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Subscribe to RSSAfter over a year of campaigning and debating, and $984 million invested in presidential campaign advertising, Americans went to polling places across the nation Tuesday to render their verdict on President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
Mitt Romney visits Pennsylvania and Ohio before heading to Boston to wait for results. NBC's Jay Gray reports.
Showing the intensity of the race, which polls show as extremely close, Romney and his running mate Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin made last-minute Election Day appearances in two of the most hotly contested battlegrounds: Ohio and Pennsylvania. Ryan arrived midafternoon in Richmond, Va., for his last 2012 campaign appearance.
Romney told supporters at a call center outside Pittsburgh that they "don't need to be disparaging of the other guy. The president has run a strong campaign, I believe he is a good man and wish him well, and his family well. He is a good father and has been a good example of a good father, but it is time for a new direction. It is a time for a better tomorrow."
Governor Romney plans to hit two more states on Election Day after squeezing in five events in four battleground states on the eve of the vote. NBC's Peter Alexander reports.
Vice President Joe Biden also touched down in Cleveland to make an Election Day visit and to thank campaign volunteers. At one point, the Romney, Ryan and Biden planes were all simultaneously parked on the tarmac in Cleveland – a final symbolic expression of the importance of the state’s 18 electoral votes in the race to get to 270.
Aboard Romney’s chartered plane, his chief strategist Stuart Stevens reacted to Biden’s Ohio stop by musing about Democrats who claimed the GOP ticket was displaying "panic” by campaigning today.
NBC's Chuck Todd offers a guide of what to watch on election night as the polls close and reveals what possible scenarios could play out in the Electoral College.
Early Tuesday morning, the Obama campaign sent out a text message urging supporters to pick up the phone to woo another voter for the president: “Will you make one call for President Obama? Reply CALL and we'll send you the name & phone number of one voter in a key state who needs to hear from you.”
At their stop at a Wendy’s in Cleveland, Romney ordered a quarter-pounder with no cheese along with chili and a baked potato, while Ryan replied to a reporter’s question about how he felt by saying: "I'm running on fumes."
Obama took time out from the frenzied last-minute campaigning and vote forecasting to play a pickup basketball game with friends and staffers at a court in Chicago.
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) and his running mate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) smile while greeting workers at a GOP Victory Center in Richmond Heights, Ohio, on November 6.
The president was also scheduled to do interviews with radio stations in media markets in most of the battleground states: in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Milwaukee, Wis.; Denver, Colo.; Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio; Las Vegas, Nev.; Miami and Tampa, Fla., and – reaching voters in the vital northern Virginia suburbs, a station in Washington, D.C. In 2008, Obama carried all seven of the states in which his radio interviews were airing on Tuesday.
Romney also turned to Election Day radio interviews to make one last appeal to voters, with appearances on stations in Ohio, Washington, D.C. and Richmond, Va.
In a morning drive-time interview with Jimmy Barrett on WRVA in Richmond, Romney said, “We’re bouncing around a bit – just going to polls and saying ‘hi’ to people and making sure we leave nothing in the locker room. We’re putting it all out there on the field.”
Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and Joe Biden vote on Election Day, along with thousands of Americans. NBC's Leanne Gregg reports.
He added, “I can’t imagine an election being won or lost by let’s say a few hundred votes, and you spent your day sitting around. I mean, you’d say to yourself, ‘Holy Cow, why didn’t I keep working?”
Whether voter turnout -- especially Democratic turnout -- matches that of 2008, when Obama was swept into the White House with a popular vote plurality of more than 9.5 million votes, will be crucial to Tuesday’s outcome
In Ohio, Secretary of State Jon Husted reported that nearly 1.8 million absentee ballots had been cast, surpassing the 2008 presidential election figure.
And in Florida Tuesday morning, Secretary of State Ken Detzner predicted a record turnout, saying as many as 9 million people overall could vote in his state. Nearly 8.4 million people voted in Florida in 2008.
Detzner said he was not concerned that the long lines during the eight-day early vote period would dampen enthusiasm Tuesday.
In another key state, Colorado, as of Monday night, more than 1.7 million voters had cast early ballots. In 2008, 2.4 million voted in the state.
At stake Tuesday was not only the presidency but control of the Senate and the House of Representatives. If Romney wins and Republicans can score a net gain of only three seats in the Senate they would become the majority party and control the agenda. If Obama wins the Republicans would need a net gain of four seats to win the Senate. The GOP is expected to retain control of the House.
NBC News’s Carrie Dann, Garrett Haake, and James Novogrod contributed to this story.
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Ummm... I don't know if you heard, but President Obama touched down at O'Hare around midnight last night and hasn't left the state since!
KNOCK off the false equivalences, it's Team Willard who are running around with their hair on fire!
NO worries, the President's fire-wall will hold...
Ol' Willard and Lil' Paulie are afraid that somebody is going to edge 'em out at the last minute for the Hootin' Holler Tall Tale and Big Fish Story Competetion so they're covering all thier bases.
I seriously don't get all of the "hitting the campaign trail" of the R's on the day of the election. I don't recall it being done in the past. I really do prefer when candidates go back to their cities, as have the President and VP and surround themselves with their supporters and family while awaiting the results.
The flying around stuff ... just smells a wee bit of desperation.
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That's what I heard. It is my understanding that President Clinton will or already has done one last event in PA. I believe that is what I heard. Some of the political people were talking last night and they say they've never seen a candidate for pres and vp out on election day. Some thought that a last ditch effort to assuage their own fears. I would agree with that!
Tonight, I am in Chicago in spirit!
Romney told supporters at a call center outside Pittsburgh that they "don't need to be disparaging of the other guy. The president has run a strong campaign, I believe he is a good man and wish him well, and his family well. He is a good father and has been a good example of a good father, but it is time for a new direction. It is a time for a better tomorrow."
Romney is a class act. That is why I voted for him.
Yeah, real class act that one is. You apparently set your bar pretty low.
Wouldn't it be hilarious if those who attended the rallies today, ran out of time and didn't make it to the polls on time? Seems like a better use of time and resources would be to ramp up the get out the vote effort.
Hmmph...he had Sununu to do all the dirty work for him.
Yeah, it would be hilarious, but don't put it past Romney to have the "victory/relief" bus gassed up and ready to do a road trip to whatever polling spots they have to!
WCA-
I agree that Romney is probably a nice guy, but I wouldn't go so far as to call him a 'class act'.
Romney repeatedly allowed blatantly misleading ads to run with his approval - the worst being the auto bailout ads and the welfare ads.
Romney lied his way through at least two of the debates, and had no qualms about changing his position then lying about it.
