In the 1932 presidential election, during the depths The Great Depression,39.7% of the electorate inexplicably voted for Herbert Hoover.
Savage8862
· 1 year ago
Listening to McCain's speeches over the last few days, a pattern seems to have emerged. He continuously says "fight, fight fight....we must fight for the elderly, we must fight to cut government spending, we must fight to strengthen the military, we must fight against Obama..." John McCain is still fighting the war that he was pulled from and held prisoner. Republicans seem only to know how to fight - Democrats seem to know how to work together and how to bring a fractured country back together.
Brian
· 1 year ago
Early voting looks to be a key component favoring Obama in several states.
I'll be curious to see how much of it there is in 2012 - 40, 50%?
HereinDC
· 1 year ago
You should hear the Righties on the radio and web sites. Tens of thousands will be laid off come Nov 5th if Obama wins. Obama will have Ayers and Wright in Obama's house on the 5th. Coal Mines will close on January 21st. The biggest mistake America has made in over 200 years. The most successful civilization will be destroyed. Freedom will be gone and socialism will begin.
( They keep repeating it over and over and over. they have themselves all up in a lather....)
yellowdogdem
· 1 year ago
They're beside themselves. It's the hysterical raving of a mortally wounded dinosaur. And they're being fueled by the incredibly nasty campaign on McCain's behalf on the airwaves. In Pennsylvania, from Friday on, there's been nothing but angry, hate-advertising trying to scare people. You can't get away from it, and I think it's going to backfire. McCain says he doesn't want to resort to Jeremiah Wright and the kind of hate-speech his supporters are spewing out, but he knows it's going on, and he could stop it if he wanted to. What it really shows is that he's both unwilling and unable to control his own campaign. What kind of administration does that tell you he would run? Hopeful indicator is the McCain ground game. There isn't any. Just drove from central PA to New York City. McCain ground game seems to consist almost entirely of planting signs on public property, in freeway interchanges, etc. He can get thugs to go out and litter the landscape in this manner, but he can't get people to go out and talk to voters. What would they say? Who would want to listen to them?
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
Maybe they will get themselves so worked up they will be too tired to vote tomorrow. Geez, these people are really, really, out of touch with reality. :)
scottinsf
· 1 year ago
Every poll shows Obama leading in every battleground state that matters.
Will that be enough for him to win? Ever since white became black, up became down, patriot became traitor, convicted felon became exonerated suspect, and George W Bush was selected president by the Supreme Court I've become confused.
I'm just saying.
Older_Wiser
· 1 year ago
Keeping my fingers crossed. Obama must be getting tired, too, as NPR reported on him in FL, saying it was good to be in Ohio...but he caught himself--"I've been traveling too much!" He's going to be at UNC-C in Charlotte tonight and should get a good sized crowd there.
Meanwhile, Circuit City announced it's closing 20% of its stores nationwide--it's the 2nd largest electronics retailer in the country. Oh, and consumer confidence is down--some more.
unrepentant_expat
· 1 year ago
Buy a radio with a wind-up crank while you still have a chance!
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
Don't visualize any Landslide Punitive Election...
...until after you Vote.
Older_Wiser
· 1 year ago
Bloomberg headline says the election creates an opening for an FDR-type overhaul of economic system. Then, there is this:
Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Manufacturing in the U.S. contracted in October at the fastest pace in 26 years as it got tougher to obtain credit and faltering economies abroad eroded prospects for American exports.
The Institute for Supply Management's factory index fell to 38.9 from 43.5 in September; 50 is the dividing line between expansion and contraction. The Commerce Department said separately that construction spending fell for the eighth time in 10 months in September.
Today's report may add to pressure for further interest-rate cuts and an additional federal package of tax and spending measures. The figures also showed the weakest level for U.S. export orders in the two decades the ISM has kept the data, a sign of slowdowns in Europe and Asia.
So, what does Wall St. want, 0%? And yes, I already have a "crank radio", expat...compliments of my old bank, believe it or not. It was funny, that in trying to get people to open new accounts, they were giving out "survival type" equipment; several months ago, the same bank was bought by Fifth Third. I figured it was time to close my account period.
Safe unfrastructure, safe drinking water, safe food, safe energy, health care for all.
Call it a ham sandwich I do not care but something needs to change.
naschkatzehussein
· 1 year ago
Even Karl Rove is conceding Ohio to Obama and predicting Obama will end up with 311 votes. This is not intended to be a cryptic remark: I am delighted, and if I were a mouse, in the words of a children's poem I used to know, I'd be dancing in cream cheese up to my knees.
KEEP VIGIL PEOPLE________Im taking a minute from a day's woth of volunteering a last push canvass in a neighboring batleground state(broadband is awesome). We're feeling good about the effort--------If you have time folks, volunteer to take some rural folks or the elderly to the polls------that is the biggest need I hear where I am. Just call a local Obama office, get a list, DO IT! We are organizing both drop offs and pick ups..........................OBAMA 08 :D
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
This is strange. I just heard on MANBC
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
Sorry , hit the wrong key
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
This is strange. I just heard not more than 5 minutes ago on Msnbc that McCain was ahead in Ohio by 2. This was around 1:30pm MST. If that is true they are the only ones that are show McCain ahead.
