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My parents, who live in a solidly red Florida county, were canvassed by Obama's ground team. - ty97 Nov 5, 12:22 9
- and who do you want for president, mumsies? someone who can organize a team and run an election? or a tanderer??? (ha ha.) - amanda Nov 5, 12:23 1
  - Mumsies and Papa voted absentee a week or two ago. FL allows no-excuse absentee voting - ty97 Nov 5, 12:27
- This weekend they hit 45k in VA Beach and Richmond alone. They are crushing VA. -- nm - MDH Nov 5, 12:23 5
  - TELL ME ABOUT IT. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 12:38
  - oh, and everyone except trevor and I got canvassed yesterday. so maybe they were just slow to state college. -- nm - amanda Nov 5, 12:26 3
    - is state college in question? -- nm - Moneypandie Nov 5, 12:27 2
      - I don't think so. but we need to be reminded to vote. eleanor got a super cool blue sticky note on her door. I got nothing. -- nm - amanda Nov 5, 12:30
      - Every vote matters in a close state. Turnout. Turnout. Turnout. -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 12:28
- I fear for the safety of his ground team if they canvass my parents. -- nm - ceregon Nov 5, 12:22
LIR - Pips - I watched it last night - WOW some of those were so cool! The guy who won - where they commented on his nose and the hair part of tat - Casino Jen Bro Nov 5, 12:21
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- I think that's the case for two reasons. - spamlet Nov 5, 12:43
- Several people who would otherwise be engaged are no longer here. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 5, 12:24 1
  - Agreed. - Strongbad Nov 5, 12:26
- older/wiser more tired.... - ThunderProfit Nov 5, 12:23
- eff u - Casino Jen Bro Nov 5, 12:22
95 deg and 12% humidity here at noon......love it ! (dropping to mid-60s by Friday) -- nm - Meg Nov 5, 12:19
this B2 post about the single mom stiffing on a tip for $130 + tab reminds me of an emailed story that always made me cry a bit - where the kid orders - Casino Jen Bro Nov 5, 12:19 [Backboard] 7
- This has made the internet rounds, but has not been verified as far as I know. that said, a lot of people think the writing looks different. - loosilu Nov 5, 12:37
- Without knowing more details about who/what was on that bill (was she feeding her kids?), I still think I can safely... - Dr.Vermin Nov 5, 12:27 3 1
  - I agree...if you can ring up $135 you can tip. - ThunderProfit Nov 5, 12:30 1
    - ah ... so THAT'S what that's called ... crumbing the table ... never knew. -- nm - Casino Jen Bro Nov 5, 12:32
  - Agreed -- nm - Don Homer Nov 5, 12:27
- looks to me like the handwriting is different. someone stiffed on the tip, but no necessarily a single mom -- nm - The Man With The Golden CQ Nov 5, 12:24
- what are the odds the waitperson was a single parent? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 12:22
Has anyone been tempted not to vote for Obama based on the fact that the Republicans in the House won't work with him? -- nm - Loyola Nov 5, 12:17 8
- What a weak moron such a person would have to be. -- nm - David Nov 5, 12:28 3
  - Although the GOP has tried to make the argument that you should vote for Romney "or else". - Mop (197 lbs) Nov 5, 12:31
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  - Agreed -- nm - Don Homer Nov 5, 12:29
- No. (Also, it's not going to be any better for Romney.) -- nm - Kim Pine Nov 5, 12:22 2
  - actually, it probably would, because Democrats are still pussies. -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 12:24 1
    - I hate how true this is -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 12:30
- I can't imagine any Democrat or Obama supporter bailing to the side they don't agree with, because they keep blocking him. -- nm - Jim Nov 5, 12:18
"How McGovern Won the Presidency and Why the Polls Were Wrong" -- (link) - ty97 Nov 5, 12:15
Crazy stuff. Hulk's sister has been kidnapped in Brazil -- (link) - The Man With The Golden CQ Nov 5, 12:14 1
- Nothing to see here. -- nm - Organizers of the World Cup and Olympics Nov 5, 12:15
Nothing says Halo 4 like a Wanted parody -- (link) - Master Kilbo Nov 5, 12:13 [youtube] 1
- These guys just got my vote for The Voice. And X-Factor. -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Nov 5, 12:18
"do you want to watch election results at your house? or at a bar?" "which bar??" - amanda Nov 5, 12:13 8
- this is actually a hard decision for me now... - znufrii Nov 5, 12:23 4
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  - it's not the drinking. I don't know if I can. it's the "do I want to be more alone or less alone?" I think less alone. meet me at zeno's at ten? -- nm - amanda Nov 5, 12:25 2
    - sure, I meant the more general question of "which bar?" I haven't decided whether or not to go out tomorrow night either. -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 12:27
    - also my god -- nachos! -- nm - amanda Nov 5, 12:26
- Bar Rafael -- nm - The Man With The Golden CQ Nov 5, 12:15
- Diva and I are going to be drinking at the bar down the street. - ThunderProfit Nov 5, 12:15
- Quarks! -- nm - peglegpete Nov 5, 12:14
hmm, is it time to go home yet? - Truman Nov 5, 12:10
Lir, Homeland is pretty good. Drags in parts, but it's a very modern thriller. It always leaves me wondering what will happen in the next episode. - Loyola Nov 5, 12:08
If 1 candidate wins WI, OH, PA and FL, will the major networks call the race over before the polls on the West Coast even close? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 5, 12:00 35
- Depends on how you define "call the race over." They'll strongly imply it, I think. -- nm - mara Nov 5, 12:27
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  - Well it also wasn't possible until CA et al closed. (A couple eastern states like IN and NC weren't final for some time.) -- nm - Don Homer Nov 5, 12:22 1
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- It'll be over even before those polls close! -- nm - Jim Cramer Nov 5, 12:10 2
  - The election was decided weeks ago by the Illuminati -- nm - Crazy Tila Nov 5, 12:12
  - before they open! -- nm - amanda Nov 5, 12:10
- No, but if Obama wins FL, it is all over. Unless he also loses some other early states he is expected to win like PA. -- nm - GregW Nov 5, 12:07 12
  - what's the likelihood of him winning FL though? -- nm - ceregon Nov 5, 12:14 11
    - Roughly 50/50 -- nm - Don Homer Nov 5, 12:15 10
      - if he's got those odds in FL the overall result is a given - ceregon Nov 5, 12:18
      - call me crazy but I think those grumpy old people will vote for Mitt in droves. - ThunderProfit Nov 5, 12:18 8
        
