What we are watching is Karl Rove in action. Romney has clearly lost, but all that matters to the GOP is making the country ungovernable.
Patriotism!
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What we are watching is Karl Rove in action. Romney has clearly lost, but all that matters to the GOP is making the country ungovernable.
Patriotism!
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dp
I think even the wingiest nuts aren’t buying this BS.
Brandon
Concede already asshole!
Herbal Infusion Bagger
This is good news for John McCain.
spudvol
Rove can go unskew himself.
Maude
To Senator McConnell
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ChrisNYC
President Obama’s most re-tweeted tweet ever. Gorgeous.
https://twitter.com/BarackObama/statuses/266031293945503744?tw_i=266031293945503744&tw_e=details&tw_p=twt
Maude
The Reagan era is over.
danimal
Annnnnnnndddddd…Obama is now leading in the popular vote.
Highway Rob
@John Cole:
Thanks. For all you and your crew did.
–Highway Rob, lurker
ETA: + idunno,callit5
Spaghetti Lee
Rove can go fuck himself. This isn’t some grand strategy on his part. It’s the desparate, angry flailing of a desperate and angry man.
Brandon
The reality is that they are so angry that they refuse to let the American people see Obama give a victory speech while they are still awake. Assholes!
Punchy
Rove was in really incredible rare form. He refused to accept the Ohio numbers. Fought on air with his Fox coworkers. What a piece of
workshit.Cacti
The southern strategy is fallen! The southern strategy is dead!
May its fetid corpse rot in political hell.
Waldo
Fox is still fretting over the razor thin margin in the popular vote. Kinda hope the final tally is Obama by 1 vote — just to make them lose their shit.
MMM
Rove: Every sperm, I mean vote, is sacred….
JPL
Obama can give his speech at five in the morning. If I were Obama, I’d walk on the stage and say america fk yeah.. Then no one would care about mitt.
Hill Dweller
The Ohio GOP isn’t buying this shit. Dave Weigel posted a pic of their empty ballroom on twitter. That scumbag SOS in Ohio even said it was over.
Romney is a petulant child.
Wag
Nate Silver blinded them with SCIENCE!!!
Cacti
Also too, GOBAMA has moved into the lead in the popular vote.
He’ll win CA by 1 million votes or more, so expect that lead to grow.
James E. Powell
@dp:
I think even the wingiest nuts aren’t buying this BS.
I don’t know about the wingiest, but the FOX anchors were looking at him like he had lost his goddamn mind.
Going backstage to get the guy who made the call, having him explain it. That was like Woody Allen getting Marshall McLuhan.
Wag
And I love rachel.
MMM
fox news: CO – Up in Smoke
Donut
@Cacti:
Amen.
Cacti
Virginia is called.
Run that score up Barack!
Spaghetti Lee
Just saw on MSNBC, Michele Bachmann is winning by 120 votes. 1 2 0. With only 58% of the precincts in. Oh pleeeeeeeeease oh please oh please…
ChrisNYC
Buzzfeed guy on twitter retweets that Romney will speak “soon.”
Cermet
Eat shit and die wingnut thugs – President Barack Hussein Obama (learn how to speak it proudly Americans!) has won; even in this racist country a black man can win re-election without winning the majority of the white vote (my pardon to the Northeast – you are the exception giving 51% white male vote to the president.)
Teabaggers – PLEASE – keep up the great work helping us elect sane, rational people.
PsiFighter37
I still stand by my 332-206 prediction.
Hellers yes, bitches.
Comrade Jake
How the fuck is Rove still employed? He just spent millions of dollars of other people’s money on dogshit.
jwb
Bachmann may be going down. Lead down to 120 votes with 58% reporting.
Waldo
Rove: oh sure, Obama technically won, but he really lost in every meaningful way. What a gasbag.
Ridnik Chrome
@Maude: From your keyboard to God’s ear…
Spaghetti Lee
@ChrisNYC:
I am not going to sleep until I see him cry.
Violet
Karl Rove deserves a horrible end.
gene108
@spudvol:
Watching Rove on Fox News brings warm feelings to my heart.
He really looks like he’s been crying because Romney lost and the Democrats are going to keep the Senate.
His goal of a permanent Republican majority went down in flames.
James E. Powell
Virginia! We got Virginia.
Tja
Its like the end of ‘Trading Places’…
‘Whaddaya mean you called it for Obama? You just can’t do that! I run those numbers! I make those calls! There’s been a Rove manipulating these digits since the day this Notwork was founded!..’
Increase Mather
Foxnews.com has Obama’s win as the headline, but then about 15 stories about cheating Dems at the voting booth.
