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2016 Postmortem

Spitfire of ATJ

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19. I had it on Current.

Reply to Doctor Jack (Reply #16)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 09:59 PM

Nov 2012

It was a party. Cenk was on with Stephanie Miller and it was a laugh riot.

My fiancee on the other hand was watching MSNBC and was crying when I called her. They kept saying Romney was ahead or they were tied and they were talking about who would be in Romney's cabinet and what it would mean for the country and then all of a sudden they said Obama won.

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Close States That Weren't Close [View all] Doctor Jack Nov 2012 OP

And that's not even counting all the people who gave up and left long lines 99th_Monkey Nov 2012 #1

PPP had Colorado +5 in their final poll. JRLeft Nov 2012 #2

What about the others? Wednesdays Nov 2012 #13

Close races = ADVERTISING DOLLARS. Lots of 'em. MADem Nov 2012 #3

I would guess someone made some money on the campaign spending. gordianot Nov 2012 #4

I hope I've learned my lesson. sadbear Nov 2012 #5

Even MSNBC kept acting like it could go either way up until they called it. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2012 #15

NBC was much better last night than MsNBC Doctor Jack Nov 2012 #16

I had it on Current. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2012 #19

One day before the election, my local CBS affiliate was calling the race 'too close to call'. Bunch coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #6

They tried brainwashing MFM008 Nov 2012 #7

The Team Obama GOTV rules and caught Team Romney flatfooted. yellowcanine Nov 2012 #8

PPP was almost spot on outsideworld Nov 2012 #9

But it did get out the vote Filibuster Harry Nov 2012 #10

The pipe dream of the Repubs and some in the MSM was any of those Jennicut Nov 2012 #11

I think an important lession is to trust the true experts Doctor Jack Nov 2012 #12

Any idea why the Minnesota exit poll was so close/off? democrattotheend Nov 2012 #14

They did? Doctor Jack Nov 2012 #17

CNN showed an exit poll with Obama up only 3 democrattotheend Nov 2012 #20

Minnesota was never close. MineralMan Nov 2012 #18

Really happy about CO. We don't have a registration advantage there, and LisaL Nov 2012 #21