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2016 Postmortem

OldDem2012

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7. Think about it...there were two states heavily involved in voter suppression, Florida and Ohio....

Reply to rzemanfl (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 09:38 PM

Nov 2012

...the GOP counted on those two states to earn close victories to ensure a GOP win.

But they didn't count on the overwhelming Democratic Party ground game in both states, and the willingness of the Dems to fight the Ohio GOP in court.

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I am starting to wonder... [View all] rzemanfl Nov 2012 OP

I don't get it angrychair Nov 2012 #1

Presumably it could always find a million or two extra votes. LisaL Nov 2012 #3

Every time one of the people counting votes has to go to the bathroom they lose count of their rzemanfl Nov 2012 #4

Tragically misplaced hubris IHMO 99th_Monkey Nov 2012 #6

Me too. LisaL Nov 2012 #2

Meth, probably. rzemanfl Nov 2012 #5

Think about it...there were two states heavily involved in voter suppression, Florida and Ohio.... OldDem2012 Nov 2012 #7