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I think we’re all missing the big point… The Redskins Rule has now been wrong TWICE in the last 3 elections.

El_Terrible on November 7, 2012 at 1:29 AM

LOL I was wondering if a bunch of conservatives should just move to that one county in Indiana!

AZgranny on November 7, 2012 at 1:36 AM

2008 was nothing compared to tonight’s democratic turnout.

Can.I.be.in.the.middle on November 7, 2012 at 1:35 AM

Is that why his popular vote went down?

El_Terrible on November 7, 2012 at 1:36 AM

A parting thought:

Obama is going to wish he had lost.

He will be the Democratic Nixon before it ends.

profitsbeard on November 7, 2012 at 1:38 AM

Who? Who’s your candidate that could have done better?

hawkdriver on November 7, 2012 at 1:31 AM

Even money says Santorum would have shot himself in the foot in almost exactly the same way Akin and Mourdock (fighting the urge to call this idiot More-Dick. Nothing like pissing away a much needed Senate seat) did.

JimLennon on November 7, 2012 at 1:38 AM

Conceding? What? Don’t concede, you idiot. Demand a recount. go every over every single wretched ballot looking for fraud. Make sure you’ve actually lost.

AndStatistics on November 7, 2012 at 1:38 AM

Puerto Rico voted themselves statehood. We REALLY need Rubio in 2016

Flapjackmaka on November 7, 2012 at 1:40 AM

Terrible night for America, interesting night for zombie apocalypse preppers

El_Terrible on November 7, 2012 at 1:41 AM

Who? Who’s your candidate that could have done better?

hawkdriver on November 7, 2012 at 1:31 AM

From that GOP clown car primary? I don’t have one. I called Romney weak because a candidate that can’t talk about Obamacare for the entire 7 month campaign is objectively weak. It’s the most unpopular law in US history and not a word has been breathed. But no, I think Romney did better than any of the others would have.

HitNRun on November 7, 2012 at 1:41 AM

HotAir has lost a lot of credibility tonight. Demanding the pollsters were all wrong. Claiming the polls should be closer to r+1, instead of an actual d+7. They are Republican cheerleaders instead of an alternative news source to the msm. How could ed & Allah been so wrong???

portlandon on November 7, 2012 at 1:18 AM

Yes, I think someone needs to explain how so many pollsters had the sample nearly right and HA was promoting an R+1 or D+1…..if it was a perceived enthusiasm gap, then how did the Dems get their turnout? Are there that many registered Dems? Did Republicans stay home??

I am hoping to see an answer in the next few days from Ed and AP. I am thinking GOP turnout was not as good as expected. Regardless, the Dems have a machine honed in on the only counties that matter in the swing states.

goflyers on November 7, 2012 at 1:41 AM

Mitt was a solid candidate. We have an election class that just liked Obama.

Keep the faith. Who will the Dems. run in 2016?

Clinton? Benghazi
Biden? HAHAHA
Gillibrand? No name ID for national purposes.
Gov. O’Malley: Not Progressive enough.

Seriously, who will the Dems. run that has a viable chance?

Midwestprincesse on November 7, 2012 at 1:42 AM

Who? Who’s your candidate that could have done better?

hawkdriver on November 7, 2012 at 1:31 AM

I don’t think the GOP has anyone who could win because they have become Democrats in all but name. The Democrats have shifted towards socialism and neither party much disagrees with the other.

Two political panderers and the voters went with the one offering the most free stuff.

sharrukin on November 7, 2012 at 1:43 AM

Who? Who’s your candidate that could have done better?

hawkdriver on November 7, 2012 at 1:31 AM

Gary Johnson would not have gone in front of 80 million Americans for the presidential debates and spend most of his time agreeing with everything Obama said.

Armin Tamzarian on November 7, 2012 at 1:46 AM

From that GOP clown car primary? I don’t have one. … But no, I think Romney did better than any of the others would have.

HitNRun on November 7, 2012 at 1:41 AM

I have to agree. Even from some of the ones who didn’t run, I don’t know if any of them would have done any better. Jindal? Mitch Daniels? Sarah?

JimLennon on November 7, 2012 at 1:46 AM

Mitt did a good job. No regrets supporting him. It’s this f**king stupid electorate that is to blame. Seems the moochers and American idol voters dominate the electorate. If this continues we’re doomed.

jawkneemusic on November 7, 2012 at 1:47 AM

Gary Johnson would not have gone in front of 80 million Americans for the presidential debates and spend most of his time agreeing with everything Obama said.
Armin Tamzarian on November 7, 2012 at 1:46 AM

Gary who?

jawkneemusic on November 7, 2012 at 1:48 AM

Mitt was a solid candidate. We have an election class that just liked Obama.

