FIRED UP!

READY TO GO!

Obama just voted!

Good morning on election day fellow Democrats!!

Good morning on election day fellow Democrats!! Fired up and ready to go!!!!!!

Obama was in the voting booth and looked like he couldn't figure out how to vote. Seriously, I've been there also. Your soo nervous, sometimes the button on the machine doesn't match up with the candidate.

He was looking over to see what Michelle was doing. She was going at it. He then started laughing with his daughter.

If he was a little confused, then how can we expect people who are not genius's to figure it out?

WOW, that took forever! He just turned in his ballot. They gave him an "I Voted" sticker, so now he can get a free coffee at Starbucks, a free ice cream cone from Ben & Jerry's and a free beer at my local bar.

Biden just showed up at his polling place in DE.

My husband went to vote this morning, I'm waiting until later. I'd be surprised if there are lines, last presidental election less than 2000 people voted at this place.

Good morning, all.

My husband left at 5:30 to get to the polling place early. He still isn't home yet. That's two and half hours so far.

I'm going to canvass this morning and vote with my two college age sons this afternoon. This is the first time my youngest will be voting for President.

It's going to be in the mid 70's and sunshine here in Missouri...unbelievable. The leaves are at their peak color. You can feel the excitement in the air.

I could use some VERY QUICK advice. I'm an undecided voter, and I'm about to go vote.

Can anyone tell me why I should vote for Obama despite his broken promise on the FISA filibuster and telecom amnesty? I'm still extremely angry about that.

I live in Rhode Island, so my vote won't make a difference in whether or not he wins the state; he will. But it sticks in my craw that he broke his word (along with much of the Democratic leadership) and helped to cover up Bush Administration crimes against the Constitution and the privacy rights of Americans.

My wife is calling for me; I only have a minute at best. Please, if you can, tell me why I should vote for Obama instead of someone like Cynthia McKinney.

newsjunkie on November 4, 2008 at 08:53 AM

He used a paper "bed sheet" ballot. There are a boat load of initiatives and races on the ballot, including that STUPID Judicial Retention Selection section. You have to vote yes / no for each Judge including Traffic Court. What a ridiculous way to pick Judges.

For the Primary I had a 2 page ballot, with races on both sides.

Biden was in and out in about 1 minute. He must have voted straight party, and DE probably doesn't have many referendums.

Well, I voted thos morning. Things went very smoothly at my precinct. I got there right a 6:00 and there were already 150-200 people in line. By the time the polls opened at 7:00 there were probably 500 people waiting. But it went very quickly - i was out the door at 8:03.

I was thrilled to see many young people, especially African-Americans, in line to vote. I hope we have such a good turnout of young voters everywhere.

My husband and I were one of the first ones at our polling station and we voted for Obama!!!! We are on our way!

Christopher_blunt_proud_member_of_the_VLWC, I wish you'd read what I wrote. I was NOT going to vote for McCain. And believe it or not, I'm better-informed about the candidates and the issues than most voters; otherwise, why would I be upset about FISA and telecom amnesty?

I was trying to decide between Cynthia McKinney and Obama, NOT McCain and Obama.

Hi all you wonderful Democrats!

I posted this some weeks back, but it is the perfect song for today.

http://www.myamericanprayer.com/video.html

I voted in my tiny town at 6:30AM. It was so exciting to cast the vote for Barack and Joe....I have waited for this day. My only fear is that the Republicans will find some way to steal the election.....dirty tricks are already being reported like the phone call telling voters to vote on Wednesday for Obama. I will be on edge until I know that they won!!!

Was in-line @ ~6:45, voted @ ~7:20

was # 63 township population is about 5280

Voted Straingt Dem!

I am predicing a Historic landslide for the forces of GOOD!

I put in for tickets to tonights event at Grant Park. Yesterday at 5PM, I still didn't have them, I figured I missed out. This morning I started deleting crap from my mail box and all of a sudden I see an e-mail from the Democratic Party. I have tickets! OMG

Well, that was painless. My polling place was organized like it was designed by a Japanese engineer. They had someone at the main door to the school - (they gave the kids the day off. Smart thinking) - asking people for their adress and checking the master list. Then I was directed to whichever door to the gym was designated for my precinct.

When the line got to where it was out the door a volunteer went outside and did the triage, separating people by precinct and directing them to other doors.

Then the assembly line really kicked into high gear. After that it was a breeze. Book, signature, ballot, cubicle, box, "I Voted" sticker. ZOOM!

Home and back ~ 45 minutes, in spite of what looked like a long line it zoomed.

Peter, why are you talking to me? My post had nothing to do with you.

Good morning, all. Happy election day. It's a gorgeous day here.

Obama/Biden 08

Go, Kathy. Make it blue.

This DEMOCRAT voted for McCain for President, not for the Messiah, Obama.

Good Morning Dems...

You Betchya, I voted for change today, cuz ya know, we have to sent that Governor baack to Alaska.

my work computer won't let me download a flash player to go live stream -

6Kathy_from_BLUE_Indiana on November 4, 2008 at 08:45 AM

Kathy, MSNBC is playing live stream all day. You should be able to watch it there.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553#video

This republican voted for obama for President, not for the Messiah, macain

i will vote for obama not macain jaun c Messiah is macain

No trolls allowed.

;)

Just came back from voting. Turn out will be at least double what it was in 2004.

g'morning everyone. happy "feel the righteous wind day!!". like kathy said, it's been a long hard fought road. for me, over the last 4 or so years, being able to come to this blog has meant a lot. i know i haven't been very conversational and have posted mostly 'stump' speaches, but i'm extremely appreciative of the opportunity to add my 2 cents to the fight for a better world. and, i hope my meager 'insights' have help just a bit in getting us to this glorious day. though we haven't really got to know each other terribly well, i think you guys are a wonderful bunch, it's a pleasure to read your thoughts and i thank you very much for what you've all shared here.

btw -- after the election and we've thrown the bums out, for any one who wants to keep track of the criminals, fascisttracker and neoconsightings.com are both available domain names. unfortunately, slimetrail is already taken.

cheers

The ACON (ACORN) people voting three or four times each is tying up the polling places.

Kathy, This is a cliche because it is true! When one door closes another door opens. You can't see why now, but in short time you will. Keep the faith and I know you are. I'm sure your husband is as intelligent as you and a better job he will find.

Peace and thanks for the stories.

"stregthening our relationship so we have a good trade relationship" she speaks soo vague. I'm pretty sure what is "good" to her isn't "good" to me.

Obama, speaks of what needs to be fixed in the trade deals. Like not giving tax incentive to US firms to leave.

Thousands of US corps. moved to canada because canada has Universal Health Care so the employers don't have to pay for that.

Nobody mentions that little fact.

Florida has the DOJ observing today in four counties.

Florida to have federal poll watchers in Broward, Hillsborough, Miami-Dade and Pinellas counties.

Randi Rhoades don't care, she can't make any money now, she has nothing to lose.

Nobody but a few moon bats listen to her.

INTRADE election prediction:

91.2% Obama - 9.4% McLame.

Kathy, did it work? If not go to MSNBC.com and click on Politics from the list, that will get you there.

Kathy_from_BLUE_Indiana on November 4, 2008 at 11:55 AM

Don't worry, I'll go in and "fix" it for you, while you are gone to lunch.

DIXVILLE NOTCH, New Hampshire (CNN) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama emerged victorious in the first election returns of the 2008 presidential race, winning 15 of 21 votes cast in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire.

People in the isolated village in New Hampshire's northeast corner voted just after midnight Tuesday.

It was the first time since 1968 that the village leaned Democratic in an election.

Obama's rival, Republican John McCain, won 6 votes.

http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/obama-wins-dixville-notch

Kathy,

You need to turn down your firewall settings, you have them on high.

Obama got 15 votes?

Wow

The high point of the day!

Maybe Dixville is a trend and OBAMA will receive 70% of the vote!

Time to say it: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA!

BlueinIdaho on November 4, 2008 at 12:27 PM
Amen blue!! Obama/Biden !!!

jaunc go vote for macain then go away

Obama, president of Dixville, whoppie.

Or was that Dicksville?

