2012 Election Thread (probably contains partisan bickering)

[greenback44]

Akin's first name isn't spelled Tod, at least.

Tea Partiers ought to stick to whining about taxes and just "no comment" every other issue.

[Vidor]

Akin tries to extract foot from mouth

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/e ... i-misspoke

[Joe Shlabotnik]

That guy's probably gonna be a Senator

http://polltracker.talkingpointsmemo.co ... senator-12

Exactly. Dumb [expletive] just endears these idiots to the American public in fly-over land. This and pooper tattoos. Americans have turned into orcs.

Or something like that.

[lukethedrifter]

Nate Silver ‏@fivethirtyeight
Calling McCaskill a 2:1 favorite prices in some chance that Akin will drop out. I'd take her side of those odds if he stays in.
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32m Nate Silver ‏@fivethirtyeight
Have to wait for polls, but on instinct I'd call McCaskill a 2:1 favorite in #MOSEN now. Had as toss-up tilting GOP before Akin remarks.
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[Joe Shlabotnik]

That woulds be nice. Nate tends to the left (like me) though he tries to be fair. And always remember this is the country that elected and re-elected George W. Bush. I'll wait to see what the real world says.

[lukethedrifter]

Last night McCaskill's people were high fiving each other like crazy and patting themselves on the back for working to get Akin nominated. Bank on it.

[lukethedrifter]

I wonder if Romney lying about his Massachusetts residency and his taxes is going to gain any traction this election cycle.

[Vidor]

That seems a pretty bold prediction by Silver, given how much of a lead Akin has. We'll see.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

That seems a pretty bold prediction by Silver, given how much of a lead Akin has. We'll see.

Right - the hubris of the left thinking stupid statements from politicians matter.

I lived in Houston when they elected Tom DeLay to my district. An obvious slimeball even at the beginning.

I lived in Idaho when they replaced Larry Larocco with Helen "poster child for the militias" Chenoweth. She's the one made famous for 'endangered salmon bakes' and black helicopters. They elected her 3 times.

There's a wide slice of America between the coasts that eats up these anti-intellectual radicals. And Missouri is right in the middle of it. I expect the Senate race to be very competitive.

[ghostrunner]

Silver's generally pretty hubris-free. He's about the numbers. If he thought it was going to the Republicans he'd call it that way. Plus he said he'd adjust once polls come out.