8 pm (Tim) – Pennsylvania and New Hampshire called instantly for Obama. McCain staffers nervously looking out for forks.
7:58 pm (Tim) – Going to start liveblogging at the top of the thread. Memo to Ace from Pennsylvania – Tim Mahoney belongs to Florida. When he loses I will raise my glass with yours.
Since all of us can post to the same thread (I mean me, Michael, and Tim), here is one big thread so we do not have a new open thread every three minutes because all of us are alternating between being wasted and in a nervous panic.
So here goes.
7:17 pm (John)- Whoever thought of “beaming in” Jessica Yellin on CNN should be beaten with a stick. Twice.
7:22 pm (Tim) – I’m not alternating. +2.
7:24 pm (John)- I have always maintained that anything could happen, but I don’t think I ever internalized it because I felt Obama had run a solid campaign and done everything he could. Then, just a moment ago, I had a crushing sense of impending doom that Obama is going to lose. I pulled hard on my beer. It could happen, and I do not want to deal with it. +5.5
7:30 pm (Tim) – John Kerry lost Kentucky by 20. The last time CNN flashed its numbers Obama was down by 5%. Obviously he will lose the state by more than that, but it will be telling if Obama outperforms Kerry in a state like KY.
7:35 pm (Tim) – Jonah Goldberg on on the holotarded Yellin effect:
[W]as it really a hologram? I mean did Wolf see her as a 3D light projection or was it merely an illusion for the sake of the viewers? Wolf said it looked like she was really in the studio, but somehow I doubt they have holo projectors over at CNN.
Jesus f*cking christ. Bill Buckley must be so proud.
7:40 pm (John)- This is taking entirely too damned long. I have not had time crawl this slowly since I was in second grade and sent to Ms. Springborn’s office for causing trouble and had to wait on the bench outside contemplating whether or not the vaunted “electric paddle” existed and whether or not she would use it on me. +6.25
7:48 pm (Tim) – blogs on the beeb! I have a mild worry that they might bring us up to make blogging look bad.
7:57 pm: Obama is leading 55-45 in South Carolina. CNN projects a McCain win. I have no doubt about that, but, eh? (MD)
8:04: I decided to quite the drinking game. Obama: 77. McCain: 34. (MD)
8:15: I still say 350+ for Obama. (MD)
8:19: Haven’t seen the numbers myself, but a commenter says Dole is out in NC. Good riddance. And David Axelrod looks kinda like Hitler. (MD)
8:22: FWIW, I am watching CNN exclusively, holograms ‘n all. (MD)
8:29: EV = 81-34 Obama (MD)
8:30: New Hampshire belongs to B-Rock! (MD)
8:32: I am not watching FOX, but TZ says they are calling PA for Obama. Awesome. (MD) CNN is too. Barack Obama takes a state that McPalin counted on!!!
edmund dantes
Thank god I have BBC on my FioS. Totally forgot about it until someone mentioned it somewhere. So much better stuff there than listening to Fox or CNN.
Comrade Jake
I’m listening to Max and Ruby right now (my daughter is 2).
Karmakin
Re: Yellin, I sooooooo agree. I /facepalm’d so hard I almost killed myself.
Shibby
Ha ha, I saw them beam her in and I literally dropped my beer. Who’s dumb idea was that? Can’t wait for Daily Show’s take on it.
HeartlandLiberal
I have CNN on with no sound.
Yellin must be saying "Help me, Obi Wan Wolfie, you’re my only hope!"
That is the most amateurish, stupid, silly thing I think I have ever seen on a national newscast since they switched to color from black and white in the 60’s.
Krista
That DKos electoral map is seriously freaking me out.
I’m scared. Hold me.
Perry Como
Help me Obama-one. You’re my only hope!
Ed Marshall
The little bits of Indiana that have come up show Obama outperforming Kerry by a ridiculous amount. These are lily white, republican counties. This is a massacre.
