · 3:35 PM PDT

2012/10/18 · 15:35

Not really a diary, but MSNBC just released 2 polls:

Obama 51-45 in WI
Obama 51-43 in IA

Hopefully that should lift people's spirits a little.

No link yet...

No, Obama doesn't need to destroy Romney tonight

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Tuesday October 16, 2012 · 4:16 PM PDT

2012/10/16 · 16:16

I know the conventional wisdom is that President Obama needs to be tougher tonight, that he needs to be more aggressive, call out Romney's lies, and make Romney seem unacceptable again. I don't disagree that he needs to do a lot better than last week, or that he should call out Romney's distortions and flip flops. However, I think the president's biggest task tonight is not to tear Romney apart but to make the case for his own re-election.

Poll

69 votes Show Results

Are you better off today than you were four years ago?

69 votes Vote Now!

Are you better off today than you were four years ago?

Yes

60 votes

6 votes

Not sure

3 votes

UPDATED: Barack Obama (Officially) Wins Election

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Monday December 15, 2008 · 1:59 PM PST

2008/12/15 · 13:59

Not really unexpected news, but I thought it was a moment worth commemorating. I've been tracking the electoral college votes all afternoon, and according to my latest count, Obama just got to 287, making him officially the President-Elect of the United States.

If anyone has any video of the electors voting in any of the states, please post a link here. I especially want to see Florida and Virginia voting, but any of the states that voted for Obama would be cool to watch. I know C-Span had something streaming earlier.

Here's a roundup of the status of each state I could find, based on newspaper articles. I'll add more as I find them and feel free to contribute.

I recommend reading some of the links...there are some good stories in some of them about people who never thought they would see this day.

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Sunday October 19, 2008 · 6:08 AM PDT

2008/10/19 · 06:08

I've lived in Virginia for a year and half now, but as a DC transplant living in Arlington, I'm not a "real Virginian" according to the McCain spokeswoman on TV this morning. But whether I live in "real Virginia" or not, I got to cast a real vote for Obama yesterday at the Arlington County Courthouse, and it felt good.

I arrived at the Courthouse around 12:15 and was surprised to encounter a long line. Virginia does not have "no excuse" absentee voting, so I did not expect to see that many people voting early. When I went to canvass later, someone from the campaign told me that the Arlington election commissioner had taken a fairly liberal view of eligibility for early voting, interpretting it to mean anyone who would be outside the county at all on Election Day, so that anyone who lives in Arlington and works in DC is eligible. I read a report the other day that Virginia elections officials are worried that they do not have enough capacity to handle all the voters they expect to come out on Election Day, so if you live in Arlington County and work outside the county or have to be outside the county for any reason on November 4, I recommend using in-person absentee voting.

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30 votes Show Results

Did I make the right decision to use paper?

30 votes Vote Now!

Did I make the right decision to use paper?

Yes, I don't trust the electronic machines.

26 votes

No, the paper ballots have a higher scan rate, and someone can erase pencil marks

1 vote

Whatever! You're being paranoid!

3 votes

Why Obama is STILL the Underdog (and will always be the underdog)

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Sunday October 12, 2008 · 6:36 AM PDT

2008/10/12 · 06:36

Cross-posted at Purple State Pundit

Yes, the polls look great right now. Obama is ahead in by 8-11 points nationally, the Real Clear Politics map shows a possible Obama landslide, and absent some big event he's starting to look unstoppable. But there's still an elephant in the room, and we do Obama no favors by denying or ignoring it. If we want him to win, then we need to accept that because of who he is, Barack Obama is still the underdog and will be the underdog until the day he is inaugurated.

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85 votes Show Results

Could the Bradley Effect hurt Obama?

85 votes Vote Now!

Could the Bradley Effect hurt Obama?

Yes, he could do 10 points worse than the polls predict

10 votes

Yes, but it will only cost him a few points at most

19 votes

Maybe, maybe not, but it's a possibility we have to be prepared for

22 votes

No way. It's a thing of the past, and cell-phone-only voters will counteract it

19 votes

I don't know, but there's no way I'm taking chances by getting complacent

15 votes

Maverick, My Ass

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Saturday August 30, 2008 · 11:09 AM PDT

2008/08/30 · 11:09

Cross-Posted at Purple State Pundit.

On Thursday night, after hearing Obama's amazing speech, I said to someone at the convention watch party that regardless of party or who people supported in the primaries, Obama's acceptance of the nomination was a historic moment that every American should be proud of, whether or not they were voting for him. By that same logic, Sarah Palin's selection as the first woman on a Republican ticket and potentially the first female VP is also historic, and she should be congratulated for that.

I take exception, however, to those in the press and elsewhere who say that Palin's selection was courageous or reinforces McCain's image as a "maverick". In fact, I would argue that selecting Palin instead of several better known, more experienced Republican women who happen to be pro-choice proves how beholden he has become to the Christian Right he once stood up against. Rather than reinforcing his image as a maverick, McCain's decision only proves that John Kerry was right the other night when he talked about the difference between Senator McCain and Candidate McCain.

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Saturday May 31, 2008 · 1:14 PM PDT

2008/05/31 · 13:14

I know slinkerwink (who I had the privilege of meeting this morning) posted a diary about her experiences inside the meeting, but I saw that it had 700 comments already so I figured I'd post my own account.

I'm here with my mom and fellow Kossack NJ Boomer, who came down from New Jersey to be a part of history.

There are plenty of diaries blogging the proceedings of the meeting, so I am going to focus on our experience behind the scenes.

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Saturday May 17, 2008 · 5:43 PM PDT

2008/05/17 · 17:43

I have a confession to make. I've gotten complacent. For the past week and a half, I have not made many phone calls, and I laughed off Obama's 41-point loss in West Virginia. I have been telling Obama supporters in the blogosphere to lay off of Clinton, figuring she was just staying in until Tuesday or until the end of the primaries and then would bow out gracefully. I did not think we needed to worry much about what she says or does anymore.

Last night, I got a wake-up call. I listened to the audio of her conference call with bloggers, which a DUer was kind enough to partially transcribe, and I realized that while she may bow out on June 4 and endorse Obama and encourage her supporters to vote for him, there's more to her strategy than meets the eye. I don't think she is planning to take this to the Convention, and she could be angling for the VP slot. But there's a far more troubling possibility here. From the sound of what she encouraged her bloggers to push last night, it sounds like she is trying to delegitimize him or cloud his legitimacy when he eventually clinches the nomination, as part of a stealth campaign for 2012.

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New SUSA OH Poll: O 47 R 44

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