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Birchwood
10-30-12, 9:41pm
Will the storm that deciminated part of Northeast affect the presidential election?
Will it benefit the incumbent Pres. Obama or Romney?
bunnys
10-30-12, 9:47pm
I think by this point most people (and I mean MOST) have already decided even though they may not be willing to admit it. I don't think this storm will have much (if any) impact on the outcome.
The Storyteller
10-30-12, 10:01pm
Obama, because he is in the lead and the storm freezes the election in place for at least a few days. Romney's momentum was already subsiding, but now it is really stalled.

That, and Romney doesn't believe the federal government should be helping out folks during times like these.
Gregg
10-31-12, 10:15am
I doubt the storm will change anything, but if anyone has a chance to benefit it might be Romney. There are a lot of blue states that got hit by the storm and a lot of big Dem backers that live there. In fact I don't think there was a single state in the path of Sandy that was a solid Romney state. With that kind of lead it seems like the Obama campaign would have no where to go but down if anything were to move at all.
The Storyteller
10-31-12, 10:29am
So New York might go red? :)
Gregg
10-31-12, 10:36am
Anything's possible... I do know that if Romney makes it there he'll make it anywhere.
CathyA
10-31-12, 11:49am
LOL Gregg..........Start spreading the news..............
Float On
10-31-12, 11:54am
(not politically related) I can tell you based on the Joplin tornado that some scammers will be the first to benefit. There have been several court cases lately against scammers who took advantage of Joplin residents right after the tornado.
CathyA
10-31-12, 12:37pm
I keep waiting to hear about looters too.
peggy
10-31-12, 12:51pm
Price gougers! They start charging $10 for a bag of ice, or more!
creaker
10-31-12, 2:18pm
I was pleasantly surprised with Christie - I watched some of his announcements during the storm, I thought he did pretty well. I also liked that he hasn't politicized his opinion of federal response. He's praised Obama and FEMA for their response, I'm sure he would not have if they had fallen short.

I expect there are some, though, who are less than happy with him saying these things less than 1 week before the election.
peggy
10-31-12, 4:34pm
I was surprised by him too, creaker. I don't really like the man as I find him a bit coarse, but he does seem genuinely concerned with his state and it's people, politics be damned! That's admirable whichever party!