Doug H. (Fausto no more)
Doug +1, thinking of +2. Diet Coke ‘n Lime with Parrot Bay is really really good.
Scott H
Let the Obama-Wan Kenobi jokes commence.
Atanarjuat
The onslaught has begun.
McCain: 8
Obama: 3
Oops!
This could get messy.
Country First.
liberatemeiexinfernis
CNN should beam itself out of this planet. Wolf is irritating me. and why the fuck is Obama down in Indiana? i am already breaking out in rashes
Ed Marshall
Because he’s going to win the place. The Obama counties aren’t even reporting yet and he’s winning ridiculously Republican districts.
pikhoved
http://current.com/items/89474691_will_trade_sex_for_obama_tickets
liberatemeiexinfernis
ok i take the Indiana rant back…Obama is doing well in the conservative areas, and bloomington and big cities havent been counted yet
MeDrewNotYou
Speaking from semi-rural IN, this is freakin’ amazing. Obama ahead in Carroll and White counties? Woah.
The Dangerman
Yellin was so not jellin’; give me a break CNN.
I need a drink. Stat.
Doug H. (Fausto no more)
How cute, the spoof’s joined us. Time for round 2.
Polls closing up here, let’s see how well the statewide issues did…
Neal
Neal +3
Comrade Stuck
RElax, The cities always come last, and NW Indiana is in the central time zone, that’s Obama country. It’s a good sign when we’re white knuckling one of the reddest states in the wingnut solar system.
Snark Based Reality
When every state that matter is "Too close to call" why the fuck am I watching you?
/me sets the MSNBC studio on fire
liberatemeiexinfernis
oh great…CNN’s vote tally screen is fucked up..it isnt adding up to 100% between Obama and McCain in FL…guess they were spending too much time trying to beam Yellin in
Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse
This is not a terrific night to discover you’re incredibly allergic to your own cat. He’s tried to push the laptop of my lap, but is now settling for cuddling up to my hip. Meanwhile, my inner forearm is hive city.
Obama leads in Ohio!! (Sez MSNBC, which also says TETC).
Mary, +2
Martin
Oh, no. It’s all good. McCain up by only 3 in Indiana with no results out of Lake, Marion, or Monroe. That’s not good for the Republican. Tonight will be all kinds of happy.
Incertus
@Snark Based Reality: That’s a good thing, because these are all states that Mccain should have walked away with.
t jasper parnell
In Florida Thomas Stevens (objectivists, i.e., Ayn Ryan, is actually polling according to TPM’s map. What the fuck?
Ed Marshall
Did you pick that up playing MajorMud on BBS’s or did it metastasize somewhere? It would work in WOW but most people didn’t use /me.
Comrade Darkness
@liberatemeiexinfernis, It’s also screwed up on msnbc.com. What IS up with that? Spoiled ballots? God, save us from that again.
Laura W
I’m taking 439 sips for every vote Obama is currently ahead in NC! (Was that in English?)
Too! Also!
Stimpy
Google Map
FTW!
srv
I’m already drunk, since he’s won Vermont already.
The Dangerman
I wonder if the networks are just jacking with us to keep us tuned in? They’re punchdrunk from 2000 and 2004.
Luckily, everything that is too close to call is in mostly red territory.
eyeball
So far this all very good news for John McCain.
JL
BBC America says that Barack will probably end up with 53% of the popular vote.
CarolinCA
You know, I never watch television. I don’t mean I rarely watch it. I mean I never, ever watch it.
I decided to actually turn on MSNBC or CNN for election results, and I had to turn the volume down within the first five minutes. Whether conservative or liberal, the ‘pundits’ all strike me as being vapid idiots. Jesus.
cain
@Atanarjuat:
Man, I can’t wait till this election is over and you reveal your true self.
cain
Laura W
@Doug H. (Fausto no more):
Totally.
I’m pretty sure that was the exact cocktail I last puked up.
Sorry. That’s no way to talk tonight, I know.
But I see "Parrot Bay", and I just see misery over porcelain, 2002.
