The Final Surprise May Be a Boring Election Night

[brooklynite]

Political Wire

Playbook: “Here’s one theory bouncing around the reporter and political campaign consultant world: Despite the recent tightening of the race, election night could be super boring. If Nevada political guru Jon Ralston is right — and he usually is — Hillary Clinton has all but won that state. If she takes Nevada, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Virginia — all states where she seems to have a lead, or is building one through early voting — Donald Trump can win Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, Colorado and New Hampshire and still lose.”

[cilla4progress]

1. I like

Boring!

[ProudProgressiveNow]

18. +1 nt

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. It's in the interests of both campaigns and the media to portray a tight race at this point

There is no incentive for anybody to show a 7-10 point lead.

That's all I'll say about that.

[Kber]

3. I could use some boring right about now!!

[Tom Rivers]

8. yes, we all could

the dark cloud of trump needs to be lifted from above us, tuesday night cannot get here soon enough (pending a hillary electoral win)

[Hortensis]

11. My first thought exactly. And some nice, sane normalcy.

[monmouth4]

4. The Senate and House races will keep me up..n/t

[Hortensis]

13. Ah, shoot. Next post bursts my brief "boring" fantasy.

Will be here too. At very least a Senate majority is absolutely imperative if we are to have a return to sanity and normalcy.

[tanyev]

5. I'll take it.

[Coyotl]

7. Not if Trump's handlers forget to take his phone.

[Andy823]

9. I agree

The media has hyped this up so it's "supposed" to be a neck and neck race, and that's not really reality. I think that the down ticket races will be less boring, but all in all it won't be as big a deal as the hype that talking heads are predicting.

[yellowcanine]

10. If Trump wins Fl, OH, WI, IA, CO and NH......

It will not be boring. At least for me. I will be a mess.

[Cha]

12. Oh please.. it will be anythng but boring. Crushing the hell

out of the fascist sexual predator and flaming racist would be anything but boring.

[ham_actor]

15. Boring?

Somehow if your team wins the Superbowl 45-0 you never find it boring. I'm hoping to be that not bored on the night of November 8.

[AwakeAtLast]

16. NOT ONE DEM WOMAN WILL BE BORED

Neither will most Dem men and probably a few Republican women. Just my opinion, but how can the election of the first woman president be boring?

[LisaL]

17. That's boring?

[anamnua]

19. The better it goes for Hillary the less boring it it is going to be. nt

All those angst-laden Trumpites!

[Wounded Bear]

20. I want to see a wall of soothing blue...

from sea to sea.