Live blog: Election 2012, the final chapter
UPDATE: 6:40: Early exit polls report that 2012 electorate is ’slightly’ more Republican than in 2008. That’s crucial, because most 2012 polling is built on the assumption that 2012 turnout will be similar to 2008 turnout.
UPDATE: 7:40 Obama up in early Ohio exit polls.
Winning by 11 among women, down 6 among men. Net up three. If that holds, that’s crucial.
UPDATE: 8:07: Early exit polling from Pennsylvania: Obama up five. That is the sound of a door slamming shut. Romney needs some good news, and so far he isn’t getting any.
UPDATE: 9:28″ Romney needs to prove that the polls are wrong, and so far they just aren’t. For example, Fox just gave Wisconsin — Paul Ryan’s home state — to Obama. Another door slams shut.
UPDATE: 9:52: New Hampshire called. Pennsylvania called. Both for Obama. Romney is running out of routes to the White House.
In the Senate, Elizabeth Warren beats Scott Brown; Richard Mourdock loses in Indiana. Tammy Baldwin wins in Wisconsin, becoming our first openly gay U.S. senator.
UPDATE: 10:05: Republicans were insistent that the polls were oversampling Democrats, that there was no way so many Americans were Democratic.
So far, it looks as though they were wrong.
UPDATE: 10:48: This bodes poorly long-term for the GOP:
Exit poll finds that 74 percent of Republicans believe illegal immigrants should be deported.
Overall, just 29 percent of Americans share that opinion. So how do you convince that 74 percent that the party has to alter its viewpoint to succeed?
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In my attempt to provide you with a full-service political blog, I thought some of you — I’m not saying who — might be needing the following before the night is over.
You don’t know who you are yet, but when the time comes, you’ll thank me I’m sure:
Source: http://bertc.com/subfive/recipes/threecrows.htm
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Or, as the immortal Bette Davis once put it:
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Jm
November 6th, 2012
11:25 pm
Four more years of gridlock
We’re toast
Keep Up the Good Fight!
November 6th, 2012
11:25 pm
Jam, absolutely correct.
Tom Middleton
November 6th, 2012
11:25 pm
Tada!!!!
I SEE RED PEOPLE
November 6th, 2012
11:25 pm
FOX commentators telling us that MOST AMERICANS lean center right, blah blah blah.
Denial. Excuses. Blame.
The Lonliest Monk
November 6th, 2012
11:25 pm
Glad to see America make the better choice.
Fred ™
November 6th, 2012
11:25 pm
Scott
November 6th, 2012
11:17 pm
Enjoy 6 trillion more dollars in debt, enjoy unemployment over 8 percent. Unbelievable. I cannot believe Americans are this stupid.
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American’s aren’t. Braindead koolaid drinking right wing talk radio sheep are though……..
I SEE RED PEOPLE
November 6th, 2012
11:25 pm
Brit Hume reporting Romney camp is disputing the Ohio call.
stands for decibels
November 6th, 2012
11:26 pm
Well that took longer than I’d thought.
BuckeyeInGa
November 6th, 2012
11:26 pm
Romney is about to lawyer up.
DebbieDoRight - Plantation Liberal (In Good Standing)
November 6th, 2012
11:26 pm
Romney camp is saying Ohio is NOT over yet. According to Faux News……
Jm
November 6th, 2012
11:26 pm
Keep
I don’t hang out at Kyle’s
thuggishNews
November 6th, 2012
11:26 pm
anyone who needs to emigrate, I have one-way tickets on Ryan Air to Estonia.
gm
November 6th, 2012
11:26 pm
God Vs Satan rep party and they lost again, wake up poor white conservative white males and come into the 21st century, All the hate from fox and scum bag rush good not stop Gods plan””””””’
Obama, obama. obama
ad
November 6th, 2012
11:26 pm
Fox thinks Romney wasn’t conservative enough? If only the GOP had run someone like Akin or Walsh for prez – yeah, that would have helped them a bunch.
Tom Middleton
November 6th, 2012
11:26 pm
I love it when a plan comes together!
JOE COOL........
November 6th, 2012
11:26 pm
Where are all our resident CONs???? “Game, Blouses”….lol
Google the quotations
BW
November 6th, 2012
11:27 pm
Conservatives running your mouths this entire time talking about “classy liberals”….time to go and sit down somewhere!
