Originally Posted By ecdc Can we just call it like it is today? Republicans got their a*$ kicked up and down. So what are they going to do? Wake up tomorrow and say Mitt was a bad candidate and not conservative enough? Or will they actually figure it out and realize they can't win by alienating women, Latinos, and other minorities? This is awesome!
Originally Posted By utahjosh <Republicans got their a*$ kicked up and down.> I would say it was a close race.
Originally Posted By juicer This was the best birthday present ever!! (actually by birthday is tomorrow lol)
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Fox called it before anyone else and now Rove is on air trying to get them to retract. What a tool.
Originally Posted By leobloom I'm glad Obama won. I'm skeptical that his second term will be less contentious than his first. Earlier today Ron Paul said whoever wins, the status quo is the winner. I hope he's wrong, but suspect he's right.
Originally Posted By andyll <<Fox called it before anyone else and now Rove is on air trying to get them to retract. What a tool.>> I'm actually a little surprised OH is called. Right now Obama is up only by 1000. The reason it is called is because 1 county has about 100,000 votes left to go and it should go Obama. On the other hand VI is going to go to Obama and likely both CO & NV will go also.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 They just called CO. Assuming he takes NV too, he could lose OH and still have 271. Plus, it looks like he'll win Fla, making it even more moot. You lost,Karl. Deal with it.
Originally Posted By andyll VA & NV are going to go to Obama so he will win even without OH or FL. However if he wins OH & FL then my prediction on the Prognosticate thread nailed it.
Originally Posted By hopemax The demographics have changed. People who understand math know this. I'm surprised Florida is looking like it's going to stay blue, and it looks like it is due to the Hispanic vote. So I'm interested in the post-mortem from this election.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>I would say it was a close race.<< Obama's on his way to well over 300 electoral college votes. But forget that... Take a look at the Senate. Heavily conservative candidates in more moderate or even right-leaning states went down in flames. The Republican Party can do some soul searching...or it can be irrelevant in 20 years, split between the Tea Party and moderates.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<The Republican Party can do some soul searching...or it can be irrelevant in 20 years, split between the Tea Party and moderates.>> As I stated in the CBS thread, it's time for the moderate Republicans to take back their party! The teabaggers cost the GOP control of the Senate, pure and simple. If more of the candidates were moderates, I honestly don't know if the Dems would have retained control. If the moderates don't do something to take their party back soon, I predict it will become irrelevant in the not-so-distant future. This election was a major wake-up call.
