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To: quehubo who wrote (521069)	11/9/2012 10:15:36 AM
From: ManyMoose	4 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794050

I do not believe it's fair to blame Tea Party Types. Where's the evidence that they didn't flock to the polls to vote against Obama. It's just somebody looking for someone else to blame.

To: quehubo who wrote (521069)

11/9/2012 10:36:30 AM

From: longnshort

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here is what happened in every inner city in the US

Cleveland Districts with 100% of the Vote

Posted by Aurelius at 8:56 PM
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( same thing happened in phillie and many ,many other inner cities)

President Obama must have run a great campaign considering the tremendous numbers he put up in numerous big cities. Over in Philadelphia, he was lucky enough to get 90% percent turnout in some districts with over 99% of the vote.

In Cleveland, in some districts he did even better with an astounding 100% of the vote in dozens of locations. For example, in Cleveland's Fifth Ward, Mr. Obama won districts E, F, and G 1,337 to Mitt Romney's... 0. And in case you're wondering, Gary Johnson received more votes than Mr. Romney.

Well, maybe that's just a fluke. In the Ninth Ward, Mr. Obama won districts D-G with a paltry total of 1,740 to... 3. Hey, at least Romney got .2% of the vote!

1,337-0

Okay, what if we look at an entire Ward? No way this trend continues, right? An entire ward. Why not do the First Ward? Obama won that one 12,857 to... 94. This time Romney got .7% of the vote. He's moving up in the world!

In total, there are 21 districts in Cleveland where Mr. Romney received precisely 0 votes. In 23 districts, he received precisely 1 vote. And naturally, in one of the districts where Obama won 100% of the vote, there was 100% turnout. What a coincidence!

By the way, in case you are thinking that Romney did so poorly because maybe those districts were not very populated: Nope. In those 44districts, Mr. Obama won 14,686 to 23. That's .16% of the vote for Romney.

But Ohio's not important in the electoral college, right?

To: quehubo who wrote (521069)	11/9/2012 1:18:55 PM
From: locogringo	2 Recommendations Respond to of 794050

One would have hoped the tea party types could understand politics and vote anyone but Obama. One could also hope that the old guard could understand MODERN politics and the modern voter (even if old like me) along with the social media outlets and nominate anyone but the typical Republican that's going to save us. It's a two way street for both sides..................and 2010 was slapped aside and forgotten much too quickly. (and rudely) It will be an interesting two years. I already see the 2 factions (of republicans) testing ideas and beliefs out over here.

To: quehubo who wrote (521069)	11/9/2012 1:20:46 PM
From: DMaA	4 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794050

Romney = failure. It's his and his alone.

To: quehubo who wrote (521069)	11/9/2012 2:11:04 PM
From: Neeka	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794050

Many people within the TP were staunch RP voters and I was told by more than a few it was him or no one. I argued that would be a vote for BO, but I didn't persuade one of them to change their mind. Romney's campaign wasn't inclusive enough in the ideas dept, he didn't have anyone in his cabinet that knew enough about the very, very important ground game. IOW he surrounded himself with people who were feeding him false and incomplete information.