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David__77

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6. Reagan, who was 100 times worse than Romney, won in a landslide twice.

Reply to redgreenandblue (Original post)

Tue Nov 27, 2012, 01:50 PM

Nov 2012

I'd say that the country is making progress. Reagan was a nut who could have easily led humanity to thermonuclear annihilation. His cabal was an evil mix of Birchers, racists, and Friedmanite radicals. Romney could not hope to be so evil.

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50.6% to 47.8% is, I don't know, weird... [View all] redgreenandblue Nov 2012 OP

They're not done counting in most states, including CA. BlueCaliDem Nov 2012 #1

Think Election Fraud, vote suppression and other very scary tactics sally5050 Nov 2012 #2

the country has a long way to go. Flashmann Nov 2012 #3

Compared to Bush (500 and 70K 'victories'), it is a landslide. godai Nov 2012 #4

45% of the female vote is what bugs me the most malthaussen Nov 2012 #5

That struck me too. redgreenandblue Nov 2012 #10

Reagan, who was 100 times worse than Romney, won in a landslide twice. David__77 Nov 2012 #6

332 electoral votes is a landslide by any metric. The president has a +4 mil popular vote spread. Tarheel_Dem Nov 2012 #7

I'd say 400, but there is no real definition to what is or what isn't Ter Nov 2012 #9

When some analysts were laying odds that the president would cobble together enough EV's to just.... Tarheel_Dem Nov 2012 #11

Hate for this President runs deep among many americans. bluestate10 Nov 2012 #8