# Politics & Elections **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=281 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 282 --- ## [Mitt Romney's Transition Website](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-romneys-transition-website/640365)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-romneys-transition-website/640365 "2012-11-08T22:38:34Z")
Huffpo is claiming that they’ve found remnants of the website Romney hoped to launch when he was elected and also that they’ve spoken to the web company that designed it. They have screenshots. For your majesty’s vie… --- ## ["Romney not conservative enough"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-not-conservative-enough/640308)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-not-conservative-enough/640308 "2012-11-08T20:13:27Z")
Has anyone on the Right come out and said that yet? --- ## [Bill O'Reilly doesn't mince words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-doesnt-mince-words/640202)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-doesnt-mince-words/640202 "2012-11-08T19:36:40Z")
Here is what Bill O’Reilly was directly \[quoted as saying\] (The Sad Faces of Fox News on Election Night - The Atlantic) when it started to dawn on him and the rest of Fox News that Obama was not going to lose after all… --- ## [Election crow and eat crow thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-crow-and-eat-crow-thread/640077)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-crow-and-eat-crow-thread/640077 "2012-11-08T19:32:04Z")
The last few weeks have been increasingly frantic on this sub-forum, and I think things have gotten pretty heated. I propose this thread as a place to crow about your successful predictions (“I knew left-handed Eskimos … --- ## [Prediction: Romney landslide win](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655)
**Author:** [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655 "2012-11-08T18:20:33Z")
Romney will take over 300 in the EC. You guys have blindered yourselves. You can’t see the forest for the trees. What you perceive as gaffes are not considered as such by most conservatives. It is about anybody but Obam… --- ## [How 'bout this for a 3rd party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bout-this-for-a-3rd-party/640068)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bout-this-for-a-3rd-party/640068 "2012-11-08T17:52:27Z")
Imagine a popular centrist candidate of one nominal party decides that the two-party system is destructive and must be overthrown. He contacts someone close to him (or her) ideologically but nominally a member of the oth… --- ## [Libel, Slander, and Political Muckraking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel-slander-and-political-muckraking/640379)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libel-slander-and-political-muckraking/640379 "2012-11-08T17:34:13Z")
One of the things foreign nationals notice different about the US is the amount of muckraking going on during campaigning: each candidate points out what a lousy individual the other guy is. This guy voted to cut your b… --- ## [Gloat at Fox News here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gloat-at-fox-news-here/640187)
**Author:** [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gloat-at-fox-news-here/640187 "2012-11-08T15:49:08Z")
Click Screenshots taken before and after they called Ohio. --- ## [So, what's up with Florida?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-up-with-florida/640254)
**Author:** [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-up-with-florida/640254 "2012-11-08T15:05:09Z")
The election is over. President Obama is going to serve a second term. The electoral votes from Florida will not change this. This site has Florida with 100% of the votes in. Mr. Obama has a margin of 47,493 votes. … --- ## [Univ. of Colorado predicts Romney win by a landslide!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/univ-of-colorado-predicts-romney-win-by-a-landslide/638743)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/univ-of-colorado-predicts-romney-win-by-a-landslide/638743 "2012-11-08T14:59:19Z")
http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/23/university-of-colorado-prediction-model-points-to-big-romney-win/ Forcasting model developed by to CU Boulder professors has accurately predicted the winner of every POTUS election back… --- ## [Is it too early to say Romney has lost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-say-romney-has-lost/635066)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 1855\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-say-romney-has-lost/635066 "2012-11-08T14:33:20Z")
The big news of the day today is Mother Jones releasing secretly taped video of Mitt Romney telling a private party of donors that 47% of Americans are worthless, lazyass freeloaders just looking to get something for not… --- ## [Looking ahead to 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-ahead-to-2016/640208)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-ahead-to-2016/640208 "2012-11-08T11:48:21Z")
Now that 2012 is over and done, what do you see happening in the 2016 election? Frankly, the Democrats are going to have a problem. Joe Biden is the presumptive nominee, but he’s unelectable on his own. Hillary is a s… --- ## [Florida Supreme Court's independence under threat from Republicans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-supreme-courts-independence-under-threat-from-republicans/639581)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-supreme-courts-independence-under-threat-from-republicans/639581 "2012-11-08T11:24:33Z")
Next Tuesday, Floridians will get a chance to vote on “merit retention” of three (of the seven) justices of the Florida Supreme Court: R. Fred Lewis, Barbara Pariente, and Peggy Quince. That much is routine – every just… --- ## [Puerto Rico political future referendum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puerto-rico-political-future-referendum/640246)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puerto-rico-political-future-referendum/640246 "2012-11-08T08:43:19Z")
So it looks like Statehood for PR is going to win, but Congress must approve for this to actually go through. Do you think that Congress and Obama will get on this right away, or do you think there will be heel drag… --- ## [How much difference do you think the ACA ruling made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-difference-do-you-think-the-aca-ruling-made/640335)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-difference-do-you-think-the-aca-ruling-made/640335 "2012-11-08T05:48:26Z")
Did the Supreme Court decide the Presidency… again? Or would things still have fallen Obama’s way even with a partial/entire scrapping of the law? It certainly wouldn’t have made things any easier, but would it have ove… --- ## [Is Nate Silver just in an "I can never be wrong" position.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nate-silver-just-in-an-i-can-never-be-wrong-position/639287)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nate-silver-just-in-an-i-can-never-be-wrong-position/639287 "2012-11-08T05:44:08Z")
