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Are breast implants destroying the sanctity of boobs?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

>Crusty Gnome

[Dr. Arch]

Voting time, ladies and gentlemen! Best of luck to Siren and to Kamala in what promises to be an interesting election.

And now, let us ride to the polls:

are those Prussian troops?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Because of the polling.

In retrospect, MI was probably fine to not label a tossup since Trump's win was a bit "flukey."  Clinton was off around 75k votes from Obama in Detroit.. had they turned out, MI would've gone Dem.  So while the GOP can win the state, it generally won't happen unless the stars align.  There is nothing to suggest there is a structural problem for the Dems here (although I do think that long-term, especially as the Detroit MSA de-populates, the state will trend R).

PA is different- here, Clinton beat Obama in turnout throughout the Philly metro and was only off in the Philly city limits by 4k votes.  So there wasn't a turnout problem... what happened was there was a dramatic shift in Luzerne, Erie, and Lackwanna Counties.  This is something that I saw a few articles here and there speculate on as a possibility pre-election, but I don't think most people were taking that very seriously, or thought it was still years away, since the polling wasn't backing it up.  In reality, PA is a state that will almost certainly trend R long-term since the demographics are very favorable to the GOP.  I think most people recognized that, but it's happening a little sooner than I think most people thought it would, so it should probably be labeled a toss-up in most elections going forward.

If the latter is true, it's only because the Democrats will choose to pursue their criminally stupid strategies of identity politics and social liberalism emphasis.

Identity politics is not solely about minorities, unless you're saying that rural whites have no identity, and Trump didn't create a campaign solely to appeal to those demographics, basically.

[America Needs R'hllor]

I, TimTurner, do solemnly affirm that I will faithfully execute the office of National Archivist, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the Republic of Atlasia, so help me Dave.

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I think O'Malley is just happy to be included tbh

[You don't see any blue avatars now]

Your argument

[kyc0705]

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

actually walt disney's our guy, but thanks very much

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yea

[America Needs R'hllor]

>Sanders' Democratic-Socialism isn't enough
>LET'S NOMINATE A REAL SOCIALIST

[Dr. Arch]

Easily Howard Schultz. He has much more relevant experience and has done more hard work in his life. He also has more practical ideas than Clooney's unicorns and rainbows and super peace.

Point taken

[Kamala]

Anticipating so many alt-right tears on this thread.

I have no sympathy for people whose political position is to threaten the wellness and livelihood of over 20 million Americans.

[Mr. Smith]

How dare Hillary write a book, she should be campaigning in Wisconsin!

[Dr. Arch]

This is turning out to be a lot like the rehabilitation of George W. Bush.

No kidding.

Cora was just a mere partisan hack, eharding was truly something else...

[Don Vito Corleone]

Are there Liberal Republicans left?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

12:31

In Oregon, incumbent Republican turned Democrat Senator Wayne Morse has won re-election to a fifth term. He angered a lot of Oregon Democrats when he endorsed Republican Mark Hatfield over Democrat Robert Duncan in 1966, and he very nearly lost in the primary to the same Robert Duncan who ran against him this year, but he ended up winning by 3 points, and now he has won election to another term by a similar margin.

Democrats - 62 Seats ✔
Republicans - 36 Seats

12:47

We have an extremely important projection to make. Wisconsin and it's 12 Electoral Votes will go to Eugene McCarthy. To those who aren't very quick in math, this means that no matter what happens in the remaining states, Richard Nixon will fall short of 270. If McCarthy wins California and Oregon, he is the next President. If McCarthy wins California and Missouri, he is the next President. If McCarthy wins California and Alaska, then he wins 269 Electoral Votes, falling just one electoral vote short of being elected, and the election would be thrown to the house. Whatever happens, CBS News will be here to cover it, and we hope that you will be with us.

Eugene McCarthy (D-MN) / Terry Sanford (D-NC) - 226 Electoral Votes
Richard Nixon (R-CA) / Spiro Agnew (R-MD) - 198 Electoral Votes
George Wallace (AI-AL) / Curtis LeMay (AI-CA) - 53 Electoral Votes

[kyc0705]

Any more questions? Anyone?

[Fuzzy Bear Loves Christian Missionaries]

Can you imagine the cacophony of incongruence that Trump/Winfrey would have been?

[America Needs R'hllor]

Former Rep. Gwen Graham (D-Tallahassee), whom I endorse for FL Governor in 2018.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I'm holding out hope that we will see a disappointing showing for the far right, just like we saw in France and the Netherlands. And I'd not mind an FDP surge in addition But the most important thing for me is that the AfD don't get anywhere close to a good result.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

yea

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My main source of news is MSNBC.

[TDAS04]

Context:

I thought the Patriot Act was a good idea.

[TheSaint250]

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What about for the Dems?

HI and DC

Yes.  Before Obama, Missouri and Arkansas would have counted too.

Anyway, New Mexico has voted for the PV winner every time, except for 1976.