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In reply to the discussion: The polls are now close enough for a stolen election [View all]BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)With early voting, a substantial percentage of the public will have voted before the last two. And even if the "undecideds" wait until the last minute, the only way to win this thing os for those undecideds to really understand the differences -- to understand, for example, that Romney really is on a path to shut down Medicare. You cannot start that education process the last two weeks, especially when the campaign seems to be doing its best to AVOID drawing any clear lines of distinction.
This has turned into a war of platitudes with few specifics coming from either side. You cannot turn that around in the past 10 days before the election. Every day is critical now. Every day that Obama goes out there with a big grin on his face just tossing out happy talk with no specifics is a day that works for Romney.
We are now well within the range where Florida will be stolen. I doubt that is salvageable.
We are getting near that point in Ohio, and we know both of those states can and will do all sorts of shenanigans to tip the vote.
Worse, we are within range in two states that have real crooks in charge: WI and MI. Every WI election recently has had major irregularities. If we end up with 2% on election day, Walker could flip that.