Election Day Tidbits

7 Things I've Read Recently

1. MSNBC really is more left-wing partisan than Fox News is right-wing partisan.  I mean, it was obvious from the 2010 Election coverage on that this was the case, but independent studies confirm.  I liked what I heard one talking head say over the weekend.  He said we should quit referring to them as cable news but as 24-hour cable op-eds.

2. The press seems to be helping Obama run out the clock on Benghazi.  Yesterday, CBS released more footage from their 60 Minutes interview they'd conducted on September 12 and aired September 23.  It would have been very illuminating if they'd had it be part of the original broadcast, or released it the day after the second debate where Obama insisted he did call the attack on Benghazi an act of terror in the Rose Garden.  But no, they quietly dump it right before the election.

3. Barack Obama ran the most negative campaign in modern history.  They say negative campaigning works because Bush was so much more negative than Kerry in 2004.  Didn't work for McCain; we'll see if it works for Obama.

4. By overpraising Pres. Obama and refusing to make an appearance with Mitt Romney in Pennsylvania, if Romney loses, Chris Christie will not be the front-runner for the GOP nomination in 2016.

5. Nate Silver has Obama winning the Electoral College 313-225 and the popular vote by 2.5%.

6. The RealClearPolitics average has it at 303-235 and 0.7% for Obama.

7.  Gallup and Rasmussen are the only major polls that have Mitt Romney winning, both by 49-48 margins. But here's a link to where all the pundits are predicting.  Let's hold them accountable.

8.  In 2013, America will still be here.  I didn't read that; I just thought I should say it because so many people on the wings are convinced that if their guy loses, we're doomed.  Dooooomed.