Languish Presidential Election!

[derspiess]

Uncle Jesse.

[Caliga]

Can I be Cooter?

Enos came to my town last year for the Gourd Festival.

[katmai]

Right. Those numbers are not who they voted for, but what party the voters in question were registered with. He cannot give out the actual votes right now.

Ah ok I thought 21% had all voted third party.  Damn I was getting excited there.

Negro please.

[The Brain]

At least in America the major parties let members decide who will represent them in the election. In Sweden it's all done in smoke-filled rooms.

[derspiess]

So they asked everyone to wear red at tonight's RomneyRally.  Isn't it ironic?

Heading out now.

[Ed Anger]

Meanwhile, I'm going to be warm inside while eating a can of Pringles.

[Phillip V]

October Jobs Report issued today:  171,000 jobs created, 7.9% unemployment rate.

I bet Romney wishes he could have gotten that extra .1%.

They are now using the line: "The unemployment rate stands at 7.9% – higher than when President Obama took office."

[Martinus]

The US party system is pretty silly when it comes to citizens registering for it.  In Soviet Union, being part of the Communist party was the real deal.  You paid your dues, and you voted on all internal party matters.  And those votes had a real effect as well:  if you voted for the wrong faction, you died.

I think it works like this in most European countries too (well, except the part about dieing). Most parties here have very low number of members compared to the general populace (for example, the ruling party in Poland has only 50,000 members).

[Phillip V]

Now news that VP nominee Paul Ryan will be campaigning in Minnesota this Sunday. Bill Clinton will also return to the state for a second time this Sunday after being there only a few days ago. Very bizarre that the Romney and Obama campaigns are spending their last few days and money in "safe Democratic" states.

http://kstp.com/article/stories/s2822158.shtml

[derspiess]

Meanwhile, I'm going to be warm inside while eating a can of Pringles.

And I have strep throat.  Though not because of last night.  Thought it was just a small cold.

[Razgovory]

Meanwhile, I'm going to be warm inside while eating a can of Pringles.

And I have strep throat.  Though not because of last night.  Thought it was just a small cold.

[Ed Anger]

Meanwhile, I'm going to be warm inside while eating a can of Pringles.

And I have strep throat.  Though not because of last night.  Thought it was just a small cold.

I'm in the middle of the cold cycle, which after being transmitted from kids to wife, finally ended up in my lap. Yay.

[derspiess]

When I have a sore throat my favorite remedy is to eat something spicy.  Numbs the soreness.  Little did I know my throat was raw as hell

Amoxicillin already seems to be doing its thing. 

[Phillip V]

New poll has Romney leading in Minnesota by 1 point.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/11/aff-poll-minnesota-a-tossup-148296.html

[Count]

New poll has Romney leading in Minnesota by 1 point.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/11/aff-poll-minnesota-a-tossup-148296.html

In a polling memo, pollster Glen Bolger attributes the closeness of the race to Minnesota's overwhelmingly white population.

"Minnesota is very much a battleground state due the low minority population of the state and President Obama's problems with white voters. Romney has a good chance to pull off one of the biggest upsets of the election cycle in this state," Bolger writes.

Watch out, Vermont!