Redphilly
· 1 year ago
All voters should remember that of all of the candidates Palin is the only one who didn't know what the Bush Doctrine was. Not leader material. As a reporter said if McCain were to fall in his bathtub after becoming president and be out of commission, Palin would be "that one". S-c-a-r-y.
unrepentant_expat
· 1 year ago
It's looking more like the Donner Party than the Grand Old Party.
jsdc007
· 1 year ago
I am still very concerned. Older white voters are moving to McCain in a big way. I guess all it takes is a bit of race mongering, and nonsense talk on socialism to get people to vote against their own interests. I'll believe an Obama presidency if and when I see McCain conceding. He could still win. The only way for Obama to win if McCain won Ohio, Missouri, Florida and North Carolina, and somehow PA, would be to take NM, NV, CO and VA and hold on to MN, IO, and NH. Races in OH, MO, FL, NC, VA, PA and even MN, are very close, too close for comfort.
mvy
· 1 year ago
The real issue is not how well Obama or McCain might do state-by-state, but that we shouldn't have battleground states and spectator states in the first place. Every vote in every state should be politically relevant in a presidential election. And, every vote should be equal. We should have a national popular vote for President in which the White House goes to the candidate who gets the most popular votes in all 50 states.
The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC). The bill would take effect only when enacted, in identical form, by states possessing a majority of the electoral vote -- that is, enough electoral votes to elect a President (270 of 538). When the bill comes into effect, all the electoral votes from those states would be awarded to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC).
Because of state-by-state enacted rules for winner-take-all awarding of their electoral votes, recent candidates with limited funds have concentrated their attention on a handful of closely divided "battleground" states. In 2004 two-thirds of the visits and money were focused in just six states; 88% on 9 states, and 99% of the money went to just 16 states. Two-thirds of the states and people have been merely spectators to the presidential election.
Another shortcoming of the current system is that a candidate can win the Presidency without winning the most popular votes nationwide.
The National Popular Vote bill has passed 21 state legislative chambers, including one house in Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, North Carolina, and Washington, and both houses in California, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The bill has been enacted by Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, and Maryland. These four states possess 50 electoral votes-- 19% of the 270 necessary to bring the law into effect.
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What the fuck is wrong with some people?!
I'll be curious to see how much of it there is in 2012 - 40, 50%?
Tens of thousands will be laid off come Nov 5th if Obama wins.
Obama will have Ayers and Wright in Obama's house on the 5th.
Coal Mines will close on January 21st.
The biggest mistake America has made in over 200 years.
The most successful civilization will be destroyed.
Freedom will be gone and socialism will begin.
( They keep repeating it over and over and over. they have themselves all up in a lather....)
Will that be enough for him to win? Ever since white became black, up became down, patriot became traitor, convicted felon became exonerated suspect, and George W Bush was selected president by the Supreme Court I've become confused.
I'm just saying.
Meanwhile, Circuit City announced it's closing 20% of its stores nationwide--it's the 2nd largest electronics retailer in the country. Oh, and consumer confidence is down--some more.
...until after you Vote.
Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Manufacturing in the U.S. contracted in October at the fastest pace in 26 years as it got tougher to obtain credit and faltering economies abroad eroded prospects for American exports.
The Institute for Supply Management's factory index fell to 38.9 from 43.5 in September; 50 is the dividing line between expansion and contraction. The Commerce Department said separately that construction spending fell for the eighth time in 10 months in September.
Today's report may add to pressure for further interest-rate cuts and an additional federal package of tax and spending measures. The figures also showed the weakest level for U.S. export orders in the two decades the ISM has kept the data, a sign of slowdowns in Europe and Asia.
So, what does Wall St. want, 0%? And yes, I already have a "crank radio", expat...compliments of my old bank, believe it or not. It was funny, that in trying to get people to open new accounts, they were giving out "survival type" equipment; several months ago, the same bank was bought by Fifth Third. I figured it was time to close my account period.
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~dmcm/
Safe unfrastructure, safe drinking water, safe food, safe energy, health care for all.
Call it a ham sandwich I do not care but something needs to change.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIaIvgmqsSY
The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC). The bill would take effect only when enacted, in identical form, by states possessing a majority of the electoral vote -- that is, enough electoral votes to elect a President (270 of 538). When the bill comes into effect, all the electoral votes from those states would be awarded to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC).
Because of state-by-state enacted rules for winner-take-all awarding of their electoral votes, recent candidates with limited funds have concentrated their attention on a handful of closely divided "battleground" states. In 2004 two-thirds of the visits and money were focused in just six states; 88% on 9 states, and 99% of the money went to just 16 states. Two-thirds of the states and people have been merely spectators to the presidential election.
Another shortcoming of the current system is that a candidate can win the Presidency without winning the most popular votes nationwide.
The National Popular Vote bill has passed 21 state legislative chambers, including one house in Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, North Carolina, and Washington, and both houses in California, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The bill has been enacted by Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, and Maryland. These four states possess 50 electoral votes-- 19% of the 270 necessary to bring the law into effect.
See http://www.NationalPopularVote.com