Desperate Ohio Republicans turn to Supreme Court to Suppress Early Voting

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Tuesday October 09, 2012 · 10:18 AM PDT

2012/10/09 · 10:18

Coming across the wires on the last 30 minutes:

As Romney banks his entire candidacy on Ohio's 20 electoral votes, his friends at the secretary of state's office have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Republican-basked law that would ban early voting for civilians in the 3 days prior to the election.

There's not yet been an official Obama campaign response to this news that I can find.

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Tuesday September 25, 2012 · 12:15 PM PDT

2012/09/25 · 12:15

I read with some interest (and a few chuckles) the front page diaryby Jed Lewison, which describes the growing notion among conservatives that "the polls" are a product of a vast, left-wing, socialist conspiracy designed to kill the will of the Republican faithful.

That desparate Republicans can so easily toss aside science & methodology while breaking out the tinfoil hats is not surprising. Pathetic and sad, but not surprising. As Bill Clinton might say, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

A look at Florida, however, throws cold water on this theory. If anything, it kinda points in the other direction. Since July 1, 2012, there have been 26 head-to-head polls conducted of the state by a variety of firms. Of those 26 polls, President Obama has led in all by 9 of them.

And of those 9 polls in which Obama has trailed, he has trailed by an average of just 2 points. Moreover, these 9 polls were conducted by just four pollsters: Rasmussen, Gravis Marketing, Purple Strategies, and AIF/McLaughlin. Now, prior to 2012 I had never heard of the latter three outfits. Rasmussen, of course, has been around and mocked for years now.

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Sunday October 31, 2010 · 9:47 PM PDT

2010/10/31 · 21:47

Yes, things look dire.

Progressives are a hopeful and optimistic bunch. We look for the best in people and the silver linings in all situations. My mom had an old bumper sticker that read, "Democrats Have the Heart to Care." More than anything, I think that bumper sticker made me the Democrat I am today.

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Saturday November 22, 2008 · 12:58 PM PST

2008/11/22 · 12:58

I wish it werent the case, but it's true.

I just got back from a favorite bar where we like the hot wings. The sauce is particularly good, something to do with Frank's Hot Sauce and brown sugar and caramelizing. Or something to that effect.

I had a few of those Red bull and vodka drinks. And for some reason, now that I'm home, my first instinct was to log onto DailyKos and write a new diary. Something I havent done for quite some time because everyone else seemed to be writing something better and fresher so I figured what the hell, you guys do the talking and I;ll just sit back and read the genius.

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Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 1:30 PM PST

2008/11/04 · 13:30

For those (like me) who are a tad apprehensive about tonight's results from Pennsylvania, this story might help you relax -- a little.

Lancaster Online did their own exit polling in the county this morning over a three hour period. The results are encouraging, to say the least.

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Monday October 27, 2008 · 4:49 PM PDT

2008/10/27 · 16:49

Today's polls by Zogby (+2) and Rasmussen (+1) point to a close race in Missouri, where I think Obama will perform above expectations on Nov. 4 and pull out a satisfying victory.

Today, the secretary of state estimated a whopping 75% of registered voters will cast ballots in the Show-Me state. If true, this would certainly be good news for Obama.

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Tuesday October 14, 2008 · 10:46 PM PDT

2008/10/14 · 22:46

With 21 days left until the election, like everyone else I've been keeping an anxious eye on the national and state polls. One thing that's been discussed a lot lately is early voting. Today's polls give Obama supporters good reason to be optimistic in some key swing states.

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Wednesday June 04, 2008 · 7:39 AM PDT

2008/06/04 · 07:39

Bloggers Big Tent Democrat and Jeralyn continue to fan the flames of division at Talkleft, a once respected site that has become the defacto sounding board for bitterly disappointed and angry Clinton supporters.

Today, BTD jumps all over a piece at Politico. Seems an unnamed senior adviser suggested Obama won't spend a lot of time in the next few months wooing Clinton supporters. BTD's reaction?

Makes sense to me. Why worry about 18 million voters? So it turns out the Obama campaign has some not too smart people on his campaign too. Expect a swift rebuke from Axelrod over this.

Whatever.

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Monday June 02, 2008 · 12:08 PM PDT

2008/06/02 · 12:08

Jason Altmire, a freshman House member from Pennsylvania and undeclared superdelegate, gives some insightinto what's going on behind the scenes right now in the Obama camp.

For those of us waiting for the super avalanche today, it looks like it may instead happen tomorrow while Montana and South Dakato go to the polls.

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Wednesday May 28, 2008 · 9:21 AM PDT

2008/05/28 · 09:21

Talking Points Memo has the take on Obama's new television ad in Puerto Rico where he speaks Spanish.

As a non-Spanish speaker, I find the ad (besides being smart) a bit amusing and curiously uplifting. But here's my question: for those who know Spanish well, how does he sound? How might Puerto Ricans respond? Is this something we might see in the general election in states like Texas and New Mexico?

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Wednesday May 14, 2008 · 9:02 PM PDT

2008/05/14 · 21:02

The Republican U.S. Senate hopeful says he knows Colorado. Apparently, though, not as well as he thinks.

Schaffer and his Democratic opponent Rep. Mark Udall (an undeclared superdelegate, by the way) released their first video ads of the campaign. The result, for Schaffer, quickly turned embarrassing.

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Thursday May 08, 2008 · 7:13 AM PDT

2008/05/08 · 07:13

It seems Hillary Clinton's new path to the nomination has been forged. Based on her and her strategist's statements over the last day or two, this path rests on one bold claim: Obama can't win white voters and is therefore unelectable.

Here's what their path to the nomination looks like:

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