Obama, president of united states whoppie

New Troopergate report clears Palin

By LISA DEMER | ldemer@adn.com

Published: November 3rd, 2008 05:56 PM
Last Modified: November 3rd, 2008 05:57 PM

A new report just released -- hours before the polls open on Election Day -- exonerates Gov. Sarah Palin in the Troopergate controversy.

The state Personnel Board-sanctioned investigation is the second into whether Palin violated state ethics law in firing her public safety commissioner, and it contradicts the earlier findings by a special counsel hired by the state Legislature.

Both investigations found that Palin was within her rights to fire Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan.

But the new report says the Legislature's investigator was wrong to conclude that Palin abused her power by allowing aides and her husband, Todd, to pressure Monegan and others to dismiss her ex-brother-in-law, Trooper Mike Wooten. Palin was accused of firing Monegan after Wooten stayed on the job.

The Palins have argued that Wooten was a loose cannon who had tasered his stepson, drank beer in his patrol car, and threatened Palin's father, and that their complaints that he shouldn't be on the force were justified.

The Troopergate matter became sharply politicized after Palin was announced as Republican presidential candidate John McCain's running mate in Tuesday's election.

The report, released at a Monday afternoon press conference at the Hotel Captain Cook, presents the findings and recommendations of Anchorage lawyer Timothy Petumenos, hired as independent counsel for the Personnel Board to examine several complaints against Palin.

Petumenos wrote the Legislature's special counsel, former state prosecutor Steve Branchflower, used the wrong state law as the basis for his conclusions and also misconstrued the evidence.

His findings and recommendations include:

- There is no cause to believe Palin violated the state ethics law in deciding to dismiss Monegan as public safety commissioner.

- There is no cause to believe Palin violated the state ethics law in connection with Wooten.

- There is no cause to believe any other state official violated the ethics act.

- There's no basis to conduct a hearing to "address reputational harm," as requested by Monegan.

I hope Obama wins.

Coal Officials Blast Obama Over Remarks

Monday, November 3, 2008 8:36 PM

By: Dave Eberhart Article Font Size

The president of the Ohio Coal Association (OCA) today blasted Barrack Obama over his newly emerging position on how the coal industry will languish while he is in the White House.

Mike Carey issued the following statement in response to just-released remarks from Senator Barack Obama about the nation’s coal industry.

“Regardless of the timing or method of the release of these remarks, the message from the Democratic candidate for President could not be clearer: the Obama-Biden ticket spells disaster for America’s coal industry and the tens of thousands of Americans who work in it.

“These undisputed, audio-taped remarks, which include comments from Senator Obama like ‘I haven’t been some coal booster’ and ‘if they want to build [coal plants], they can, but it will bankrupt them’ are extraordinarily misguided.

“It’s evident that this campaign has been pandering in states like Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana and Pennsylvania to attempt to generate votes from coal supporters, while keeping his true agenda hidden from the state’s voters.

“Senator Obama has revealed himself to be nothing more than a short-sighted, inexperienced politician willing to say anything to get a vote. But today, the nation’s coal industry and those who support it have a better understanding of his true mission, to ‘bankrupt’ our industry, put tens of thousands out of work and cause unprecedented increases in electricity prices.

“In addition to providing an affordable, reliable source of low-cost electricity, domestic coal holds the key to our nation’s long-term energy security – a goal that cannot be overlooked during this time of international instability and economic uncertainty.

“Few policy areas are more important to our economic future than energy issues. As voters head to the polls tomorrow, it is essential they remember that access to reliable, affordable, domestic energy supplies is essential to economic growth and stability.”

The San Francisco Chronicle story published a story on Obama last Jan. 18 based upon a taped Jan. 17 interview. That story, however, did not include any mention of Obama's willingness to bankrupt the coal industry, which can be heard on the newly uncovered audio.

Howard Dean must be proud.

If Obama wins the country will go in the right direction.

You posted that BS article yesterday.

Gee, the Ohio Coal Assn. doesn't like the EPA regulations. What a surprise.

OCA Membership List = 101 Coal companies

Go Obama. Yay Obama.

Gee, I wonder which troopergate report is more believable. The one conducted by a bipartisan panel (mostly republicans) or the one conducted by three flunkies, one of whom was appointed by Palin and the other two by her successor?

To a republican, only the outcome matters; not the dirt you had to slog through and the bar you had to lower to get there.

McKeating 5 & Palintroopergate - meant for eachother.

Get Out The Vote!

I think that McCain would not make a good president.

I think that Obama would make a great President.

Kathy hears voices and makes up storys , just like pammy, loonie.

Moron. Once again just C & P from a wingnut "source".

Newsbusters’ report was quickly picked up by the Drudge Report and the conservative blogosphere began crying foul that the “audio was hidden until now because the interview was with the far left San Francisco Chronicle.” In remarks yesterday, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin accused the paper of suppressing the interview:>/blockquote>

Right Wing Flips Out Over ‘Hidden’ Obama Interview That Was Never ‘Hidden From The Public’

And just who in the conservative nut-o-sphere besides Sludge picked it up?

Weekly Standard, Democrat=Socialist, Ben Smith's Blogs, Political Byline, Michelle Malkin, Wizbang, Babalu Blog, A Blog For All, Wake up America, Don Surber, Right Wing News, Moonbattery, BizzyBlog, Shopfloor, Scared Monkeys, Daily Kos, Dirty Harry's Place, 24Ahead and RADAMISTO

And:

QandO, Little Green Footballs, Chicago Boyz, PoliGazette, Silent Running, Soccer Dad, Ed Driscoll.com and Tapscott's Copy Desk

memeorandum

Source and FACT CHECK, wingnut.

I hope the Democrats get the magic "60".

i live in a small upstate town in new york. i went to vote in what was a one room school house back in the day as they say. some asshole announced while he was getting signed up that the black panthers were standing outside the polling places in philadelphia....so being a wise ass and wanting to confront his racist ass i said " actually i am from the black panther party and am here to keep this straight" shut him right the fuck up.

Today is a great day in America.

78gregg on November 4, 2008 at 01:29 PM

The goat tied up out front was what scared him , greggy.

Dennis Hopper voted for Obama and so did Colin Powell. There are a lot of Republicans who are voting for Obama.

so being a wise ass and wanting to confront his racist ass i said " actually i am from the black panther party and am here to keep this straight" shut him right the fuck up.
78
gregg on November 4, 2008 at 01:29 PM

Sure you did greggy.

You people are always making up stories like that to present yourselves as super heroes.

McFailin gave her first ever press conference ever in Wasilla today in Wasilla.

A reporter asked her how she voted and she said she chooses to uphold her right to privacy.

Makes sense. She doesn't want to say whether or not she voted for Stevens. But still, McLame is probably slapping his head now.

If the Democrats get 59 does that mean Lieberman will no longer count if Jeffries sides with the Democrats?

the coal industry story has been pushed for the past 48 hours by rush and various assholes such as ezworld...what obama actually wants to do is demand effective scrubbing of coal plant emissions...something that wouldn't cost much, would prevent lots of cases of asthma and other respiratory diseases in kids, slow down the acidification of the fresh water lakes in the northeast and so on... a perfectly reasonable plan for which the technology has exsisted for years....this is of course opposed by the pigs who currently run the government and the relevant agencies...all of this is about to change big time....take it to the bank trolls....take it to the bank....that is if your bank hasn't folded due to extremist deregulation.

McFailin?

Who are you babbling about?

I laughed so hard when I heard the audio of Sarah Palin talking to those DJ's. She must have felt so stupid because she thought she was talking to the President of France.

How stupid.

JaunC,

McFailin is another way of saying that Sarah Palin is a failure.

Sarah Palin thought that thw disc jockey from Canada was really the President of France. Sarah Palin would not be a good Vice President if she is that gullible.

Joe Biden is too smart to fall for a trick like that.

McFailin is another way of saying that Sarah Palin is a failure.

Oh, like a five year old, make up a name, yes that explains an Obama supporter.

I think that Howard Dean has done a great job with his 50 state strategy. There are traditionally red-states that are now battleground states and those traditional red-states could turn blue.

sally - it's time for you to change your Depends...and take a time out. You're getting upset so take your meds too.
89
Kathy_from_BLUE_Indiana on November 4, 2008 at 01:43 PM

You must be confusing me with Pammy the pampered one..

