Election Day 2012

3rd & 7 37yd

by mark.preston 11/6/2012 9:04:01 PM
Gut Check is up: www.cnn.com/gutcheck
by Dana Davidsen, CNN 11/6/2012 9:04:58 PM
Mitt Romney at a campaign call center in Green Tree, Pennsylvania (Getty Images)
by CNN's Ashley Killough 11/6/2012 9:05:14 PM
Talking to supporters at a campaign stop in Pittsburgh, Romney was complimentary of Obama and said Romney volunteers “don't mean to be disparaging of the other guy. The president has run a strong campaign, I believe he is a good man and wish him well, and his family well. He is a good father and has been a good example of a good father, but it is time for a new direction. It is a time for a better tomorrow."
by Peter Hamby via twitter 11/6/2012 9:07:35 PM
"We're seeing great turnout across the board" - every Republican and Democrat everywhere
by Gregory Wallace, CNN 11/6/2012 9:09:06 PM
In today's CNN Gut Check: a timeline of what to expect tonight, starting at 5 p.m. -- just under an hour from now. www.cnn.com/gutcheck
by Peter Hamby via twitter 11/6/2012 9:11:18 PM
all around good dude @GaryTuchmanCNN posting up in Henrico tonight. Here's why > bit.ly/JGHhBA
by Gregory Wallace, CNN 11/6/2012 9:14:04 PM
New Jersey extends online voting: New Jersey voters who were approved to vote online will now have until Friday at at 8 p.m. ET to submit email and fax ballots under an Executive Order signed by Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno. Voters who want to vote electronically must submit an application to do so by today at 5 p.m. ET. -- from CNN's Stephanie Gallman.
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 11/6/2012 9:14:50 PM
Romney adviser Ed Gillespie predicts on CNN that Romney will secure at least 300 electoral votes tonight.

"I don't anticipate it being close," Gillespie told Wolf Blitzer. "I don't think there's going to be a lot of lawyering."
by Ali Velshi via twitter 11/6/2012 9:14:56 PM
BREAKING: NJ voters approved to vote online will until 8p Fri to submit email and fax ballots. Voters must apply by 5p today
by CNN's Ashley Killough 11/6/2012 9:17:02 PM
President Obama has finished playing basketball, and his motorcade is now rolling.
by Peter Hamby via twitter 11/6/2012 9:17:17 PM
Gillespie drops the "collar counties" bomb on CNN. cc: @RealClearScott
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 11/6/2012 9:22:22 PM
What's Mitt Romney's Election Day ritual? Ed Gillespie said the GOP nominee likes to spend time with wife Ann and their kids.