Romney also associated with people like Donald Trump and John Sununu, who took the very low road in their criticisms of our president.
I don't think a 'class act' would be so deceptive and dishonest, or allow those kind of people to speak for him.
AlaskaGirl ...
I
thinkknow my cat has a higher standard of ethics!By the way, NBC, cool little election results tab at the top of the article! Thanks!
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I heard the new fire-wall was a Joe "Sleepy time, Where am I" Biden description......oh well......so much for credibility..........
Totally agree with you, TNSEVOL, but then again, the moral compass of some here are really pretty low. Would a class act buy a company only to run it to the gills in debt and then strip it of all its assets, strip pensions, fire thousands of people, and then toss the company aside as if it were yesterday's trash, and then all the while sit there counting up how much money he made and where next he would stash it, out of the country that allowed him to behave in such a manner? No. That is not a class act. That is not even human.
AG,
Sweet home Chicago!
For your listening pleasure...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=m0zyuc_2UVg
CLASSIC! ;o)
Classy? Millions and millions of dollars in negative ads would say otherwise. Romney has been a collassal jerk on the stump, and its too late now to say otherwise.
Thanks, Feisty!
Romney is the prime example of the fact that all the money in the world can't buy class!
Alaska Girl - we'll raise one for ya!
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See this list?......
http://obamaachievements.org/list
BO promised me all of those and he delivered them.
If the CONS didn't vote for him, then "they didn't build that"
Why do CONS care about what BO promised anyway?
Sorry that "NoNeck" McCain didn't fulfill his promise to the CONS.
Do CONS think we are going to believe more BS promises from the GOP?
When was the last time they did what they ran on?
What has the GOP done for America in the last 40 years?
Do CONs have a GOP list like mine above? Good luck with that. IT DOESN'T EXIST.
EVERYONE knows the GOP has ZERO accomplishments.
Only brainwashed morons with dollar signs in their eyes ($) ($) vote for the GOP.
The GOP always runs on LIES and MONEY.
They BUY and STEAL votes.
The GOP cannot EARN votes.
They can't because they do not have a record to earn them.
The GOP is made up of CON artists
The GOP is in bed with the super rich like the Koch brothers.
The GOP / KOCH BLOCKED everything that benefits the middle class and the needy.
The GOP is going to ruin the constitution unless we stop them TODAY.
F O R W A R D > > > > > > >
Finally! Election day! The stock market is booming today! My Cayman accounts are just over flowing with gains. Ah the smell of victory is so sweet. I know that the voter suppression goals will be achieved and finally we’ll get our country back.
To Romney/Ryan,
I can’t tell you how excited I am that the two of you will be running this country soon. We’ve been knocked down and we have not performed to our potential. There is so much more we can do in this country and I know with your leadership we’ll become once again the greatest nation in the world. I want to be the first to congratulate you on your victory. I’d like to suggest a few things that I’d like to see within the 1st 100 days you’re in office.
1. I want to see my capital gains tax rate reduced if not eliminated.
2. I want to see the corporate tax rate reduced to 20 – 21%. I figure if we get rid of welfare programs and Agencies like FEMA we can meet that rate. I need you to come through on that so that I can start expanding my new factories in Taiwan. The workers there are already complaining that the cots are not plush enough and they want feather pillow cases so I got to pay for that to keep their productivity up. I don’t need a riot on my hands like what we saw from the Apple factory.
3. Please preserve and protect the existing business relocation deductions for companies that move business overseas.
4. REPEAL Obamacare! I have my 2013 revenue corporate earning projections based on the savings I’ll be making by dropping crazy benefits like healthcare to my US workers. These folks can hit the ER if their sick.
5. I want you to please make sure that we do voucherize Medicare and restore the old prices of prescription medicine to seniors so that we can get rid of some them. I mean we know what a drag they are to the economy..Always walking around at the local malls then falling asleep on the bench in front of JC Penny’s. It’s embarrassing.
6. When seniors receive their allotted amount of money for their health care they should receive a complimentary copy of P-90X with their life alert necklace.
7. Please install a Supreme Court Justice that will overturn Roe V Wade. I want to make sure men can control what women do and don’t do as a result of passions from the bedroom. This will restore core biblical principles of male authority in the house hold.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Blue horse shoe loves Romney/Ryan. Make these 7 things happen so we can restore our core conservative beliefs and save this country from the sins of the past 4 years. If these 7 requests can be made then these are going to be great times for the “haves”. I’m already very privileged and prosperous and with your help we can protect my wealth and ensure that none of those leaching 47 percenters get their grubby hands of what is mine. I can say congrats now instead of tomorrow cuss we know how this thing is going to end…I just think it’s funny that people really think their vote will count – wink wink future President.
Go Mitt Romney/Ryan 2012
No trolling and vitriol from me today. Best of luck to either candidate and future president.
After the election I encourage everyone to work together for a change. Let's demand if of our elected officials.
Let's see if we can prove other countries wrong and build America again. Lofty, I know..
Last post until the election is called.
/peace out...
Wasn't Ryan always running on fumes? Where do methane fumes come from?
Thank you, Seeking!! I will be thinking of all of you having a great time in the wonderful city of Chicago! Man, if I could be anywhere right now it would be there!
OBAMA! OBAMA! OBAMA! OBAMA! OBAMA! OBAMA!
4 MORE4 44!
#1.8 JLange,
That's sarcasm at its best.
Thanks for the laughs.
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Over on FOXNEWS.com their home page is beset with stories of nefarious acts of voter intimidation by....let's see.....the New Black Panthers, gun-wielding credential-checkers of "legitimate poll watchers," and school mural painters.
What a bunch of trash they employ over at FOX.
Thanks Jeff. Great post. I just wish those from the Fiesty Nation would follow your lead. All day long with the "stop with the posting GOP/Repubs/Teabags/repukes your opinion isn't going to change anything now" yet, as the above posts are an example, they just do the Ever-Ready bunny thing and keep going and going and going.
The USS Romney is sinking....blurp...blurp...blurp...blurp...
The GOP is already building conspiracies about Romney's defeat......they need something to whine about.........
Bottom line is this folks...
Both sides are claiming they're going to win according to their experts.
I know one thing for sure...
One side is lying big time.
So who has the best record on lies?
Thanks, JLange! I almost didn't read it but when I saw that BO 2012 "endorsed" it I did. So very true it is scary.
