The Final US Election Thread

[Koga No Goshi]

Hillary is calling New York.

P.S. None of the refreshable sources I've been looking at have shown McCain ahead in popular at all so far this evening. It's gotten very close, but I've never seen him ahead. Besides, as you stated EMFM, he has to take Florida or PA.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Florida is tightening up.

[LittleGrizzly]

Is CNN the last to call ?

Should we assume that thier call is right as they seem the most cautious of the networks...

Come on florida.... no states have flipped yet...

[Koga No Goshi]

I want Florida. And Ohio.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Is CNN the last to call ?

AP has been last to call most of the time, I think.

Should we assume that thier call is right as they seem the most cautious of the networks...

I'm going with them. I also have Pollster, ABC, and AP open in the background. I was on Fox News earlier, and they were calling more for Obama than CNN was.

[LittleGrizzly]

I want Florida. And Ohio.

I want a landslide!

I'm going with them. I also have Pollster, ABC, and AP open in the background. I was on Fox News earlier, and they were calling more for Obama than CNN was.

If thier being more cautious than fox in calling for obama then thats good enough for me...

[Caius]

Why does McCain have a deformated, photoshopped image in cnn.com site?

Im gone.

[Banquo's Ghost]

Fox, of all networks, has called Ohio for Obama. I think the fat lady is warming up.

[Lemur]

CNN is calling Wisconsin for Obama, with 0% reporting. How do they do that?

[Xiahou]

Fox, of all networks, has called Ohio for Obama. I think the fat lady is warming up.

They rescinded that- it was an error apparently.

But really, unless projections are wrong, Obama has this sewn up.

[Xiahou]

CNN is calling Wisconsin for Obama, with 0% reporting. How do they do that?

They match exit polls with the actual results from the polled precincts. If they are close enough- they call it. Even without any significant vote tallies. Sounds fishy to me, but there it is.

[Pannonian]

The Grauniad has New York at 99% Obama, 1% McCain. Is this plausible?

[JAG]

Indiana at the moment is pretty much 50/50 with the Dem heartland county's not reported in serious numbers yet .. . Same with virginia. I think he is gonna get both. Florida looks similar and NC, blimey looking scary if you're a Rep. *starts singing*

[Lemur]

The Grauniad has New York at 99% Obama, 1% McCain. Is this plausible?

No, not plausible. Somebody is being silly.

Gah, I swore I wouldn't look at news until 8, and now I'm looking and there;s still way too much conjecture and "expert" opinion. I think maybe I need to tune out for another hour or two.

[LittleGrizzly]

The Grauniad has New York at 99% Obama, 1% McCain.

So only Gawain and Spino voted for McCain ?

blimey looking scary if you're a Rep. *starts singing*

I think new labour 97 election song is entirely appropriate here....

THINGS... Can only get better!.... Can only get better!

*continues singing*

[JAG]

The Grauniad has New York at 99% Obama, 1% McCain. Is this plausible?

That will be of the precincts already reported. Pretty much 0% prolly.

[Crazed Rabbit]

So is this a stated policy position, i think not, many poor britons have still managed to have electricity and we are probably infront of america in our weaning off fossil fuels, so 1 claim 1 lie so far....

• Enact a Windfall Profits Tax to Provide a $1,000 Emergency Energy Rebate to American Families

One of obama's stated positions... poor americans everywhere will have a grands worth of energy...

Wow. So he makes it a lot more expensive to have power, and then gives out even more money that that to cover the increased cost caused by the government's actions, with the net result of more people being dependent on the government.

And in these troubled times, let us not forget the wise words of Dave Barry, winner of the Pulitzer Prize:

Dave Barry: And the winner is . . . the man with the martini
BY DAVE BARRY

In analyzing the results of Tuesday's historic election, the question we must ask ourselves, first and foremost, is: what the heck were the results of Tuesday's historic election?

I personally don't know. The Miami Herald made me send in this analysis before the election was actually over, so that it could be printed in a timely manner. This is part of the newspaper industry's crafty plan to defeat this ''Internet'' thing that has the youngsters so excited.

Anyway, my election analysis, based on weeks of reading political bogs, listening to talk radio and watching campaign ads on television, is that one of the following things is true:

• Barack Obama is our next president, which is very bad because he is a naive untested wealth-spreading terrorist-befriending ultraliberal socialist communist who will suddenly reveal his secret Muslim identity by riding to his inauguration on a camel shouting ''Death to Israel!'' (I mean Obama will be shouting this, not the camel) after which he will wreck the economy by sending Joe the Plumber to Guantánamo and taxing away all the income of anybody who makes over $137.50 per year and giving it to bloated government agencies that will deliberately set it on fire.

• Or, John McCain is our next president, which is very bad because he is a 287-year-old out-of-touch multiple-house-owning fascist who will rape the environment and build nuclear power plants inside elementary schools and reinstate slavery and create tax loopholes that benefit only people who own three or more personal helicopters, after which he will declare war on the entire United Nations and then keel over dead and leave us with commander-in-chief Sarah ''Flash Card'' Palin.

• Or, Ralph Nader is our next president, which is very bad because it means there has been a successful Klingon invasion.

• Or, the outcome of the election is being disputed because of irregularities such as unregistered horses voting in Ohio, or some Florida county tabulating votes in Roman numerals, or God knows what else, which is very bad because it means the next president will be selected via a giant Lawyer-Palooza court fight that will go on until it's time to hold the Iowa caucuses for the NEXT presidential election.

So basically my analysis is that, whatever happened, we are, as a nation, doomed.

CR

[CountArach]

That will be of the precincts already reported. Pretty much 0% prolly.

Yep, there was probably just a small town that voted for Obama heavily.

[naut]

Anyone else watching CNN thinking about Star Wars right about now?

YES!

[Tribesman]

So only Gawain and Spino voted for McCain ?

Isn't there a law that if you fit into a certain category you cannot vote anymore which would mean Gawain can't vote .

[Don Corleone]

On the bright side, I'm now rich. And can be expected to be taxed as such.

On the minus side, well, I'll try to be a patriot and say I will support the new government as best as I can. I expect the worst.

[CountArach]

Virginia is going to flip any moment now.

[Pannonian]

That will be of the precincts already reported. Pretty much 0% prolly.

Makes sense, as even the Soviet Communist party struggled to get much above 90% in their elections. It's now at 74-25, which is a more realistic split than 99-1.

[JAG]

Virginia is going to flip any moment now.

Agreed. 0% of some county's in Dem heartland reported! I mean, if its nearly 50/50 without his base in Virginia...

[JAG]

Makes sense, as even the Soviet Communist party struggled to get much above 90% in their elections. It's now at 74-25, which is a more realistic split than 99-1.

I reckon the State will prolly end up 60/40 at the end of the day.

[Decker]

I wonder how many dead people will vote

[CountArach]

I reckon the State will prolly end up 60/40 at the end of the day.

Polling had it at 60-35 with 5 undecided prior to the election.

West Virginia called by CNN. No surprise.

[JAG]

Ohio for Obama!!! Game over man, game over.

[TinCow]

MSNBC just called Ohio for Obama. By my math, the election is over.

[seireikhaan]

Jag- what's with the sudden surge in interest for US politics? Here to support your glorious comrade?