That's hard to do.

Jaunc,

Who are you voting for? You should vote for Obama because he would make a great leader.

Sarah Palin really looked foolish when she thought the disc jockey from Canada was the President of Canada. If she is that naive, she should not live in the White House. That would be a mistake.

87JaunC on November 4, 2008 at 01:40 PM
You really are a dumb ass.

Kathy_from_BLUE_Indiana on November 4, 2008 at 01:44 PM

The times they are a changin'!

Jaunc,

You called someone a "loonie" on one of your posts. Two wrongs do not make a right.

And besides, Sarah Palin is not a good Vice Presidential candidate because she is too gullible.

This Democrat, Voted for McCain!

Obama wants to bring back the days of Jimmy Carter, been there done that, it sucked.

YayObama on November 4, 2008 at 01:44 PM

And McFailin took a cold call on an unsecured cell phone from someone claiming to be the French President without her staff checking it out with the State department.

So much for that "no talks with foreign leaders without pre-conditions" line of crap.

Oh well. In 8 hours we will be rid of her. She can go back to being a State joke, rather than a National one.

Jaunc,

Sarah "Failin" Palin is too easily tricked. If Sarah Palin is so easily tricked by a disc jockey from Canada then other world leaders would quickly take advantage of her.

McCain is getting old and will have a hard time working as a Senator for Arizona. And Sarah Palin is too naive and gullible. The Republicans are in big trouble.

Good afternoon, all

I'm back from canvassing. Everything is going great. We're going to make three sweeps today of all our precincts....and we are still finding votes.

I found eight houses with Obama signs that were not on our list. One said that they had five votes (2 parents, a high school senior, and three college kids).

The field office is swamped with volunteers. The enthusiasm is tremendous. Nobody is seeing any McCain volunteers canvassing in the neighborhood. There was no McCain literature being dropped.

The topper? When I got home, the doorbell rang and there was an Obama volunteer doing what I had done all morning...GOTV.

After we vote later this afternoon (when my oldest son gets back from class) we are going to vote together with some of their friends...and then they promised to do one of the late sweeps.

It's so exciting ito see how all our hard work and organization are coming together. The rewards will last far beyond this election.

I can't wait for the mid-terms so we can use our data base and volunteer structure to go after Republican Senator Kit Bond. He's outlived his welcome. We need new ideas and some common sense change.

This is only the beginning.

You called someone a "loonie" on one of your posts. Two wrongs do not make a right.

99
YayObama on November 4, 2008 at 01:55 PM

Describing someone "Kathy", is different than making up a name that no one even knows who you are taking about.

i rather have carter then bush anyday

for ms. sally...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-ULwExPXvg

Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee-Doo,

Sarah "Failin" Palin is not smart.

Jaunc,

The economy sucks. We need change because the Republicans have done a terrible job. They have been corrupt and incompetent. McCain is too old and Sarah "Failin" Palin abused her authority in Alaska by trying to get a state trooper fired because of her sister. Senator Stevens has been found guilty of corruption. There is a lot of corruption in Alaskan politics.

While Prop 8 might only be on the ballot in California, Americans nationwide will be passing their own referendum on the institution of marriage today.

Will we force Levi and Bristol to go through with their wedding?

A vote for McCain-Palin means we want to force these two teenagers to play house for the next 4 to 8 years. While a vote for Barack Obama will be a vote to let Levi hop on the next merchant marine vessel out of Alaska. If the Palins don't make it to Washington, they don't need Levi to keep up appearances. It was clear by the way they were shuffling Bristol in and out of high schools pre-election that they were trying to keep these lovebirds apart, so they'd probably be happy to see him go. But if McCain-Palin takes it, Levi's locked in. The question is put to America: Do we support politically motivated shotgun weddings or don't we? Only time will tell.

On the same note, a McCain-Palin ticket would also force Florida Gov Charlie Crist to go through with his own (by most accounts) sham engagement. If he wants to work with a McCain administration, he's going to have to keep up the sort of appearances Washington demands of a guy like Crist. Considering that Crist extended early voting hours in his state, he might be thinking an Obama presidency would be happy to work with a "confirmed bachelor" just as he is.

http://www.236.com/

YayObama,

Obama is a liar and a fraud.

You see, you know who I am talking about.

Damn! Bible Spice nails the Tina Fey impersonation:

http://www.236.com/feed/2008/11/04/palin_breaks_silence_about_gla_1_10037.php

Jaunc,

Calling "Kathy" a "loonie" is not the same thing as saying that Sarah Palin is a failure.

Sarah Palin is a failure. She was so naive to believe that the disc jockey from Canada was the President of France.

"Kathy" isn't running for Vice President.

And besides, "Failin" rhymes with "Palin". And it's also true.

Sarah Palin is a failure because she was tricked by a Canadian disc jockey. Sarah Palin would easily be fooled by the leaders of nations like Iran, North Korea, China and Russia.

That is not good for America.

Bible Spice endorses Ron Paul:

http://www.236.com/feed/2008/09/29/sarah_palin_calls_ron_paul_coo_9201.php

Obama has never ran anything, no experience at all, that's why he makes no sense in any of his policy's, he has never worked with or reached across the aisle on any bills. He is a leftist.

macian is the real liar and a fraud.
jaun c troll

Happy Obama Day Dems!!!!!

JaunC
bush has never ran anything, no experience at all, that's why he makes no sense in any of his policy's, he has never worked with or reached across the aisle on any bills. He is a right wing lunitic

The McNitwit tape is finally available. What an idiot!

Here's the blithering idiot - she says she thinks America is "cool." And it is. But at some point, if you want to work in the White House and run the country, you need to learn to talk and act like an adult.

Sarah Palin sounds like she knows she lost. She also refuses to say if she voted for Stevens.

Sheesh!

Jaunc,

Obama is a graduate from Harvard.

Sarah Palin had to go to several colleges before she could get a degree that you could get anywhere. And Sarah Palin is a failure for being so easily fooled by a Canadian disc jockey.

Kathy,

Ha Ha. I get what you were talking about with Dusty.

(hee hee hee)

Palin fooled by Canadian DJ

Canadian dollar called "Loonie"

What a coincidence!

Seriously - I just pray we have a cut-and-dry decision tomorrow morning, and the loosers accept their loss gracefully; not like the last two times!

Jaunc,

You called someone a "loonie" on one of your posts. Two wrongs do not make a right.

99YayObama on November 4, 2008 at 01:55 PM

Jaunc,

Calling "Kathy" a "loonie" is not the same thing as saying that Sarah Palin is a failure.

Sarah Palin is a failure. She was so naive to believe that the disc jockey from Canada was the President of France.

"Kathy" isn't running for Vice President.

And besides, "Failin" rhymes with "Palin". And it's also true.

116YayObama on November 4, 2008 at 02:10 PM

===============

Ok, you are an idiot, now go away.

Jaunc,

There are many people who actually believe Obama is more a centrists who tries to find consesus.

Obama is a Uniter and not a Divider.

There are Republicans who have endorsed Obama.

Kathy_from_BLUE_Indiana on November 4, 2008 at 02:06 PM

I may go to a local party after working the phones at the local HQ. Word is the firm may close a bit early to let people vote. Yay!

okay to much information Kathy_from_BLUE_Indiana lol

ASSHOLE does. You are an ASSHOLE. Don't like it? Too bad, ASSHOLE.

121GregL on November 4, 2008 at 02:13 PM

Jacking off, fag, go some where else.

Two wrongs do not make a right.

YayObama on November 4, 2008 at 01:55 PM

That's what voting for McCain/Palin is....two wrongs not adding up to a right.

JaunC why dont you go away you the pest

jaunc i trough you did that Jacking off, fag,

Jaunc,

You said that you were a Democrat.

There are independents and Republicans who endorse Obama.

You should not be mad because Obama will Unite this country and make it better.

Bush and the Republicans have done a terrible job. Bush can't even show his face in public.

And Sarah Palin was fooled by a Canadian disc jockey. Sarah "Failin" Palin is a failure.

no you asshole i am white...i said it to mess with him. this is hard for you to understand? i bet you were really impressed that the president of france called sarah and complimented her on her performance in the hustler video....

