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In the discussion thread: President Barack Obama wins Florida, topping Romney in final electoral vote tally 332 to 206 [View all]

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 03:06 PM

Spitfire of ATJ (7,361 posts)

43. "What is all this crap about narrow margins and close race?"

On election night my fiancee was watching MSNBC and she was in tears as they made it sound like Romney was going to win. they were talking about who would be in various cabinet positions and such when I called her all happy because things were going great from what I was seeing online. As we were on the phone a friend at my place on a laptop said, "Wow!" and she had MSNBC on mute and she said, "It says, 'Obama elected President' on TV." There was a pause and the guy here said, "Obama won!" and everyone cheered.

My fiancee was crying. Since then I've seen several entries online complaining about he way MSNBC covered election night. They kept talking about a Romney win and by comparison regular network NBC had better coverage,

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70 replies	Author	Time	Post
President Barack Obama wins Florida, topping Romney in final electoral vote tally 332 to 206 [View all]	Skinner	Nov 2012	OP
One word	ejbr	Nov 2012	#1
Obama's 73,858 vote margin amounts to 12.12 votes per precinct (6089 total precincts in Florida)	flpoljunkie	Nov 2012	#36
And roughly 150x Bush's 2000 "victory margin" in FL	Zambero	Nov 2012	#42
12 votes per! wow.	FailureToCommunicate	Nov 2012	#53
WOMANDATE	Amonester	Nov 2012	#62
It took a while,	ejbr	Nov 2012	#70
+1 nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Nov 2012	#65
Landslide Pres. Obama, Landslide	CountAllVotes	Nov 2012	#2
Excellent!	LeftishBrit	Nov 2012	#3
All that voter suppression and Obama still won	Bjorn Against	Nov 2012	#4
That's what I keep thinking	lexw	Nov 2012	#10
Apt summation	suffragette	Nov 2012	#14
Good observation on DU that one of the main reasons Jon Husted told Rove to screw himself....	Spitfire of ATJ	Nov 2012	#40
Yep, I was going to add, "and he didn't have to steal one vote"	ailsagirl	Nov 2012	#50
What is all this crap about narrow margins and close race?	nobodyspecial	Nov 2012	#5
"What is all this crap about narrow margins and close race?"	Spitfire of ATJ	Nov 2012	#43
Beat down.	sarcasmo	Nov 2012	#6
Definitely looks like a landslide to me too! Now let's get some good stuff done	nc4bo	Nov 2012	#7
Nobody's pandering.. but, we still have boner and cantor to work Around.	Cha	Nov 2012	#33
Cha, I find it incredible the House of Nuts hasn't gotten the memo, been 4 days now..	nc4bo	Nov 2012	#44
They're still Waaaaiting!	Cha	Nov 2012	#49
+1000 nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Nov 2012	#69
Great pic!	Jennicut	Nov 2012	#54
Yep. Email bohner one number: 2006.	Amonester	Nov 2012	#64
I love those guys.	fearnobush	Nov 2012	#56
Wow, that pic deserves its own OP	Turborama	Nov 2012	#58
"Occupy the WH" is my favorite and agree it's a great photo	wordpix	Nov 2012	#60
What a great pic	Sugarcoated	Nov 2012	#68
Beautiful. Historic. America wins.	ffr	Nov 2012	#8
Brings tears to my eyes. K&R	proverbialwisdom	Nov 2012	#9
Florida goes to Obama	SamKnause	Nov 2012	#11
THIS^^^	mimi85	Nov 2012	#16
I can do my Snoopy Happy Dance	lalalu	Nov 2012	#12
Calling then new AG:	chuckstevens	Nov 2012	#13
+ 1 n/t	ejbr	Nov 2012	#18
I agree & don't think KKKarl & Kochs aren't planning Citizens United 2 for next election	wordpix	Nov 2012	#59
K&R	BumRushDaShow	Nov 2012	#15
I was 49-1 in calling states.	iandhr	Nov 2012	#17
Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team)	Dubster	Nov 2012	#19
You're welcome.	tavernier	Nov 2012	#20
MANDATE! (K&R - n/t)	Moostache	Nov 2012	#21
No, WaPo, this was not like 2000	frazzled	Nov 2012	#22
Woo Hoo 332	skeewee08	Nov 2012	#23
There's a chance Arizona might flip if they ever count those ballots, no? (nt)	Posteritatis	Nov 2012	#24
No.	LisaL	Nov 2012	#66
But I thought the Mason Dixon pollsters	Proud liberal 80	Nov 2012	#25
Don't forget Suffolk	democrattotheend	Nov 2012	#51
Obama walked the electoral college.	Dawson Leery	Nov 2012	#26
Ain't Democracy great!!!	SoapBox	Nov 2012	#27
Couldn't even make it close enough to steal despite all the voter suppression...	ellisonz	Nov 2012	#28
Does that give him more political capital than Smirky had?	deminks	Nov 2012	#29
332 Electoral votes? My, was that "effeminate" Nate Silver right, AGAIN?	TheDebbieDee	Nov 2012	#30
Recommended	ruggerson	Nov 2012	#31
Poor Willard.	graywarrior	Nov 2012	#32
I look forward to the day	defacto7	Nov 2012	#34
THANK SKINNER! And, Rove is in a puddle of	Cha	Nov 2012	#35
Ha ha! Take that, Romney	Rosa Luxemburg	Nov 2012	#37
I know it wasn't needed....	awoke_in_2003	Nov 2012	#38
Nate Silver 50-0	DallasNE	Nov 2012	#39
He changed FL to blue right before the election.	LisaL	Nov 2012	#45
In the universe of political tracking polls	Zambero	Nov 2012	#48
LANDSLIDE. Say it again. LANDSLIDE!!!	dchill	Nov 2012	#41
This isn't going to change the media narrative that whoever raises the most money wins....	Spitfire of ATJ	Nov 2012	#46
Sweet Saturday morning	Hekate	Nov 2012	#47
Landslide!!	DesertRat	Nov 2012	#52
Excellent! Landslide!	FailureToCommunicate	Nov 2012	#55
"Topping?" Obama "topped" Rmoney even without Florida.	PSPS	Nov 2012	#57
I was 49-1	lordcommander	Nov 2012	#61
I was off by only one. I said Obama 333 for a couple months but no one paid attention to me :) n/t	Tx4obama	Nov 2012	#63
I think you did too.	Jack Sprat	Nov 2012	#67

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