>>Jake was the one person here who was certain about the outcome of the election and he could not have been more wrong.
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>>I think that he was hoping that the "anybody but Obama" crowd would actually get out and vote. Unfortunately, more takers than makers got out to vote.
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>As long as the folks on your side of the fence keep framing this as "takers" vs. "makers," I think you're likely to keep losing.

More often than not *in the long run* the republic was loosing it if the populares had the deciding vote and realized it.
And yes, I agree fully that such a statement is worse than "non-scientific"...