Obama Vs Romney

Lollers

It's less than a week away. Will you be staying up all night to hear the results.
I will, and you ?

jack presley

Lollers wrote: »

It's less than a week away. Will you be staying up all night to hear the results.
I will, and you ?

I don't stay up to watch our own election results so I'm not going to watch some other country's.

Chucken

I'll be busy watching some paint dry that night....dammit.

Promac

Lollers wrote: »

It's less than a week away. Will you be staying up all night to hear the results.
I will, and you ?

Nope.

Borderfox

Nope

Fishooks12

Chucken wrote: »

I'll be busy watching some paint dry that night....dammit.

US politics, for all its problems, is damn entertaining.

reginald

Nope

Chucken

Fishooks12 wrote: »

US politics, for all its problems, is damn entertaining.

Are you saying my paint isn't? :mad:;)

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Eh no thanks!

kerry4sam

Lollers wrote: »

It's less than a week away. Will you be staying up all night to hear the results.
I will, and you ?

Yes! I remember the last US election staying up all night curled up by the fire watching it throughout the night. Will defo be watching it again this year!

GalwayGuy2

Meh, I like a nice shleeeep better.

Yes! I remember the last US election staying up all night curled up by the fire watching it throughout the night. Will defo be watching it again this year!

I feel like such an idiot for saying this, but is there a large festival/ceremony all night? If there is I probably will...eh

BobbyPropane

American Politics. Who looks the best. Who is for abortion, who is against abortion. Which one won the debate I'll vote for him. He's black I'll vote for him. He's black I wont vote for him. Romney is a republican who will most likely ruin America in the long run with his pro capitalism funding from oil and car companies. Obama is a socialist who will cause anarchy and not help with economic recovery.

You only get two choices in the land of freedom.

Shryke

I'd love to but I don't think I will be. I'll have to catch whatever highlights there are. Colour me optimistic but I don't see Romney winning no matter how I look at it. His whole campaign has been a hopeless groping mess.

admiralofthefleet

i will. i hope obama wins

Skid

Lollers wrote: »

It's less than a week away. Will you be staying up all night to hear the results.
I will, and you ?

Definitely, you can't beat a close US (or UK) election for late night televisual entertainment.

I woke up the Neighbours at 5am shouting last year last time when Obama crossed the finish line, the same again would do nicely - four more years !!!

Hande hoche!

I hope Gary Johnson wins.

closing_bell

Shryke wrote: »

I'd love to but I don't think I will be. I'll have to catch whatever highlights there are. Colour me optimistic but I don't see Romney winning no matter how I look at it. His whole campaign has been a hopeless groping mess.

were it not for sandy , romney would have won , he still might but i doubt it

Mint Sauce

jack presley wrote: »

I don't stay up to watch our own election results so I'm not going to watch some other country's.

Our counts dont take place over night though.

kerry4sam

Skid wrote: »

Definitely, you can't beat a close US (or UK) election for late night televisual entertainment.

I woke up the Neighbours at 5am shouting last year when Obama crossed the finish line, the same again would do nicely - four more years !!!

I actually cried when Obama crossed the finish line. Delighted so I was! Don't know where the tears came from though

JOHNSON


http://www.dailypaul.com/261065/gary-johnson-explains-how-to-end-the-two-party-system-for-good

Randy Anders

2 parties that try and act like they have polar ideas and policies to each other when in actual fact they are pretty much the same. Elusion of choice really

So no, I wont be staying up to watch it!

Lenin Skynard

Definitely will be glued to it. Great entertainment these are. I'm hoping Obama takes it.

Run_to_da_hills

Lollers wrote: »

It's less than a week away. Will you be staying up all night to hear the results.
I will, and you ?

what's the point in staying up

The results already came out a fortnight ago. .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNTlc3hmgRY

http://digitaljournal.com/article/335286

Midlife Crashes

Will Definitely be staying up this year. Didn't have much interest last time as it was clear who was going to win. Supporting Romney have money on him to win@2/1. So long as Gallup have him ahead i'm happy

closing_bell

Randy Anders wrote: »

2 parties that try and act like they have polar ideas and policies to each other when in actual fact they are pretty much the same. Elusion of choice really

So no, I wont be staying up to watch it!

while not as different as many make out , the republicans have moved significantly to the right this past few decades , around the time kennedy was president , thier was hardly a paper between them

Sulla Felix

I'm going to be in the States for it. Going to the voting place and going to try to blag a ballot.

TheUsual

Yawn.
2 party politics ... think I'll stay in and watch my "Sex and the City" box-sets instead.

emer_b

How is it that for the size of the country they only have 2 candidates running for leadership? I know there's only 2 major parties but talk about not having much choice. Doesn't make for the most interesting campaign when they only have one opponent each to slag off.
I know they have a complicated system of preliminary voting aswell but I still think a 2 horse race is rather dull!

Paully D

Barack :cool:

MistyCheese

Hmmm... Tempting, but no. I am too engrossed in the upcoming Nepalese election on November 22nd. C'mon Sushil Koirala!!!!

the west wing

I'll be glued to it!