White Collar Auto:
we in the Northeast really feel the love from "Class Act Romney". It was so wonderful of him to arrange that Red Cross Food Drive for Sandy victims in Ohio, a state known for its close maritime border with the Atlantic Ocean. And the fact that the Red Cross isn't accepting food donations? Not a problem. As Romney said, the donations are being shipped to "I think New Jersey", so we can trust they'll get there. And I can't believe the vicious rumors that this was all just a photo opp, and he didn't give a rat's you-know-what about the victims. So what if his team spent $5,000 on food; they just did that to make sure that the unwashed masses would be able to take credit for handing him the food; that photo opp was actually for them! Real class act, that Romney.
#1.29 stageleft
Good one.
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Thank you, BO!
Romney/Ryan continue campaigning because they are 'on fire' as you say... about their country, about turning around the dismal course we've been on the last four years, about being elected to do the job that nobody has been doing in a long time.
Enjoy the election, almost over! Romney/Ryan 2012!!
ProFreedom - really? Been drinking already, have ya?
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If Obama wins, he is going to inherit a mess! LOL
Mitt Romney a class act? It sure really classy to say that no one has ever asked for your birth certificate. Oh, and how about John Sununu saying the President is lazy and needs to learn how to be an American? You didn't shut Sununu up even when he said that the honorable Gen Powell endorsed the President because of their race. Mitt and Ann Romney have absolutely no class. They are living proof that you can't buy class. Shame on them for all their lies. Terrible role models for young people.
God Bless America....still time to vote !
So fisty your saying that Oblamo is doing the same thing he did for the last four years,nothing.Hard to fathom hard working individuals like R&R working to the last minute whereas Oblamo punches out two hours early every day.
The plan is not a stronger middle class. The real plan is no longer a middle class. His class act is that if you are not making a million dollars a month or more you do not belong in his class and he will at best act like you do not exist.
Feisty,
President Obama made a few calls from a campaign office in Chicago today, where he has been since last night - that's all.
The other two phony-baloneys qualify as the "candidates traveling to key locations".
Are they wearing their Pinocchio suits?
OHIO UPDATE!!!.....November 6th 2012 5:49pm
BAD NEWS FOR OBAMA !!!
HAMILTON COUNTY OHIO RECORD REPUBLICAN TURNOUT
75% REPUBLICAN TURNOUT BY 8:30 AM
LARGEST TURNOUT IN HISTORY OF HAMILTON COUNTY!!!
LINES IN REPUBLICAN AREAS ARE 1 1/2 HOURS LONG!!!
BYE BYE OBAMA!!!!
Seriously? If there's someone out there who hasn't made their mind up at this stage of the game, they're not exactly rushing out to the polls.
Obama 5 million part time jobs added plus 15 million on food stamps
foward off a cliff
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Class act you say Obama?
Get real this guy has been running for President for 6 years and hasn't done squat in 4 years,
The only thing that could make this more exciting for me was if the candidates had to get to 270 hot dogs consumed in 90 seconds, as opposed to electoral votes.
Because hot dogs are delicious!
I just hope, whoever the winner ends up being, the losers don't start spinning massive conspiracy theories.
For goodness sake Romney - go get a beer and wind down - its all over now one way or another, running around like this gives a baaaaad impression to the miniscule amount still undecided.
Only a Lunatic or someone who knows private polls tells them they lost runs around like this.
Dumb move.
Ticked off it was 25% by 8:30 AM and 70- 75% by 3:00 PM. The Board of elections had to send a second shipment of ballots to a number of locations in the Republican areas of Hamilton county. Linetime is 90 minutes.
6 other republican dominated counties have also reported record voting and several have also had to ship more ballots to precincts. Among those are Warren (NE Ohio), several counties adjacent to Hamilton (including Butler - BIG).
In Virginia, reports in the coal mining region and military regions are very heavy, and most of Virginia are UP.
In New Hampshire, record voting is being experienced, but no word on what areas are dominating.
Florida I-4 corridor is also heavy, but this was trending to Romney. I think they said Miami-Dade (Obama) and Naples (Romney)
Man, you folks are easy to tweak........
Note: Josh mandel was about tied with Sherrod Brown, maybe down 2 points in the public polls, may have gotten the boost he needs to unseat Brown.
Second Note: the heaviest areas pretty close assure George Allan being returned to the Senate.
Thanks DB.
Too many flashing things in front of me, tv, laptop, radio, tablet, Trying to type and listen and read....meant to type 3:00pm
Good news tho!
Ticked off
It is 25% by 8:30 AM and over 70% by 3:00 PM. The Repbublican areas have been shipped a second set of ballots to have enough for those waiting in line. 75% isa record turnout level.
Besides there are 6 other counties including Butler (adjacent to Hamilton) and Warren (northeast Ohio) also are reporting recored turnouts.
It's all about intensity. The appetite is on Romney's side. The X factor is blue-collar Democrats crossing over to Romney.
WOOHOO! Cry lazy dems!
It is already over. Indiana 60 Romney and 38 odumbo, Kentucky 69 Romney and 29 Foodstamp boy. It's going to be a landslide!
Really, 2% of 2 states??? Please tell me you're being sarcastic. One of which is a straight up Red state, no less.
I love that Indiana the 'Identity Theft State', and Kentucky the 'Oxycontin State' have voted in favor of Romney so far. As MasterCard states, "priceless..."
@ sarah and @ourhumandwhaterver
Its the tip of the iceberg. It's over for you and your ilk. keep complaining but the tide is on the right path now. The conservative folks not a freebie welfare foodstamp, solyndra, fast and furious folks have spoken and its time for you to quit hiding behind that avatar and get a real job.
Why I'm SHOCKED I say... SHOCKED!
Never saw that coming... LMAO!
Well that's all she wrote folks! JC's called it on 2% of two states!
Not to interrupt your victory celebration with facts, but only 8% of the green energy businesses the administration invested in failed, compared to 22% of the businesses invested in by Bain. The fast and furious scandal began under Bush and was ended by Holder. Poor people aren't leeches. And that avatar is my face, I can't really hide behind my OWN face, now can I?
@ Feisty
This will not only send your foodstamp boy back home but is also a telling vote on your entire way of thinking.
Care to dance?
@ sarah Bain was investing in companies to make a living, your slow-friend invested in companies for a photo-op. You again lose because you fail at understanding that private business makes the jobs in this country not a mandate by a failure of a president. Also to note is the money that was invested by Bain WASNT MINE OR THE OTHER TAX PAYERS MONEY, BUT YOURS WAS. In addition the money lost by Bain wasnt in the HALF BILLIONS that OBAMA COST US. Defend that if you can with facts. Also dont forget that all the failure of companies were and are STILL major contributers to Odumbos campaign.
Early exit polls for VA has Romney carrying 59% of independents and 38% Obama. It has turned around 180 from 2008.