Cheers!
handy
What the hell is happening in Virginia? Obama is getting killed. If he loses VA by double digits…long night, indeed.
Krista
I don’t know if it’s the Irish in me, or the lapsed Catholic in me, but I’m actually kind of scared to be too happy. So I’ll just keep drinking.
liberatemeiexinfernis
is anyone watching Fox? I want to know if Barnes, Kristol, Hume and Hannity are collectively itching each others constipation induced hemorroids
Ed Marshall
The BBC is stupid. New voters materialized tonight. They came out big, and they broke 75% for Obama, the polls didn’t believe this would happen.
amorphous
This server is totes gonna crash.
amorphous: +1
JL
@Atanarjuat: Do you get paid to comment?
Foxhunter
Holy shit. It looks like our host, Mr. Hemingway, will not be lucid enough to see this Obama win through. + 6.25 @ 7:40? Impressive, that.
Ed Marshall
What the hell is happening in Virginia? Obama is getting killed. If he loses VA by double digits…long night, indeed.
A bunch of rump Republican counties reporting early. Obama should be losing by more given what’s come it.
Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse
Krista, I double checked where my Mum’s rosary was. Just in case.
Oh, God, do I still know how to make a novena? (Wiki says I had to start nine days ago. DOOM.)
Crappity. McCain projected to get SC. I had hopes.
liberatemeiexinfernis
@ Ed Marshall
I watch BBC everyday, and read their retarded website. I dont know why people say BBC is more honest …they have put out negative after negative stories about how Obama has a harder chance winning the election
D-Chance.
Hey, let’s cut live to the crowd in Grant Park, where our reporter is standing shoulder-to-shoulder with several thousand drunk, rabid party-revelers… and act surprised when she’s drowned out by the crowd noise NOT TWO FEET AWAY FROM THE DAMN MICROPHONE.
God, I may switch to Fox…
greynoldsct00
I hope you’re right…it’s making me sweat right now…
Notorious P.A.T.
Pretty much everyone projected him to lose there anyway.
Wini
Anyone have a good results widget or gadget they’re following? I was using Kos’s, but it’s not working (for me) at the moment..
Laura W
@CarolinCA:
I apologize that you had to endure Joe Scarborough tonight. I, for one, was not expecting it, but I should’ve known, since Vapid Idiot Mika took the entire day shift.
Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse
Just over 2 hours until Jon and Colbert get started. I may not make it.
cain
ack.. obama campaign just sent up the bat signal.. i’ve been called to service. good thing I haven’t started drinking yet!
cain
D-Chance.
@liberatemeiexinfernis:
Barnes was already bemoaning the evils of early (absentee) voting… I think he was already at +4 himself, and the night’s still young.
CIRCVS MAXIMVS MMVIII
Get cocky all you want, you’re not remembering last year when you guys squeaked it out at the end. Look at Indiana, that’s an indicator of serious trouble for your guy.
greynoldsct00
Jeez John, pace yourself, we need you coherent for a while
Notorious P.A.T.
If you want to take a nap until some more polls close, tune in to Fox and focus on Brit Hume’s voice. Jeez, he’s a human qualuude.
Calouste
Pollster.com is probably the best site at the moment for following the predictions. They show all the network calls plus the exit polls on one map.
Ed Marshall
I watch BBC everyday, and read their retarded website. I dont know why people say BBC is more honest …
I’ve got a podcatcher that get’s a bunch of podcasts from the BBC every morning. I like the documentary series, BBC World, and a few others. Sometimes it’s good, but in their own way they are more akin to FOX than CNN. It depends on the subject. They really, really, really, don’t like Muslims or Russians.
Snark Based Reality
Why are you all watching CNN?