Paul
John King kept ranting on CNN that we are still a center-right country…
danimal
UNLIMITED CORPORATE CASH…has its limits!
Donut
This is really starting to look like Romney is gonna shit the bed all the way. The fuck? I surely fucking hope there are some reasonable fucking people around him who talk him off of whatever ledge he is on right now, I don’t think the country is in the mood to suffer this bullshit any longer.
JPL
@gene108: Well folks gave him millions of dollars and he failed. Next time the same folks will send their money to China. Rove is fired.
I love the fact that the Koch brothers tossed their money to the wind.
Yeah.. romney is coming up will he cry… will he look like a jerk.. enquiring minds want to know
Drunken hausfrau
Can we go to bed now?
suzanne
Romney is such an unbelievable baby.
aimai
Actually I really read the Rove thing as mere showmanship. None of you really believe that Rove didn’t know this was coming, or, that once its here, its not inevitable–do you? He is jus tpaid, and paid very well, to always be closing. Regardless of how absurd.
Meanwhile, I want Obama to get out there in front of the crowd in Grant Park and accept the eleciton BEFORE Mitt concedes. Fucking step on his throat as well as his lines. Mitt is a has been who never was. Don’t even give him that much attention.
aimai
NotMax
One thing must admit I’m not at all clear about is whether provisional ballots and late-arriving absentee ballots still get counted down the line, adjusting the popular vote totals.
The Dangerman
Did whateverhisnameisnow come around to eat crow?
Mr Stagger Lee
The reaction of the teabaggers to the re-election of President Obama brought to you by Ronny Cox!
Arclite
Great job with Coveritlive and all who participated in setting that up and running it. It was a great success, and I was so happy to be among my fellow politicos all night on this momentous event. If the site had been down, I would not have been able to share this with you all.
I’d also be interested if it’s possible to know what the comment totals were on the night on COveritlive.
ChrisNYC
CBS says Romney called Obama and conceded. Will speak by 1.
Waldo
Romney’s unofficial statement: “that does not compute!”
Birthmarker
Well, we don’t see Obama’s cheering crowds, we don’t hear his speech b/c of the late hour, it has kept NBC from calling Nevada for O, it adds to the meme that the president’s term is illegimate..it works on so many levels…
danimal
Having fun watching Fox reaching for ways to polish this turd of a GOP election night.
Obama won, which means he needs to compromise and think bigger because, um, we want him to cower before the all-powerful FoxGOP! Because shut up, that’s why.
NotMax
@JPL
Certain down to the marrow of my bones that Rove has e-mails and letters all ready to go out starting tomorrow to the big donors that the reason for the loss was not having enough money, and if they’d just pony up more in the future, it will be in the bag.
Spaghetti Lee
@Birthmarker:
Who gives a shit? They lost.
Strontium 90
MSNBC needs to get on the ball and call VA
Bubblegum Tate
My favorite wingnut’s spin: Obama just lied so much, and the GOP made the mistake of totally taking the high road instead of getting down in the gutter.
(She’s a birther, because of course she is.)
Wally Ballou
MSNBC reporting Romney made a phone call to the President conceding the race.
NotMax
So pleased with today that have to say it again.
White Horse fall down, go boom.
Which is as it should be.
Highway Rob
@Drunken hausfrau: No.
Helen
@Drunken hausfrau: NOW???? Before you see Romney and Anne and Paul cry? Surely you jest!
Strontium 90
Craphammer is a bitter fuck. Jeeesh…
Hill Dweller
I don’t believe for a second the Romney campaign ever doubted the Ohio result. They just wanted to stall things until late in the night, and rob the President of giving a speech that much of the country would see live.
Romney is a petulant child.
SatanicPanic
@Maude:
Yes, fucking finally! The best thing about this night.
Punchy
Kraut just called Romney a liberal. Whoops….
Increase Mather
Seeing as BJ has multiple Rochester, NY bloggers, I’ll point to this:
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/
Louise Slaughter over Maggie Brooks.
danimal
The GOP is still in denial. The unemployment rate is high and the GDP is low. This will change, and Obama/Dems will get the credit. They are well and truly fcuked if they don’t change their tactics and message. I hope for the sake of the country that they do, even if the partisan side of me wants them ignorant and blind as long as possible.
Mark B.
Romney conceding. I expect him to have to expend a lot of effort to keep from choking on the sore loser bile.
yopd1
What Nate Silver wants to say.
NotMax
If Romney dares to mention Benghazi in his concession statement, he deserves a fate worse than I can imagine.
