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secondwind

(16,903 posts)
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 10:49 PM Oct 2012

"They are cleaning our clock"...... I just got this from another political Page...




Tue Oct 30, 2012 at 07:22 PM PDT

Leaked Florida GOP Memo: "Democratic turnout machine is cleaning our clock"

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Evan Axelbank, a journalist at WPTV in West Palm Beach, Florida, has gotten his hands on a leaked internal GOP memo. Apparently it was deliberately leaked by a "worried GOPer" to motivate the GOP base by showing them that a loss was possible, but it still definitely suggests
concern- as does that motivation!

The memo cites a Democratic lead in early voting "60-22 in PBC, similar to 08. If you add returned Absentee ballots to EV by party, Dems like by 30k in PBC". It also describes the Democratic turnout machine as "cleaning our clock", and warns about the effect on down-ticket races.

I'll post the direct link to the memo as soon as it's up but until then, I wanted to get this up there since I didn't see anyone else discussing it.

A GREAT sign - and along with the last few days of polls, Cook earlier today and Romney's travel schedule tomorrow, shows that Florida is really very gettable for us... and if we win it, everything else is just for show.
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"They are cleaning our clock"...... I just got this from another political Page... (Original Post) secondwind Oct 2012 OP
Thanks for posting. I got goosebumps thinking about it. ItsTheMediaStupid Oct 2012 #1
send it Tenleytown Oct 2012 #2
Make it go viral!! n/t courseofhistory Oct 2012 #3
Do we want to make it go Viral? VirginiaTarheel Oct 2012 #4
Dems are the ones who worry about complacency. NOT Repubs Maximumnegro Oct 2012 #12
I wonder?? Thekaspervote Oct 2012 #5
Your concern is noted. ThatPoetGuy Oct 2012 #6
Broward is known for foul ups, the Republicans are mad at the supervisor because demgrrrll Oct 2012 #8
Why would they deliberately leak this now? Unknown Beatle Oct 2012 #7
In case there is no link - here it is... piechartking Oct 2012 #9
It's easy to clean their clock Wednesdays Oct 2012 #10
Imagine CuriousAboutPolls Oct 2012 #11
did you write their scripts,yes election night will be fun to watch, -LOKI -BAD FOR YA Oct 2012 #13

ItsTheMediaStupid

(2,800 posts)
1. Thanks for posting. I got goosebumps thinking about it.
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 10:52 PM
Oct 2012

Not only to win, but to win big again, and get the president some help in Congress along the way.

VirginiaTarheel

(823 posts)
4. Do we want to make it go Viral?
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 10:58 PM
Oct 2012

Obviously, what we are doing in FLorida is ALREADY working. We are doing what we need to do. We don't need to publicize it and throw in Repubs face now. We need them to be oblivious and slumber while we get the vote out early and strong.

Maximumnegro

(1,134 posts)
12. Dems are the ones who worry about complacency. NOT Repubs
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 12:13 AM
Oct 2012

They are always ready to vote.

No need to be scaredy cats about good news. Ugh.

Thekaspervote

(32,809 posts)
5. I wonder??
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 10:58 PM
Oct 2012

There's some news today posted here out of Boward county about vote tally totals being WAY off!! Is there way of playing dumb?? Leaking we're being killed to cover up the real story??

demgrrrll

(3,590 posts)
8. Broward is known for foul ups, the Republicans are mad at the supervisor because
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 11:26 PM
Oct 2012

of the polling places she chose, they think they are being disenfranchised because she did not choose polling places close to the Republican contingent. So who knows.

Unknown Beatle

(2,672 posts)
7. Why would they deliberately leak this now?
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 11:22 PM
Oct 2012

"They are cleaning our clock" sounds like they want the dem electorate to relax. Maybe those undecided and dems thinking about not voting will read this and decide not to vote since we're cleaning their clock anyway.

11. Imagine
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 12:12 AM
Oct 2012

Imagine the scrambling by Chuck Todd(MSNBC) and CNN pundits on election night, trying to sell the notion that ALL Romney has to do is win all the remaining swing states and he can still be elected. Todd will be showing us some random county in Pennsylvania with about 12 voters living there and telling us that if Romney carries that he will be elected the next President. And, of course, Dick Morris will be on Fox saying he has a poll going on "right now, at this very moment, that shows Romney winning California and Illinois...and plus there are over 300 votes yet to be counted in Florida and Romney is only down by 6000....so, we cannot be so sure about Florida just yet. Romney can still win in a landslide."

-LOKI -BAD FOR YA

(308 posts)
13. did you write their scripts,yes election night will be fun to watch,
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 07:44 AM
Oct 2012

dick says, we could take ny and part of canada to balance it out regionality

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