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#27 Oct 26 2012 at 10:13 PM Rating: Decent
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I'm doing my best to help Michigan go O.

I know many people where I work are voting for Obama. I think we have a vested interest in Tesla Motors... that probably helps.
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#28 Oct 26 2012 at 10:14 PM Rating: Good
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NYTimes lists it as leaning towards Obama, but it's not a solid sell there yet. But maybe they're just not willing to jump to conclusions because of the Romney ties there?
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#29 Oct 26 2012 at 10:42 PM Rating: Excellent
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RCP has Michigan as O+4, 538 has it as O+5.6, both weighed down slightly by the tie poll which was likely an outlier when compared to everyone else's numbers.

MI and Pennsylvania have gone Democrat every cycle since 1988 (Bush vs Mondale). Somehow they get lumped into "battleground states" and the GOP makes some half-assed play for them each cycle (McCain did the same in '08) and the media runs stories about how Michigan or Pennsylvania looks close but, in reality, by the time they flip you've almost certainly flipped enough other states to win.

As for the NYT, I'm guessing they just have some polling threshold like +10 or more to move it from "Leans" to "Likely". They only have three levels of ratings on that map, Leans, Likely or Battleground. MI isn't a battleground but it's not as "sure" a lock as New York, IL or California.
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#30 Oct 26 2012 at 11:39 PM Rating: Decent
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Voted on Thursday. Working across the street from city hall does afford very, very few advantages. Smiley: glare

Edited, Oct 27th 2012 12:40am by Paskil
#31 Oct 27 2012 at 4:58 AM Rating: Good
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I laughed, but it just looks like a botched panoramic shot to me?

The copy with all the pink arrows shows evidence for it not being an innocent panoramic shot (intentional manipulation within the copied areas) but I'll let folks decide that for themselves.
Sorry but no, you're just wrong. This is simply a botched panoramic shot. Likely with a camera that isn't very good at it, maybe some irregular moving by who was holding it and a lot of very very similar looking stuff so the camera has issues stitching it together.
#32 Oct 27 2012 at 8:26 AM Rating: Decent
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Jophiel wrote:
LockeColeMA wrote:
I laughed, but it just looks like a botched panoramic shot to me?

The copy with all the pink arrows shows evidence for it not being an innocent panoramic shot (intentional manipulation within the copied areas) but I'll let folks decide that for themselves.
Sorry but no, you're just wrong. This is simply a botched panoramic shot. Likely with a camera that isn't very good at it, maybe some irregular moving by who was holding it and a lot of very very similar looking stuff so the camera has issues stitching it together.
This.
#33 Oct 27 2012 at 9:36 AM Rating: Excellent
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His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Jophiel wrote:
The copy with all the pink arrows shows evidence for it not being an innocent panoramic shot (intentional manipulation within the copied areas) but I'll let folks decide that for themselves.
Sorry but no, you're just wrong.

You mean the guy laying down the pink arrows is wrong. I'll be the first to admit that it makes no "real" difference one way or the other aside from making me laugh.

Back to polling, a blurb backing up what I was saying earlier about OH/NV/WI:
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While President Obama's average lead in Ohio is just 2.3 points, Mitt Romney doesn't lead in a single poll. In Nevada, Obama's edge is 2.5 points and Romney has led in just one poll this entire year. In Wisconsin, Romney trails by just 2.3 points but hasn't led in a single poll since August.

Harry Enten notes that "in only one in 150 of the state contests in the last three presidential elections was there an instance of a candidate winning a state where he didn't hold the edge in at least a single poll in the closing weeks of the campaign."


Edited, Oct 27th 2012 10:38am by Jophiel
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#34 Oct 28 2012 at 9:15 PM Rating: Good


Zomney!

Edited, Oct 28th 2012 11:15pm by Omegavegeta
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#35 Oct 29 2012 at 7:32 AM Rating: Good
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He's right.

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#36 Oct 29 2012 at 1:17 PM Rating: Excellent
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U.S.A.!! U.S.A.!! U.S.A.!!

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Meanwhile, the storm appears to be inspiring outburst of indomitable American patriotism. Daniel Matros tweets this picture of defiance. Take that, Sandy.
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#37 Oct 29 2012 at 1:22 PM Rating: Excellent
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Damn hurricanes. Illegally enterin' our country and stealin' our jorbs.
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#38 Oct 29 2012 at 1:25 PM Rating: Good
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Damn hurricanes. Enterin' our country and takin' our jobs overseas.

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#39 Oct 29 2012 at 1:31 PM Rating: Excellent
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Jophiel wrote:
U.S.A.!! U.S.A.!! U.S.A.!!

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Meanwhile, the storm appears to be inspiring outburst of indomitable American patriotism. Daniel Matros tweets this picture of defiance. Take that, Sandy.


Storm made fun of his giant man boobs.





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#40 Oct 29 2012 at 1:49 PM Rating: Good
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Lightening hits flag pole, travels through shotgun, shotgun fires, kickback sends shotgun backwards, storm yells "Bangkok! Bangkok! Bangkok!"


soo much funnier in my head
#41 Oct 29 2012 at 3:55 PM Rating: Good
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As a dirty foreigner, I'm with Abe on this whole election thingamabob.

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#42 Oct 29 2012 at 7:33 PM Rating: Excellent
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Jophiel wrote:
U.S.A.!! U.S.A.!! U.S.A.!!

Telegraph wrote:
Meanwhile, the storm appears to be inspiring outburst of indomitable American patriotism. Daniel Matros tweets this picture of defiance. Take that, Sandy.


Storm made fun of his giant man boobs.





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#43 Oct 29 2012 at 7:48 PM Rating: Default
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Why is this thread still going? Omegavegeta already won.
#44 Oct 29 2012 at 8:56 PM Rating: Excellent
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Damn hurricanes. Illegally enterin' our country and stealin' our jorbs.


Nonsense, Sandy is a job creator! She's given jobs to hundreds of telecom and power industry employees, and like most successful businesspeople, is committed to not paying taxes, devastating our infrastructure, and shutting down the local government.
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#45 Oct 30 2012 at 7:26 AM Rating: Excellent
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Why is this thread still going?
Because fuck you, that's why.
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#46 Oct 30 2012 at 7:33 AM Rating: Good
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Because fuck you, that's why.

I'm just following lollies lead.
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#47 Oct 30 2012 at 8:09 AM Rating: Good
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If you're going to do that, keep an eye out for Chris Hansen.
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#48 Oct 30 2012 at 3:53 PM Rating: Default
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Damn hurricanes. Illegally enterin' our country and stealin' our jorbs.


Nonsense, Sandy is a job creator! She's given jobs to hundreds of telecom and power industry employees, and like most successful businesspeople, is committed to not paying taxes, devastating our infrastructure, and shutting down the local government.


So basically like any other Obama program? Broken Window Fallacy anyone? Cash for Clunkers? Hope for a Hurricane?
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#49 Oct 30 2012 at 4:11 PM Rating: Good
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By far and away the highlight of yet another completely pointless US election.... so far.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6TiXUF9xbTo



Edited, Oct 30th 2012 10:14pm by paulsol
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#50 Oct 30 2012 at 4:31 PM Rating: Excellent
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Cash for Clunkers? Hope for a Hurricane?
No Child Left Behind? War on Terror?
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#51 Oct 30 2012 at 4:44 PM Rating: Decent
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Cash for Clunkers? Hope for a Hurricane?
No Child Left Behind? War on Terror?


Unless your intention was to just randomly toss out labels, those aren't examples of the fallacy.
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