Krystal'sBalls
November 6th, 2012
11:27 pm
OOhhh Jm reported a comment where I said “screw”.. sore loser you are. You clowns come out here daily and levy personal attacks against the President and call him everything but a child of god. Now he WINS in spite of you and you can’t take it.
How ENTITLED of you Jm. What has been sown is being reaped…and THANK GOD for it!
The Lonliest Monk
November 6th, 2012
11:27 pm
Repubs mad at Christy for saying Obama was doing a good job!
Jm
November 6th, 2012
11:27 pm
Why would you concede with only 3/4 votes counted and down by 1%?
I’d take most f the night, maybe longer
United We Stand...Divided We Fall
November 6th, 2012
11:28 pm
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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ OBAMA/2012 ¤ ¸.•*¨)
I want this guy to have MY back
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Tundra Dude
November 6th, 2012
11:28 pm
Wow, that was fast.
Not so fast!
The BungaWazi vote ain’t in yet
If Obama wins, Repubs still control the House
November 6th, 2012
11:28 pm
It’s going to be fun harassing Obama supporters the next 4 years. It will be fun when I hire them to clean my toilets, see them wait on me in restaurants and ask me if I need my antenna removed before I go in the carwash!
So much for a better future for you guys!
I SEE RED PEOPLE
November 6th, 2012
11:29 pm
Rove is saying the projections are premature. FOX is stepping all over their wienises right now.
getalife
November 6th, 2012
11:29 pm
Thank you American people.
Jm
November 6th, 2012
11:29 pm
Krystal
I didn’t report your comment
I just said it wasn’t classy
Because it wasn’t
Teacher
November 6th, 2012
11:29 pm
Joe cool,
Computer blue…..do you want some pancakes?
will the "REAL" Mitt Romney please stand up
November 6th, 2012
11:30 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxch-yi14BE
gm
November 6th, 2012
11:30 pm
You see conservatives gomers in Georgia you dont matter bigots, and tea party idiots are a joke to sane Americans, thank God for Florida who not have rednecks and bigots who hated the President for 4 years, Thank God for whites in Iowa, Vt, Oh, Pa, who understands Americans and what this great President has done for our nation.
Fred ™
November 6th, 2012
11:31 pm
I think i will go upstairs and savor this with out the bitter hatred from the right and the juvenile crowing from the left. One side needs to grow up and pull their heads out of their ass and the other side needs to show some class. I’ll let YOU make the call as to which side needs to do what………..
I SEE RED PEOPLE
November 6th, 2012
11:31 pm
Obamacare Lives!!!!!!!!!!!
Jay
November 6th, 2012
11:32 pm
OK, folks, let’s try to keep things respectful here.
JOE COOL........
November 6th, 2012
11:32 pm
Teacher
November 6th, 2012
11:29 pm
yes i do..lol
only in Georgia
November 6th, 2012
11:33 pm
The Confederacy loses “AGAIN”!!
Fred ™
November 6th, 2012
11:33 pm
If Obama wins, Repubs still control the House
November 6th, 2012
11:28 pm
It’s going to be fun harassing Obama supporters the next 4 years. It will be fun when I hire them to clean my toilets, see them wait on me in restaurants and ask me if I need my antenna removed before I go in the carwash!
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Bless your heart you sad pathetic little man, I’ll pray for you.
Oh wait, I don’t pray. Whoops.
Krystal'sBalls
November 6th, 2012
11:33 pm
“It will be fun when I hire them to clean my toilets, …..”
Yep, THAT’S that very mentality that permeates Romney and those who think like him. Trust, it will be fun watching you come out here daily and give yourself ulcers and coronaries from the stress because a “normal looking family” will have to wait FOUR MORE YEARS before they can move their isht into the White House. Keep lamenting. You are not the only one who will have fun. There, see…we’re all happy
Jm
November 6th, 2012
11:33 pm
Politico as Obama with 258
No concession
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
November 6th, 2012
11:34 pm
Jay, ELO’s Mr Blue Sky?
I SEE RED PEOPLE
November 6th, 2012
11:34 pm
Due to the amount of vile spewed by the conservative bloggers on this site, and their grandiose proclamations of imminent, back-breaking victory, I believe a certain amount of liberal crowing is absolutely acceptable. Let us savor the victory. And then let’s drop the intransigence. It didn’t work, GOP.
Frederick Douglass
November 6th, 2012
11:35 pm
Barack and Michelle doing the Dougie in Chicago, Mitt and Ann doing a mean Boogaloo in Boston.
