Originally Posted By Dabob2 Yeah, me too. Living in a non-swing state, I avoided the bombardments of advertisements that swing state voters have to deal with. I've seen some of the ads on "free media" where they dissect some of the more notable ones, but most of them I've never seen, let alone the ones from the superpacs. In the past 4-5 days, however, it seems the superpacs have been spending their nearly inexhaustible (and untraceable) funds to run these ads nationally. Ad buys on nationally-run programs, in other words, taken for all markets (must be, or they wouldn't bother with NY, certainly). And some of them are pretty nasty. I suppose it's possible that a last-minute flurry of such ads could sour people on Obama (because I haven't seen a single "you should vote for Romney because..." ad, only "Obama will ruin your future and steal your children" types.) Anything is possible. The leftie conspiracy-theory types could be right and Husted has rigged the voting machines in Ohio. But I remain cautiously optimistic.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I'm never optimistic on election day. I think it's PSD from voting for Jimmy Carter in my very first election, only to see him trounced by Reagan. I worry about complacency more than anything.
Originally Posted By Labuda ^^ That's the second election I remember. The first is, of course, when Carter was elected...my Daddy was VERY unhappy with that. As for me, I'm always in cautiously optimistic mode with a dash of cynicism.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I've seen too many movies where people say, joyfully, "Nothing can stop us now!" Which of course, is three seconds before disaster strikes. I wish I could relax and take comfort in Nate Silver's calculus, but I just can't.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Do I have to reiterate how I feel about this election <a href="http://media.washtimes.com/media/community/image/2012/11/01/obama-romney_s640x945.jpg?15ae620b69e8960548c7565d9db42dbcc9850c74" target="_blank">http://media.washtimes.com/med...c9850c74</a>
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Yeah well here's an umpteenth millon and one <a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/image/stark-look-gary-johnson-vs-barack-obama-vs-mitt-ro/" target="_blank">http://communities.washingtont...mitt-ro/</a>
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I am feeling more optimistic now that I know Gary Johnson has as much chance of winning tomorrow as I do. Thanks, DDMAN! ; )
Originally Posted By Labuda Actually, 2oony, he has about .00000000001% higher chance than you do - his name is on the ballot!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I see now I have to revise my prognostication slightly, from 338 for Obama to 332. I'm blaming Tom, though, who left Iowa off his list and said it added up to 303. So basically I'm saying Tom's list, plus Florida.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Hey I realize his chances are nil to zero but his ideas and platform make more sense than either of those two freaking ballon heads .
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 There's also this campaign. <a href="http://www.palpatine2012.com/" target="_blank">http://www.palpatine2012.com/</a> Say what you want, the Empire got things done
Originally Posted By Labuda DD - where does he plan to cut all that federal spending? What gets the axe from Johnson?
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 <a href="http://funmeme.com/image.axd?picture=PoliticalCandidatesHumor.jpg" target="_blank">http://funmeme.com/image.axd?p...umor.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder From my post 11: "Obama- 326 Romney- 212 And it might not be that close." It looks like it's going to be: Obama 332 Romney 206
