Ray, it depends on where they are-for example if the 15 percent of precincts in Indiana are all in NW Indiana (pretty blue) then that really tells you nothing about the election's final results.

Right, it depends on demographics. But at some point - I guess 15% isn't it - it becomes virtually impossible to make up the ground.

Florida: The Penis of America

So if there are, say, 15% of precincts reporting in a given state and one of the candidates has a significant lead (say, 57% to 42%), is it fair to say that the candidate who is behind is in big trouble in that state?

When would it be fair to say this?

FoxNews just called it for Romney.

41% of the votes are in in FLorida and Mitt is trailing by 3%. Not good.

The polls closed in Florida one minute ago.

The polls closed in Florida one minute ago.

Joe K, how are you feeling? Still confident?

Will Nate be calling states, just like the networks do?

Will Nate be calling states, just like the networks do?



He's probably having a beer.

41% of the votes are in in FLorida and Mitt is trailing by 3%. Not good.

Do witches drink beer?

Chris Christie ad just came on for some reason.

2016

Yeah, I'm making it up. Stay golden.

The thing about the water breaking brings me to this quick question: If life begins at conception, shouldn't you technically be able to vote at age 17 and 3 and 1/2 months? And shouldn't you be able to buy a beer at 20 years and 3 months?

Another question: If corporations are people, if LexCorp- which at some points has basically had "kill Superman" as it's business plan, were to kill somebody in an attempt to murder Superman, could the entire corporation be charged with manslaughter?

Here is a libertarian condundrum.

If I want to drive, from say, New York to Indiana (say I am fleeing a hurricane). I am not a citizen or resident of any state that I enter. I have to pay several tolls to use interstate highway systems. Is this legitimate fee-for-service? I never agreed, implicitly or explicitly that either local, state, or federal government could charge me to use "it's" road (let alone negotiate the price)

This demonstrates not only a misunderstanding of libertarian thought, but also a misunderstanding of your own position. Libertarians as a rule do not worship corporate power; it's typically preferable to government power because corporations can't send armed men to kill you, but "better than" does not necessarily equate to approval.

Libertarians as a rule do not worship corporate power

Corporations are creations of the state. They're barely consistent with libertarian thought, much less creditors to it.

Hee. As primitive as it is, American society has managed to move past the worst (i.e. the bulk) of libertariansim. It's on the order of turning 22 or 23 and realizing other people, GASP, are exactly as real as you are.

Ari Fleischer notes that OH exit polls show 15% black voters, up from 11% 4 years ago.

Just more than three-quarters of the vote has been reported in Chesterfield County, Va., an important suburban and exurban region southwest of Richmond. In the tally so far, Mitt Romney leads President Obama 54 percent to 45 percent. If those percentages hold, Mr. Romney’s performance there would match almost exactly Senator John McCain’s margin of victory in Chesterfield County in 2008: 53 percent to 46 percent. Former President George W. Bush, however, when he carried the state in 2004, won Chesterfield County with 63 percent of the vote.

Any guesses on the first battleground call? Pennsylvania is mine.

CNN's Empire State Building thing is lame.

I think Joe Trippi is a bigger stooge than Alan Colmes.

Well, they called GA for Romney. I'm destroyed on the inside.