A lot of dopes vote for macain like jaun c dan harpo and sally

Jaunc,

You are calling everyone names on your posts.

Sarah Palin is a failure and she deserves to be called a failure because she is so naive to be fooled by a Canadian disc jockey.

But the names you are calling others is because you are angry.

127JaunC on November 4, 2008 at 02:15 PM
Boy your one to talk about idiots! Your the one needs to go away.Go th the pug site they will like you bs there!

ezworld on November 4, 2008 at 02:01 PM

Read the whole thing. Here is the relevent part that was sliced and diced by the right wing liars.

OBAMA: Let me sort of describe my overall policy. I mean, what I've said is that we would put a cap-and-trade system in place that is more - that is as aggressive, if not more aggressive, than anybody else's out there. I was the first call for a 100 percent auction on the cap-and-trade system, which means that every unit of carbon or greenhouse gases was emitted would be charged to the polluter. That will create a market in which whatever technologies are out there that are being presented, whatever power plants that are being built, that they would have to meet the rigors of that market and the ratcheted-down caps that are placed -- imposed every year.

So, if somebody wants to build a coal power plant, they can. It's just that, it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted. That will also generate billions of dollars that we can invest in solar, wind, biodiesel, and other alternative energy approaches. The only thing that I've said, with a respect to coal -- I haven't been some coal booster -- what I have said is, that, for us to take coal off the table as a ideological matter, as opposed to saying, if technology allows us to use coal in a clean way, we should pursue it. You know, that I think is the right approach.

Wash. Post misrepresented Obama's remark to SF Chronicle editorial board about coal

So, for the soft brained out there in Wingnutostan, if the coal companies don't want to spend a few bucks cleaning up their own mess, they will be fined out of business.

Pollute = Pay.

How is that too hard to grasp?

Jaunc,

Patrick Buchanon who is a Republican and a Conservative believes that Obama is a centrist. If Patrick Buchanon, who has always been against the Democrats, thinks that Obama is a centrist than you have to wonder about the shift in political ideology that is going on today in America.

Many Republicans don't even believe that McCain would make a good president but won't say it publicly.

This is known as the "reverse" Bradley effect.

people laugh at you your only idoit in here JaunC

if JaunC get mecaid he could get mentlhealth treatment

Kathy,

Jaunc is definitely angry. He says that he is laughing but he wouldn't be here if he was happy.

It's like the last days of the campaign. McCain was spending money and defending Red-States where Bush won in 2004.

Jaunc is blogging here because he is angry that the Republican Party is in such disaray.

R: Obama said he would raise my taxes!

I: No he didn’t. If you actually listen to his tax plan, yours will go down.

R: Oh… well….He’s a liar!

Whose the idiot knot head here?

JaunC you were born idiot

Jaunc,

You are definitely angry.
And your laughing is because of anger.
If you really were happy you wouldn't be here.

You shouldn't be angry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_E-MtC2_8M

ezworld on November 4, 2008 at 02:29 PM
Oh now you have trouble with woman?You have some real issues,get some help.

Jaunc,

The problem with McCain doesn't have an agenda and he can only campaign on an agenda that goes against the Bush Administration.

But the majority of Americans don't need more of the same.

Whose the idiot knot head here that jaun c

we are on the verge of a huge win for the democrats and yet here we are going back and forth with trolls...what a fucking waste of time and energy. i am going to go enjoy the beautiful fall day here in the hudson valley and then enjoy the obama victory and savor each and every senate, house and local seat we gain. fuck this idiocy.

oh and rush has written off the presidency. he is begging the ditto heads to turn out so dole and that piece of shit from kentucky don't go down. they'll save mitch the bitch's ass but dole is toast....

ezworld is idiot and troll who should be ban from here

Obama, a Black Democrat with Ideas benificial to the USA, will be president soon. If you don't like this, can't live with this and make the best of it, move to.......wherever. (not sure what country would accept you)

Speaking of racists, I wonder if Miss Congeniality got out early today to vote a straight Democratic ticket?

Also, does anybody know where the PUma Party party will be?

That should be a festive event.

Oh God. This is TOO good!

Schmo the Dumber now wants to be a COMMUNITY ORGANIZER!

Joe the Community Organizer

ezworld,

Why are you so angry like jaunc?

Did you know that Sarah Palin was tricked by a Canadian disc jockey who pretended to be the president of France?

I thought Republicans hated France because they took a "Maverick" position with the war in Iraq. Sarah Palin seemed really eager to talk to the president of France. She was tricked because she is naive and gullible.

Sarah Palin is a "failure" and you have to admit she is also a knothead and an idiot.

What do you think?

Jaunc and ezworld,

Joe the Plumber doesn't seem to be very bright either.

Joe the Plumber and Sarah "Failin" Palin should go out bowling together. That would be funny.

You could laugh at that and then you two wouldn't be so angry.

Instead, the Republican rump, the party that’s left after the election, will be the party that attends Sarah Palin’s rallies, where crowds chant “Vote McCain, not Hussein!” It will be the party of Saxby Chambliss, the senator from Georgia, who, observing large-scale early voting by African-Americans, warns his supporters that “the other folks are voting.” It will be the party that harbors menacing fantasies about Barack Obama’s Marxist — or was that Islamic? — roots.

Why will the G.O.P. become more, not less, extreme? For one thing, projections suggest that this election will drive many of the remaining Republican moderates out of Congress, while leaving the hard right in place.

http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/paul-krugman-gop-has-become-party-intol

The polls are going to close soon.

Jaunc,

Did you see the quote by McCain.

"I don't know much about the economy."

and

"The fundamentals of the economy are strong."

and

"I am going to suspend my campaign to work on the economic crisis"

Those are funny quotes. They will make you laugh.

Everyone have a great election day! Let the trolls verbally masturbate on this blog, it will be their last day of GOP authoritarian rule....and they know it.

Like most folks, I will be enjoying the results with a bottle of champagne and a bottle of bourbon. Hopefully, the bottle of bourbon won't be necessary.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA! YES WE DID.

our vitriolic trolls can crawl off and die "in what ever manner pleases them". personally, i love the smell of burning troll corpses in the morning...it smells...like VICTORY!

BlueInIdaho,

There was a term in the 1980's that refered to "Reagan Democrats" as Democrats who supported Reagan.

There is a term now called "Obama Republicans".

These are prominent Republicans like William F. Buckley and former 4-Star General Colin Powell and Senator Hagel and Senator Warner who support Obama.

Times have changed.

There are a lot of "Obama Republicans" who will turn out to vote today.

176JaunC on November 4, 2008 at 03:48 PM
Maybe he has benn to some states TWICE! Man you are an idiot.

HI HO Mighty Dem's...can you believe this show?? Intrade has Obama at 364 and the garden gnome at 174.

Yee Haw...

I see our flagellants have graced us with their presence today. What's up with that... I can just see the gears turning in Dumb and Dumber's little noggin's...

"Hey...I need to beat myself again...I know..I'll go on the DNC Blog!!"

You knuckleheads have been pissing in the wind for a couple of years now...surely it must sting when it blows back in your face?

Enjoy fellow Dem's, asshats, liberal socialist commies. It looks like we did it. It's a great day to be a Democrat!!

Jaunc,

Thank you for your correction.

William F. Buckley Jr. did endorse Obama.

He is a prominent conservative Republican this endorsement comes from someone who is a legacy to the Conservative movement.

You will be hearing, "Pay baby Pay" if Obama wins.

186JaunC on November 4, 2008 at 04:05 PM

Obama does have a secret plot and we are all in on it.

Liberals and Democrats are not going to pay. Stupid people and Republicans are. We are coming after you dumb asses. We are going to tax stupid.

So on top of our socialist policies, we are going to make stupid republicans fund our healthcare, our energy policy and every street, road, highway and bridge that you selfish bastards neglected.

The more ignorant you are of facts, the higher the tax and right now, you are gonna need 3 jobs to pay your bill.

I gotta idea. You can go to work for "Joe the Plumber" working digging a ditch for him in the business he dreamed up with one hand on his special purpose. Better get on board fast. He is going to have to work four times as hard as he ever did. He still has back taxes to pay.

Jaunc,

Neo-Nazis vote for the Neo-Con Republican Party.