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        RCP has it Mitt +1.8 -- nm - Strongbad Nov 5, 12:19 6
        
        that site is highly flawed and excludes a number of polls from its average. Not a fan. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 5, 12:21 3
        
        Is it biased? or just wrong? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 5, 12:27 2
        
        Very biased. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 5, 12:29 1
        
        If you're correct, then Romney has no chance in hell of winning. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 5, 12:32
        
        I know most of the polls have it within 2% but I just don't buy it. I have nothing to back this feeling up. -- nm - ThunderProfit Nov 5, 12:20 1
        
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- i don't thinkthey can, it could effect other candidates/issues if voters decide screw it -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 12:05 1
  - they certainly can, but doubtful they could, unless we were well into landslide territory. - znufrii Nov 5, 12:18
- I read yesterday that the networks have committed to not call the race before 11pm ET (aka when West Coast Polls close) -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 12:04
- Yes. -- nm - Loyola Nov 5, 12:03
- unlikely. I can't think of a scenario where Obama has 270 before any of the west coast states are declared. -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 12:03 6
  - I can't either, unless you assume the non-battleground states go as predicted -- nm - Strongbad Nov 5, 12:04 1
    - it will possibly be evident to most viewers well before then, but they won't actually call it until the polls are closed. - znufrii Nov 5, 12:08
  - (even in the best case scenario where he wins NC, he would have 269, and that's if every other state is called before the west coast polls close) -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 12:04 2
    - Actually the max (assuming no surprises) would be 263. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 5, 12:11 1
      - right. bad math. forgot which time zone NV was in... -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 12:13
  - I can. -- nm - Jim Cramer Nov 5, 12:03
- I dont see the race being decided till around 11 west coast time -- nm - eag Nov 5, 12:02
- If the person gets to 270 EV's...yes. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 5, 12:02
- Not unless they have 270 clinched. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 5, 12:01
- no -- nm - peglegpete Nov 5, 12:01
I might be wrong but we might have the best looking canidate for congress I bring you Kyrsten Sinema -- (link) - eag Nov 5, 11:59
apparently Jon Voight is in town today - znufrii Nov 5, 11:57 2
- Well, that changes everything! -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Nov 5, 12:24
- I owned his car! -- nm - George Costanza Nov 5, 11:57
Jim: Re: Roy...give Roy a week and he'll build a functioning Transformer. -- nm - ThunderProfit Nov 5, 11:55 2
- Out of shit he found in that junkyard. :) -- nm - Jim Nov 5, 11:59 1
  - well, Tony built one...in a *cave*...out of a box of scraps -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 12:02
From B2. Hotcakes loves Once Upon a Time. She found it on Netflix and went through season one in a week. She's now beginning season 2 -- nm - Bacon Nov 5, 11:53 5
- We loved S1. S2, not so much -- nm - Master Kilbo Nov 5, 12:07
- jim (sp) - amanda Nov 5, 11:57 3
  - I was thinking the exact same thing...(spoils) - Jim Nov 5, 11:58 2
    - what I thought was a nice touch...(spoil) - znufrii Nov 5, 12:00 1
      - Yep...that was nice. -- nm - Jim Nov 5, 12:01
So election poll what state will be closer than expected and what state wont be as close as people expect - eag Nov 5, 11:53 14
- OH, city folks (heavy demo) have day long waits in freezing cold, ID bs, and mitts son gets to count, i mean his company's machines do the count -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 12:09
- Iowa not that close, Sourh Carolina closer than expected. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 5, 12:04 1
  - Oooh that SC result would be interesting... -- nm - MDH Nov 5, 12:10
- AZ will be close, and I could see a freak out that Obama could win (he won't though...I think). NH will be way bigger than expected. - MDH Nov 5, 12:04
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  - what time will it be over? just tell me what time it'll be over. how many more hours?? -- nm - amanda Nov 5, 11:58 4
    - When you awake the horrible nightmare will be over. This is simply a bad dream -- nm - Bacon Nov 5, 12:00
    - 3 a.m. -- nm - Kim Pine Nov 5, 12:00
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    - 33 -- nm - Don Homer Nov 5, 11:58
- NV will not be close. PA will be closer than expected. (both Obama wins in the end) -- nm - Strongbad Nov 5, 11:56
- AZ within 3, NV by double digits. -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 11:55
- The State of Apathy will be closer than expected. -- nm - Bacon Nov 5, 11:54
- I hear New York is in play -- nm - prayformoJaws Nov 5, 11:54
the downstairs of this house is super cute. -- (link) - amanda Nov 5, 11:53
Tonight is the last No Reservations episode. Coming to you from Brooklyn! :-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 11:53 1
- nice. *double-checks his DVR* -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 11:53
ST Political Poll: have you, or someone in your family ever run for political office? -- nm - Beakraker Nov 5, 11:51 33
- yep - my SIL - twice - for State Rep. - she did not get elected but was "ok" with it as she did get appointed to something which led to her present - Casino Jen Bro Nov 5, 12:24
- Nope. -- nm - Krusty Nov 5, 12:14
- Run? No. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 12:10
- My wife's cousin ran for state rep. That's all I know. -- nm - spamlet Nov 5, 12:09
- yes -- nm - Spawnfall Nov 5, 12:06
- No. -- nm - Kim Pine Nov 5, 11:59
- my dad was a town councilman for years when I was a kid -- nm - decline Nov 5, 11:56
- my dad ran for local office a couple of times (didn't win). -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 11:54
- sure -- nm - The Man With The Golden CQ Nov 5, 11:54
- Not me or family. But 3 friends are elected officials, and one friend is a presidential appointee. -- nm - MDH Nov 5, 11:53
- my father ran for the Provincial Liberals one time when no one else would offer (Got stomped, big union town and the future PCpremier ran against him) - Beakraker Nov 5, 11:53 1
  - (he always introduced himself as Beaker's Dad, Liberal; the funniest was when he did it to the PC premier of NS) -- nm - Beakraker Nov 5, 11:54
- 5th Grade Class President, bitches. -- nm - ThunderProfit Nov 5, 11:52 11
  - How does it feel to peak at 10? -- nm - spamlet Nov 5, 12:09 1
    - that'll be $0.25! *gavel* -- nm - ThunderProfit Nov 5, 12:11
  - I was Sr. Class Secretary (of Holding It Down). -- nm - Deev Another Day Nov 5, 11:54 8
    - I was actually my 2nd Grade Class - Judge. - ThunderProfit Nov 5, 11:58 2
      - you earned money for good deeds btw. -- nm - ThunderProfit Nov 5, 12:00 1
        
