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[Bohandas]

I never quite understood why the Roman emperor Caligula was considered mad for making a horse a senator. A horse would be better than most of my country's senators.

[Zrk2]

The republicans will raise an epic shitstorm if they win the popular vote, but legally the electoral count is all that matters.

True. Unless Romney wins it, and then we get months of bitching about the unfairness of the Electoral College.

Sooo... I'm going to assume I'm not the only one who wants Mitty to win popular vote, and nothing else, just for the laughs.

My schadenfreude would block out the sun.

[mainiac]

I never quite understood why the Roman emperor Caligula was considered mad for making a horse a senator. A horse would be better than most of my country's senators.

No, Todd Akin was a pretty horrible senator.

Oh, wait, you mean the entire horse.

[Rolan7]

The republicans will raise an epic shitstorm if they win the popular vote, but legally the electoral count is all that matters.
[/quote]Apparently it's 162 to 162 now, though as analysis goes most of you seem to have a much better understanding than I 
Urgh, I'm too congested for this crap.  I voted, and I hope we get a good government... That's all I got right now.

Just to sure, popular vote is just a meaningless figure, right? It is electoral votes that we care about.

And yeah Max, popular vote is meaningless.  I think even if the electoral college ties it goes to Congress.
The electoral college system is pretty bad.  A straight popular vote would be pretty bad too, though... ugh.

If it does happen it would be very amusing because the same thing happened to Al Gore, the democrat in 2000.  (if he really did lose florida...)  That led Bush lead us into this state of perpetual war, and we complained, but respected the vote.  I really don't expect the republicans to respect the vote if the same happens to their candidate.

[Nadaka]

Fuckin-a' man.

the only Florida constitutional measures passing are 9 and 11.

9 allows the state property tax exemption for retired veterans to apply to immigrant veterans from out of state.

11 allows a  state property tax exemption for low income seniors.

Maybe people are actually kinda ok after all.

[Frumple]

We've still got a few million that could potentially vote (E: Or have their votes counted or whatever)... but yeah, that's what it's looking like. It'll be a cheerful note to me regardless as to the rest of it if that actually pans out that way.

[FearfulJesuit]

I never quite understood why the Roman emperor Caligula was considered mad for making a horse a senator. A horse would be better than most of my country's senators.

No, Todd Akin was a pretty horrible senator.

Oh, wait, you mean the entire horse.

Nitpick: Akin was never a senator; he was a representative running for Senate as a challenger.

And is losing it!

[Aqizzar]

BLUE ALART BLUE ALART

Elizabeth Warren has unseated Scott Brown.  Batten down the hatches folks, it's gonna be quite a gale.

[Kilroy the Grand]

I'm amazed no one has brought up how Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist (watch yo mouth, pinko), won by a landslide in the Vermont Senate elections.

Maybe the US has hope yet.

And Barry's FL lead is up to .6%.

Right... I'd prefer if it was a libertarian, but eh?

[Max White]

If it does happen it would be very amusing because the same thing happened to Al Gore, the democrat in 2000.  (if he really did lose florida...)  That led Bush lead us into this state of perpetual war, and we complained, but respected the vote.  I really don't expect the republicans to respect the vote if the same happens to their candidate.

Butthurt and hypocrisy? It would be too wonderful to ever happen in real life... Isn't it?

[tryrar]

Fuckin-a' man.

the only Florida constitutional measures passing are 9 and 11.

9 allows the state property tax exemption for retired veterans to apply to immigrant veterans from out of state.

11 allows a  state property tax exemption for low income seniors.

Maybe people are actually kinda ok after all.

...I'm pretty surprised too. When I Saw the utterly ridiculous ballot measures that I had to vote for, I kinda groaned and shook my head. Good to see other people did the same thing as I did!

[alway]

O's FL lead just dropped to 16k votes.

[Blargityblarg]

aaaagh I have an exam tomorrow and I desperately need to study. stop being interesting

[Karlito]

Why have all the networks called Wisconsin for Obama while showing Romney ahead in the vote?

[mainiac]

O's FL lead just dropped to 16k votes.

Interesting, it seems to have mostly come out of Miami, shrinking his lead there to under 100k.

Given how Obama has held up in the state as a whole and the reports of high turnout that we've heard in Miami, I think he'll probably finish with more then a 16k lead though.  He won with Miami by nearly 150k in 2008 so it's hard to see him winning by less then 100k this time unless he was doing substantially worse statewide which we are not seeing.

Why have all the networks called Wisconsin for Obama while showing Romney ahead in the vote?

The republican precincts reported first and he didn't bank enough votes to have a chance.