JC,
That doesn't change the fact that technically, Obama had a better track record. Also, I didn't know you were a close personal friend of his, that you could speak to his inner motivations.
Also, if private businesses create jobs and not government, why all the bitching about how Obama hasn't created any? In fact, he hasn't raised corporate taxes, or changed anything that was in place under Bush. The only change in that area is the ACA. However, the record of stagnate wages/job creation, with simultaneous record corporate profits and increases in the personal wealth of the 1% has been a 30 year trend.
Why aren't your job creators creating jobs? It's not like you can blame a 30 year trend on brand new legislation. And you said it yourself, it's the responsibility of private businesses.
Yeah, and my tax money has gone to fighting two decade long wars. You don't hear me whining about paying taxes though.
West Virginia and Norht Carolina just fell to Romney as well. bye bye Feisty and sara
South CArolina just went Romney as well! WOOT!
Virginia is 60% Romney!
Sorry, bubblegum.
@sara
My last comment to you as you are no longer worthy of my time to communicate to. You are remedial at best in your argument. Nice try but you have lost the election.
Feisty... Hey want to discuss this loss? you have lost Florida Virginia South and North Carolina West Virginia but you won vermont. gratz on that
Shocker, W. Virginia and S. Carolina went Red. No, N. Carolina hasn't gone either way yet. And only 2% of Virginia is in. That means 60% of the 2% counted.
Is this your first election??? And you do realize that even if Obama doesn't win, me and Feisty don't have to leave the country, right?
Sure, JC, runaway. You do realize that merely saying something doesn't make it the truth, right? And you didn't counter a single point.
@ Feisty
Aww cmon! lets have this tit for tat! You have GONE DOWN IN A LANDSLIDE!
OHIO WENT ROMNEY!
BYE FESITY AND SARA. God bless you.
romney just took georgia! lol THIS IS GREAT
Stupid little RWNJs! Celebrating over always RED States! Seriously JC .. OHIO????
Get a grip already!
Do all of you that are celebrating a Romney win (which isn't going to happen) actually KNOW anything about your candidate? You're dancing in the street over a bona fide flip flopping liar? God bless you .... you need it.
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See that little 1% under the candidates numbers, in each state. That's the percent of the vote they've actually counted.
That means only 1% of the vote in OH has even been counted.
Do you seriously not understand that?
@ Feisty
You still there? I certainly hope for you and sara that you went to bed already. It really doesnt look pretty for your kind. But again, God bless.
Looking at the MSNBC map all I can assume is Vermont people are remedial students.
Sara,
I ♥ you GF - but please stop feeding the troll...
It isn't here to discuss the election, only to inflame emotions... ain't working for me, not for a second!
Best part is, IT will be no where to be found tomorrow! ☺
Feisty,
I mean, I guess. But what else is going to entertain me and I don't want to do homework. Lol.
Although I am simultaneously watching the Les Miserable 25th Anniversary. But I live in an apartment, so I can't sing along. My Eponine is fantastic.
But for you, my friend, I'll lay off Pepe Lepew.
Ohhh I'm sorry JC, but did NBC just call Mass as a win by the President???????
Awwww Mittens ... your homestate really doesn't like you ....
wait until the big states start turning blue. You'll see jc ledoux, skidoo!!
Yeah, I think things are looking pretty sweet for the President and Democrats. I am thankful the female vote is showing up and breaking for Obama, and he got a boost from a PuertoRican contingent in Florida that may help turn it blue (woohoo!). Gohmert may hold, maybe even Bachmann and Allen West, but overall it's looking to be a pretty good night for Democrats.
JC ... PA just went to Obama ....
*crickets*
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Obama wins PA!! If he gets OH, nothing Mitt can do but cry
Obama wins WI. Take that Ryan and Walker!
Very excited about Elizabeth Warren!
Feisty, Sarah, Tony & Layton - I am getting very excited. It looks like even my home State of Florida is going to pull it out for our President as the only counties left to report are in South Florida. So glad about Elizabeth Warren too Sarah! Perhaps we haven't totally lost our collective mind in this country, after all. Bad news - Aiken won.
No, no, no!!! MacCasckle Won!!!! She won!!!
Akin and Mourdock LOST! Yes!!!! Women vote and maybe now the RWNJs will stop telling us what our bodies do!!!
Happy day for women everywhere!
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KimH - I'm hoping for FL! Thanks! :)
Unless that wasn't a "legitimate" win.
Sarah - I am so sorry - you are totally correct - Aiken lost. I completely misunderstood the latest update. Florida still hanging in there for President Obama, glad to say.
Hey, I'd rather be bummed and then learn we won, then vice versa, you know?
We got it.
JC, where are you???
Screaming and horn-honking in my neighborhood. Wonderful, Wonderful, Wonderful news. Suck it you right-wing haters!
Just got back from the white house! It was awesome!
I wonder if JC is still at his victory party??? Yeah, OH went to Romney, right?
A column worth reading today...
Especially the part where my vote completely voided your vote................
Da Noid - well said!
ElectionDayCometh - no class in that post!
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Good post, Noid. Essential methinks to step back and get some perspective on all this. No matter how much we are manipulated, misled, sold, bought, buffeted, lifted up or let down We the People must not forget we are ultimately responsible for those who lead us. Voting today was deeply satisfying - regardless of who wins.
First poll closed!!!
ROMNEY JUST WON INDIANA!!!
hey, ticked-
SO??? Indiana used to be Klan country where the KKK revived in the 20th century? any surprise with this result today???
Go me make me a bacon egg and cheese and go away!
If Romney wins NC by one vote, I would be a proud American. Moved to the state from TN three months ago just to make a difference in the election.
Not a huge fan of exit polls, but
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/11/06/exit_poll_shows_economy_still_the_top_concern_116085.html
This, is bad news for Obama
Decided to do something a little different- going back and forth between Fox and msnbc.
Fox folks look happy. MSNBC folks, not so much
Not sure how meaningful it might be. . .
Oh my!!!
ROMNEY UP 15% EARLY IN VIRGINIA!!!
OUCH!!! I MAY GET TO GOTO BED EARLY TONIGHT AFTER ALL!!!
Ticked - hey...but only 4% of the votes counted in VA ....Mitt might still lost Virginia by a few millions of votes in the end. You never know...stay up...you might lose your sleep tonight after the inevitable Mitt loss.
@Da Noid #2
*Peeks Head above Parapit*
Also marvel at this day and age where - quite Litterally - Billions are watching all this live from around the World. I'm from UK. The outcome is very very important to Billions of people outside the US - be under no illusion - and here we all are watching Live from countless thousands of miles away getting it blow by blow.
