Languish Presidential Election!

[garbon]

It's just a poll but yahoo was featuring that AP-GfK results now show Obama and Romney tied on female voters.

[mongers]

One of the leading political badge makers, a guy called Mort, was interviewed on the Beeb, and he was calling Ohio for the Dems, based on the clear lead in orders for democratic over republican badges he's been receiving from the state.

edit:
bbc interview video here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20012530

[garbon]

One of the leading political badge makers, a guy called Mort, was interviewed on the Beeb, and he was calling Ohio for the Dems, based on the clear lead in orders for democratic over republican badges he's been receiving from the state.

edit:
bbc interview video here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20012530

Odd because the blurb under the vid has him stating that he always has more Dems buying pins from him.

[derspiess]

Whatever.  It's too fucking early for math anyway

[derspiess]

Heard on the radio that state officials estimate that 15% of Ohio voters have already voted.  Yet according to polls 23% of respondents say they already voted. 

[DGuller]

Heard on the radio that state officials estimate that 15% of Ohio voters have already voted.  Yet according to polls 23% of respondents say they already voted.

Seems to make sense if the poll targets likely voters. 

[The Brain]

Can you vote for Haig?

[CountDeMoney]

Can you vote for Haig?

I always do.  Silently.  Reverently.  With a sense of opportunities lost, history unmade.

[merithyn]

I'm assuming the push for early voters is in hopes of not losing those voters if something ugly comes out in the last couple of weeks?

[Eddie Teach]

I'm assuming the push for early voters is in hopes of not losing those voters if something ugly comes out in the last couple of weeks?

You mean like one of Romney's sons? /martinus

[ulmont]

I'm assuming the push for early voters is in hopes of not losing those voters if something ugly comes out in the last couple of weeks?

That's probably a minor factor.

Fundamentally, early voting lets the campaign spread out logistics over a larger span.  Every voter you can get to the polls in early voting is 1) a voter you don't have to get to the polls on Election Day 2) means that Election Day crowds are slightly lighter and 3) if you have good records, you don't have to call that voter and remind them to vote, meaning you can reach more potential voters.

[derspiess]

Heard on the radio that state officials estimate that 15% of Ohio voters have already voted.  Yet according to polls 23% of respondents say they already voted.

Seems to make sense if the poll targets likely voters. 

From what I heard that was just a raw figure-- not distilled from likely voters.

[Josephus]

I'm assuming the push for early voters is in hopes of not losing those voters if something ugly comes out in the last couple of weeks?

You mean like one of Romney's sons? /martinus

that would be so awesome

[merithyn]

I'm assuming the push for early voters is in hopes of not losing those voters if something ugly comes out in the last couple of weeks?

You mean like one of Romney's sons? /martinus

that would be so awesome

Study Links Male Gays, Birth of Older Brothers

A mother's antibodies may change with each boy, raising chances the next will be homosexual.

Having one or more older brothers boosts the likelihood of a boy growing up to be gay -- an effect due not to social factors, but biological events that occur in their mother's womb, according to a study published today.

[garbon]

http://news.yahoo.com/ann-romney-shares-her-137-50-costco-list-155652726--abc-news-politics.html

Romney Shares Her $137.50 Costco List

When Ann Romney cooks for the Romney clan, she goes big.

"I always start at Costco," Romney said on the "Rachel Ray Show" today as the audience watched pre-taped video of her pushing an over-sized grocery cart at the bulk-goods store.

Zooming around the store that she' didn't name by location, Romney grabbed large bags of spinach, several containers of frozen cream puffs and pre-cooked rotisserie chicken.

"The great thing about frozen desserts, they're always ready to go," Romney gushed.

For roughly $4.50 per person - a $137.50 tab - Romney can feed all five sons and their families, a total of 30 people, she said.

Incidentally, Costco founder James Sinegal endorsed President Barack Obama earlier this year.

In addition to preparing a Gov. Mitt Romney favorite dish, meatloaf cakes, Ann Romney dished on a few secrets about her husband.

"Mitt is not a picky eater," she said. "He will eat anything you put in front of him."

Her husband also cuts to the front of the line during their family's buffet-style meals, she added.

Several members of the family Romney were in the audience, including the Romney's son Tagg.

The mother of five boys also revealed what she would have named a daughter: Patience Darling Romney, after a great-great-grandmother.

Romney, 63, also talked at length about how she coped with raising a family while suffering from multiple sclerosis, a neurological disease that can cause weakness, numbness and vision loss. She's also a breast-cancer survivor.

She noted that Costco rotisserie chicken was a staple in the Romney household during her illness.

"When I was first diagnosed with MS and my husband was taking care of me, he discovered rotisserie chicken," Romney said.

Her husband told her then, "I don't care if we eat cereal and toast the rest of my life, as long as we're together," she said.

On the campaign trail, Romney says, she eats healthy (more healthy than her husband), exercises, and takes time off to recover from the stress and the grueling schedule.

"MS has been my greatest teacher, it's been the toughest teacher and breast cancer as well," Romney said. "But you have to know that the sun always will come up, that there will be a better day."