maine nebraska model, the vote would have been 276 romney and 262 obama. it is that condensed. in a few numbers of districts and in the state. the democrats have the numbers but republican ares have land mass and that is where it kind of shows. the next big election massachusetts senate. john kerry is day as way from confirmation. and they have to have an interim senator appointed the official position of this show is go with experience and go with barney frank it was big of you to take yourself out of the mix. i decided to go with more experience. you know, it has been fascinated. my sense of the situation is
2008. the twist in virginia is it is the winner of the most congressional districts. it is a strange move. there is sort of an admission here by republicans that there is a threat here that if this gathers steam, if the big blue states, if you had that basic maine nebraska model, the vote would have been 276 romney and 262 obama. it is that condensed. in a few numbers of districts and in the state. the democrats have the numbers but republican ares have land mass and that is where it kind
congressional-based system, romney would have won the election last november. that s because people who are liberal like to live in cities. these are patterns we ve seen a long time ago. if electoral votes were dif i haved up by congressional district, we d be reporting on mitt romney s first week in the whielt house. here s a map. that s the usual electoral map we use in this country. if the republican plan was put in place, you d have to replace that map with this one. all of those districts in red are all electoral points for mitt romney. it means even though barack obama carried the electoral college by 232 to 206. he would have lost to romney 262 to 276. what do you think would happen? how active is the naacp, mr.
year, but don t worry because kim kardashian was still the most searched person, just in case you were. and president obama and former president clinton were part of a golfing foursome sunday but no cameras were allowed. these pictures are from when they played last year. it s believed to be the president s third time hitting the links since the election. finally, birther tate tried to force occidental college to release president obama s student records. the judge said no, told her, quote, evidence is not stuff printed from the internet and ordered her to pay the college $4,000 for its trouble. and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. and now for a check on wall street this monday morning. the dow opens this week at 13,025 after gaining 3 points friday. the s&p was up a fraction. the nasdaq lost 1. overseas, the nikkei added 12, and the hang seng dropped 262. investors and traders keep
now get to 270 at this point in the night? come on over here. okay. florida is still outstanding about 18,000 vote difference. say he comes back there and overtakes that lead for barack obama, that would give him 29 electoral votes and now you are at 216. now you start to see the map in motion, how important the mid-atlantic states are now. 15 electoral votes in north carolina. if he is able to win there, a state that barack obama took from republicans four years ago, he he would be at 231. now in virginia, 13 electoral votes if he were to win there now 244. ohio is yet to be called. what if he comes back and wins in the buckeye state at 18 now you are at 262 and only 8 away from 270. even with all this, if you go four for four on these states you would still need to win maybe a colorado to put you over 271. again this is a what if scenario we are trying to develop throughout the night. if i take these away right