Jeff Greenwald stated that O could lose the popular vote but still win the election,

[Texin]

http://news.yahoo.com/why-hurricane-sandy-might-cost-obama-the-popular-vote-but-not-the-presidency-1030125687.html

his statement premised on the state of things on the East Coast following this storm. Anyone else been thinking that something like this is actually quite likely? As much as I was appalled by the atrocity of the storm, I couldn't help myself from thinking the same thing. What are the odds that polling places will be up and running next Tuesday, never mind the fact that these folks are going to be in a state of shock for some time to come.

I can't help but worry about this and is it even in the realm of possibility that millions of votes lost in the metropolitan citites of the Northeast could actually even cost Obama the whole thing?

[bigdarryl]

1. BULLSHIT Allan Licthman has said Obama curtain to win the popular vote

That's what his keys are based on

[Texin]

4. I'm not being flip. Who is Allan Licthman?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. A History Professor At American University

And Jeff Greenfield hasn't been relevant since the 70s.

[CTyankee]

14. Yeah, what happened to Greenfield? Did he start taking himself too seriously and just

give up and go with the flow?

He was once considered a strong liberal. Now he's a real part of the Establishment.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. He Was An Aide To Bobby Kennedy

Who knows?

[1StrongBlackMan]

5. Isn't President Obama ...

leading in the polls Nationally?

[former9thward]

21. It depends on what polls you choose to look at.

RCP averaging all the polls has Romney up 0.8%

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html

[BlueDemKev]

2. Fine with me.

It'll be payback for the 2000 Election. Righties will have no right to complain.

[mac56]

8. this

Echoes of "Get over it!"

[JRLeft]

3. I worry about dems on the east coast staying home do to the disaster.

[Texin]

6. Well, it won't just be the Dems. I can't believe those rethugs affected will be

breaking their asses to get to the polls either.

[CTyankee]

15. Oh my goodness, you worried again?

Press a cool, wet cloth on your forehead. It'll make things better...

[treestar]

7. that has always been possible in any presidential election

I don't see the laws conniving at allowing millions to be disenfranchised due to this storm. There are ways around it.

[Sheepshank]

10. First...early voting favors Dems. Reps scream it and Dems cheer it.

so if anyone is going to be more negatively impacted, it'll be the Reps.

The voting ballots have been secured and saved. They didn't put them in boxes in the basements, for crying out loud!

Obama will be winning both the popularity AND the electoral votes this November.

[creeksneakers2]

11. If that happens

Romney won't accept defeat. He'll try to win the election another way.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021602665

[fujiyama]

12. It could effect overall turnout in the region

but since most, if not all of the states affected were strongly blue it's unlikely to have an impact on the electoral vote.

But Obama's popular vote could be impacted since the region is a stronghold for him. It's hard to say how down ticket races will be affected. Who knows if this has any effect on the CT Senate race. Maybe someone more familiar with statewide races in the region can provide more insight.

Either way, it's incredibly devastating and I can see why Christie basically said "fuck the politics". This will quite some time to clean up. The photos on the Atlantic are really something.

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-after-landfall/100396/

[Jennicut]

13. NJ and NY and CT will be okay.

DE and MD have some power outage issues too. They are going to use paper ballots in these states and switch locations for polling places if need be. Even in these blue states turnout is usually high.

But we are not babies on the east coast. We are used to crappy weather. Power outages are not uncommon here with even snow storms. I lost power during the freak October snow storm in Connecticut last year.

Bad weather really does not stop us from doing much. Drive through snow? We do it all the time to work and school. Rain is nothing to most of us. Power outages and some loss of mass transit will be a pain in the ass but not really deter most people here that want to vote.

[Hutzpa]

16. How can Obama lose his popularity when his popularity numbers are high than Romney

riddle me that genius Greenwald.

[GeorgeGist]

18. Pepperoni ...

Yahoo?

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

19. It's Jeff GreenFIELD

And he still thinks Imus is relevant.

[RomneyLies]

20. Nate silver puts that probability at just 4.6%

Obama is more likely to pick up a state he did not win in 2008, 5.4%.

I trust Nate's probability forecasts.