Keep the faith. Who will the Dems. run in 2016?

Clinton? Benghazi
Biden? HAHAHA
Gillibrand? No name ID for national purposes.
Gov. O’Malley: Not Progressive enough.

Seriously, who will the Dems. run that has a viable chance?

Midwestprincesse on November 7, 2012 at 1:42 AM

Your delusion is painful to me…

ClassicCon on November 7, 2012 at 1:48 AM

Puerto Rico voted themselves statehood. We REALLY need Rubio in 2016

Flapjackmaka on November 7, 2012 at 1:40 AM

It was a non-binding referendum.

However, as a state they would then be eligible for obozocare, would they not?

That’s a LOT easier than having to fly to Hartford or Boston to get stuff done for free….sooooo…..hmmmmmm…..

KMC1 on November 7, 2012 at 1:49 AM

Seriously, who will the Dems. run that has a viable chance?

Midwestprincesse on November 7, 2012 at 1:42 AM

The biggest name not on your list is probably Andrew Cuomo.

JimLennon on November 7, 2012 at 1:49 AM

Gary who?

jawkneemusic on November 7, 2012 at 1:48 AM

Not sure why you’re still here. The election is over; you’re not going to be cashing any more checks from the Romney campaign for your shilling services. Time to find a real job.

Armin Tamzarian on November 7, 2012 at 1:50 AM

Seriously, who will the Dems. run that has a viable chance?

Midwestprincesse on November 7, 2012 at 1:42 AM

Chris Christie.

sharrukin on November 7, 2012 at 1:50 AM

Oh please. He was a very very good candidate. He ran a stellar campaign. Turnout for him was huge. The other side votes according to skin color and/or free stuff.

Ronnie on November 7, 2012 at 1:06 AM

Do you even know what an election is?! Our candidate needed to strategize to COMBAT the competition, not lose to them. Mitt Romney ran a traditional zzzzz election that couldn’t survive a hurricane. He didn’t know what he was doing – he was lazy, weak, and useless.

The Nerve on November 7, 2012 at 1:51 AM

yeah you all bring up good points. i do think it’s a combination of romney maybe being a somewhat weak candidate AND too many americans being dependent on msm and the government. it’s both honestly.

Sachiko on November 7, 2012 at 1:53 AM

And I was right all along.

http://hotair.com/archives/2012/11/05/hot-air-survey-your-election-predictions/

And the vast majority, the mouth-breathers who have tried their hardest to turn this site into an echo chamber of so-con Flopney-loving idiocy were wrong. A bunch of wrong, deluded, loser trolls.

Daikokuco on November 7, 2012 at 1:54 AM

I was thinking that too. When the recession hits the fan next year, who will Obama blame them. It’s all on him, no more blame Bush. He will try, but will it work this time.

Oil Can on November 7, 2012 at 1:11 AM

That’s easy – blame Romney.

The Nerve on November 7, 2012 at 1:55 AM

I’m not playing this game of blame Mitt. Tomorrow the same pain we’ve been living with continues and only gets worse. I will be canceling every unnecessary service I have down to the extra trash can we pay for each month. I plan on telling them all it’s because Obama won that I just can’t afford their services any longer.

txhsmom on November 7, 2012 at 1:56 AM

And I was right all along.

http://hotair.com/archives/2012/11/05/hot-air-survey-your-election-predictions/

And the vast majority, the mouth-breathers who have tried their hardest to turn this site into an echo chamber of so-con Flopney-loving idiocy were wrong. A bunch of wrong, deluded, loser trolls.

Daikokuco on November 7, 2012 at 1:54 AM

You trying to claim Romney as a conservative?…idiot…

ClassicCon on November 7, 2012 at 1:56 AM

Daikokuco on November 7, 2012 at 1:54 AM

Go to hell. Who comes to a conservative site to say crap like that? I think we all can figure out we were wrong.

txhsmom on November 7, 2012 at 1:57 AM

Do you even know what an election is?!
The Nerve on November 7, 2012 at 1:51 AM

Er, no, what’s that big word mean?

Ronnie on November 7, 2012 at 1:58 AM

I agree 100%. I think it happened last week for me, when they reported the 2 out 9 polls that showed Romney leading. If you relied on HA alone, you would have WRONGLY thought that there was a real mittmentum….never happened. Just look at the margins O is winning the states by. It’s freaking in line with PPP and the Marist poll…overall outcome for tonight is D+6

HA did do its viewership a disservice. When I tried to even point it out, the KOOLAIDs nuked me.