The Democratic Party doesn't support Nazism.

Only the Republicans do.

Good afternoon all good Dems! Happy election Day! Starbucks makes some good coffee!
I've been driving people to the polls and on the way home - I try to stop by a starbucks to get them their 'vote' cup. The people at Starbucks were looking at me in an odd way but then the manager asked and I explained about driving people. Each trip, they have offered a Free Cup and they a Free piece of cake. I accepted one cup - but they were really great!
Only once before in my life seen such lines and that is when my parents took me when they voted for JFK. The excitment is palpable!
I think it may well be a GOOD day to be a democrat!

I dipped my left index finger in red and blue ink before I went to vote this morning. As I watched a story on voter suppression in Ohio in 2004 and Florida 2000 last night. I got angry. I wondered why in Iraq and Afghanistan do repubs see the purple finger as a sign of democracy and here they try to stop fellow citizens from voting. So I made my finger purple for 2000, for 2004 and for the century of African American disfranchisement, for Sojourner Truth, for Harriet Tubman, for Martin Luther King, for Fannie Lou Hamer, for Goodman, Schwerner, and Cheney, for Viola Liuzzo, for Harriet, Flora, Dinah, Lockhart--some of my slave ancestors. For my Grandma Matt, and Big Mama, for my daughters and their future, for America, and for HOPE.

I waited about an hour and there was no drama. The most remarkable thing is that they let our daughters (we have two about the same years apart as the Obamas) watch us vote. My brother took his children with him.

See you at the inauguration!

Tonight, when Obama wins, it will mark the end of the GOP authoritarian rule.

All that will be left is a lame duck Bush who will not have anymore power to destroy this country and America will prosper.

YAY OBAMA.

If the Latino voting community becomes a reliable voting block for the Democratic Party it will not only threaten Texas as a reliable red-state but it will most definitely mark the end of the Republican Party.

Michigan Dave! How are you? Congratulations on living in a "Blue" state. I did what little I could to turn Tennessee Blue - and I think I helped a little but it's a big state. There are people here in Tennessee who are much like the small minded (among other things) trolls here who would vote for Hitler and Stalin, so long as they had the big red R next to their names.
One guy last night saw my Obama stickers and started giving me a hard time about Ayers and Khalidi. Of course, I confronted him with Liddy and ate him alive- sent him running for his car but still, it did nothing to change his small mind. What a fool - just like the stupid trolls here. They talk about him being a Harvard Grad. as if it were a bad thing? What a bunch of idiots!

Obama/Biden /'08 and '12!

William F. Buckley Jr. endorsed Obama for president.

The family of Barry Goldwater endorsed Obama for president.

It was conservatives like William F. Buckley and Barry Goldwater that kept "crazy extremists" out of the Republican Party.

And William F. Buckley and Barry Goldwater would roll over in their graves if they were alive to see how the Republican Party has been taken over by failures like Sarah "Failin" Palin.

Sarah Palin is naive and gullible and was tricked by Canadian disc jockey who pretended to be the president of France.

x

JaunC on November 4, 2008 at 04:20 PM

Still suffering I see...It's hard when you have to accept the fact that there is every chance that your conception occured by virtue of a dribble down your fathers leg...

Those nights alone, in the dark, the voices in your head screaming out...

"Why couldn't my life have begun in a petrie dish??...If only I could have been one of the lucky ones...why do I have to be a republican dribble baby???....why do I have to be the stupid one?? "

You poor prick. There are some here who have compassion. Not me. You are stupid and you need to pray that you do get shipped to Alaska.

Stay here and you are gonna pay big taxes. BIG TAXES!!!

GregL,

You are correct Christopher Buckley is the son of William F. Buckley.

I am glad that you can trust Democrats to tell the truth.

Jaunc,

You are incorrect.

You should have said that I am confused about William F. Buckley Jr. and Christopher Buckley.

Your advice is not proving to be reliable.

You should not be angry.

Your anger clouds your ability to contribute information on this blog.

Jaunc,

You have corrected yourself.

That is good.

But you anger against Obama is still puzzling.

You complaints do not make sense.

{{{marymac_memphis}}}} on November 4, 2008 at 04:31 PM

Hey Kiddo...there is hope. In 2012 we'll have an ammendment to the constitution that gives republicans three options.

a) Move to Alaska and be governed by the Pole Dancer.

b)Swap your american citizenship with a Mexican and move there

c) Stay in the United States and pay a "Stupid Tax" based on your individual limitations and ignorance of facts and reality.

Tennesee could be ripe for a rally!! :):)

GregL,

Thank you for your correction.

The greatest strength with the Democratic Party is that it is reliable in correcting problems.

The Republican Party have a reputation for attacking their political opponents with misleading and incorrect statements.

Oh for heaven's sake - Sen. Obama received an endorsement from Christopher Buckley, the son of William F. Buckley. He had, up until then, worked for a right wing media outlet; however, his endorsement cost him his job. Further, William F. Buckley originally coined the phrase 'neo-conservative' when describing himself and is therefore considered the "original neo-con!"
Further, Sen. Obama, in addition to the Buckley endorsement has received endorsements from the following prominent Republican Families:
Eisenhower/Nixon (Remember - David Eisenhower married on of the Nixon Girls) Families
Goldwater Family
Reagan Family
Fmr. Sec. of State Colin Powell and
Fed. Chairman Ben Bernanke
They actually have their own web site and name: Obamacans!
In addition, Sen. Obama has been endorsed by multiple Nobel Prize Winners, including winners for economics Dr. Paul Krugman and Joseph Stiglitz.
That's right - John McCain gets endorsements from Joe the Plumber and Bochpheus
Sen. Obama get endorsements from ...
well, mostly every non-racist with an I.Q. in the triple digits!

Jaunc,

You should read GregL's posts more often. He is much more competent with his knowledge about politics than you are.

You shouldn't be so angry.

Your anger clouds your ability to discern facts and you end up just calling people on this blog names because no one takes you seriously.

Well, if I have to make a choice between a blog that works and a candidate that wins, I'll take an Obama victory. But seriously we made gains in 2006 and the blog worked -- oh well,

Good Afternoon all - Hope it's an early evening for us.

Can't believe I had to stand in line to vote - in this red bible belt state, the only other time that has happened was when we were voting on wet-dry or state lottery issues.

But I think it may be a good sign for our democractic candidate for US REP because of lot of the voters in this area go repug on pres and dem on locals.

MeriMac,

You are very knowledgable too. Jaunc should read your posts.

Thanks for clarifying that.

YAY OBAMA!

{{Kristen,Blue,Sandy,Gregg,GregL,Pam, Kathy,BobVA}}

It's been 5 years on the blog for me...and I know it's been damn near that long for all of you!!

Way to go guys...this is our time!!

McCain voted with Bush 90% of the time.

WE NEED CHANGE!

YAY OBAMA!

A MESSAGE FOR SARAH PALIN: I CAN SEE MEXICO FROM MY STATE.

That makes me friggin' Condoleeza Rice, by your standards.

Prayers for Kathy! I hope you are having a good day! Happy Election Day

Hollywood on November 4, 2008 at 04:56 PM
I have actually BEEN to Mexico AND Canada plus I can find Russia AND China on a globe and point to them! Can I be Vice-President next?

Oh no, the guy who handles the printing for our company is very active in the repug party and said that there is already talk about two people for 2012 = Jeb Bush and Ms. Governor Haley Barbour. I don't know which is worse or if either one is better than Bible Spice!

Jaunc,

Sarah Palin received the endorsement of the AIP and that is an anti-American successionist group.

You not be mad at the Democratic Party. You should be mad at Sarah Palin.

Sarah "Failin" Palin is gullible and naive because she was easily tricked by a Canadian disc jockey that pretended to be the president of France.

Sarah "Failin" Palin sounded like she enjoyed talking to the president of France.

Whatever happened to Republican "Freedom Fries"?