Technology does have its benefits :)
Wishing you all well from UK
Regards
Zy
Anybody curious .... the BBC coverage :)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv/bbc_one_london/watchlive
Ticked - You must have gotten to bed early after all, given we haven't heard from you in a while. Where's all the bluff and bluster now? Head explode much?
hey, Ticked off in Ohio...Romney did lose Virginia..hahaha...was I right...see my comments #2.11. Ohio also went for my man - Obama.
Election day prediction contest. Let's see who predicts the winner, the winner percentage of the vote, the winner's electoral votes and the time the networks call the election. I'll say:
Obama wins 51-48, 332 electoral votes (yes, I'm predicting VA and FL go to Obama, go big or go home) and the election will be called when the polls close on the west coast, 11 PM EST.
Wow, that's a pretty strong and optimistic prediction! I surely hope you are right! At this point in the game I am just hoping that Obama pulls out the victory somewhere in the high 270's so that there can be no calling foul by the crazy people.
Ah......to dream......the impossible dream......
I actually think Al could be right, Florida is split 50-50 and Virginia has gone slightly toward Obama....and I have a bet with my son that he has to pay me $1 for every electoral vote over 300 that Obama gets, I have to pay him $1 for every electoral vote under 300!
@JLange: Huh? Sawdust in the transmission maybe, or drinking early?
I think he may take VA but not sure of Florida. North Florida is Republican. I know I live here ... ugh!
What has to be a worry for Obama is the large voter turnout. Quite often it can be seen as a protest vote and the governing party is often the loser. I hope this isn't true.
Gosh, I hope you're right Al. It'll be hard to make 2 beers last longer than 3 hours.
Obama-Biden in a landslide!!
If that is the case Mike, then why all the effort on the part of the GOP to supress the vote?
I think I am ready …
One gigantic Costco pizza
One bottle 12 year old Jameson Irish and a straw
Bucket full of Styrofoam rocks
19th Nervous Breakdown ready to play on a nonstop loop
Advil, Paxil … where’s my @!$%#ing morphine?
I heart you, BCWC
& you too, Alaska Girl
Okay, I gave someone else my laugh out loud of the day, but I must revise! You are now the ultimate very best laugh out loud of the day! With the exception of the pizza(I'm doing bbq bacon mushroom cheese burgers with onions and jalapenos) I think we are about equal in our readiness, right down to the bottle of irish!
BCWC - sounds like a party! ;-)
I might have to stop off on the way home for a bucket of rocks ... excellent idea!
Right back at ya, Clara!
See what a fun loving and spirited bunch we are! I never see "the other side" having the fun and fun loving back and forth that most of us have with each other. The "other side" is such a doom and gloom bunch. So very happy to be a Libtard! LOL
Pizza (sausage and pepperoni), popcorn, and large economy-sized box of red wine. (Yes, I said "box", and yes, I am totally ashamed).
Flannel pajama pants and Obama t-shirt. Cats. Pillows to clutch (and/or throw). Extra batteries for tv remote. Dramatic call-out-sick excuse that nobody at work tomorrow will believe anyway.
I've had four years. I think I'm ready.....
Ain't that the TRUTH!
BOZOhussen has been crying over his lost election for a couple of days now...Why are the Sheepole still falsely thinking that the loser has a chance!???
Chug more of that kOOLaid....Salud~!!!!!
Perhaps that is because we live in reality and don't have to rely on cyber friends and a virtual world to entertain us and "have fun with" and support us and our views. We have real people that we know and can touch for that and lives "beyond the keyboard and monitor".
3 patron' margaritas straight up (no salt) with lunch...
Bottle of Pinot Noir and a bottle of Dalmore "1263 King Alexander III" at the ready.
Glad you aren't getting to "enjoy" that opiated haze today and are instead free to imbibe, opine and amuse here...
Low turnout on the UWS of Manhattan, it only took us 15 minutes from entry to exit.
In 2008, we waited outside on line for over half an hour.
I don't know which side I fall on but I sure don't want to be a pompous ass...HINT!
Talk - clearly you can't understand that some of us have made real friends over the last few months. Friends we see and share fun with. We all have our other friends too as well as family. We're blessed to have all of them in our lives.
I don't have any "cyber" friends. That is too much like Facebook for me - ugh!
Obama/Biden 2012
And I am grateful for my friends on FR! I'm ready too! Will spend the night, laptop at the ready, following this election!
And. PARTY FOOD! YUM!
Lord, dangerfield- you have a bottle of aspirin in your kit?
Whoever wins, it sounds like you'll need one- and a large bottle of tomato juice to wash them down. . .
On the other hand, if they're cyber drinks, your head will be fine in the morning. If not- my love to your liver. . .
Have a good night!
Got the beverages, order the pizza, and have my favorite slippers on.
Voting was so easy today, no need of a id, just sign my name, fill out the paper ballot, watch it go into the optical scanning machine, get my I voted sticker. Wave to the five pollworkers who are all my neighbors and walk backed home.
the voter id amendment on our ballot will not be passed. all the seniors are against it. they do not want to have to find a birth certificate some where when they have been voting a certain way all their lives and have all been registered for decades.
Great post! Thanks for the humor. Really needed it today.
Well, I know my evening will be; one martini, two martinis, three martinis, four...
The ensuing hangover will be spent muttering thank god for 4 more for 44.
Enjoy the evening all - tomorrow promises to be a new day.
Northstar, are you from California? Your experience mirrors mine this morning.
Being SoCal, the poll workers were of Hispanic, Armenian, European, and Korean origins. The voters reflected a similar diversity.
We are all Americans.
Also being SoCal, it is beautiful and warm out - ribs going on the grill in a couple hours!
Girlfriend just showed up sporting a new nightie ... choices, choices .. arrrg
Mark,
California is Canada South
Pompous Ass? .. I'll take the fall ... ah life without a title, it is a Brit woe.
I so love my FR friends!
JoAnne ...
I hear ya on that one!
I'm glad that ya' all can afford to eat. Most of us can't.
Hi fellow libs! I live in a very Republican county in Colorado and hubby and I are getting together with our liberal friends who were transplanted here from NY - for an Election Day party to celebrate the re-election of Our President! Got green chili burritos, chips and salsa, and a case of Corona beer all lined up for the party.
Wish I could get together with all you guys for the celebration - the bigger the party the better, but I'll be there in spirit!
One Red, one Blue?
"I'm glad that ya' all can afford to eat. Most of us can't."
Yet you can afford a computer and Internet access. Ah, sweet mystery of life......
RedDev - I believe that's actually "One martini, two martinis, three martinis, floor". Perhaps better to start there and avoid adding injury to insult? :)
Smlfry2
No worries, we'll leave the light on for ya! ☺
Silly, the blue... always the blue! lol
RedDevPS
Black, and I am going there .. at one point ... soon!
