and in 2008, in the middle of what we think of as big, empty, red state nebraska, it was barack obama who won nebraska s second congressional district. so he won that single electoral vote. so basically, omaha, nebraska, was a blue dot. since obama beat john mccain so badly in 2008, that little blue dot in nebraska ended up just being sort of interesting trivia about the election. that one electoral vote was not decisive, right? but check this out. the other state besides nebraska that does not just award its electoral votes as a whole state, the other state that splits them up by district is the state of maine. and maine has gone all blue in the last five presidential elections. but this year, a pro-mitt romney super pac is buying a nice chunk of airtime in maine for pro-mitt romney ads, including, in the one congressional district in the state, where mitt romney might, maybe, conceivably have a chance. and yeah, maybe the romney super pac is really buying ads in maine so they ll get
but check this out. the other state besides nebraska that does not just award its electoral votes as a whole state, the other state that splits them up by district is the state of maine. and maine has gone all blue in the last five presidential elections. but this year, a pro-mitt romney super pac is buying a nice chunk of airtime in maine for pro-mitt romney ads, including, in the one congressional district in the state, where mitt romney might, maybe, conceivably have a chance. and yeah, maybe the romney super pac is really buying ads in maine so they ll get seen next door in swing state, new hampshire, but maybe the race is so close that a single red dot in maine could make a difference for mitt romney. maybe this election will be historically close, one electoral vote close, epically close. so close that we have to dive way down into the nebraska and maine congressional district maps. so close that we have to memorize the innards and the sub-innards of the 12th amendment of the con
red state nebraska, it was barack obama who won nebraska s second congressional district. so he won that single electoral vote. so basically, omaha, nebraska, was a blue dot. since obama beat john mccain so badly in 2008, that little blue dot in nebraska ended up just being sort of interesting trivia about the election. that one electoral vote was not decisive, right? but check this out. the other state besides nebraska that does not just award its electoral votes as a whole state, the other state that splits them up by district is the state of maine. and maine has gone all blue in the last five presidential elections. but this year, a pro-mitt romney super pac is buying a nice chunk of airtime in maine for pro-mitt romney ads, including, in the one congressional district in the state, where mitt romney might, maybe, conceivably have a chance. and yeah, maybe the romney super pac is really buying ads in maine so they ll get seen next door in swing state, new hampshire, but maybe the ra
itself. it was a scandal they had even been asked to pick up something that racially charged. but a few months later, the campaign picked up the welfare nonsense campaigning in a way that s divorced from the facts but that s loaded with enough sub text to knock you over in a still wind. and they picked up newt gingrich surrogate in his food stamps attack. no and now fox news and the pro-mitt romney drudge report just are going full bore on the jeremiah wright stuff, as o of right now. in 2008 the john mccain had a choice about whether or not they should campaign on really overtly racial appeals. things like the jeremiah wright attack. they chose not to in 2008. if the romney campaign is going to keep going there along with the the conservative media, can
he rere pepeated the lie to cnn last week. there was a moment back in may when it became a scandal that a pro-mitt romney super pac had even been pitched the idea of bringing jeremiah wright back as an attack on president obama. that ad campaign was never picked up by the pro-romney super pac or the romney campaign itself. it was a scandal they had even been asked to pick up something that racially charged. but a few months later, the campaign picked up the welfare nonsense campaigning in a way that s divorced from the facts but that s loaded with enough sub text to knock you over in a still wind. and they picked up newt gingrich surrogate in his food stamps attack. no and now fox news and the pro-mitt romney drudge report just are going full bore on the