About my last post - the guy from the printing company - back when J. McCain was broke and all but out of the race, told me that J. McCain would win the nomination and that - to be successful - he would need to nominate someone to appease the base of the repug. party. He named off several, including the 'new governor of Alaska.' He could not remember her name at that moment but said that she would be a good choice to 'shore up' the base. In the years that I have known him and listened to him talk about the repug. party (he knows that I am a dem.), he has yet to be wrong about the innerworkings of the repug. party.
Oh - he also said - nearly a year ago - that, regardless of who the repugs nominate, Sen. Obama (when Sen. H. Clinton was still the front runner in the Dem. Party) was going to win by a landslide. He put the blame on Rumsfield and Cheney but after I pushed him a little admitted that Bush should have done a better job.
He personally knows (and loathes) Karl Rove.

Obama represents hope for the future.

McCain represents more of the same.

YAY OBAMA

GregL on November 4, 2008 at 04:55 PM

Brahahahaha...

I'll help YO out...

YO..you can't reform stupid. You are not seeing anger...you are seeing stupid in full flight. It's not a behavioral problem, it's not even a diagnosable disorder. It can't be treated.

It is genetic. Some of the unfortunate, have through no fault of their own, suffer from a long line of disabling stupidity. Some are more entertaining than others. Some of them actually appear hear from time to time and participate.

But that's all they do. They are able to mimic republican talking points, memorize Rush Rhetoric and then regurgitate it hear.

Like the chimpanzees at the zoo and like chimpanzees at the zoo, they eventually eat their own shit or get distracted with their micro penis and masturbate.

Stick around for a while and witness. It is amazing and a riot to observe.

Plus, you can have some fun with them...My mother often warned me about going into battle against and unarmed individual and to be nice.

That rule applies for me for every sentinent human being, bar a republican troll.

Have fun with them....and watch as they roll around in their own bullshit and then eat a mouthfull. :)

GO OBAMA!!!

{{{{Kathy_from_BLUE_Indiana}}}} on November 4, 2008 at 04:53 PM

MARYMAC,

That is my understanding of McCain too.

McCain's inevitable failure is his supreme loyalty to a political party and his futile attempt to paint himself as some "Maverick" that is willing to go against his own party.

You can't be loyal and go against your own party both at the same time.

McCain never had a chance of winning this election by campaigning that he is against Bush while at the same time picking VP nominees to appease the Bush supporters who still approve of his job performance.

Good evening fellow Democrats. The time for change has come!

YAY OBAMA

YayObama on November 4, 2008 at 05:03 PM
I think that you meant Secessionist Group not Successionist
Succession: King George the First was succeeded by King George
Secessionist is one who participates in the breaking off of one group from another (usually larger) group.

Normally I would not correct a simple spelling error from a fellow Democratic Blogger (God know I make my share) but this is a radically different meaning and could be mis-interpreted. Please forgive any insult as none was intended - I'm just trying to ensure that your meaning is clear and that you are not misunderstood.

Bob! Congratulations on 'turning' Virginia Blue! I'm proud of you and all of your (and others like you) hard work!
What time do your polls close?

marymac_memphis on November 4, 2008 at 05:00 PM

The Republican Party is shitting itself. They got nobody and I mean nobody. There is no talent there and that is best illustrated by the fact that a maverick garden gnome wound up as their candidate this year.

Palin 2012?? She is going to have her hands full after this election avoiding impeachment in her state. Oil prices have gone in the toilet and there ain't gonna be any free handouts. Imaging earmarks for Alaska now.

Jeb Bush?? Brahahahaha.....after his brother...no Bush will ever be seriously considered for public office. That family has imploded. Junior better watch out. The Corleone Family knew how to deal with Fredo.

Nope...the Republicans are in the woods and it will take a decade for them to recover.

The Report from VA

VA is seeing long lines in the metro areas yet the countryside remains relatively quiet. Does this bode well for us? We'll know in ninety-five minutes.

Good evening, everyone.

Just back from voting...it only took about 30 minutes. It would have taken less time if there hadn't been so many propositions on the ballot to consider.

When are our legislators going to address these real problems we elected them to deal with instead of dumping them at our feet on election day to figure out? We obviously need to elect more Democrats if things are ever to change.

That begins tonight, right?

JaunC on November 4, 2008 at 04:56 PM

Don't let the door hit your behind on the way out.

MARYMAC,

Thanks for your input. I don't mind being corrected. As long as I can trust the source.

YAY OBAMA

marymac_memphis on November 4, 2008 at 05:22 PM

The polls in VA close at 1900EST (7PM). It's been raining all day in VA but I haven't seen too much evidence that turnout has been affected. I'll post the results as they come in from the VA State Board of Elections. Unless Bill Hill, or someone else from NC shows up, I'll try to keep track of that battleground as well.

he Republicans are in the woods and it will take a decade for them to recover.

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Michigan_Dave on November 4, 2008 at 05:24 PM

FROM YOUR LIPS TO GODS EARS!

Hi SandyH!

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas...

Sandy: I took a few hours off from work this morning to drive people to the polls. While everyone at each poll that I drove to had to wait, no one waited more than 20 minutes or so. The place where I normally vote was packed to the rafters this morning. There was zero parking - even handicap was full; but, after about 1:00 PM, it thinned out.
Oh - and everyone - let's be sure that sent out some good 'thoughts' for Pam and Esme who are working their butts off - I am sure! I can't speak for anyone else here, but I have learned an awful lot from those two good ladies!

And there were none...and I mean nobody handing out election flyers at my poll. There was one Republican candidate running for County office shaking hands but that was it.

I know where all the Democrats were...knocking on doors and making phone calls. But where are the Republicans? They aren't canvassing or we would have seen them today. They are using robo calls, so they're not on the phone.

I don't think the Republican organization is supporting McCain at all here in St. Louis. It's big news when the Republican Old Timers in my neighborhood don't show up on Election Day to put on their usual big show of force.

Bush, McSame, and Palin really know how to clear a room?

gregg on November 4, 2008 at 05:35 PM

Ain't that the truth! I hope we get to see some of the old regulars tonight come through here.

mary,

Thanks so much for helping GOTV. I've done that in the past and it's the most rewarding feeling to personally help these folks get to the polls.

I have a feeling that once the 8 to 5 crowd get out of work the polls are going to be jammed again like this morning. God bless those poll workers. It's a tedious job and people start getting cranky when they are tired and hungry and are waiting in long lines.

The guy who started PUMA votes for McCain.

His reason is below.

Nuf said..."Stupid Tax" applies.

"I think [Sarah Palin] is essentially as qualified as Barack Obama," Bower said. "The benefit of Palin is that she is only second on the ticket, as opposed to first. I feel that Barack Obama is no more qualified than Sarah Palin."

EXIT POLLS CLAIM 'OBAMA +15' IN PA... DEVELOPING...

This is on the front page of Drudge.

gregg on November 4, 2008 at 05:35 PM

gregg,

I can't wait to light the tree...in Grant Park.

Marymac, John McCain has never been broke. His maternal aunt, Rowena Wills, was interviewed today and quoted as saying:

"John doesn't need the money. He's got plenty of money, even without Cindy's money. Our (her and her sister Roberta's) father was immensely rich, our family is very wealthy".

Now, how many of you knew that, in addition to marrying into vast wealth, John McCain was born into it?

Know where Roberta McCain's wealth comes from?

Oil and bootlegging. And, apparently, cheating Native Americans out of their property.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080816_13_A18_WASHIN347778

Bob, any word about this?

Election Protection Calls for Voting to be Extended in Virginia

They might not close until 9PM.

"Bush, McSame, and Palin really know how to clear a room?"

Like a Bud Light and Chili fart in church.

They have career alternatives though. McGnome will be in the bleachers screaming like a schoolgirl the next 4 years with Libermann stuck to him like a pimp.

Palin will return to her affair in Alaska and Todd will run over her and her lover with his snowmobile.

And "W"...Poor "W".."W" has got a lot of bush clearing to do in the jungle in Paraquay. He will get bitten by a black momba and we'll read about it in the Peruvian edition of the National Enquirer. There will also be a bounty on his head and he will share the illustrious legacy of Pinochet.

McCain-Obama Race May Be Decided Early; Watch Virginia's Vote

Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama and John McCain will be carefully watching Virginia early tonight. Television viewers should, too.

The state is in the first wave to close polling places, at 7 p.m. Washington time. The results will be telling. Obama has pushed hard to flip the state, which hasn't backed a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964, and he led in pre-election polls.