Mark in SoCal,
I live in Minnesota.
Land of 10,000 lakes, progressive traditon, blue since the 70's,
no mountains and no voter id needed and same day registration.
Hey dangerfield, don't forget the toe tag....
Obama-Biden 2012!!
Well, well, well, Willard and his dishonest rich boys club are going to lose--and they know it. I is a shame, the republican party could not come up with some one better than Wiillard Mitt Romney. When will they learn about integrity, character, and compassion? When will they learn what leadership is about? Instead the republicans try to rig the polls, supress the vote, and intimidate others. Where is their honor? The truth is the rich boys club think they push us all around with there outside groups, and billions of dollars.
Well, not today--not today. Stay in line for Obama and Obama will win the day and another four years for us all. Stay the Line!! Vote OBAMA!
Well, I finally found somebody else using his real first name- thanks!
My laugh of the day came from a friend of mine in North Carolina who posted the following in Facebook:
In a related story, I will be going to hell for laughing at that!
LOL Save me a place in line, will ya?!
Da Noid - I LOVE it!
You made my day with that one!
Obama/Biden 2012
LOL... Love it!
My best laugh came from a friend of mine who was a Blue Dog Democrat in North Carolina.
In 1994, he was running for reelection, a steep, uphill climb he eventually lost. At a family gathering, he was asking all his relatives for their votes, when his grandfather spoke up.
"son," he said, "I recall I did vote for a democrat once. I was on a jury, and we voted to convict the sonofa@%#*%".
My buddy knew, then, that all was lost. . .
My best laugh came from a friend of mine who was a Blue Dog Democrat in North Carolina.
In 1994, he was running for reelection, a steep, uphill climb he eventually lost. At a family gathering, he was asking all his relatives for their votes, when his grandfather spoke up.
"son," he said, "I recall I did vote for a democrat once. I was on a jury, and we voted to convict the sonofa@%#*%".
My buddy knew, then, that all was lost. . .
Darn bubblegum error. . .
Yeahhhhh. That's about as flat as your candidate.
Just to refresh your memory, Romney/Bain took almost every company they took over into Bankruptcy and stole the pension funds. The few that survived either had major pay cuts for employees or their jobs sent over seas. As to the Olympics, having congress earmark over 70 Million to Bail him out. If Romney wins (and I know he wont) who is he going to get a Bailout from when he takes the US into Bankruptcy. His math does not work!!!!
I am sure that my blood pressure increases every time I check in with FR - but I have learned so much about the election process that I've decided it is worth it. I just have to remember to go to my "happy place" when it gets too aggravating with all the conflicting comments.
Thank God for Phiney's input and quieting reflections when it was getting ugly - thanks to all posters that helped me understand some viewpoints when I was unsure - and to those posters that just don't get the obvious truth and continue to harangue (sp?) for liars and cheaters I just have to say "WTF"?
A toast to phinenphancy.
To phinephancy!
To Phinephancy who is smiling down upon us...
Phine always said she wouldn't make it till today. Have this feeling she's actually got the best seat in the house. And already knows the outcome.
Bandit's friend - you got room for one more in that "happy place"?
I have been "out of the loop" here for a few months - what happened to Phinephancy?
Mark - Phinephancy lost her battle with cancer a couple of months ago. We were all hoping she'd make it through election day but no such luck!
Thanks, Seeking. How sad - I would like to have met her, if her posts were any indication she was a fine human being. Amy, a toast to Phinephancy indeed.
Mark - she fought the good fight. She would be watching tonight until that final decision is posted - but she is watching - and pulling for President Obama. Word is she has GOOD CONNECTIONS!
HUGS phine! My avatar in your honor is up until the election is called! Want your presence here on FR!
Your flamingo is beautiful, new day dawning.
Thanks Amy. I know it is silly, but I just can't take it down yet.
NDD - I'm going to try to put mine back up. Having trouble with the damn avitar thingy!!
Obama/Biden and Phinephancy! 2012
NDDR ... I think it's sweet.
I think I'll put mine back up in a minute.
Here's to Phine! .... I still have the article I wrote about her on my NV page. Had a few comments on it last week from some of her friends that are now mine as well.
She would love it Seeking Sanity!
Layton, I read that article. It was wonderful!
NDD,
Not silly, you have a good soul. Hope all is well with family and critters.
Hope things are well with you too, thetotas.
Critters are fine. I named one of the barn kittens Phancie, and all of a sudden, her health improved. Do you think phine had anything to do with it?
Thank you NDD ... keep me posted on that grandbaby! :)
Out of curiousity, what are Tim Pawlenty, Buddy Roemer, Thaddeus McCotter, Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Rick Perry, John Huntsman, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum doing today?
Da: I really think no one cares, but thanks for caring.
Braiding each other's hair and singing old Barbra Streisand songs?
Don't know about the rest of them, but I'm sure Rick Santorum is at a diner somewhere in Iowa starting his 2016 campaign.
Edit: Thanks, Alaska Girl - I think I'll just pour some acid in my eyes now!
Nah! They're whining and throwing things - screaming "I could have done better!" (but they couldn't have!)
Oh except Jon Huntsman. He's a class act and actually COULD have done better. He's home with his family after voting for Obama!
Obama/Biden 2012
Michele and Marcus are probably at their home in Stillwater MN which is now in the 4th district. She is running in the 6th district which has new boundaries which have excluded her town.
So she cannot even vote for herself today!!!!
Oh Happy day!!!
I don't know--or care--what happened to the rest of them, but I wish Jon Huntsman were running instead of Governor Romney. We need a sane Republican candidate again
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AlaskaGirl!!!
Oh snap that was funny! GF you are in a mood today and a fine one at that!
Thanks, Layton! I am in an awesome mood today, I voted to reelect our president first thing this morning at 7:15am AST. My hand actually shook a little as I started to color in the circle. I made sure not one speck of ink was outside the circle. I wanted to make sure that my vote was very clear! I walked out with a spring in my step and a smile on my face! I have never felt this good about voting for president as I did today.
NorthstarDFL...I live in CA, but contributed to Bachman's opponent. Do you know how that race is going?
Bachmann was still polling a bit ahead but is in trouble. Keep in mind Patricia, that new district leans further right than her old one.
Graves has made inroads, however. This is one that we will have to wait and see. I wouldn't make a guess on it.
I'm tired of MN being embarrassed by the woman. Hope she loses.
patrica 48,
that was wonderful of you to support Graves.
Bill Clinton was in campaigning for Graves with a speech last night in the distrcit.
