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NAFTRICA?

Shorter version: Don't be Bush.

sleepwalking?

I was just about to post the same thing. It looks like Atlanta's vote is mostly in. I don't see where he can make up a huge gap with only 7% left.

Like the rest of us, he's probably waiting on MO, IN, and NC and saying "C'mon, baby, get me to 350!!!" Or maybe he's not, but I am.

The only state that truly surprises me so far is Virginia, although not even really that one. NoVa now officially outweighs the "real" part of the state, which is interesting. And you can add NC and Indiana to the "wow" list if he squeaks those out. The stuff in the "middle"? Eh, the rust belt and upper midwest has a pretty strong Democratic pull. A lot of those state can swing either way, depending on the election--if Indiana flips blue I will be amazed to see the unity with which they went blue this time.

Eh, maybe. In any case, yeah, he's in for a barrage of criticism from all sides once he starts to actually govern, but that's the job he applied for. I think you'd have to be at least a little bit insane to want it, but he's shown great poise under fire so far. I think he'll do ok.

Indiana and North Carolina are killing me. I think they've started counting slower, just to fuck with us.

I'm pretty sure it will be on YouTube within minutes.

See, I don't have the teevee on, so I missed the concession speech. Great, now my last impression of him from this campaign is going to be the "Double Maverick" routine.

Ok, I know it is only 6% reporting right now, but Barack is up in fucking Montana??? Wow. Seems strange that they haven't called Georgia yet, but looks like Atlanta is still only at 60%. I guess you never know. That would blow my mind. I know this thing is "over", but I can't help sit here and watch this stream in. I haven't even turned on the TV once tonight--just checked up on the online maps from time to time between trying to put the kids to bed and whatever. This is the first time I've really sat down to take it all in. Amazing. Just amazing. Cynical bastard that I am, I hop

Screw it, lets just go for Texas.

Virginia, Ohio, New York, and Connecticut--every state I've ever called home has now gone for Obama. That feels kind of nice.

Wow, IN, VA, and NC are coming down to the wire. Any of those would be nice to have, but I'm glad we're not hanging on them at this point. Looks like Fairfax, VA (my childhood stomping grounds) is only at 50%--I think the remaining 50 might be enough to carry the state.

I'll be honest, I wasn't going to believe this one till I saw it. Nicely done, Ohio.

Good thing we all voted 2 weeks ago, huh? Beat the rush, dude.

If the election market is wrong, will it require a congressional bailout?

Do you think anyone will notice if I smell like beer when I come back from lunch?

Was that the elite liberal media or the regular liberal media?

When do exit polls start leaking out? And why have I never been polled upon exiting?

So....is it over yet?

I agree with you about the money thing. If I'm remembering correctly, I think but in past elections didn't Bush have a significant money advantage, too? There's something to be said for "he with the dough, wins". The reason for the influx of Obama cash is that there are a crapload of motivated people on this side of things. I've never donated to a political campaign before, but made a few smallish contributions to Obama...and I'm assuming there are a lot of people like me, which adds up to a lot. Money, in and of itself, doesn't win elections. But it helps.

I have not.

On the way to work I listened to Ted Leo's "Living With the Living" for the first time since the week it came out. It sounds better than I remembered.

A week and a half ago, Delaware County (OH) Board of Elections--my wife and I were the only voters in the room.