I’m enjoying watching Tweety and Scarborough fellatiate Obama over how he’s run his campaign.
dr. bloor
If you’re going to have panic attacks (or, alternatively, scream "FIX" ) everytime Obama is down based on a sliver of reporting precincts, you may find DKos more to your liking.
cain
Jeezus, John, slow the fuck down, +5.5 and we haven’t even gotten through 2 states yet! You’ll never make it at this rate!
cain
Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse
Wait — is Obama ahead in FL? I only get MSNBC on the tee-vee.
cain
Oh cool! Vermont is called for the MUP
VERMONT KNEELS TO ZOD!
heh.
cain
Comrade Stuck
CNN has the total vote at 54% Obama 46% Mccain with mostly red states reporting so far. TOO early to call for individual states.
liberatemeiexinfernis
@Ed Marshall
Bulls eye
Wini
@Calouste: Nice! Most appreciative.
SpotWeld
John. Put in a South Park DVD or something.
Nothing is happening until the Ohio polls close anyway.
Barbara
Re: Virginia — You need to understand that the rural and exurban counties report first. Northern Virginia hasn’t reported anything. We had 80% turnout in the Arlington precinct I worked at, including absentees. That is a precinct record by more than 15%. McCain needs to win those places by way more than he’s winning them currently.
Nail biter, I hate it, I want ONE swing state in the east to be called so I can relax.
If you want to see something possibly earth shattering, go look at NYT site for NC — look at Mecklenberg County, aka Charlotte. It’s over 60% Obama.
Blue Raven
I started watching at work via the MSNBC online tracker but quickly decided to go elsewhere when they declared SC for McCain with Obama in a clear vote lead. Google tracker for the win.
Krista
Obama is definitely ahead in Florida. Only 10% reporting so far, but 57% to 42% is nothing to sneeze at, my friends.
+3
t jasper parnell
Thanks for the pollster link
handy
@dr. bloor:
LOL, Doc, point taken. I’ll keep my panicking to a silent murmur. I’m just having flashbacks to ’04.
Laura W
@Snark Based Reality:
OK, I think I’m +3 but I’m pretty sure Wolf just called SC for McCain "as expected" with the graph showing McCain at 44% and Obama at 55%.
I need some air.
Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse
PA TO OBAMA!!!!!!!
(All MSNBC)
And NJ, Maryland, NH, Maine, DC.
Delaware.
103 to 34.
Oh, my poor cat. I do believe I screeched over PA.
TN to McCain. OK, too.
Notorious P.A.T.
MSNBC projects Pennsylvania for Obama!
dr. bloor
MSNBC has PA for Obama. Drink, everyone.
Krista
w00t! NBC just called PA for Obama!
(Called, projected, whatever…)
JL
Deep breaths help but not enough, PA goes to OBAMA
JL
Deep breaths help but not enough, PA goes to OBAMA
Comrade Stuck
@Barbara:
Thanks Barbara. The Times has the best state by state interactive map.
maxbaer (not the original)
Pennsylvania, baby!
Josh Hueco
MSNBC just called PA for MUP.
Napoleon
The election is over, PA to Obama.
Our national nightmare is over.
Josh Hueco
MSNBC just called PA for MUP.
TheHatOnMyCat
Pennsylvania bitches !
Foxhunter
Aaack! Penn predicted for BO by NBC??
ninerdave
MSNBC called PA for OBAMA!!!!
WOO HOO!!!!
Snark Based Reality
Woot! PA voted for the negro!
Josh Hueco
New Hampshire falls to the MUP! W00t!
Doug H. (Fausto no more)
Game, set, match.
JL
Please call Virginia for OBAMA soon!!
TheHatOnMyCat
I am exhaling for the first time in hours.
Krista
I’m starting to do the happy Fraggle dance in my chair! It’s looking goooooood, boys and girls!
Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse
Wait, what was that about PA?
(Fergus will NEVER forgive me.)
Doug H. (Fausto no more)
PA called right off the bat, AL and MS "too early to call".
"Turn out the lights, the party’s over…"
Josh Hueco
Tweety just said McCain’s strategy just "crashed" with PA going to Obama. I feel like I’m going to grab some girl and kiss her, just like that Times Square photo on V-Day.
handy
C’mon Flor’dy!
