Fragile Bird Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 This morning the market futures were up and then reversed because an hour ago the Europeans came out and said the slowdown has now hit Germany. Running into a downturn , maybe a recession, in the first year of his second term is not going to help Obama. And another matter being discussed - Obama has a short window, less than 6 months, to solve the fiscal cliff because campaigning for mid terms will start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 If you want a clicky map there is this one from the Dutch elections of last September. But that misses the joy of the new developments.What's going on with Boxmeer? Huge red patch of socialism in a sea of bucolic conservatism... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupigis Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Did anyone post xkcd's take on the result yet? It's brilliant!http://xkcd.com/1131/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman of the North Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Won't need that with the state-mandated gay sex, man.I'm confused, did they scrap the plans of having the morning after pill as a mandatory ingredient in middle school lunches?DP, you should start looking into the Norwegian GE next fall, ought to be exiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosciuszko Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Any news on whether the Puerto Rico referendum on statehood passed? It did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 reading some amusing commentary on a prominent rightwing site about how "we lost the country yesterday because of the right of non-property owners to vote and the right of women to vote."they have accordingly now tripled down on the crazy, and we expect the GOP to abolish itself soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Can an organization be suicidal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixshells Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 http://img571.images...52277830229.pngThis is hilarious. The Reps are butthurt much?"If Obama wins the election we all need to push for a more conservative candidate in 2016." -> Santorum 2016? :leaving:In 2014 there will be the European elections. That should be interesting, particularly if the economic crisis continues, and populists keep gaining power.There will be two local elections in 2014 too in France. Since we are still detoxifying from the Sarkozy presidency it's difficult to know what to expect. Probably a lot of fluff pieces about sound bites and little substance, and a lot of emoting from the "entrepreneur class". We will probably have clicky maps at some point though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 congrats on PR statehood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seli Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 What's going on with Boxmeer? Huge red patch of socialism in a sea of bucolic conservatism...It is a historical centre of the SP (socialist party), and managed to get the biggest share of the vote. If you select the SP party layer it shows as the crest of the wave.(we have proportional voting, but the votes are added per municipality which is shown on this map) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Raidne Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 In all fairness, Solo, that's from a random poster, and here it is in full:I said the same thing from the very beginning. First they gave us Robert Dole, then John McCain, then Mitt Romney. In each instance they chose to run an older, white male quasi-liberal RINO against a younger blatantly far left Democrat candidate. The Democrat candidate, in each election, had the SINGLE WHITE FEMALE vote in the palm of his hand. We lost the country yesterday because of the right of non-property owners to vote, and the right of women to vote. If Herman Cain or Alan West or Sarah Palin had been on the ticket, the results would have been very different. The GOP needs to be deep-sixed. The sooner the better.Not exactly the same sentiment one pulls from your quote...(although it doesn't seem as though "we" includes those people and in basically a call for expedient tokenism, no doubt.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkynJay Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I may listen to Glen Beck today just to hear him melt down.The same reason I watched Fox for half the night yesterday.reading some amusing commentary on a prominent rightwing site about how "we lost the country yesterday because of the right of non-property owners to vote and the right of women to vote."they have accordingly now tripled down on the crazy, and we expect the GOP to abolish itself soon.LINK LINK! edit: thanks for the linkOk, got a question that got lost yesterday. Could Biden be a VP pick again in the next cycle? Any term limits to this as he has not been pres? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Mongoose Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I keep hearing on CNN about how Ohio was the key to the election. But on vote margins, it was Colorado that won the election for Obama. He could have lost Virginia, Ohio and Florida and still won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempra Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 It did.Nice! I wonder if PR officials will officially petition for statehood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman of the North Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 congrats on PR statehood!Not there yet, it have to be approved by the House of Representatives, which somehow doesn't sound that likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Not exactly the same sentiment one pulls from your quote... i'm sorry, was the direct quotation confusing?Not there yet, it have to be approved by the House of Representatives, which somehow doesn't sound that likely. amending therefore to congrats on the first step to statehood, which may not matter, because of rightwing crazy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 To be honest, I'm still a tad subdued. As nice as it is that the crazies have been kept out of the White House, they still have a comfortable margin in the House (and in terms of Governorships). They'll block anything and everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartTesla Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I think this election is the triumph of data/Science! over anecdotes and feelings, and for that I will be forever thankful.Then again, if the state polls were consistently off, that would be an awesome problem to tackle, so its win-win.Finally, the Republicans need to start closing the information gap (or whatever it is that you call this vast plethora of data gathering/ data analysis). I think the fact that most academics are liberals also gives the Democrats a huuuuge advantage in social engineering election results. They have access to all kinds of stuff the Republicans dont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Sologdin,The Congress has to agree to let them in before it is offical, but interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempra Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Not there yet, it have to be approved by the House of Representatives, which somehow doesn't sound that likely.Maybe Alberta will join to balance things out? We need a new Missouri Compromise. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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