Nate Silver today has Obama at a 3 to 1 chance of winning reelection. He is far outside of polling organizations that show many states in play and national commentators talking about how razor thin this margin is. But,… --- ## [Is Real Clear Politics on meth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-real-clear-politics-on-meth/639317)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-real-clear-politics-on-meth/639317 "2012-11-08T02:55:08Z")
Get me, I follow everything. Hell, again I find myself in a position where I’m paid to follow everything and write about it. It’s a curse. But RCP has Pennsylvania and Michigan as toss-ups in the presidential race? W… --- ## [Predict the Senate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-senate/639501)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-senate/639501 "2012-11-08T02:52:02Z")
Here it is, Predict the makeup of the Senate. --- ## [Congratulations to Heidi Heitkamp!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-to-heidi-heitkamp/640297)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-to-heidi-heitkamp/640297 "2012-11-08T02:45:56Z")
Looks like this race has finally been called! Heitkamp wins reelection, Berg concedes Congratulations to Heidi Heitkamp on an excellent run campaign. She held onto a seat that would almost assuredly have gone to the re… --- ## [Well, I just bet my mom...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-just-bet-my-mom/639702)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-just-bet-my-mom/639702 "2012-11-08T02:44:58Z")
…$50 that one way or the other we’ll know the winner of the presidential election by 1AM Eastern Time. What do you think? Crazy or what? --- ## [Obama's victory speech (w/ transcript)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-victory-speech-w-transcript/640317)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-victory-speech-w-transcript/640317 "2012-11-08T02:43:22Z")
Not bad for the son of a goatherd! :smiley: Worked in a lot of gloating and bragging, of course – well, he’s earned the right! Covered a lot of bases! Transcript and video at link, comment as you will. \[dances\] --- ## [Will Thomas Peterffy leave the country again? And where will he go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-thomas-peterffy-leave-the-country-again-and-where-will-he-go/640266)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-thomas-peterffy-leave-the-country-again-and-where-will-he-go/640266 "2012-11-08T01:34:14Z")
Thomas Peterffy is a Hungarian immigrant who made his fortune in the development of electronic trading of securities, and spent millions of dollars of his own money to run an anti-socialist commercialon TV during the cl… --- ## [Romney needs to say he will not accept the Presidential salary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-needs-to-say-he-will-not-accept-the-presidential-salary/637298)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-needs-to-say-he-will-not-accept-the-presidential-salary/637298 "2012-11-08T01:23:16Z")
Either during the next debate or in some huge speech soon, Mitt Romney needs to come out and say, “Hey guys, I know we have this huge deficit and that we need every dollar we can. So I have decided that I will not be acc… --- ## [McConnell needs to apologize](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-needs-to-apologize/640222)
**Author:** [@otoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otoh)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-needs-to-apologize/640222 "2012-11-08T00:04:45Z")
Mitch McConnell need to apologize to the the Republican party and the American people for saying that his number one political goal was to make Obama a one term president. He failed and set the tone for a poisoned the po… --- ## [Obama up by 3 with 3 minutes to go (football analogy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-up-by-3-with-3-minutes-to-go-football-analogy/639603)
**Author:** [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-up-by-3-with-3-minutes-to-go-football-analogy/639603 "2012-11-07T22:55:28Z")
From today’s post on 538: So, how close do you think the election is, in terms of (American) football or your preferred sport? --- ## ["Why I Think Obama Is Toast"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-think-obama-is-toast/638981)
**Author:** [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omg_a_Black_Conservative)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-think-obama-is-toast/638981 "2012-11-07T22:30:43Z")
Over at Redstate, Dan McLaughlin has put together an argument as to why he thinks Romney is a very good shot to be the 45th president of the U.S.; it’s worth a read. In case you can’t be bothered reading, the central ar… --- ## [What if California had a proportional EV breakdown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-california-had-a-proportional-ev-breakdown/640228)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-california-had-a-proportional-ev-breakdown/640228 "2012-11-07T21:33:25Z")
There are a few ways to do proportional voting. Maine and Nebraska give each congressional district 1 EV and the overall winner gets 2 EV which to me seems a little unfair. Suppose the vote percentage is split 49.5-49.… --- ## [No Repub President without Nixon or Bush since 1928](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-repub-president-without-nixon-or-bush-since-1928/640213)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-repub-president-without-nixon-or-bush-since-1928/640213 "2012-11-07T21:29:11Z")
This showed up on my TV this morning: It’s surprising but true, and I had to explain it to our daughter. It’s like the quip that “Until Andrew Jackson, every president was either from Virginia or named Adams” (with it… --- ## [Why should I NOT be paranoid about paperless voting machines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-not-be-paranoid-about-paperless-voting-machines/639962)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-not-be-paranoid-about-paperless-voting-machines/639962 "2012-11-07T20:43:22Z")
There has been a lot of talk, on the SDMB and elsewhere, about the paperless voting machines being used in many states, the last minute mysterious software patches to them, the fact that the company that makes them is pa… --- ## [What time will it get called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-will-it-get-called/639961)
**Author:** [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-will-it-get-called/639961 "2012-11-07T19:50:27Z")
What time do you think the major networks will call the election - whether it’s tomorrow night or early Wednesday? Or do you think we’ll be looking at a 2000-type recount scenario where the winner isn’t known for days o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=280) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/politics-elections/22.md?page=282)