Birthmarker
Between Coveritlive and MSNBC, an all around great night! Thanks to all!
Todd
Concession,
catclub
@James E. Powell: Of course, just yesterday, we were talking about Rove harvesting millions of dollars int eh effort to defeat Obama. That crusade will now continue. He will convince them he is a true believer.
Maude
@Arclite:
It was good. There has to be a tally of comments. We’ll find out how many.
We won. A historic night.
Hill Dweller
@Strontium 90:
Chuck Toad said earlier NBC wouldn’t be calling VA until all the votes were counted.
Helen
Fox reporting that Romney called Obama. It’s really really really over.
But not until Romney gets on my TV and admits it. That’s the bestest part!
Mark B.
@Punchy: Conservatism never fails, it can only be failed.
burnspbesq
@PsiFighter37:
You’re looking good.
burnspbesq
@PsiFighter37:
You’re looking good.
EconWatcher
What happened in the senate races in NV and AZ? I can’t find any info.
aangus
Here we go!
me
NBC calls it for Baldwin in WI.
Spaghetti Lee
@Hill Dweller:
I think it’s possible that they could have just been in denial, somehow thought the remaining votes would swing huge for Romney, and refused to concede until it they couldn’t avoid it. They believed every last word of their own bullshit and this must have been a punch in the gut for him.
Pooh
There were about 10x more people at the McCain rally in 2008.
Applejinx
I worked in New Hampshire, and we brought Obama in 55% and made lots of other Dems win. The room went nuts when we got Ohio- it was amazing.
So pissed off when they said Romney didn’t concede Ohio.
I am watching him concede right now, and only then will I fucking go to sleep.
Insomniac
Here we go…Mitt be a statesman.
Violet
Mitt does not look well.
Strontium 90
Not a bad opening by Romney
Todd
Where is Ann? I want to see tears.
burnspbesq
Baldwin!
Paul
@danimal:
Amen. The economy is about to take off. It would have driven me crazy if Romney had been elected and given credit for the economy recovery.
Suffern ACE
@Paul: well yes. And McClaren will remind you that the center right party won. The center right now includes pot legalization. But that’s a story for another day.
Punchy
Shouldnt Ryan be out there with him?
Insomniac
Here we go…Mitt be a statesman for once.
NotMax
@EconWatcher
AZ called for Flake a while ago.
Wally Ballou
Mitt: “I pray that the President will be successful in guiding our nation.”
Supporters: “Fuck that shit.”
Country first!
1badbaba3
Buh-Bye Willard. Can’t say I’ll miss ya.
Helen
Where’s Ryan? Ain’t he supposed to be there? I remember Sarah being there for McCain. Todd too. Oh and where’s Anne?
MMM
Hey Mitt – thanks but no thanks – go enjoy your money
BlueDWarrior
This night is a lot more subduded for me (because I’m not blaring my music)
But it is no less exciting and momentous.
Not only did we keep a Democrat in office, but it was in the face of one of the most vile campaigns waged by an opposition party I think in the modern Political era.
Let us hope that enough House Republicans see the writing on the wall to play ball with the more liberal Democratic caucus.
GregB
@EconWatcher:
Arizona went to the GOP, Flake beat Carmona.
Haven’t seen results for Nevada.
Spike
Here’s your math, Karl, courtesy of the great Randall Munroe:
As always with xkcd, don’t forget the mouseover
Helen
Where’s Ryan? Ain’t he supposed to be there? I remember Sarah being there for McCain. Todd too. Oh and where’s Anne?
1badbaba3
Buh-Bye Willard. Can’t say I’ll miss ya.
GxB
How bout it – the fucker conceded and somewhat gracefully – got to catch a pig on a connection to the twin cities.
Svensker
Sorry about your CO, John. Maybe in a few weeks he’ll come around — had that happen with a friend of mine the last time.
Obama, fuck yeah. And what a turd Romney is. Time to start forgetting him asap.
MMM
John Cole for Congress in 2014!
RoonieRoo
Watching Romney’s concession speech and I have to honor his graciousness so far. He looks exhausted and he is being gracious so far.
Waldo
I can’t bear to listen to the concession speech. But for the record, I want say: Thanks, Mitt, for everything you did to make this possible.
Wag
Watching Mitt talk, and all I can think of is the song “Turn it Off” from Book of Mormon
Romney is really turning it off.
Elmo
Quiet, libtards! President-elect ROMNEY is giving his acceptance speech on Fox right now!
/politicalobserver
aangus
Is he conceding or stumping?
GxB
How bout it – the fucker conceded and somewhat gracefully – got to catch a pig on a connection to the twin cities.
