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[MetalSlimeHunt]

Romney's face is just contorted in an unflinching look of suppressed horror.

[Sirus]

Oh, who else is really, really disappointed in Meatloaf?

What'd he do?

Oh, just this.

I...don't even know what to say O_o

[RedKing]

At the moment, Intrade is showing 281 electoral votes for Obama (some of which are leaning his way, instead of solid) and 235 for Romney (none leaning his way instead of solid), with 22 as tossups (Virginia and Colorado). (See http://www.intrade.com/v4/misc/electoral-map/ ) Several days ago they had Ohio as a tossup, but it is now leaning towards Obama with 64.1% vs 38.8% for Romney. Mind you these are odds of winning the state for each candidate, not polls of voters' stated intentions. The election scoreboard projects Obama to have a 63.3% chance to win the election, currently (and Romney at 36.8%). That must reflect the chance that Obama could be sabotaged just before the end, or that Romney's family might arrange for certain voting machines to be rigged to steal the election, presumably. :V

Nate Silver has it 295-242, with Obama having a 74.4% chance of winning. Looking at the graphs, he's basically undone about half the damage he took from the first debate. Another week like this, and he'll be back to kicking Romney's ass the way he was before the debates.

RCP has it 290-248, with Obama winning Nevada, Iowa, Colorado, New Hampshire and Ohio, but losing Virginia and Florida. I think that's probably realistic. Florida, I think, is out of reach for Team Blue, as is North Carolina (although they've certainly been on the ad blitz here in N. Cackalacky, and a couple of recent polls show the race far closer than it had been).

[SealyStar]

I'm too young to vote... but if I could it would make no difference.

My county is always Republican for some reason, but the state is always [ALWAYS] blue in presidential elections because of the power of the unions in the east.

Ah, Michigan...

[Bohandas]

I'm too young to vote...

What you need to do is find out what people you know are voting Republican and make sure that they're distracted and forget to vote on Election Day.

[Owlbread]

I'm too young to vote...

What you need to do is find out what people you know are voting Republican and make sure that they're distracted and forget to vote on Election Day.

Set up a lemonade-stand style abortion clinic outside their house, giving discounts to atheists and the LGBT community. Don't forget to refuse payment because you're doing it for the good of society, and comrades have to stick together.

[GlyphGryph]

Except the religious. Make sure to charge them. Explain that their money gets donated to environmental causes and ACORN.

That should do it for sure.

[SalmonGod]

Subtly hint that refusing to do business with you might land them in a FEMA camp.

[SealyStar]

Except that the state has been blue since... God knows when. So in the grand scheme of things I can't really help.

And I'm pretty sure I'd either get shot or mobbed by all fifteen of their wretched little kids if I walked up to the house of the average Republican where I live.

The only Republican I ever had an extended political discussion with IRL was the teacher of a useless space-filling elective called "Modern American History"... speaking of him, a micro anecdote:

So, the class is popular among airhead seniors who need to round out their year. One such senior was a stoner classic-rock fan. One day said kid walks in and asks the right-wing teacher what he's listening to on the computer. The teacher says that he's listening to "Rush". The kid is like, "Cool! I didn't know you listened to Rush", and the teacher is like, "No, Rush Limbaugh".

It was very telling about both of them.

[Sirus]

Hey, what's wrong with Rush? D:

[SealyStar]

Hey, what's wrong with Rush? D:

Nothing by itself. It was this particular kid, whose enjoyment of Rush confirmed a number of stereotypes about the "classic-rock high school stoner".

[Mictlantecuhtli]

It was this particular kid, whose enjoyment of Rush confirmed a number of stereotypes about the "classic-rock high school stoner".

Rush is Progressive Rock.

[Owlbread]

It was this particular kid, whose enjoyment of Rush confirmed a number of stereotypes about the "classic-rock high school stoner".

Rush is Progressive Rock.

Move with the times man, even prog rock from that era is now "classic".

[SealyStar]

It was this particular kid, whose enjoyment of Rush confirmed a number of stereotypes about the "classic-rock high school stoner".

Rush is Progressive Rock.

Move with the times man, even prog rock from that era is now "classic".

Classic rock isn't really a genre, it's just an overarching term for pretty much all pre-modern rock music.

[Owlbread]

Classic rock isn't really a genre, it's just an overarching term for pretty much all pre-modern rock music.

Robert Johnson was modern once.