J. Michael Neal
Every battleground state getting called early has gone MUP.
CIRCVS MAXIMVS MMVIII
CNN says there are no votes for PA yet.
Comrade Stuck
@JL:
May I borrow your extra comment. PA Obama country whew!!
Krista
Fuck, I wish we were all hanging out together IRL right now. I just want to hug every last freaking one of you and get roaring drunk.
/grabs Josh by the ears and plants one on him
ninerdave
Pollster.com
Has a great map showing what nets have called for each state.
gwangung
Fox calls Indiana for Obama????
dr. bloor
McCain can’t get to 270 now unless he figures out a way to annex Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta sometime in the next few hours.
CIRCVS MAXIMVS MMVIII
I haven’t, CNN won’t call PA yet.
North Carolina is looking good though, so far.
ninerdave
WTF?
Speaking of the above map, pollster.com is showing CNN calling Idaho for Obama?
That has to be wrong.
pikhoved
Question from across the pond, can you trust NPRs projections?
cain
Excellent! Yay PA!
cain
JL
@Krista: do we have a designated driver?
CIRCVS MAXIMVS MMVIII
Barack Obama is winning FL, The I-4 Corridor (Orlando) is blue this year, was red in 2004. WOOHOOO!
ninerdave
@pikhoved:
As much as any other net’s projections.
Just Some Fuckhead
Announcer: Let’s bring in Joe Scarborough to give the audience at home a beady glare.
Joe: *stares*
Announcer: Thank you Joe, moving along now..
CIRCVS MAXIMVS MMVIII
CNN has NOT called Idaho.
Tattoosydney
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! I can’t stand the tension… It’s midday here, and I am at work, and I can’t reasonably get drunk yet, so I am reduced to endlessly refreshing Kos and Pollster and Fox and CNN….
IndyLib
Laura W.
Thanks I was feeling lonely. LOL
ninerdave
@Tattoosydney:
MSNBC is streaming their coverage.
Louise
Louise +3
PA to Obama?
WHOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh baby baby.
raff
WooHoo! Fox calls Elizabeth Dole’s defeat to Hagan. I was looking forward to that….
Notorious P.A.T.
Forget VA. MSNBC says Obama ahead in N Carolina by 150,000.
Suck. On. This. Republicans
Laura W
Dana Bash is sitting shiva.
Scott H
Do they have Secret Service for that Phoenix boys choir at McCain’s event?
Tattoosydney
@ninerdave:
Thanks, but it’s not the information flow I am concerned about (there are so many tabs open in Firefox that information overload is more of a concern), but the inability to get properly plastered to deal with the stress.
dr. bloor
John Sununu, out of work.
Michael D.
@Krista: You’d do great to hang out with me tonight baby!!
kommrade jakevich
I actually feel faint. Maybe one of the PUMAs will lend me a swooning couch.
Maybe I need to eat.
CIRCVS MAXIMVS MMVIII
That’s sweet. Now can we finally relegate Libby and V-i-a-g-r-a Bob to the dustbin of history? PLEEZE?
Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse
I’m turning to CBC Newsworld for now. It’s calm and Canadian. And Mansbridge has gotten even hotter the older and balder he gets.
Henry Champ: with 20% of the vote counted in FL, Obama has a 10% lead. Well ahead of Kerry’s numbers. Some indication in OH, though very early, that McCain is way underperforming. (Way? Way!)
Oh, FUCK. I don’t have the Comedy Network any more. Can I watch Colbert and Stewart online anywhere?
YES!! CTV loves me: they have the guys on at 10 Eastern — 11 your time, Krista.)
Comrade Stuck
@Notorious P.A.T.:
When and if VA or NC is called for Obama, everyone be prepared for a collective Screeeam from the wingnutosphere. Do not be alarmed as It will be like an EMP and may temporarily disrupt your tube connection.
J. Michael Neal
I’m pretty sure that this figure includes the early voting. Florida, too, if I’m right. So, it doesn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know.