Lord Help Us
November 6th, 2012
11:35 pm
‘Politico as Obama with 258′
It’s over…deal with it.
Morality?
November 6th, 2012
11:36 pm
Food Stamp Prez – who you going to blame for your coming economic disaster now? Over the fiscal cliff and in to the abyss. I blame the voters for this Fed debt they voted for. When your stamps and your disability gets cut off for the 47% blame yourself. And if your on social security – good luck!
KARMA KARMA KARMA Caught Up With The Chameleon Myth Robme
November 6th, 2012
11:36 pm
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
heeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehehee
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heeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehehee
heeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehehee
WE TOLD YOU SOOOOOOOOOOO
KARMA IS A BEACH!!!!!
They BOTH suck
November 6th, 2012
11:36 pm
If Obama wins
Jm was just calling out libs for being classy.
have a tissue
Jm
November 6th, 2012
11:36 pm
Make that 265
Jay
November 6th, 2012
11:36 pm
I was going to put up Barbra Streisand singing “Happy Days Are Here Again,” but let’s just let it go. The results speak for themselves.
willie lynch
November 6th, 2012
11:37 pm
If Obama wins, Repubs still control the House
November 6th, 2012
11:28 pm
Whah whah whahhhhhhhhhh
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
November 6th, 2012
11:37 pm
The WORST President EVER!!!!!!
And the Republican party could not field a candidate to defeat him. Florida is done too. Bronco Bamma will have over 300 EVs and by the time the west coast is counted, the popular vote as well.
Note to GOP: You got 4 years to purge the fanatical fringe wingnuts and move to the center or suffer the same fate as the WIIG party.
JD in Marietta
November 6th, 2012
11:38 pm
I am physically ill as I realize that this country that was already headed down the toilet, is about to be washed away into the septic tank…4 more years of lethargy and the most divisive president and useless one in history…hang on to your wallets and get ready to pay for the freeeloaders. Right now they are at 47%, 4 yrs from now it will be at 57-60% mark my words
SwamiDave
November 6th, 2012
11:38 pm
I disagree with the apparent outcome, but congratulate Democrats on their victory. Regardless, I was among many who incorrectly thought that the polls expecting a D+5 or 6 turnout was oversampling. I’ll offer an apology to Nate Silver as well because his projections are looking closer than I expected.
I’ll definitely provide more thoughts later, but for now, the evening looks to belong to Democrats by the slimmest of margins.
Regardless of what I may think – a win is a win.
For those who wish to mock my now-doubtful prediction, feel free to visit the website.
-SD
Tealiban Party
November 6th, 2012
11:39 pm
Thank you Koch Bros, Sheldon Adelson, and the Super Pacs for stimulating the economy!
only in Georgia
November 6th, 2012
11:39 pm
most of the CONS on this blog predicted that Obama would suffer the same fate as Jimmy Carter….Will the “REAL” Republicans please stand up?
jewcowboy
November 6th, 2012
11:39 pm
“The results speak for themselves.”
Yes, yes they do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXg6UB9Qk0o
stands for decibels
November 6th, 2012
11:39 pm
Anyway, no gloating here. Glad it’s gone my way but I know that millions of Americans sincerely believed that their guy would’ve been a better choice so, you know, do unto others as you would have them do unto you and all that.
‘night, all.
JS
November 6th, 2012
11:39 pm
God Bless America and please save us from the conservatives that wish to go against Christ’s words about separation of Church and state.. like so many others they ignore .. please lord forgive them for following your word as dictated by others, and not from their hearts which they deny you.
independent thinker
November 6th, 2012
11:39 pm
Rove just anounced he has a rescue plan for the Titanic as the stern starts pulling out of the water- time to call Scalia.
Granny Godzilla
November 6th, 2012
11:39 pm
Clean your toilets?????
you have indoor plumbing????
Soldier Mom
November 6th, 2012
11:39 pm
It was the lies, it was the 47%, is was the off shore accounts, it was the dishonesty, it was healthcare, it was the auto industry – it was America at its best tonight!
JOE COOL........
November 6th, 2012
11:40 pm
Wheres DICK MORRIS>>>>>LOL.