The hope is the the indepnedents will continue to break for Graves, but right now Bachmann is ahead by about 3 or points.
Thanks NDD. Will keep my fingers crossed !
Northstar...geez, I am really hopeful that she will be out of there. What a looney.
Rick Santorum robo-called me to urge me to vote Republican today. The fact that I haven't been a Republican for over 4 years seems to have escaped them. If this is their GOTV operation, no wonder they are going to lose here in Pa.
Its not. Both campaigns robocall certain exchanges - I've been getting Menendez/ Obama calls all week.
Doesn't make either of us special. . .
lcolm X knew the dems were fools,
Why has Romney not given a single interview to any credible news source in over a month? It shows how fraudulent even Romney thinks his campaign is.
Has Obama given any interviews to any credible news source in over a month? Letterman and the View don't count.
Define "credible news source" ... ? LOL
Romney gave NO interviews for the last 28 days save last night on MNF and that was no interview. He and Ryan even turned down Bill-O and FOX.
Key here is your term "credible new source". Of course, any left wing lib does not think Fox is a credible new source.
FR is the make belive world for the wacko liberals here. You see, they think that because the majority here is way left of Democrat that there polls are run by how mamy times they put out the same talking points.
When you get out of your bubble you see the difference. Get it in your thick in matured minds. This is a very close race and we are all in it.
One more day for 44. In with the new and out with the old.
Here's another story you won't see on MSNBSecret...
Black Panthers at Philly polls again. Where's the outrage at voter intimidation? None of course, but if there were a KKK member at a poll it'd be all over the news.
What a disgrace the mainstream media has become.
You won't see it because it's just another wing nut internet rumor.
What is the mainstream media going to do once Obama gets the boot and the media has no-one to protect any longer?
Better head for Fox. That's their made-up story.
People do yourselfs a favor and get off the internet and spend some time with friends and family. Geesh this site in particular is just hate central. Talk about people losing thier wits about them. Fox made that up??? Give me a break.
"Black Panthers at a pool in Philly again
Fox News must be running reruns. Please get a grip.
washington times.. grip yourself
http ://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/6/problems-black-panthers-surface-pa-polling-places/
http ://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/6/problems-black-panthers-surface-pa-polling-places/
THIS? THIS is what has you in a tizzy?
Hey Feisty! Did you get out the word about the "Caucus Conspiracy" by the "Fourteen Felon's" of the GOP/TeaBeggers? Hey America! Get out and read the great book by Robert Draper. "Do Not Ask What Good We Do." This book goes into great details about the Tea Begger "Conspiracy" of Janruary 20, 2009. The whole GOP/RNC Congress needs to be voted out tonight. GOP/RNC "Conspirators" like "Bonehead Boehner," and "Crazy Cantor" will not 'compromise' at all. The Tea Beggers made thier "Blood Oath" to suppress the vote, disrupt the economy, kill all Jobs Bills, and kill all of the President's Budgets. Get out and vote America!
I gave it everything I had! All we can do now is sit back and bask in the ass-whooping coming Willard's way tonight!
In Progressive=Forward we trust! ;o)
Thanks for "leading the charge" with your razor-sharp wit and wisdom. Your facility and agility at "Whack-A-Troll" inspires passion and stoicism in the ranks of those of us in the good fight for the good guys.
I'll be watching the Jon Stewart's livestream on one machine and referencing 538 on the other!
Enjoy this evening. I don't know you but I'd like to!
zhovti sobaky
You sure know how to make a girl *blush*
It has been an honor & a privilege to stand with my fellow lefty libruls in battle! ☺
Feisty
Got to admit, going to miss some of this. Keep up the great posts, always nice to hear from another Lib. From out here on the Left-Coast, have a great day and a better tomorrow.
You too Joe!
Thanks for the shout-out and don't worry, everything is going to be alright!
Sunlight is the BEST antiseptic against right wing darkness! ☺
Obama
In Chicago
With a case of White House Honey Brew
Lots of Romney Ryan pictures with blue ties. Hmmmm.
As did Biden today in Ohio, to do a little last minute stuff. None of those three went into hiding today like the President.
Mike - the President has been out and about in Chicago today. He's been to many of his campaign offices plus he's been in touch with officials about the situations in NJ and NY as a result of Sandy. See, he still works as President.
So, no hiding - just doing his job!
Obama/Biden 2012
Oh, Seeking, I so thoroughly enjoy it when you call out the idiots. Does my heart happy!
The reason you saw Biden in Cleveland today is that the Columbus Dispatch showed Romney up by +2% today. The turn out in the Democratic stronghold of Cleveland is good but not to the record pace of 2008. Also, that huge Republican turn out which Democrats said would not be as high as predicted in southern Ohio is turning out to be much higher than even Republicans predicted. Souces out of Cincinnati are saying the Republican turn out was huge.
More often than not, presidential candidates don't campaign on election day.
Invent whatever reality you need, it won't change the facts.
Romney's so desperate he's talking to the people in the voting line.
Ha! I like that one aj!
What is Obama doing, campaigning on company time, instead of working in the White House for us? He should refund a part of his salary.
Yeah, cause no other president ever campaigned before----duh, lame!!!!
Obama sucks & Romney is slightly worse.Vote for the Hitler of your choice.
HAHAHAHAHAHA........... Joe Biden got so confused with the voting process, he complained to the registration people that that the voting machine ate his ATM card ...lololol
The only election calls I've received today from been from the Republican side of the aisle! ENOUGH ALL READY!
As for Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan.....hello....go home stop intimidating the voters. When you're still stumping on election day, it's just not appropriate!
HAHAHAHAHAHA........... Joe Biden got so confused with the voting process, he complained to the registration people that that the voting machine ate his ATM card ...lololol
Voting for Obama are you? This is what your voting for then:
OBAMA’s REPORT CARD-A 13 YEAR OLD UNDERSTANDS – DO YOU?