As for any speech prep, Gillespie said the Romney team was "Feeling confident talking to you tonight that we'll only need one speech."
by Mark Preston via twitter 11/6/2012 9:25:07 PM
Election Day edition of Gut Check is out - w/an hour by hour viewing guide, top headlines & TRIVIA: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/06/cnns-gut-check-for-november-6-2012/
by Gregory Wallace, CNN 11/6/2012 9:27:26 PM
While we're watching tonight to see who wins, CNN Chief Political Correspondent Candy Crowley remembers best those who lost: "However long a candidate or his staff has to prepare mentally for defeat, it is still a blow of surprising proportions. Those who have been through it liken it to having a terminally ill loved one -- you know what's coming, but it doesn't help." - www.cnn.com
by Mark Preston via twitter 11/6/2012 9:27:43 PM
At what point tonight do the fundraising emails from 3rd party political groups stop? Maybe never.
by CNN Politics via twitter 11/6/2012 9:28:08 PM
The top 10 most mentioned terms on Facebook in the U.S. are all related to the #election2012. TheCNNbrief.tu instagr.am/p/Rs7v5qt2BY/
by CNN Politics via twitter 11/6/2012 9:28:39 PM
Obama to lie low awaiting results http://at.cnn.com/H8cQjd
by CNN Politics via twitter 11/6/2012 9:28:41 PM
On Election Day, marvel at democracy http://at.cnn.com/eab6iR
by CNN's Ashley Killough 11/6/2012 9:30:38 PM
From CNN White House Correspondent Brianna Keilar: President Obama and the first lady will watch returns come in from their home in the Hyde Park - Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago with close friends and family, then go to the Fairmont Hotel (where senior staff are staying) at some point, according to an Obama campaign official. They'll later go to McCormick Place for the election night rally.
by Jessica Yellin via twitter 11/6/2012 9:35:09 PM
Here's what Obama aides say their data shows them: turnout high everywhere, no romney surge, no surprises, afr am turnout up in PA and VA.
by Mark Preston via twitter 11/6/2012 9:36:55 PM
Love Clyde! MT: @kctucker don't forget to give a shout out to those working behind the scenes tonight! #clydetucker is the coolest dad!!
by Ali Velshi via twitter 11/6/2012 9:37:46 PM
If you photographed & tweeted your ballot, you may have broken the law http://ow.ly/f4Kgp
by Dana Davidsen, CNN 11/6/2012 9:38:28 PM
CNN election night flashback: A look back at CNN's election night coverage, going all the way back to 1980.
by Jim Acosta via twitter 11/6/2012 9:40:07 PM
Cheers from Romney's section of his charter as it departed Pittsburgh. He and staff realized it was the last flight of the campaign.
by CNN Politics via twitter 11/6/2012 9:42:21 PM
CNN's GUT CHECK for November 6, 2012 http://at.cnn.com/m8z9Is
by Jim Acosta via twitter 11/6/2012 9:42:32 PM
Top Romney staffer Bob White and Ron Kauffman meet the press on charter last time of campaign instagr.am/p/RtBwmKAuYK/
by Gregory Wallace, CNN 11/6/2012 9:46:45 PM
CNN's Dana Bash is watching the balance of power and previews some of the Senate races to keep an eye on tonight: out of Indiana, the Donnelly-Mourdock race and in Massachusetts, the Brown-Warren race.
by CNN Politics via twitter 11/6/2012 9:51:30 PM
Long lines, sporadic snags on Election Day http://at.cnn.com/tkYMCp
by Gregory Wallace, CNN 11/6/2012 9:54:52 PM
CNN's Randi Kaye reports that in one Virginia town, Obama was listed on ballots as the Republican presidential candidate.
by Ari Fleischer via twitter 11/6/2012 9:56:23 PM
My GOP sources who know OH are telling me turnout is equal to and greater than Bush 2004...
by CNN's Kevin Liptak 11/6/2012 9:57:49 PM
CNN's Randi Kaye reports that Virginia elections officials say turnout in today's election is higher than in 2008.
by CNN Politics via twitter 11/6/2012 9:58:01 PM
Romney and Ryan thank volunteers, eat Wendy's in Ohio http://at.cnn.com/yAXttI
by Shawna Shepherd via twitter 11/6/2012 9:59:07 PM
Paul Ryan drops by Henrico County Victory Center in Virginia instagr.am
by Dana Davidsen, CNN 11/6/2012 10:02:22 PM
CNN's Ali Velshi reports qualified New Jersey voters who have been displaced by Superstorm Sandy can vote online through e-mail or fax until Friday. Nov. 9. Voters who wanted to vote electronically would have had to submit an application by today at 5pm EST.
by Gregory Wallace, CNN 11/6/2012 10:02:32 PM
Coming up this hour in the CNN Election Center: the first exit polls from around the country. We'll have updates here.
by CNN's Ashley Killough 11/6/2012 10:03:12 PM
Obama was on the winning team during his basketball game today, an Election Day tradition for the president. Also on his team was Alexi Giannoulias, former Illinois state treasurer and 2010 Democratic U.S. Senate nominee. Giannoulias told pool reporters traveling with Obama that the game consisted of two five-player teams that played four 12-minute quarters. Referees were brought in to call fouls, and each team had substitutes.

Giannoulias said the president’s team, which also included former Chicago Bulls start Scottie Pippen, won by “like 20” points. The other team included Education Secretary Arne Duncan, former NBA player Randy Brown, and close Obama friend Marty Nesbitt.

“It was a lot of fun,” Giannoulias said. “We won. I scored more points than Scottie Pippen, which was my dream come true.”
by Gregory Wallace, CNN 11/6/2012 10:05:17 PM
Romney has written one set of remarks for tonight: a 1,118 word victory speech, CNN's Rachel Streitfeld reports. He told reporters on his airplane that he will share the speech with some advisers and family. Romney spoke while flying from Pennsylvania to Boston to watch returns and for his election night party.
by Ari Fleischer via twitter 11/6/2012 10:09:13 PM
Will seniors, who went for Bush by 5 and McCain by 8, be 16% of voters like in '08, or higher?
by Gregory Wallace, CNN 11/6/2012 10:09:25 PM
CNN's Candy Crowley's insight on victory and concession speeches: "If they were working on a concession speech, I don't think they'd tell us." And sometimes, she says, those concession speeches have been drafted at the last minute.
by Ari Fleischer via twitter 11/6/2012 10:10:03 PM
Will the black vote again stay at its 2008 level of 13% of all voters, or drop back to its typical 10-11% level?
by Ari Fleischer via twitter 11/6/2012 10:10:21 PM
Will the 18-29 yr old vote match 18% of voters in 08, or drop to its usual 17% level?
by CNN's Ashley Killough 11/6/2012 10:10:29 PM
Raena Lamont, 3, wears a Captain America costume at a polling center doubling as a donation site Tuesday in the Staten Island borough of New York City. As Staten Island continues to recover from Superstorm Sandy, a few polling stations have been relocated due to power outages or ongoing use as an evacuation center. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
by CNN Politics via twitter 11/6/2012 10:11:52 PM
Romney campaign held several calls with Republican activists in Washington http://at.cnn.com/oZHM96
by Jim Acosta via twitter 11/6/2012 10:14:08 PM
Romney on final plane avail: "I feel we have put it all on the field. We left nothing in the locker room. We fought to the very end."
by Robert Yoon via twitter 11/6/2012 10:14:22 PM
On this day in 1900, Teddy Roosevelt elected as McKinley's VP; 10 months later, he assumed the presidency

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