Nuke this bee-oches.

Can.I.be.in.the.middle on November 7, 2012 at 1:31 AM

Totally agree, but I don’t blame Ed and AP. In fact, a couple of months ago AP made a post asking people what they wanted in their reporting of polls. After that, evidently they decided to go more down the route of pandering to who you call the KOOLAIDs (who predicted a Romney landslide along with Dick Morris, lol) “Give me only good news, because I’m irrational and think it magically will change the outcome of the election.”

And yes, anyone pointing out anything otherwise was labeled a troll (e.g. me), someone who will be now defending Romney against their cannibalistic onslaught.

jjraines on November 7, 2012 at 1:59 AM

Let’s be clear: The much-maligned John McCain had virtually no chance to win in 08. Our new hero Mitt Romney had four years of fail to draw from and blew it.

This epic choke makes the slow roller to Bill Buckner look like a screaming line drive.

Mr. Wednesday Night on November 7, 2012 at 2:00 AM

mythicknight on November 7, 2012 at 12:57 AM

**********

If we’re going to lose, we might as well lose on principle.

I’d suggest divesting your portfolio of stock, and investing in real estate — defensible real estate. (I’m assuming you’ve already stockpiled ammo. Should have done that in November of 2008….)

notropis on November 7, 2012 at 1:05 AM

I’m not too worried. Worse comes to worse, my doberman will tell them hello while I’m loading.

Is that a joke?
hawkdriver on November 7, 2012 at 1:16 AM

Not at all. Romney has such a rainbow history I can’t be sure even what he actually is. It’s been known since before the primaries, which he won through attrition (and some help from Bachmann). He was so full of self-contradictions and hypocrisy you almost needed a secret decoder ring to see which version of him you were looking at. He wasn’t an effective messenger to independents and voters because he himself wasn’t behind that message. Romney spent so much time agreeing with Obama during the debates it was a wonder what he was actually doing up there. The beginning of the end for this election were the primaries, where conservatives were afraid to run and instead we got Willard, Gardasil, Akin-lite, and the crazy uncle wanting a gold standard.

So yeah, not a joke. And assigning anyone you don’t agree with into the enemy camp is also not helping.

Puerto Rico voted themselves statehood. We REALLY need Rubio in 2016
Flapjackmaka on November 7, 2012 at 1:40 AM

Congress would have to approve it, IIRC. But the first step were Puerto Ricans themselves wanting it instead of commonwealth limbo.

mythicknight on November 7, 2012 at 2:00 AM

I don’t think the GOP has anyone who could win because they have become Democrats in all but name. The Democrats have shifted towards socialism and neither party much disagrees with the other.

Two political panderers and the voters went with the one offering the most free stuff.

sharrukin on November 7, 2012 at 1:43 AM

Can you explain Allen West losing then?

bayview on November 7, 2012 at 2:01 AM

I believe the Romney’s were shell shocked by the result of the election. I honestly believe that Gov. Romney genuinely wanted to get this country back on its feet. It saddens me to think that Americans have voted to re-elect a man void of integrity and honor to lead this nation. Everything this amateur has done has been a disaster. This Benghazi tragedy would have ended the presidency of any other president. However, we have the MSM to thank for failing to report the truth to the American public. Basically, the left in this country have shouted, “Give us Barabas!”

JannyMc on November 7, 2012 at 2:01 AM

I actually think Romney should have chosen RUBIO this year. This election is close enough that with his appeal and base excitement, I think it would have pushed us over the top in all these close races.

El_Terrible on November 7, 2012 at 1:14 AM

Would he have shut up Biden at the vice presidential debate?

The Nerve on November 7, 2012 at 2:01 AM

Bad News — Obama won
Worse News — Regulationpalooza starts tomorrow
Good News — Watching the coverage in NYC right now lets us know how to prepare for when the power plants start shutting down.

CJ on November 7, 2012 at 2:02 AM

94%

WOW.

Daikokuco on November 7, 2012 at 2:00 AM

I almost feel bad for the readers of this site who were horribly blind-sided by its completely unreliable poll reporting and analysis.

Armin Tamzarian on November 7, 2012 at 2:04 AM

Can you explain Allen West losing then?

bayview on November 7, 2012 at 2:01 AM

The GOP screwed him over.

sharrukin on November 7, 2012 at 2:04 AM

Any truth to the rumor that Biden will retire and be replaced by Chris Christie?

