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Old 10-16-2012, 09:59 AM
 
Location: Apple Valley Calif
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Originally Posted by Mach50 View Post
I like to think that most people vote based on principles, that don't change when there is a debate.

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Yes. One would hope so.
That being the case, and knowing whom you will vote for, where does the principle come in? Voting for a man with no principals doesn't equate to being principal ed...
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Old 10-16-2012, 10:06 AM
 
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If Obama's implosion at the first debate didn't cause his die hard supporters to drop him, I'm pretty sure nothing he does at the second debate will change things either.

Romney doesn't need a "win" tonight. He needs to avoid a momentum-changing mistake. At this point, the election is Romney's to lose.
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Old 10-16-2012, 10:08 AM
 
Location: Denver
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Originally Posted by Mach50 View Post
I like to think that most people vote based on principles, that don't change when there is a debate.



That being the case, and knowing whom you will vote for, where does the principle come in? Voting for a man with no principals doesn't equate to being principal ed...
Oh boy!!! How could you know what Romney's principles are, he changes them so much.
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Old 10-16-2012, 10:08 AM
 
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Correct. No principles, at all. Such a poser.
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Originally Posted by Mach50 View Post
I like to think that most people vote based on principles, that don't change when there is a debate.



That being the case, and knowing whom you will vote for, where does the principle come in? Voting for a man with no principals doesn't equate to being principal ed...
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Old 10-16-2012, 10:09 AM
 
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If Obama's implosion at the first debate didn't cause his die hard supporters to drop him, I'm pretty sure nothing he does at the second debate will change things either.

Romney doesn't need a "win" tonight. He needs to avoid a momentum-changing mistake. At this point, the election is Romney's to lose.
Not quite.

Obama has a good Electoral College lead...if he wins all the states he's currently leading, then he's back in the White House.
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Old 10-16-2012, 10:11 AM
 
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Not quite.

Obama has a good Electoral College lead...if he wins all the states he's currently leading, then he's back in the White House.
Today's DailyKos/PPP poll had Romney up 4 points nationally. There is no electoral scenario in which Obama wins the electoral college while losing by 4 points nationally.
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Old 10-16-2012, 10:49 AM
 
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Today's DailyKos/PPP poll had Romney up 4 points nationally. There is no electoral scenario in which Obama wins the electoral college while losing by 4 points nationally.
Romney nees to win Florida, Ohio and Virginia to win, and even that might not be enough. Obama has small leads/large leads in many electorally-rich states, so his base is very large, unlike Romney, who leads in small, depopulated states; if Obama wins just ONE out of FL, OH, VA or CO, he will likely return to the White House.
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Old 10-16-2012, 06:11 PM
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Hey Ginnie can we sit anywhere?
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Old 10-16-2012, 06:15 PM
 
Location: Tampa Florida
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Pase II -- Obama will start the Romney dismantling process. Phase III, the 3rd debate, will be the obliteration of the Romney lie machine. Pop corn is popped and ready ....
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Old 10-16-2012, 06:16 PM
 
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Hey Ginnie can we sit anywhere?
Anywhere but on the fence I'd say.
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