``An Obama win in Virginia would be a sign the race is over,'' said John Fortier, a research fellow at Washington's American Enterprise Institute who wrote a book about the U.S. Electoral College. ``If he wins Virginia, he is likely to be doing well elsewhere.''...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20081104/pl_bloomberg/amxtbxva0ssi

Anybody have a line on this yet?

Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee-Doo on November 4, 2008 at 05:59 PM
Just read about it on CNN. A judge extended the hours and also ruled that all absentee ballots be kept on file from the military to be counted.

VA has a large military population, some of which is overseas.

Suit was brought by McCain-Palin Inc. They have a corporation.

And finish digging that hole, you mangy dog!

259GregL on November 4, 2008 at 05:59 PM

Be fair...you gave him a left handed shovel. Poor prick is still trying to figure it out.

263MICHIGAN_DAVE ON NOVEMBER 4, 2008 AT 06:03 PM

Nov. 14th. That's what the crazy judge said. Hopefully, they've got a solid count on the number they mailed over seas and it won't be enough to make us wait one way or the other.

Hi Dems! Turnout in Maine has been outstanding like all over the country. Reporters are anticipating a voter turnout here of 80 to 85%! Incidently, while talkinf with my daughter on the phone this morning,I found out that 2 of my grand-children went in to Democratic Headquarters to volunteer for the afternoon. Swe-e-e-e-e-t! Only in high school and politically involved!

Okey Dokey you liberal asshats...I gotta go watch the result pour in at Seldom Blue in the RenCen, downtown Motorcity. It is going to be rocking!!...

Love ya's all..except for the little stupid people...and as our old friend Fade used to say..

Keep em' lit~~

Back tomorrow to celebrate with you all. It's been a huge four years!!

Later :):)

Kathy, Chuck Todd just said that there are 3 Counties in IN that will probably tell the tale of the election. Lake Co. the one with Indpls, and YOURS! He said if your County goes blue, it may be all over for McLame in IN. He said it's a very tight swing Cty.

YAY OBAMA

Why is McCain saying he'll prove the pundits wrong. That he's going to win. That the Mac is back. WTF it sounds like he can't keep it in that the election has been fixed.

I'm sick to my stomach, I can't take it anymore. Help me.

News,

mylanta and xanax.

I'm freaking out too, I hope they can't steal it.

Only in high school and politically involved!

virgo1 on November 4, 2008 at 06:06 PM

Terrific, virgo.

I sent my two kids over to the Obama field office...after I made sure they and their friends had all voted.

I was voter number 61 at 1:30. Bush/Gore I was voter no. 7 at 4:00. I am pretty sure these people are not Obama supporters.

Bush vs Kerry I meant.

In addition to getting rid of all those Pugs tonight, the close of the broadcast day marks THE END OF TUCKER CARLSON!!!

I wonder what they are going to put in place of "Road to the WH" or whatever MSNBC calls David Gregory's GOP butt kissing fest.

I heard that Liddy Dole is going to make an announcement soon. Will she be the first Pug POS to concede?? That would be SCHWEET! Rev will "yeehaw" so loud I'll be able to hear it here.

Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee-Doo on November 4, 2008 at 05:59 PM

I believe one of the state courts shot this down today. However, it is my understanding that anyone waiting in line before 1900EST will be afforded the opportunity to vote.

SandyH on November 4, 2008 at 06:00 PM

That's pretty much in line with what I predicted. If OH, VA, NC, or FL go blue early, pop the champagne corks. VA and NC polls close at 1900EST.

Michigan_Dave on November 4, 2008 at 06:03 PM

I believe that's fair lawsuit. There should be nothing that encumbers counting ANY of the absentee ballots. Though what bothers me is the fact that the suit was brought. I think it may be a stunt. I can't see Gov. Tim Kaine (D-VA) or any of his subordinates, supressing the vote in VA.

I'll bet Pammy brought her belly club to supervise the polling place too.

Sally-* on November 4, 2008 at 06:29 PM

You'd better hope so... ;-)

The first Negro President will be a Republican.

TOO CLOSE TO CALL AT CLOSE: FL, IN, OH...

Again, from Drudge...

Bob,

Exit poling is useless in this election cycle due to all the early voting that took place in those States. Sludge is full of shit and just making wild stabs based on the current polling. Plus, he's a Pug mouthpiece.

Indiana is at 2% reporting.

Obama 50%
McCain 49%

Kentucky is at 2% reporting.

McCain 68%
Obama 31%

Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee-Doo on November 4, 2008 at 06:43 PM

Agreed however, if the pug and pug leaning sites are calling it this way, that does not bode well at all for the GOP.

The first Negro President will be obama

Elizabeth Dole is in trouble.

After the election there may not be a Dole or Bush in public office since 1952.

KY @ 9%

McCain 51%
Obama 48%

IN @ 3%

Obama 50%
McCain 48%

YAY OBAMA!

Don't forget, IN has 2 time zones. 5 minutes until 9 more Counties, including (Lake, which is Gary, Hammond & East Chicago) close.

YAY VERMONT

Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee-Doo on November 4, 2008 at 06:57 PM

Hell, Doo-Bee, that's our side of the state. If we're holding our own now, IN could go big.

YAY MARK WARNER

SENATOR Mark Warner (D) VA! I like it.

Congratulations to Senator-Elect Mark Warner of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Virginia will deliver two Democratic senators to the 111th Congress.

WOW! They opened the gate at Grant Park 2 and a half hours earlier than announced.

The overflow crowd is going to be at the North end where they have set up 9 Jumbo Trons.

WOW! They opened the gate at Grant Park 2 and a half hours earlier than announced.

The overflow crowd is going to be at the North end where they have set up 9 Jumbo Trons.
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DiPeyDoodle on November 4, 2008 at 07:07 PM

I wouldn't want to be any where near there when Hussein loses.

I wouldn't want to be any where near there when macain loses.

I got a feeling we are going to see pictures of Negroes running down the street carry televisions later tonight.

I got a feeling we are going to see pictures of republicans running down the street carry televisions later tonight.

I got a feeling we are going to see pictures of republicans running down the street carry televisions later tonight.
dusty2006

Depends on where you are at dusty.

If it is an upscale neighborhood it might be Republicans hurrying to their SUVs with their newly purchased flat screen televisions. They want to catch the election results in high definition quality.

If it is in a bad neighborhood it might be the democrats scurrying to their stolen cars with recently looted televisions. They want to get away as fast as possible before the Korean store owners start picking them off from surrounding rooftops.

Isn't diversity grand?

Senator-Elect Mark Warner of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Virginia will deliver two Democratic senators to the 111th Congress.

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BobVADemocratHawk on November 4, 2008 at 07:07 PM

Absolutely!!
Bob: What are the early returns for POTUS looking like?

The VA State Board of Elections website appears to be overloaded. More details when they become available.

YAY JAY ROCKEFELLOR

YAY JOE MANCHIN

VA @ 4%

McCain 56%
Obama 43%

These are the "podunk" counties reporting in.

NC Early

Obama 57%
McCain 42%

IN @ 21%

McCain 51%
Obama 48%

Bob,

If Warner won, does that mean it looks good for Obama?

SC has been called for Sen. McCain by ABC and MSNBC.

sally i think republican will do that they like to steal things vote and cars and otherthing

New numbers from NC @ less than 7%

Obama 55%
McCain 44%

SandyH on November 4, 2008 at 07:53 PM

Not necessarily, Sandy. Senator-Elect Warner enjoyed bi-partisan support because the guy running against him, former Gov. Jim Gilmore (R-VA), is the VA equivalent of George W. Bush. Gilmore couldn't get elected dog catcher in VA after he screwed up so bad in the VA Governor's Mansion.

None of northern VA is reporting yet nor has Richmond. Portsmouth went roughly 60%-40% for Obama as I thought. More numbers when they become available.

President and Vice President

Last Reported: Nov 4 2008 7:58PM EST

John McCain and Sarah Palin 364,667 52.62%

Barack Obama and Joe Biden 300,032 43.29%

Precincts Reporting:
646 of 2,496 (25.88%)

Voter Turnout:
693,002 of 4,912,971 active voters (14.10%)
693,002 of 5,034,660 total voters (13.76%)

https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2008/07261AFC-9ED3-410F-B07D-84D014AB2C6B/Unofficial/1_s.shtml

ABC is reporting we've won PA and NH!