Mr. Wednesday Night on November 7, 2012 at 1:36 AM

[[joke/snipe about Chris Christie replacing Romney next time AVERTED because there isn't going to be a next time.]] This is it. The nation is about to end at the hands of Obama.

The Nerve on November 7, 2012 at 2:07 AM

Ron Paul would have taken it!!!!

ahhh welll, . . . At least now I’ll have some company as I indulge in my counter-factual fantasies.

abobo on November 7, 2012 at 2:11 AM

NO republican would have won this election. I hate moral victories like the next guy, but if a straight arrow successful, honest business man barely loses to a thug who called him a murderer, watched Navy Seals die, and destroyed our economy, then no one would win. The media didn’t have their thumb on the scale, they all collectively sat on it. Couple that with an uninformed moocher electorate, and we never had a chance. ANY of the other candidates would have been destroyed.

And Chris Christie–you fat knob-licking slob of pandering goo, you are DEAD TO ME after playing the role of a compliant quivering gimp to Obama this past weekend. Don’t even think about running for president in 2016, you asstard.

AttilaTheHun on November 7, 2012 at 2:11 AM

Seriously, who will the Dems. run that has a viable chance?

Midwestprincesse on November 7, 2012 at 1:42 AM

The biggest name not on your list is probably Andrew Cuomo.

JimLennon on November 7, 2012 at 1:49 AM

I didn’t include him because I didn’t think he’d be viable nationally. He’d be viable…. in NY. He’s like Bloomberg.

Midwestprincesse on November 7, 2012 at 2:18 AM

Yep, America is truly a nation of sluts and parasites now. Well done.

ClassicCon on November 7, 2012 at 1:35 AM

Seems the moochers and American idol voters dominate the electorate. If this continues we’re doomed.

jawkneemusic on November 7, 2012 at 1:47 AM

And Chris Christie–you fat knob-licking slob of pandering goo, you are DEAD TO ME after playing the role of a compliant quivering gimp to Obama this past weekend. Don’t even think about running for president in 2016, you asstard.

AttilaTheHun on November 7, 2012 at 2:11 AM

Yup, let’s kill each other while we are at it! you guys can be so evil…

Can.I.be.in.the.middle on November 7, 2012 at 2:18 AM

I like what Mark Steyn had to say:

If this is the way America wants to go off the cliff, so be it. But I wish we’d at least had a Big Picture election. The motto of the British SAS is “Who dares wins.” The Republicans chose a different path. A play-it-safe don’t-frighten-the-horses strategy may have had a certain logic, but it’s unworthy of the times.

If we were going to lose anyway, we ought to have run someone like Sarah Palin. At least that way Americans would have had a clear choice and we’d all know what they chose.

joe_doufu on November 7, 2012 at 2:28 AM

Yes we are fighting a corrupt election machine. But we are also fighting our own side. They think getting more out of touch with the electorate will magically start winning elections.

The far right doesn’t even realize they are what is wrong with America right now. They can’t figure out why we keep losing when we keep getting further and further away from the voters…

amazing.

petunia on November 7, 2012 at 2:29 AM

NO republican would have won this election. I hate moral victories like the next guy, but if a straight arrow successful, honest business man barely loses to a thug who called him a murderer, watched Navy Seals die, and destroyed our economy, then no one would win. The media didn’t have their thumb on the scale, they all collectively sat on it. Couple that with an uninformed moocher electorate, and we never had a chance. ANY of the other candidates would have been destroyed.

This is completely true.

So now what? Seriously though, um, what can we do?

jjraines on November 7, 2012 at 2:41 AM

NO republican would have won this election. I hate moral victories like the next guy, but if a straight arrow successful, honest business man barely loses to a thug who called him a murderer, watched Navy Seals die, and destroyed our economy, then no one would win. The media didn’t have their thumb on the scale, they all collectively sat on it. Couple that with an uninformed moocher electorate, and we never had a chance. ANY of the other candidates would have been destroyed.

And Chris Christie–you fat knob-licking slob of pandering goo, you are DEAD TO ME after playing the role of a compliant quivering gimp to Obama this past weekend. Don’t even think about running for president in 2016, you asstard.

AttilaTheHun on November 7, 2012 at 2:11 AM

Haha! Cogent.

Glad psychos like you got schooled. Stay out of public forums you sad freak.

tommyhawk on November 7, 2012 at 2:57 AM

What we’re fighting, is a corrupt election machine, which, together with a shameless press and a stupid electorate, will spell the doom of the nation.

Romney did give his all to the campaign.

bayview on November 7, 2012 at 1:13 AM

Well said.

long_cat on November 7, 2012 at 2:57 AM

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