TheUsual

MistyCheese wrote: »

I am too engrossed in the upcoming Nepalese election on November 22nd. C'mon Sushil Koirala!!!!

Gotta love Sushil's blaming the Maoists .. a master stroke.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2HosYobqo0

brimal

I will definitely be staying up to watch it. I have been following this very closely.

Delighted to see the polls are now favouring Obama again.

Conmaicne Mara

Hope Romney wins.

Paully D

closing_bell wrote: »

were it not for sandy , romney would have won , he still might but i doubt it

Will it not help Romney, given that the areas affected by Sandy were largely Democratic strongholds and the last thing on their minds will be to get out and vote?

Tom_Cruise

Its pretty obvious that Obama is going to win it,but i am intrigued by it all the same.

Remmy

Yep! Im sad enough to admit that It will be the highlight of my week too:D.

emer_b

emer_b wrote: »

How is it that for the size of the country they only have 2 candidates running for leadership? I know there's only 2 major parties but talk about not having much choice. Doesn't make for the most interesting campaign when they only have one opponent each to slag off.
I know they have a complicated system of preliminary voting aswell but I still think a 2 horse race is rather dull!

They have more than 2, but they rig it so that only 2 will be the main ones. If Johnson gets 5% this time, he will break the system and be a major candidate for the next go round

Midlife Crashes

Tom_Cruise wrote: »

Its pretty obvious that Obama is going to win it,but i am intrigued by it all the same.

Remmy

Midlife Crashes wrote: »

I know, right? Romney has impeccable hair.

Run_to_da_hills

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

what's the point in staying up

The results already came out a fortnight ago. .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNTlc3hmgRY

http://digitaljournal.com/article/335286

Who got the other 17%? When those aren't the results will you admit that you're full of ****?

Shryke

closing_bell wrote: »

were it not for sandy , romney would have won , he still might but i doubt it

Complete rubbish and a poor excuse for Romney losing, one you're freely making before the election has happened, which I think says enough in itself. There's always a chance he might win but he probably won't, and it won't be because of a natural disaster, it will be because American people aren't so stupid that they don't see through him.

jupiterjack

oh man just love it, stayed up til 4am last time, could be late sitting next week id say, lucky enough all the swing states are near to the east coast so if results for Ohio and Florida are in early and Obama wins those he has it in the bag, will head to bed then..

closing_bell

Paully D wrote: »

Will it not help Romney, given that the areas affected by Sandy were largely Democratic strongholds and the last thing on their minds will be to get out and vote?

a good point but assuming people will be able to make it to the voting booths , presidents usually get a bounce in the aftermath of national emergencys , that the republican mayor of new jersey has been so flattering towards obama, only adds to the obama bounce

closing_bell

Shryke wrote: »

Complete rubbish and a poor excuse for Romney losing, one you're freely making before the election has happened, which I think says enough in itself. There's always a chance he might win but he probably won't, and it won't be because of a natural disaster, it will be because American people aren't so stupid that they don't see through him.

whoever wins this election , this will be seen as one which the republicans should have won , no president has ever won with unemployment so high

it the economy stupid as bubba once said

Shryke

closing_bell wrote: »

whoever wins this election , this will be seen as one which the republicans should have won , no president has ever won with unemployment so high

it the economy stupid as bubba once said

Someone should have told Obama not to bother at all.
It's a good thing you've got it pegged because a hell of a lot of people who live and breath this stuff wouldn't give you a straight answer. Trends don't dictate specific results. Results create trends.
Some call Romneys campaign the worst in recent history, and it has been a joke for all the world to see. He was in no way a shoe-in before Sandy and still isn't. I can see Romney followers in their droves blaming Sandy for a loss now. Ridiculous.

Celly Smunt

I'll watch ohio and then go to bed.

ConfusedLepton

Any political system without a transferable vote is destined to always devolve to a two-party system. If there are three candidates, A, B and C where A and B are moderate and C is really conservative and popularity of each candidate is 35%, 25% and 40%. This means that 60% of people will vote for a moderate candidate but a conversative candidate, who only got 40% of the overall vote will win. In the next election, the 25% who voted for B last time will vote for A and B will be no more. If you had a transferable vote, i.e. when B is eliminated you get to specify who you'd prefer of the remaining candidates, you can have a viable multi-party system.

Da Shins Kelly

I probably won't be able to stay awake for all of it, but I'll watch a bit of it. Hope Obama takes it. Don't like that Romney.

wp_rathead

Tom_Cruise wrote: »

Its pretty obvious that Obama is going to win it,but i am intrigued by it all the same.

wish I'd your optimism

..America is a straaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaange place

Son Of A Vidic

Shryke wrote: »

I can see Romney followers in their droves blaming Sandy for a loss now. Ridiculous.

Sandy has done the Romney camp no favours and the endorsement Obama got from New Jersey's Republican Governor Chris Christie's was also a blow. But it is important to remember that the states affected by Sandy are Obama states. If turnout is affected by this, then it could really benefit Romney in an already very close race.