The Grand Election Thread

[Neil]

Intrade up to 91%.  Another 5%, and it's realistically a lock for Obama.

It always has been.  Intrade doesn't decide the election, you backwards fuck.

[OttoVonBismarck]

Wait, so are we going to have the shittiest state ever to join the union? This should be bigger news than the Presidential election...

[FunkMonk]

Fox News in full-fledged panic mode

[katmai]

Whew, that was close...still, with zero percent of the votes counted Wyoming went firmly to Romney.

Same!

[sbr]

We've got PA and none of the Southern swing states are called.  We've got this.

Although I agree that Obama is very likely going to win, I don't think Pennsylvania was ever really in play... not sure why Romney wasted so much energy campaigning there at the last minute.

I remember thinking this in 2004. Pennsylvania is a redneck state outside of Philadelphia and its environs, but that's such a huge part of the State (basically aside from Pittsburgh the rest of Pennsylvania is really rural) it's very difficult to credibly overcome the Democrat advantage in those areas. I don't think I've thought of Pennsylvania as a swing state in like ever...it went for Gore-Kerry-Obama handily (and Clinton before that.) I think you have to go back to '88 landslide to see a Republican win PA.

Very similar to Oregon.  Portland, Salem and Eugene go very heavily blue while the entire rest of the state is very, very red; they can't overcome the population advantage in the cities though.

[DGuller]

And there goes liquidity at Intrade.  Obama is at 93%, but Romney is at 0.5%.  Another bad sign for Romney.

[DGuller]

Wait, so are we going to have the shittiest state ever to join the union? This should be bigger news than the Presidential election...

Are we obligated to accept them?

[OttoVonBismarck]

At one point a few years ago, Congress passed legislation that basically said if Puerto Rico voted for Statehood, we'd take them.

I do not know how binding that was/is.

[Sheilbh]

Several rightist Republicans have now said Romney's problem was that he was insufficiently conservative

[PDH]

Whew, that was close...still, with zero percent of the votes counted Wyoming went firmly to Romney.

Same!

Yeah, but I had to suffer through months of living next to a swing state...Jesus the Broncos AND the election in Colorado suck

[Caliga]

Several rightist Republicans have now said Romney's problem was that he was insufficiently conservative

Yep, predictable.

[jimmy olsen]

Wait, so are we going to have the shittiest state ever to join the union? This should be bigger news than the Presidential election...

Are we obligated to accept them?

It's in both party platforms. With Hispanics growing as a voting bloc probably will be enough GOP reps to to pass it with all the Dems on the board.

[katmai]

Ewwww Puerto Rico.

[DGuller]

Woah! CNN projects Dems to flip another two seats in the Senate.

[OttoVonBismarck]

Where do you see Puerto Rico exits? I don't see it being reported on at any of the major news sites.