Jm
November 6th, 2012
11:40 pm
The network announcement contest is going to be a bit ahead of the candidates here I think
That said, Obama almost certainly won
Ok race, both decent candidates
Congrats to Obama supporters, though I don’t think he has a mandate
They BOTH suck
November 6th, 2012
11:40 pm
SwamiDave
That was cool. Must tip my hat to you
willie lynch
November 6th, 2012
11:41 pm
Paul Ryan hangs on to Congressional seat. Oh yeah he was all in. These guys really have you cons bent over.
Bill Orvis White
November 6th, 2012
11:42 pm
You liberals made a huge mistake. You have no idea how much economic damage you have done to this once-free nation. Good folk like me and doctors are going to retire in masses while you ObamaBots will wander unemployed and clueless – not knowing how to clean the sheets that you all just wet. The entitlement society will grow as we borrow more funds from Red China and keep printing up money that WE DON’T HAVE. Our grandchildren and their great grandchildren WILL suffer greatly as this once-free nation will look more like King Hussein Obama’s homeland. We will soon see Sharia Law take hold as public screwels WILL BE having to take time off for Ramadan. This is a horrific day for the United States of America. We have a Euro-Socialist-Secularist with no experience and questionable ties to domestic terrorism attempting to run this once-free nation. But, I will continue on my crusade to get you ObamaBots to get your heads out of the sand. Amen, Bill
Don't Forget
November 6th, 2012
11:42 pm
Rove still in denial, lol.
only in Georgia
November 6th, 2012
11:42 pm
Mitt says that he will not give up because he believes that he will win Ohio???
DebbieDoRight - Plantation Liberal (In Good Standing)
November 6th, 2012
11:42 pm
Who said earlier, on this blog, that if Romney lost he’d show class and concede with dignity? Romney is saying that He didn’t loose Ohio!
Classy!
Morality?
November 6th, 2012
11:42 pm
Celebrate now because we are going to tell you soon “I told you so”. when your gub’ment check comes in the mail and is turned down for insufficient funds. You sold this countries future for food stamps. Congrats – brain dead zombis vote Obama.
Krystal'sBalls
November 6th, 2012
11:42 pm
You know something Jm. What you say to me might actually mean something if you held the same standard for the clowns who come out here and do as I stated. You are a hypocrite. But this is why blogs suck, because people get their panties in a wad and then the moderator has to get involved when really the moderator is in a way complicit because they allow certain individuals to come onto their blogs every day and spew the same garbage and insult people. They selectively moderate. I have to suddenly be “classy” when typically that’s what I do, in dealing with the substance of things typically even up against morons who cannot see past a political party.
But hey… the election is over. It is what it is. Barack Obama is President of the United States once again. You can’t change history, demographics, the WILL OF THE PEOPLE AND DESIRE TO MOVE THE COUNTRY FORWARD FROM ITS MANY BACKWARD WAYS. Deal with it! The world will go on without you. I have been “nice” enough with you haters. C’Ya!
I SEE RED PEOPLE
November 6th, 2012
11:42 pm
No need to gloat. And no reason to repeat what you’ve been saying since Election Night 2008. This country is not go to hell in a handbasket. American voters chose Obama. Again. You weren’t cheated. You just subscribe to a minority position.
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
November 6th, 2012
11:42 pm
Dick Morris????
Dick?
Dick?
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
November 6th, 2012
11:42 pm
Paul Ryan hangs on to Congressional seat
Bizarre considering he could not carry his district in Wisconsin for Romney.
Jm
November 6th, 2012
11:43 pm
Allen west recount, too close to call
Mr. Snarky
November 6th, 2012
11:43 pm
Poor Karl Rove. He clings to hope where there is none.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 6th, 2012
11:44 pm
…as this once-free nation will look more like King Hussein Obama’s homeland.
Birthers.
Granny Godzilla
November 6th, 2012
11:44 pm
Romney is not conceding Ohio
Is he getting smaller?
I SEE RED PEOPLE
November 6th, 2012
11:44 pm
What the hell is a mandate, anyway? Would it be similar to the mandate that the GOP gifted itself with in 2010?
Jay
November 6th, 2012
11:44 pm
With 45 percent of the votes counted:
MICHELE BACHMANN 50.59%
JIM GRAVES 49.14%
They BOTH suck
November 6th, 2012
11:44 pm
Morality
It is ok man. The sun will shine tomorrow.
DebbieDoRight - Plantation Liberal (In Good Standing)
November 6th, 2012
11:44 pm
Has Florida’s numbers come in yet?
