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Related: About this forumSandy Blows Election off-course
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/28/usa-campaign-idUSL1E8LS0ZI20121028WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy blew the U.S. presidential race off course on Sunday even before it came ashore, forcing Republican Mitt Romney to shift his campaign inland and fueling fears that the massive storm bearing down on the East Coast could disrupt an election that is already under way.
As he juggled his governing duties with his re-election effort, President Barack Obama said the heavily populated East Coast could face power failures and other disruptions for several days.
"Don't anticipate that just because the immediate storm has passed that we're not going to have some potential problems in a lot of these communities going forward through the week," Obama said after a visit to the federal government's storm-response center.
Romney re-routed his campaign from Virginia to join his vice presidential running mate Paul Ryan in Ohio, one of the handful of battleground states that will decide the outcome of the Nov. 6 election.
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Sandy Blows Election off-course (Original Post)
Kber
Oct 2012
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(29,876 posts)1. This and little else will dominate the headlines for the week. eom
Ztolkins
(429 posts)2. You're right...
Thank god they avoided talking about climate change this election season. That'd have been a waste.
BlueDemKev
(3,003 posts)3. Oh God, PLEASE don't let this storm disrupt people from voting...
...if we lose fair and square, so be it. But please don't allow this storm to alter history.