        ~Dirty deeds - done dirt cheap~ -- nm - Strongbad Nov 5, 12:03
    - Sec/Treasurer of my University Residence (I ran on the platform that my old roommate was an idiot) - Beakraker Nov 5, 11:56 1
      - I literally had to put up signs equating Beaker to my real name, cause everyone just knew me as Beak -- nm - Beakraker Nov 5, 11:58
    - student council VP. suck it -- nm - The Man With The Golden CQ Nov 5, 11:56
    - this is a great poll. I was treasurer of the drama club. (yeah, I know.) -- nm - amanda Nov 5, 11:55
    - this does not surprise me in the least. -- nm - ThunderProfit Nov 5, 11:54
- heck no. too many skeletons and an awful lot of weed, -- nm - Deev Another Day Nov 5, 11:52
- my dad was a campaign manager back in the 80s. -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 11:52
- nope -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 11:52
- My dad was a city councilman. -- nm - Jim Nov 5, 11:52
- No. too many skeletons in the closet. I'm speaking for the entire family -- nm - Pippygalore Nov 5, 11:52 4
  - You think you have too many but I am the big hot mess of ST -- nm - Bacon Nov 5, 11:56
  - in some cases literally? -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 11:53 1
    - *coughs* -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 11:55
  - love it. -- nm - MDH Nov 5, 11:52
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- I eat one and a half peanut butter cups, wear my favorite slippers, and shave my ankles the full moon before election day. -- nm - The Man With The Golden CQ Nov 5, 11:53 1
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- Big party. Election night in DC is like St. Patty's in Boston, we put you all to shame with it. -- nm - MDH Nov 5, 11:51 1
  - truth. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 12:01
- that's a thing? -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 11:51
This doesn't bode well for the election... - ThunderProfit Nov 5, 11:49 5
- You need to... clean it off from time-to-time. -- nm - Spawnfall Nov 5, 12:07
- Are you saying this election race killed Bea Arthur? -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 5, 12:04
- Obama! -- nm - Roger More, attempting re-entry Nov 5, 12:00
- how much clearer of an omen do you want??!! -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 11:51
- uh-oh.. -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 11:49

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