Foxhunter
@Comrade Stuck:
I like that. Brings back online gamer days….
dr. bloor
I plan to head over to the Corner straightaway and drink in KLo’s badly misspelled screeds and Jonah’s inevitable comparison of tonight’s Dem romp to the Borg takeover in Episodes 56-59, inclusive, of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Krista
Mary: Mansbridge IS hot, isn’t he? And then we also have Ian HandsomeManThing.
CBC brings the hawt.
Michael D: Maritimes are representin’ tonight, baby! w00t!!
TheHatOnMyCat
Florida I-4 is blue, Circus?
Damn, we might be talking landslide here.
Will Hunting
Anyone know why electoral-vote.com is calling NC and OH for Obama already???
Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse
Ah, yes, Krista.
The HandsomeManThing.
I always thought he was young and pretty, but he’s as old as me and Doug Coupland. And Obama.
Wayne
Comedy Central is running a repeat of jon stewart with funny as shit crawler information at the bottom.
Michael D.
@Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse: I miss Knolton Nash (sp?) But I love Peter Mansbridge!!!
handy
I’m predicting sour grapes, something like "Obama’s win wasn’t that historical, he couldn’t even win as many states as Bush or EVs as Clinton, so there!"
Followed by a lot of "Naa Naa Naa Naa I can’t hear you"s
Duke of Earl
Hagan beats Dole in NC according to Fox.
Fucking excellent says this godless American.
Foxhunter
Florida…WTF is it with Palm Beach County and their fucked up ballot system? Complete the arrow???? Jesus, no wonder it’s always a train wreck.
Michael D.
@Krista: Krista: You make me homesick. I love you. BTW, I got your email a couple weeks ago, but my work filtered it. It obviously contained profanity. Send it again, without it.
I really miss “The National” I really do.
OriGuy
Vigo County, IN (Terre Haute)has voted for the winner all but twice since 1892. With 98% of the vote in, Obama’s ahead 57-42. Lake and Porter (Chicago suburbs) haven’t reported yet and Marion and Monroe (Indianapolis and Bloomington) have just started.
handy
Nobody’s even touching FL except ABC, and barely anyone is calling PA.
I guess the networks have to make good on all those ad buys and keep the ratings up.
cain
Jeezus.. come on Indiana! 40% reporting and McCain still up ahead. Come on baby.. come on..
cain
dr. bloor
They probably should have an alternative available for older folks, but it’s what we use in RI, and it’s no big deal at all. My ten year old son looked at my ballot this morning and immediately knew what was involved.
TheHatOnMyCat
FOX calls PA for Obama.
MSNBC is streaming their cable coverage.
Krista
Here you go, Mary and Michael D. A bit of nostalgia.
Ash Can
@Comrade Jake: My son is 8 and I still love Max & Ruby.
As for Indiana, I’m predicting that Lake County and Indianapolis are going to blow the state’s numbers out of the water. If Obama’s keeping it close in the rest of the state, it’s lights-out for McCain in Hoosierland.
CIRCVS MAXIMVS MMVIII
CNN projects NH is Obama’s (sorry McCain, you lose that one).
IndyLib
@Krista: @Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse: Ian HandsomeManThing
Geez, girls you should warn a person!
Damn he is gorgeous!
Foxhunter
@dr. bloor:
It prolly is not big deal for the informed, but why run the risk? Give ’em one bubble, fill. But you are right and apologies for getting a little emotional about it…it just reeks of 2000. And watching those idiots look at every contested ballot brought back nightmares.
Carry on.
Michael D.
@Krista: As stupid as that was, you just made my night!! I miss home.
Laura W
John opened a second thread.
Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse
Krista, I was 17 and I remember thinking that was so cool.
Fuck. MSNBC calling GA for McCain. Weren’t there some voting fuckups today?
dr. bloor
Oh well. An upset in GA would have been sweet, but not necessary. Should have been McPain’s an hour ago anyways.
