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Obama will have to look to avoid the trap that winners of elections fall into:

 

1. He cannot assume that the people who voted for him did so for the reasons that he assumes they did.

2. He must not overreach.

3. Electoral rhetoric cannot sustain an administration for any length of time.

4. Presidents do not 'rule', the govern

5. People are going to expect a follow through on promises; however, a President cannot play the 'payoff' game. Keeping the political base satisfied must take second place to the actual governance of the country

6. One must stay focused but also be flexible.

Shorter version: Don't be Bush.

I woke up in a different country this morning.

sleepwalking?

I voted for Obama, but I have to ask, why in the hell won't the AP call Georgia for McCain with nearly a 500,000 vote lead and 93% of the precincts in? He's had that lead for most of the night and they won't do it.

 

Yahoo (Reporting AP)

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.

Just waiting for Obama's speech now

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.

Wow, looking at the CNN map is killing me. I can't believe he has turned parts of the center of the country. It's just staggering.

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.

I do not think you will be the only one.

Good bye to the old boss. Hello to the new boss. Hey is that the old boss, but just in a photo negative?

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.

you should try to find it. It was the most uplifting concession speech I've ever heard.

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

This is the gracious John McCain I wish I had seen in the last few months.

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 hope Obama realizes I'll set to work bitching about him pretty quickly once he's in office--but for tonight I'm a big, big fan. Wow.

oh hey, me too! we had better move down to South Carolina, or Georgia or something next.

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.

Thank God my state finally got smart.

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.

The election "market" shows the probablility for an Obama win at 94%, up from 90 yesterday. Better be right -- my sister has a ticket to the event in Grant Park

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

This day is not moving fast enough for me.

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

I was told by the liberal media not to bother listening to anything before 6pm.

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?

how does McCain even have a chance when the cash flow on the Democrat ticket is so enourmous?

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.

Have you been to the Rose Bowl?

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.