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 Dave Ross
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Election night certainly didn't go as some of our most beloved pundits predicted. (AP Photo/file)

Well that didn't take as long as we thought

BY Dave Ross  on November 7, 2012 @ 8:13 am (Updated: 9:36 am - 11/7/12 )

Election night certainly didn't go as some of our most beloved pundits predicted.

"My intellectual analysis of this, factoring everything I see, plus the polling data, not even close, 300 plus electoral votes for Romney," said Rush Limbaugh.

"My personal guess is you'll see a Romney landslide, 300 electoral votes plus, and we may come very close to capturing control of the Senate in that context," said Newt Gingrich.

Of course Rush and Newt weren't troubling themselves with actual analysis. But even Karl Rove, who does do actual analysis, talks about charging into battle without body armor! He goes on Fox and challenges his own network's call.

"No, I don't," he said.

Megyn Kelly goes into the back room to check with the numbers guys, who say, 'no, there's no mistake,' but Rove remembers Florida in 2000.

"We've got to be careful about calling things when we have like 991 votes separating the two candidates and a quarter of the vote left to count," said Rove.

But as it turns out, Fox's numbers guys were right, and the New York Times numbers guy Nate Silver was right, and that's scary.

Numbers guys are young and smart, and they may be accurate, but they are inherently boring -- and if this spells the end of uninformed cheerleader commentary; if pom-pom punditry is dead -- there's gonna be a lot of time to fill.

I guess we can still fight over what's the real America -- Norman Rockwell's America, or the America that re-elected Barack Obama. Except with the popular vote being pretty much tied, it turns out that the new real America must be just as real as the old real America.

Dave Ross, KIRO Radio Talk Show Host
Dave Ross is co-host of The Ross & Burbank Show on KIRO Radio (weekdays 9-Noon) and never too far from the spotlight.
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  • Dan1 wrote...
    Cbrew is just happy
    November 7, 2012 10:47 am
    he can count on food and rent from the government for 4 more years.
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  • Cbrew wrote...
    Dan1
    November 7, 2012 11:18 am
    I make about 100k a year... I have never had to "count" on food and rent from the Government. I'm a veteran of OIF, I have worked my entire adult life, the only time in my life i was unemployed was 2.5 months after returning from working in the Army, it took me 2.5 months to get everything straightened out and have worked since. How much you make?
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  • Qballrail wrote...
    We Must Abolish the Electoral College
    November 7, 2012 10:58 am
    We all know Queen Gregoire has her head all the way up Obamas @..$...S. WA had been determined long ago. That's not right. No voting should be left to the Electoral College, it is biased and does NOT serve the people. This election was a complete fraud. Period.
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  • Cbrew wrote...
    Qballrail - Obama won both
    November 7, 2012 11:19 am
    So why was this election a fraud? in fact, the electoral college is actually better for Republicans, because California is the most populous state in the Nation and it always votes Democrat, you really want it to come down to that? Politicians only pandering to California?
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  • Chuck Gould wrote...
    Abolish the electoral college? I assume you felt the same way when....
    November 7, 2012 11:41 am
    Gore won the popular vote, but Bush assumed office because he won the electoral vote?

    Or, would you have rather seen Gore in office than Bush?

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  • Republicans are losers wrote...
    Obama Wins
    November 7, 2012 11:03 am
    Obama: 59,725,608 votes

    Romney: 57,098,650 votes

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  • CH wrote...
    its going to be 4 long years for gop munchkins . . . .
    November 7, 2012 11:21 am
    going to love every minute of it.
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    I wonder where BJ's under represented Republicans went last night
    November 7, 2012 11:22 am
    Probably the same place that Project Orca went.

    In the crapper.

    I was listening to Hannity yesterday, while I was driving. He was just hilarious!

    My wife and I saw the President's final statement. He knew he was going to win, or maybe didn't care if he didn't.

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  • artimus wrote...
    Haters
    November 7, 2012 11:24 am
    ...be hatin'. Ha Ha - when a sport figure guarantees a win and it goes the other way, they usually come in for a certain amount of ridicule. It's time to reap what you've sown, blowhard. The more you squawk, the more foolish you look.
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    Rush is blaming Christie!!!!!
    November 7, 2012 11:35 am
    The ultimate sin, he worked with the President.

    You guys are fabulous!

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  • Chuck Gould wrote...
    "Rush is blaming Christie" ....That's a shame, if so
    November 7, 2012 11:50 am
    Chris Christie ought to be the poster child for the next four years of politics. He said, "Here's a huge problem, and we can best solve it by working together." Good for him. If he runs for POTUS in 2016, he might well be worth a look...depends what happens between now and then.

    If Rush Limbaugh had been Gov of NJ, he probably would have refused any federal aid at all. "Hey, it's going to be pretty tough on the citizens of this state, but the last thing we need to do a week before the election is to allow Obama to help solve a problem. We'll keep the FEDGOV out of here, so that people around the country can be outraged about a lack of response from Obama. If thousands of people additionally suffer, and even if a few people die, partisan politics is still a lot more important than meeting the needs of people during a disaster."

    Rush Limbaugh represents what is wrong with Republicanism. Chris Christie represents some hope for that party's future.

    Paul Ryan, too, by the way. There's a guy who might have some future leadership potential. He's not afraid to make tough choices, but he has a bit more growing to do before he's a keeper.

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  • Big Zipper wrote...
    The real issue was...
    November 7, 2012 11:39 am
    Rommey = bigger war machine = more debt. Facts are facts. Simple as that.
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    So, it was all King County, was it?
    November 7, 2012 11:42 am
    Actually, 14 counties went blue for our President.

    http://vote.wa.gov/results/20121106/President-Vice-President_ByCounty.html

    Why let facts interfere with your prejudices?

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  • William Lawn wrote...
    Actually 15
    November 7, 2012 11:44 am
    .
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  • TheSymbolForBoron wrote...
    Something you don't want to hear about your party the day after an election
    November 7, 2012 11:43 am
    Q: "Did the rape guy lose?"

    A: "Which one?"

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  • gaymarriedchristianfromhollywood wrote...
    LOL
    November 7, 2012 12:36 pm
    Too funny.
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