James E. Powell
Holy shit! Romney said ‘honesty and integrity’ and he wasn’t struck by a lightning bolt. See? There is no God!
Geoduck
Washington state legalized pot and confirmed gay marriage. Woot!
tBone
Romney looks like he’s trying to pass a lug nut through his Liquid Waste Venting Apparatus.
Todd
Y’all getting the “glib” vibe off of this assholes bullshit, or is it just me?
aangus
Is he conceding or stumping?
Boudica
Teleprompter, Mitt?
MattR
I have not been around all night. Did our resident troll actually make his promised appearance tonight? Did he leave as soon as Fox called it for Obama?
John PM
Romney looks tired and old, and his speech sucks.
John PM
Romney looks tired and old, and his speech sucks.
The prophet Nostradumbass
@Helen: The McCain campaign made damn sure that Palin wasn’t allowed to say a word when he conceded.
Mark B.
Romney’s concession speech not quite as dickish as expected, but really boring and way too long.
Humanities Grad
@EconWatcher:
Arizona was called for Flake on MSNBC maybe an hour ago, IIRC.
forked tongue
Well, that was about the most platitudinous, insincere, and graceless concession speech I’ve seen.
TaMara (BHF)
From the Gov of Colorado, after 64 passed and we’re the first in the nation to legalize the weed:
“The voters have spoken and we have to respect their will. This will be a complicated process, but we intend to follow through. That said, federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug so don’t break out the Cheetos or gold fish too quickly.” – John Hickenlooper
burnspbesq
Good speech. Now call Mc Connell and tell him to get his head out of his ass.
dead existentialist
Muthafucker lied to the bitter end. “I believe in America.” Pfft.
John PM
Romney looks tired and old, and his speech sucked. Thankfully, it was short.
Humanities Grad
@EconWatcher:
Arizona was called for Flake on MSNBC maybe an hour ago, IIRC.
TaMara (BHF)
From the Gov of Colorado, after 64 passed and we’re the first in the nation to legalize the weed:
“The voters have spoken and we have to respect their will. This will be a complicated process, but we intend to follow through. That said, federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug so don’t break out the Cheetos or gold fish too quickly.” – John Hickenlooper
Mark B.
Romney’s concession speech not quite as dickish as expected, but really boring and way too long.
John PM
Romney looks tired and old, and his speech sucked. Thankfully, it was short.
SuperHrefna
You know, for once I’m not disgusted by Mitt Romney. It’s weird. I hate the man, but I actually think that concession speech was gracious and seemed heartfelt. *astonished blinks*
dead existentialist
Muthafucker lied to the bitter end. “I believe in America.” Pfft.
Applejinx
I worked in New Hampshire, and we brought Obama in 55% and made lots of other Dems win. The room went nuts when we got Ohio- it was amazing.
So pissed off when they said Romney didn’t concede Ohio.
I am watching him concede right now, and only then will I fucking go to sleep.
Oh for fuck’s sake, they cheered Paul Ryan more than Mittens o_O
James E. Powell
@MattR:
Did he leave as soon as Fox called it for Obama?
Disappeared long before that. Think he’s coming back?
the Conster
It’s over. Holy shit, it’s all FINALLY OVER!
SuperHrefna
You know, for once I’m not disgusted by Mitt Romney. It’s weird. I hate the man, but I actually think that concession speech was gracious and seemed heartfelt. *astonished blinks*
Comrade Mary
Nobody is carrying the Romney concession live up here. I’ll catch up tomorrow.
Meanwhile, natesilveriswrong.com is looking poorly, while isnatesilverawitch.com has changed its verdict.
Hill Dweller
Fuck Romney and his concession speech. It will never erase all the blatant appeals to racism and mendacity from him and his campaign.
McCain gave a good concession speech, but proceeded to engage in shameful behavior for the next 4 years.
Violet
Ann Romney looked wiped out and it looked like she stumbled. I wonder if her MS is acting up. Wouldn’t surprise me with all the stress of the campaign.
NotMax
Tweety looks like he had bad fish for dinner.
PsiFighter37
I believe we MOTHERFUCKING WON.
That is all.
I will keep moderating until enough people leave and I pass out.
Helen
Lanny Davis on Fox is telling me that O should go right. So he can “run for history and not for re-election.”
SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP
ChrisNYC
Harry Reid has neither time nor patience for all this weepy “I’m ok, you’re ok” business. From his statement:
“The strategy of obstruction, gridlock and delay was soundly rejected by the American people.”
Belafon (formerly anonevent)
So, there’s still a chance Bachmann and West could lose. Last counts I saw put them both behind.
