At 10:45 PM EST, TheRecoveringPolitician.com becomes the first major media entity to call the 2012 presidential campaign for Barack Obama.
I have no proof, nor math to rely upon. I’m just really tired and it is past my bed time.
Good night y’all.
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Beginning RIGHT NOW, our contributing RPs will be offering their instant thoughts on the election return via Twitter, broadcast live below. You too can join the discussion by using your Twitter account and adding the hashtag #RecoveringPol to your tweets. So please join us NOW: Tweets from @RecoveringPol/rps
The 2008 Electoral College Map
Here are the official entrants into The Recovering Politician‘s first quadrennial Electoral College prediction. Winner received 2 tickets to the University of Kentucky men’s basketball home opener on November 16. Read the rules here. And good luck to all entrants!
Click here for Nate’s latest assessment of a 90% probability of an Obama win.
Even better, YOU are invited to join in the debate. You can participate in the discussion by using you own Twitter account and adding the hashtag #RecoveringPol to your tweets. We encourage you to participate through the evening, and please free free to engage, question, and challenge our contributing RPs. So please join us Tuesday night at 6PM EST, until the wee hours Wednesday morning — and who knows, maybe even longer…
For Barack Obama (President), Ben Chandler (Congress) and Reginald Thomas (State Representative) Have you voted yet? For whom? How long did you wait? Any other thoughts? Please comment below: After this week’s action the Recovering Politician Bowl standings are finally starting to stretch out and reveal which teams will continue to succeed or fail. Targaryen 2012 was the big winner of the week as he into the top tier of teams and also chose to start rookie phenom Doug Martin who ended the day with just over 51 fantasy points – second highest all-time in one week next to Clinton Portis. Team Unibrow and your hero, the Fighting Mongooses, join Targaryen 2012 in the top tier at 6-3. The RP Tittles and your fearless leader continue to lead the league in scoring and represent the top of the second tier 5-4 teams, along with Quaker Country, The Dirty Diapers, and The Bungals. Next are three teams at 4-5 who could see themselves get back into the race with a good string of games. Finally, bringing up the rear are the Augies at 3-6 and the lowly, lowly Bandits at 1-8. Though it should continue to be noted that the Bandits are still receiving the highest scoring opponents overall. The #1 team this week, Targaryen 2012, has faced opponents who scored over 200 points less throughout the season.
Today’s the day: Election Day 2012
Ladies and gentlemen, it has arrived: Election Day 2012. Did you ever think this day would come? For a moment, let’s put our politics aside and ponder. Today, we show the world democracy in action in our free elections. This is a day on which people from all parties and affiliations came be proud of our this country we call the United States of America. Mike Allen, writing in today’s POLITICO Playbook: “Soak it in, have fun, pop some popcorn: This is an amazing, romantic day in our history and for our democracy.” Now, some links to get you through Election Day: 9 takeaways from 2012. … “8. Both parties have soul-searching to do” [POLITICO] A great interactive on the NYT – ‘What will swing the states’ [NYT] It all comes down to turnout. [The Daily Beast] A complete guide to the key U.S. Senate races. [The Guardian] Nate Silver’s final look. [FiveThirtyEight/NYT] POLITICO takes a look at the ‘what ifs’: Obama loses. Romney loses. Are exit polls still relevant? With media trends changing, so do methods. [USA Today] And the BIG ONE – “Suppose it’s close,” writes Jeffrey Toobin. [The New Yorker]
Maybe these arguments have helped you make up your mind. Maybe their have strengthened your prior determination. Or maybe you just feel a little more educated and/or entertained. Anyway, it has been a great week at The Recovering Politician, and we appreciate that you’ve played along. Our Electoral College contest entry period has closed, but you can view what dozens of members of the RP Nation have predicted for tonight, by clicking here and reading through the comments section. And tonight, beginning at 6 PM EST, this home page will be the site of a live twitter feed of our contributing RPs as they assess the vote-counting and speechifying. And as always, you are invited to join in the live debate, by tweeting from your own Twitter account, using the hashtag #RecoveringPol. Your tweets will be broadcast live at this Web site, along side our team of recovering pols.. So join us tonight. Good luck to the candidates of your choice. And get ready to join us in healing the nation tomorrow. |
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