How are they calling OH and not FL? Miami-Dade is only 75% counted and it's heavily democratic. Absentee ballots? OH looks like a dead heat right now
How are they calling OH and not FL? Miami-Dade is only 75% counted and it's heavily democratic. Absentee ballots? OH looks like a dead heat right now
That works if you only flip the coin 100 times. Try flipping that coin more than 100 million times and anything besides 50% for heads and tails is very likely to be statistically significant. If there is more than a 2% margin, that is clearly a mandate, if a weak-ass one.This is what happens when there's not a real choice. Flip a coin 100 times, don't be surprised when heads come up 46 times...
This is what happens when there's not a real choice. Flip a coin 100 times, don't be surprised when heads come up 46 times...
That works if you only flip the coin 100 times. Try flipping that coin more than 100 million times and anything besides 50% for heads and tails is very likely to be statistically significant. If there is more than a 2% margin, that is clearly a mandate, if a weak-ass one.
If anything, this was Romney's election to lose, he had the best (worst?) economic conditions to win against Obama and he blew it by not preventing his party from turning away Latinos, blacks, and young voters.
Well the reps are outstandingly bad, however much depends on what "mandate" means. To me that would imply a large majority. That isn't here. What we have is a continuation of a lack of consensus and a continuation of irrational rule.
Remember Bush and Cheney in 2000, when they got half a million LESS votes than Gore, coming out of the chute calling it a MANDATE for their policies?
Modern day Republicans have absolutely no shame.
Pretty much. Neither was an outstanding candidate so the lesser of two evils scenario most likely prevailed. There are certain advantages from my perspective. Since partisans handicap themselves with their self imposed limitations it's probably best to have them focused on trying to kill each other. If any party consolidates power we're in trouble. It would be nicer if government were not synonymous with the controlling party so contention isn't something I fear, rather am glad for. Perhaps we will wake up one day and insist on more than our extremely limited choices, but seeing the lack of comprehension here doesn't give much hope.
Remember Bush and Cheney in 2000, when they got half a million LESS votes than Gore, coming out of the chute calling it a MANDATE for their policies?
Modern day Republicans have absolutely no shame.
Remember when that twerp Clinton got 43% of the vote in 1992 and called it a mandate?
MANDATE!!!!How long will it take for one side or the other to claim vindication or a mandate?
Remember Bush and Cheney in 2000, when they got half a million LESS votes than Gore, coming out of the chute calling it a MANDATE for their policies?
Modern day Republicans have absolutely no shame.
Remember when that twerp Clinton got 43% of the vote in 1992 and called it a mandate?
Bingo. That's why we saw the Economist endorse Obama. He was a known quantity vs Mitt's real potential for disaster and very, very limited hope he'd actually be any better than Obama.
As usual, couldn't agree more with you. I am terrified that Team Red is done - their stance on social issues is increasingly anachronistic (see Akin's and Mourdock's losses). And their stance on economic issues is...what, exactly? It's not even clearly defined anymore.