Foxhunter
Well, shit, Michael. We lost GA per MSNBC.
Laura W
@Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse: YEOW! Glad I came back to revisit this thread. Ye-ow.
Ash Can
@IndyLib: Boy howdy!
@Michael D.: Oh man. Knowlton Nash and "The National." That was one program I could not miss while I was at McGill. That and the Royal Canadian Air Farce and Dr. Bandolo on the radio. Good times.
Laura W
@Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse: YEOW! Handsome Man Thang! Glad I came back to revisit this thread. Ye-ow.
CIRCVS MAXIMVS MMVIII
CNN announces PA for Obama – it’s official :)
So long McCain (old fart!)
Perry Como
Anyone still trolling PUMAs?
Krista
@Indylib: Isn’t he, though? I guess even in the studio they call him HandsomeManThing (I don’t know if they do so to his face, though.)
Michael: have re-sent the email, sans the curse words. Too bad about Georgia, sweetie. Glad you’re there, though — if all the Evil Leftists(tm) avoid living in red states, nothing will change. So you’re doing good, kiddo.
Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse
Hey, this BBC map is almost as tasty as Ian. Refresh early, refresh often.
CIRCVS MAXIMVS MMVIII
PUMA is pissed, they don’t believe the projection. They expected they were the major force in PA… HAHAHAHAHA!
(No, I don’t troll, I just lurk)
Just Some Fuckhead
Don’t count on Virginia.
Nellcote
Y’all should watch the returns via CNBC. All the business types are freaking out.
heh
Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse
Something to cheer you up while waiting for more results.
Big cat, teeny yogurt box.
Wow, MSNBC says AZ too close to call. CO, Obama leading, but TETC. NM TETC. NE and SD TETC.
Sojourner
FNC called Ohio for Obama
Bad Horse's Filly
ABC just called Ohio for Obama as well. When they did, I burst into tears. I knew I was tense…I didn’t realize I was fucking insane! Come on Colorado!
passerby
Is arhat actually tz.? TZ offers very smart commentary and knows how to push the buttons of the rank and file.
Come in TZ, Come in. TZ, where are you? You’re not stupid. I know you’re here. Come in TZ, hit us with your smarts.
Come in TZ. TZ come in.
Over.
gil mann
Just No Quarter. The frothing-response-to-nonchalant-dig ratio is phenomenal over there. The real PUMAs (demographically speaking) make me sad, though. Poor Man linked to Hillbuzz tonight, and they’re just meaner, xenophobic-er versions of Jean Teasdale from The Onion. They call pessimists "Eeyores," for Christ’s sake. I don’t wanna add to misery that deep.
Hey, is the term "Obammunists" new to anyone besides me? That’s courtesy of a Hillbuzz commenter, and it’s just too brilliant not to have been coined already.
The Grand Panjandrum
As much as I hate to admit it, but I miss Tim Russert. Jesus! Chuck Todd is very good, but David "Howdy Fucking Doody" Gregory and Chris Matthews is enough to take me from +12 to +6.
Atanarjuat
I’m feeling increasingly ill.
This can’t be happening.
It’s always darkest before the dawn, but I fear our nation might be plunged into permanent twilight for the next four years.
I hope to God that my fears are unfounded and all these projected calls will soon be reversed once every single vote is counted (as it should be).
Country First.
Pastafarian
@Atanarjuat:
And it’s official! My money is that it’s DougJ.
Pastafarian +4 (I’m behind)
Gus
Oh my god, is there such thing as a fatal dose of schadenfreude? Feeling woozy…
BethanyAnne
happy happy happy dancy happy dancy happy!!!!
CIRCVS MAXIMVS MMVIII
Well, at least you had the balls to show up here and sort of own up to the loss. I’ll give you props for that.
Atan, I realize I don’t represent the values that you want for your country, but the people spoke tonight. We’re ill from dealing with eight years of corruption. We can work together and try to make things better for all, or you can remain ill and we can remain enemies. Your choice. Yes. We. Can.