Under Obama; ObamaCare Mandate Tax will hit more MIDDLE CLASS people than anyone else. [1]
ObamaCare Taxes those who care for Special needs children. [2]
ObamaCare creates 14 additional taxes including taxes on Small Businesses. [2]
Well over 23 Million are Unemployed. [3]
43 Straight months of 8+% unemployment-which just Rose to 7.9%. [4]
Black youth Unemployment 27.5%. [5]
Hispanic Unemployment is at 17.0%. [6]
Food Prices up. [7]
Average Household income declined more than 8% [8]
Gas Prices have doubled-2009- $1.89 then U.S avg 3.81 now.[9]
Obama Ran up 6 Trillion in debt all by himself in 4 years. [10]
Has More people of Food Stamps than Bush ever had [11]
Paid Women Staffers LESS than Men (women $45,152 avg ~ men $54,397 avg) [12]
Oil Production on Public Lands is DOWN 14% not up as claimed. [13]
The 2009 Stimulus Outsourced American Jobs and YOU paid for it ! [14]
The Green Jobs Initiative FAILED and bankruptcy is the word on that. [15]
See the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prmGb1o3dcQ
[1]
OBAMACARE --- HITS MIDDLE CLASS 11,800 to 59,000$ per year (I said 50k) the INCOME brackets were not as I quoted. THEY ARE BROADER. --The personal mandate penalty (2.5% TAX) going to hit the SQUARELY in the MIDDLE CLASS. The Income Ranges most widely hit by ObamaCare's Mandate Tax Penalty will be those making between $11,800 to $59,000 per year. See Page 73 Chart - PDF page 81
https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12033/12-23-selectedhealthcarepublications.pdf
[2]
ObamaCare Tax Increases (July 2, 2012) 16 of them, especially ONE that HITS PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN (#9) …This is what YOU WANTED????
MOST IF NOT ALL OF THESE TAX INCREASES or NEW TAXES HIT THE ----- MIDDLE CLASS.
http://www.facebook.com/notes/john-conley/obamacare-tax-increases-july-2-2012-16-of-them-especially-one-that-hits-people-w/10151198371577528
[3]
23,035,000: The total number of “underemployed” Americans is 23 million, including those unemployed (12.2 million), those who want a job but are no longer looking for work (2.4 million), and those who are working part-time because no other work is available (8.3 million).
http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/11/02/2012-october-unemployment-by-the
[4]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12300000
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000/
[5]
16 to 24 years old-Black or African American
http://data.bls.gov/pdq/querytool.jsp?survey=ln
[6]
16 to 24 years Hispanic or Latino
http://data.bls.gov/pdq/querytool.jsp?survey=ln
[7]
Do I really have to put a link for this one?
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ap
Then again, I’m sure the government does your shopping now do they? (yet).
[8]
“Since the economic recovery started in June 2009, household incomes are down 5.7%, the Sentier data show, and they are down more than 8% since Obama took office.”
http://news.investors.com/092512-626958-household-income-down-82-under-president-obama.aspx
[9]
http://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/10/03/fact-check-romneys-gas-claim/
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/gasoline-prices-more-double-under-obama-184-385
[10]
The Debt to the Penny and Who Holds It
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np
[11]
Bush SNAP Participation over 8 years: 10,905*
Obama SNAP Participation over 3 years: 11,219*
http://www.facebook.com/notes/john-conley/______obama-_is_-the-food-stamp-president-added-more-people-to-assistance-in-3-y/10150604089997528
United States Department of Agriculture
SNAP Annual Summary
http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/SNAPsummary.htm
http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/SNAPsummary.htm
United States Department of Agriculture
Program Data
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/snapmain.htm
United States Department of Agriculture
Researchers Page
http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/researchers/default.htm
A Short History of SNAP
http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/rules/Legislation/about.htm
[12]
WOMEN- Romney v. Obama
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3314575841828&set=a.1054655265226.8374.1791166376&type=1&theater
---OBAMA paid Women Staffers LESS than Men
(women $45,152 avg ~ men $54,397 avg)
---ROMNEY moved Women into HIGH LEVEL Policy
positions while Governor. Ranked #1 to do so.
SEE THE STUDY -->
Obama touts fair pay for women, despite records showing women paid less in his own White House
http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/16/obama-touts-fair-pay-for-women-despite-records-showing-women-paid-less-in-his-own-white-house/
[13]
Oil Claims by Obama
---Oil Imports have been declining since 2005 (Contradicts Obama):
“U.S. dependence on imported oil has declined since peaking in 2005. This trend is the result of a variety of factors including a decline in consumption and shifts in supply patterns.1 The economic downturn after the financial crisis of 2008, improvements in efficiency, changes in consumer behavior and patterns of economic growth, all contributed to the decline in petroleum consumption. At the same time, increased use of domestic biofuels (ethanol and biodiesel), and strong gains in domestic production of crude oil and natural gas plant liquids expanded domestic supplies and reduced the need for imports.”
http://www.eia.gov/energy_in_brief/foreign_oil_dependence.cfm
Oil production on public lands was down 14 percent in 2011 (not increased)
http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2012/apr/02/rob-portman/rob-portman-says-oil-production-public-lands-was-d/
http://rlch.org/news/drilling-leaves-fed-lands-because-state-private-acres-are-cheaper-says-blm-chief
http://www.onrr.gov/
http://www.eia.gov/analysis/requests/federallands/pdf/eia-federallandsales.pdf
Oil and Gas Statistics by Year for Fiscal Years 1984 - 2011
http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/energy/oil_and_gas/statistics/Table08.html
[14]
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151016718267620&set=a.10150773636707620.414837.614652619&type=1&theater
http://www.obamanomicsoutsourced.com/
[15]
http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/A123.png
http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2012/10/19/another-obama-funded-company-files-for-bankruptcy-a123-systems/
VOTED for Obama----proudly!
Me too!!!!
CANCELLED you out---- Proudly!
Voted for Obama, he's back in!
Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL
It has been a long, winding journey and we have at last reached our final destination!
After all the lies, cheating, trickery & fraud from Team Willard, in a little over 12 hours, President Obama will be elected to a well-deserved 2nd term!
I only have one question, when did it become acceptable as Americans to make it more difficult to exercise our basic freedom of the right to VOTE?
Watching Americans stand in lines hours long to make their voices heard gives me HOPE!
Remember if you are already in line before the doors close, they cannot turn you away!
Keep this number handy; 1-866- OUR VOTE!
Whatever you do, do NOT leave the line... YOUR VOTE counts!
Let's get it done!
4 MORE FOR 44!!!! "No"
"I Told You So"
I lol@U, fister, the journey is just beginning, sorry no more 4ward 44 ,!,
"The heavy lifting for America starts on January 20th 2013.
Enjoy the holidays, sleep it off till inauguration day. At that point, President Willard Mitt Romney "Will" Graciously accept the privilege of serving the American people as the leader of these United States Of America and the free world. then it is time for America 's Renaissance, leaving behind the dark age of the last unsuccessful liberal experiment.
This 'mad' scientist Barack Hussein Obama will be lucky, if he stays out of prison, but effectively he has already imprisoned himself in his own arrogance... Please leave quietly barry, "you are fired".... .....
"Happy Election Day"
For once can't we, the people, do the foot work for a presidential candidate that makes the exploratory committee and party machinery obsolete? 'no matter who wins, voters lose'