I know everyone is psyched about the Presidential race (as they should be), but at some point after Obama’s speech, all eyes are going to turn to MN.
As of this moment, with 46% reporting, it’s:
Coleman: 560,511
Franken: 560,469
Total margin: 42 votes.
I can hear it coming over from Roxbury. I’m sure it’s going on everywhere, but I imagine it’s a little bit louder over there.
10:56pm!
What was up with that Hologram interview with Will.i.am on CNN just now? My friend thought it was awesome, but I found it to be kind of creepy. Why was Anderson Cooper on the Holo-deck? Live via satellite isn’t simpler (and cheaper)?
From my friend A.Bailey, “This is what Obama’s election means: black men beamed into our homes when we least expect it.”
I’m sure Bill Bennett will be thrilled.
#1 was defeated. Phew.
Nothing like the threat of making your home state insolvent in the midst of a financial crisis to make you feel just a wee bit nervous.
Looks like #2 is slated to pass. I think this is a good thing and not because I’m getting high every night of the weak. Criminalization of marijuana use might be the biggest scam since the engagement ring (actually, not sure which came first). Tobacco and Alcohol lobbies have kept up the pressure to keep it as a felony for years. Looks like MA and MI are going to get over the hump.
Not sure what’s up with #3.
Making me feel pretty awesome by running through McCain’s only path to victory. After giving him all the obvious states, they are handing him states where he is trailing in votes tonight and trails in all the pre and exit polls. Even if he is perfect (and I’m mean PERFECT), he peaks at 266 right now. Unless, of course, McCain can be perfect AND win Hawaii.
You know what, I better calm down, that totally might happen. Especially since this might be Hawaii’s only chance ever to put a native son in the White House…
MSNBC and Fox call it for Barack. Getting closer. Tick-tock, tick-tock.
MSNBC and Fox call it for Barack. Getting closer. Tick-tock, tick-tock.
Gotta love super slimy guys like Bill Bennett. First he says that if Obama wins, it wouldn’t mean that it changes everything about the nation’s history, but a lot of it. Then he turns around and says, “As a former Secretary of Education, I can tell you that no one can ever claim to be disadvantaged, because anything is possible.” Translation, “If there’s any upside to Obama winning, it’s that I can tell every black person to shut up and quit complaining about injustices of the last 200 years.” Classy.
Bill Bennett, ladies and gentlemen!
I have spent the bulk of this campaign season tracking the stats on 538.com, as Nate Silver has focused on the numbers and only on the numbers. He has always done the necessary deep dives, running scenario analysis and Monte Carlo simulations to determine potential outcomes. He has stayed focused on the key underlying trends to follow in this election (#1 being is Obama outperforming Kerry in Bush counties/states). He has, in my opinion, been supremely awesome among political blogs.
Unfortunately for me, Nate Silver is spending the bulk of this evening (and thus distributing his analysis) on HDNet; a channel I don’t receive on Comcast Boston. Unsure of what to do, I’ve been flipping around frantically. After watching John King the last 10 minutes on CNN, I might have to stay here.
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