That has been my fear. That the media will gin up a crisis over how the northeast states, the bluest of blue, need more time to vote and if you disagree you are callous to victims of a hurricane. In reality it would have nothing to do with storm victims and everything to do with giving the Democrat fraud machine more time and a more accurate target to aim for in order to successfully steal the election.
I put absolutely nothing past these people.
I am having a hard time seeing a downside for the Republicans in your scenario.
These are, after all, blue states. They will, with the possible exception of NH, go for BO. Or not. But what does it matter?
Let's say that for some reason these states can't vote by election day. And let's also say that Romney wins 270+ electoral votes on Nov. 6th. What possible difference does it make if NY, RI, CT, VT, ME, etc. haven't been able to hold a successful vote tally? Romney wins 270+ without them.
I mean seriously, what are the Democrats going to say? That if only these states had gotten to vote then BO's margin of defeat wouldn't be as much? Or are we supposed to believe that somehow if only these states had gotten to vote and had, as expected, voted for BO then they might have somehow (mysteriously) had some kind of an influencing effect on the states that went for Romney?
And if Romney somehow doesn't get to 270, the only state in the region that might go for him (NH) is only capable of giving him 4 votes. If that number would have pushed him over the top then I can see where MAYBE there is some cause for concern. Otherwise, no.
Here is the thing...We aren't going to get Maryland. We aren't going to get Massachusetts. Or New York. In fact, I'll even concede them right now. They count for BO...I'll give them to him. If this election breaks for Romney the way that I think it will then none of these liberal wonderlands will matter. Not at all.
Okay, maybe NJ might be a surprise Romney pick up because, hey, Chris Christie. But I doubt it.
I personally hope that the election takes place as scheduled in the entire country. And if there is no power in NY or some other states well, hey, we somehow managed to vote without electricity for over a hundred years and I think that we could probably figure that one out. And if, through Democrat chicanery the dead vote, etc. then who cares? They were going to go for BO anyway.
Now if we are talking House races then maybe there is a legitimate concern there. Maybe the CT senate race or the MA senate race is a concern, too. But not the presidential race. I just don't see it.