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
November 6th, 2012
11:45 pm
Romney camp is wrong on Ohio and it does not matter as Florida will turn blue.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 6th, 2012
11:45 pm
So far, Nate Silver is 44 for 44. Who’s your poll daddy now?
Heh, heh, heh.
Mr. Snarky
November 6th, 2012
11:45 pm
Bill Orvis…bless your heart.
only in Georgia
November 6th, 2012
11:46 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 6th, 2012
11:45 pm
good one!!
crankee-yankee
November 6th, 2012
11:47 pm
The American public has this annoying tendency to decide on what THEY think is important.
Exit polls are showing they did not believe the right-wing hype about the economy being Obama’s fault, they rightly dumped it on the Bush administration. The GOP needs to learn that they cannot rewrite recent history, too many of us remember it. We are not as stupid as they hope we are. Lesson learned? Only time will tell.
independent thinker
November 6th, 2012
11:47 pm
As the stern and propellers of the Titanic head skyward, Dick Morris, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity,
Ann Coulter, Brett Hume and Bill O’Reilly can be seen jumping in the fridgid waters while Karl Rove clings to the railing. Poor things.Where are the two liars???????
Tealiban Party
November 6th, 2012
11:47 pm
Bill Orvis White
November 6th, 2012
11:42 pm
You liberals made a huge mistake. You have no idea how much economic damage you have done to this once-free nation. Good folk like me and doctors are going to retire in masses while you ObamaBots will wander unemployed and clueless – not knowing how to clean the sheets that you all just wet. The entitlement society will grow as we borrow more funds from Red China and keep printing up money that WE DON’T HAVE. Our grandchildren and their great grandchildren WILL suffer greatly as this once-free nation will look more like King Hussein Obama’s homeland. We will soon see Sharia Law take hold as public screwels WILL BE having to take time off for Ramadan. This is a horrific day for the United States of America. We have a Euro-Socialist-Secularist with no experience and questionable ties to domestic terrorism attempting to run this once-free nation. But, I will continue on my crusade to get you ObamaBots to get your heads out of the sand. Amen, Bill
Take your meds and go to bed Bill.
Jm
November 6th, 2012
11:47 pm
GG
No
This is the presidency, not tiddlywinks
He won’t concede for hours more is my guess
So far FL and OH close enough for possible recount (hopefully avoided)
Aquagirl
November 6th, 2012
11:47 pm
Rove still in denial, lol
That is some kinda squirming for such a round dude. He’s gonna hurt himself.
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
November 6th, 2012
11:48 pm
Romney is not conceding Ohio
Kinda reminds me of the Black Knight from the Monty Python movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eMkth8FWno
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 6th, 2012
11:49 pm
only in Georgia
Not mine.
Credit where credit is due.
TBogg’s twitter feed.
https://twitter.com/tbogg
rcs
November 6th, 2012
11:49 pm
“Happy Days Are Here Again”? How’s that Jay? We’re right back where we started. Democrats have the White House and senate, republicans have the house. Poplar vote is 50-50.
Quagmire
November 6th, 2012
11:49 pm
I got 99 problems but Mitt ain’t 1…………LoL……:-))
News Flash
November 6th, 2012
11:50 pm
It has been determined that Donald Trump will take the $5 million dollars that he was offering President Obama and use it in a contest to help him tackle his hair woes!
jewcowboy
November 6th, 2012
11:50 pm
“With 45 percent of the votes counted:”
Crazeee comedy wins another term!
Lord Help Us
November 6th, 2012
11:51 pm
Is it possible that Rove REALLY doesn’t know that he is an idiot…
babinski
November 6th, 2012
11:51 pm
I am not going to crow until the final tallies are in. I remember 2000 all to well. This I know for sure, we have a lot of problems to fix. What I will not tolerate anymore is the `he is not my president` bs . It is time to roll up our sleeves, quit whining, and fix our problems.
jewcowboy
November 6th, 2012
11:51 pm
And #1 Foxy Lady in ….3…2…1…
I SEE RED PEOPLE
November 6th, 2012
11:52 pm
The President has pulled ahead in Virginia and continues to lead in Florida.
Ohio? Who cares!
BW
November 6th, 2012
11:53 pm
Bill Orvis White
Obviously it wasn’t just libs!!! Go to bed!!
Hurst
November 6th, 2012
11:53 pm
Rove knows that his time in the spotlight is done; he’s going to have to be taken off the stage as he’s kicking and screaming.