Jay in Oregon
@Helen:
He’s frantically trying to scrub the loser stink off of him in time for 2016.
SatanicPanic
It was an OK speech. The man’s an asshole, but I would still hate to be in his shoes tonight.
Maude
How can this be a center right nation when we just re elected a black man for president?
The pundits are worse than I thought.
And that’s saying something.
We can all sleep well tonight.
Strontium 90
@John PM: Shit, he looked more comfortable than I can remember. Like a great weight had been lifted… I thought it was a nice moment for him.
Todd
Sweet, sweet fucking wingnut tears on Fox. What this means for conservatives, with shellshocked expressions.
Bring on the death panels, gun confiscation, mandatory Christian abortions and forced gay marriages.
the Conster
@Belafon (formerly anonevent):
I wish BJ had a “like” button for this.
burnspbesq
@James E. Powell:
No chance. Once a chickenshit, always a chickenshit.
NotMax
@Belafon (formerly anonevent)
Marvelous, isn’t it?
And Grayson won back his seat.
Genine
I think Romney gave a good concession speech. Yeah, the parts about honesty and integrity make the mind boggle coming from him, but the words were good. :-)
Helen
@The prophet Nostradumbass: Yeah but she was on the stage. And if I may say something nice about her: The best suit EVA
Jax6655
@the Conster:
FTW
Old Dan and Little Ann
So happy Obama won. The fact that nearly half the country still voted for Mittens is fucking depressing. Fuck those douche bags. Good on Warren tonight, though. Hurray for the good guys tonight.
muddy
@Strontium 90:
I bet he was secretly relieved.
NotMax
@Maude
gasp
He – he’s black?
Who knew?
(couldn’t resist)
Strontium 90
Fox actualy giving a shout out and props to Nate!
dead existentialist
“Analysis” oddly enough has one “a” and two “s’s”. I may never watch PBS News again. Fucking idiots.
Feudalism Now!
Hey Bibi you backed the wrong horse.
James E. Powell
Florida is going to wait until tomorrow. The Miami-Dade election workers went home. Hope they left a battalion of national guard around the building.
Anoniminous
A song in sympathy for Mitt Romney and all the little TeaBagging Fundie-Cons of the GOP.
(NSFW)
NotMax
@Helen
Direct quote from Steve Schmidt (McCain/Palin campaign head honcho) earlier tonight about that on MSNBC:
“We didn’t want her to debase the moment.”
MattR
@James E. Powell:
We should be so lucky.
Though Burnsie probably has it right that he is too chickenshit to come back.
NotMax
@MattR
Or he ran out of fingers and toes trying to figure out how many days there are in four years so he could do a running countdown for new delusional BFF President-elect Ryan.
:)
burnspbesq
Not liking the early results on the CA propositions. Tax increase and death penalty repeal going down.
burnspbesq
Steele made a surprising amount of sense in his analysis of where the Repubs go from here.
Death Panel Truck
@Cacti: MSNBC hasn’t called Virginia for the simple reason that if they do, people will turn off their TVs and go to bed.
Arclite
@Maude: It was awesome. Breathtaking. Incredible. It was so close and even though Obama had the polls in his favor, it was no sure thing. Citizens United and voter suppression were against us.
I’m so stoked. Four more years of sanity. Four more years of competence. Four more years of international respect.
Drew
Watching PBO’s speech. Watching history! I love this man.
And Florida is basically irrelevant this time around. Thank the fuck christ
Just Some Fuckhead
@Drew:
Florida AND Ohio. Think about that. These states have been perennial cluster fucks for 3 election cycles. And they didn’t even matter this time.
Drew
Allen West, that war criminal fuck, is losing! And Bachmann’s race is close. She’ll probably win but I love that its making her sweat
slightly_peeved
REPUBLICANS. t(‘_’t)
I’m doing this as hard as I can.
Great work America!
Drew
@Just Some Fuckhead: I know! We’re in no takesie-backsies territory. I want FL, just to run up the score, and its my home state and I’ll be ashamed if it goes red, but thank god we don’t need it.
And oh my GOD, after Obama won PA, we started watching Fox. Oh those tears of unfathomable sadness…
Drew
8 years of Obama. Doesn’t quite cancel out Shrub, but close. I don’t ever want to live through another 8 years like 2001-2008 ever again
Full Metal Wingnut
Love how WV was basically immediately called for the white guy. I laugh so I don’t cry.
Ken
@Maude: How can this be a center right nation
We are a center-right nation; that’s why we vote for the center-right party, the Democrats.