2012 US Presidential Election Superthread

[MrsSpringsteen]

Caught kissing while they were voting. Definitely not an Al/Tipper, but awkward in a different way?

Hey someone has to take up the slack for diamond dave's hot Mitt pics

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Awkward in a 'I'm an uhh... man of... God. Yes. And I would never touch a woman in such a way outside the privacy of my bedroom!'

 

[Pearl]

Ann's eyes are open.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Wow, I tell you what, I've just come across WAY more humor-related discussion topics online today relating to Romney and the topic of love/sex than I truly ever wanted to see and think about.

*Goes off in search of brain-scrubbing materials*

 

[mikal]

Romney has to be shitting his pants over Florida right now.

 

[Pearl]

CNN is saying Romney is ahead for the electoral count.

New York is not yet in. Wait, Romney voters. Just wait!

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

CNN is saying Romney is ahead for the electoral count.

New York is not yet in. Wait, Romney voters. Just wait!

so true. just wait until new york (and later, california) get added.

i am not saying this thing is a slam dunk for obama, though.

 

[deep]

I am watching Fox News and the reporting is fairly decent
they are crediting the Obama team for running an efficient, effective campaign

 

[deep]

if FL goes Obama, and right now it is looking possible, and if Virginia or Ohio trend for Obama in the next 30 minutes or so, this election will be over 2 hours before the polls close here in CA.

 

[Pearl]

so true. just wait until new york (and later, california) get added.

i am not saying this thing is a slam dunk for obama, though.

True. If he wins, it will be by a slim margin.

 

[maycocksean]

CNN is so corny.

 

[deep]

Maybe not.

Looks like Mourdock is on his way to being toast?

maybe not

still counting, numbers are moving

Donnelly 48%
Richard Mourdock 46%

 

[Irvine511]

so far, looking like the polls were right.

go Nate Silver.

looks like marriage equality will pass in Maine, and it's very very close in Maryland but we are ahead. but that could change.

also, don't freak out about VA too much -- they're still voting in Fairfax, and the bluer, highly populated counties will come in later.

 

[Pearl]

CNN is so corny.

Its Wolf Blitzer's fault, IMO. His hipster-like glasses also look silly on him.

 

[Irvine511]

CNN is so corny.

aren't they awful? i like Anderson, but that's it.

the cheesy music, the sweeping cameras, the whoring after drama ... i can't stand it. i prefer the straightforward partisan roundtable of MSNBC.

 

[Pearl]

ABC News says the GOP will keep control of the House.

 

[deep]

not surprising,
now the senate?

abc has a pretty good panel and analysis

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Yep, just heard that here, too.

So if that's the case and Obama gets a second term, we get to have more of the head-butting we've gone through the last four years! Joy of joys.

CNN is so corny.

They're hilariously bad. I fully support the idea of using newer technologies in news reporting and things of that sort, but the way they go about it...it's like someone's parent trying to show how cool and hip they are by getting overly excited about the latest gadget.

I've got it on one of our local affiliates. I'm avoiding the major cable networks overall, save for Comedy Central, when Stewart and Colbert come on later. And part of the reason I'm watching them is just 'cause I need a calming hour's worth of laughs.

 

[Irvine511]

Tammy Baldwin. first openly gay Senator.

 

[Catman]

damnit florida. just stop...

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Cool .

 

[Pearl]

Florida is really tight. Talk about neck and neck!

Pennsylvania has Obama.

 

[Irvine511]

seems Romney is outperforming McCain in parts of VA.

we'll see.

 

[PennyLanePHINS]

Wow NBC had Florida at just 139 ahead for Romney...I thought he would win by around 1%. Whoever wins, it could be the closest of all time.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

I thought Florida would be red, and despite the Romney surge, it looks like it'll be blue.

Not a ton of the tri-county area votes are in, and that's the high density population area and the high Democratic area.

 

[Irvine511]

Wisconsin big for Obama.

 

[Pearl]

Some funny Tweets I'm seeing:

Florida is that friend who drunk-dials you every four years and says something so disturbing you can't sleep the rest of the night

Looks like all the rapey candidates are being shut down by women. Forcibly and legitimately.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

I love that second tweet . I sincerely hope that's a wake up call of some kind.

Floridians are an interesting bunch, aren't they?

Still have to wait a little bit longer to see how my state'll go. Come on, blue Iowa!

 

[Pearl]

I swear, this is like watching a major sporting event and a horror movie at the same time. A lot of anxiety here!

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Seriously. My heart and stomach are running circles right now.