{"id":3470,"date":"2012-09-11T19:55:15","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T02:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/?p=3470"},"modified":"2012-09-11T19:55:15","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T02:55:15","slug":"the-zero-percent-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2012\/09\/11\/19\/55\/the-zero-percent-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"The Zero Percent Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/firstread.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2012\/08\/21\/13399788-nbcwsj-poll-heading-into-conventions-obama-has-four-point-lead?lite\">Obama continues to lead Romney among key parts of his political base, including African Americans (94 percent to 0 percent)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I missed this when it came out, but this made me smile. McCain managed to snag 4% of black US voters. 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