MSNBC reports Obama wins Pennsylvania. All he has to do is win just one of the swing states. Joe Scarborough says McCain is holding one by the thinnest of threads.

Gov. Dean is on MSNBC.

Greetings, diehards. I'm with y'all in spirit!

New NC numbers:

Obama 53%
McCain 47%

Is anyone keeping an eye on the Senate race there?

Just watch Florida go folks. I told you!!

YAY PENNSYLVANIA

YAY DICK DURBIN

The VA State Board of Elections website is overloaded again. More details when they become available.

Hey Sandy! Glad too see you still here.

YAY MARYLAND

John McCain and Sarah Palin 589,665 53.24%

Barack Obama and Joe Biden 505,669 45.65%

Precincts Reporting:
953 of 2,496 (38.18%)

Voter Turnout:
1,107,518 of 4,912,971 active voters (22.54%)
1,107,518 of 5,034,660 total voters (21.99%)

https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2008/07261AFC-9ED3-410F-B07D-84D014AB2C6B/Unofficial/1_s.shtml

We've yet to hear from northern VA and Richmond, still. Henrico County went for McCain. That is troublesome.

YAY MAINE

NBC caled PA with incomplete data says Fox's Michael Barone. They don't have any precinct data to confirm the exit polls.

Obama has been exit polling 11% over the actual vote.

MASSACHUSETTS

ILLINOIS

CONNECTICUT

Kay Hagen in NC!

DELAWARE

YAY KAY HAGAN

YAY JEANNE SHAHEEN

Sally-* on November 4, 2008 at 08:25 PM

That bothers me too. I'd expect to hear from some of the key precincts before stepping out like that.

Only Satan would have been worse than the Bush regime. Therefore it could be argued that the new administration in the USA could never be worse than the one which divorced the hearts and minds of Americans from their brothers in the international community, which appalled the rest of the world with shock and awe tactics that included concentration camps, torture, mass murder and utter disrespect for international law. Yet in choosing Obama, the people of America have opted to come back into the international fold. Welcome back, friends!

Those of us in the international community who predicted eight long years ago what would happen if Bush were elected must do two things. First, never forget the damage done by George W. Bush and his minions of evil and make sure that, like the generations after Hitler, history does not pardon these criminals as well-meaning politicians who were the victims of tough times. Secondly, we must give Brack Obama a blank page to write on, and hand him the pen with a sincere and open smile.

More.............

A change for the better

YAY NEW JERSEY

Obama just took PA!

102EV

GregL on November 4, 2008 at 08:26 PM

It's still early, Greg. We haven't heard from Richmond yet. Also, there are quite a number of precincts yet to report in northern VA. It ain't over here yet by a long shot.

YAY DC

John McCain and Sarah Palin 780,587 51.49%

Barack Obama and Joe Biden 719,284 47.44%

Precincts Reporting:
1,241 of 2,496 (49.71%)

Voter Turnout:
1,515,899 of 4,912,971 active voters (30.85%)
1,515,899 of 5,034,660 total voters (30.10%)

https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2008/07261AFC-9ED3-410F-B07D-84D014AB2C6B/Unofficial/1_s.shtml

JaunC on November 4, 2008 at 08:41 PM

You're welcome, Dan.

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)( :)

John McCain and Sarah Palin 846,221 50.81%

Barack Obama and Joe Biden 801,355 48.12%

Precincts Reporting:
1,339 of 2,496 (53.64%)

Voter Turnout:
1,665,234 of 4,912,971 active voters (33.89%)
1,665,234 of 5,034,660 total voters (33.07%)

New updates in a few minutes.

JaunC on November 4, 2008 at 08:41 PM

You are alright.

(even if you're angry)

(heh heh heh)

YAY MINNESOTA

YAY MICHIGAN

YAY NEW YORK

John McCain and Sarah Palin 935,105 50.31%

Barack Obama and Joe Biden 903,713 48.62%

Precincts Reporting:
1,482 of 2,496 (59.37%)

Voter Turnout:
1,858,529 of 4,912,971 active voters (37.82%)
1,858,529 of 5,034,660 total voters (36.91%)

https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2008/07261AFC-9ED3-410F-B07D-84D014AB2C6B/Unofficial/1_s.shtml

We're coming back...

NC as of 2101EST:

Obama 51%
McCain 48%

Congratulations to Senator-Elect Kay Hagen. Well done, NC!

YAY NEW HAMPSHIRE

John McCain and Sarah Palin 1,032,986 49.77%

Barack Obama and Joe Biden 1,020,461 49.16%

Precincts Reporting:
1,621 of 2,496 (64.94%)

Voter Turnout:
2,075,421 of 4,912,971 active voters (42.24%)
2,075,421 of 5,034,660 total voters (41.22%)

https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2008/07261AFC-9ED3-410F-B07D-84D014AB2C6B/Unofficial/1_s.shtml

Watch that gap close, baby! Northern VA is checking in. More details when they become available.

YAY RHODE ISLAND

Dumb rednecks voted McConnell back in. Good grief, vote for the guy that sent all your jobs overseas. Way to go Kentucky.

MisterMack on November 4, 2008 at 08:20 PM

I'm going to stay until we drive out sally*. To whom am I speaking?

Have any of you seen the ballot they are using in West Palm Beach, FL? They showed it on MSNBC about 30 minutes ago.

It's the stupidest thing I ever saw....you have to draw a thick line between the yes and no box for the candidate you want to vote for. Not fill in a box.

Somebody in Florida has made it their life's mission to drive the voters crazy...and throw out Democratic.

OHIO IS OUR'S....Congratulations, Butters, Jeff, Jen and everyone else I can't think of right now because I'm so happy.

OH!

HIGH!

OH!

YAY OHIO

Oh boy the redneck white baptists are going to be knashing their teeth when they see all of those faces at barack's party that aren't the same tint as theirs.

We are looking good, to early to celebrate.

NPR just called OH for Sen. Obama (D-IL). If that holds, we are victorious!

Good evening, good Dems!

MSNBS says Obama wins Mich., Minn., N.Y., R.I., Wis.; McCain takes Kan., N.D., Wyo., and OH!"

Yee Haw!

YAY NEW MEXICO

We haven't even crossed the mighty Mississipp and it's already a slaughter.

Obama needs 65 and CA has 55, so McLame NEEDS to get EVERY FRIGGIN THING.

OOPS, NEW MEXICO is OBAMA!

Hang it up, Grampy Grumpy. And take your little dog with lipstick with you, too.

John McCain and Sarah Palin 1,073,841 49.58%

Barack Obama and Joe Biden 1,068,729 49.35%

Precincts Reporting:
1,673 of 2,496 (67.02%)

Voter Turnout:
2,165,444 of 4,912,971 active voters (44.07%)
2,165,444 of 5,034,660 total voters (43.01%)

https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2008/07261AFC-9ED3-410F-B07D-84D014AB2C6B/Unofficial/1_s.shtml

We are still waiting on Richmond and about half of northern VA. Hold your breath. If this trends holds....

Electoral: Obama 200 - McCain 85 Live report...

Good evening, Benji.

We Win, We Win Ohio and Pennsyvania, Its Over, Its Over. My god, my childrens future will be OK. America will be respected again in the world. It's Over! We Won!

Hey, MisterMack. How are the horses?

NC @ 2127EST

Obama 50.33%
McCain 48.76%

Still too close to call.

Where is our evening open thread?

Lazy bastards!

Where's sally?

YAY TOM UDALL

They're not even watching the news at the repug party in AZ

The great white north got sick of the souths control of the country.

Thank god, I can't believe it, this is soo surreal.

Oh, didn't see you there. Get ready sally the Negroes are taking over!

Good Evening Barbi.

(heh heh heh)

If Obama governs as Jimmy Carter, it will be Hillary against the lovely and talented Sarah in 2012. If governs as a centrist or conservative he may do fine. It is all about him and no one ever talks about putting Jimmy Carter on Mt Rushmore.

As you know, I never liked McCain and Sarah is in the game for next time.

Unless something incredibly wonky happens on the west coast, I am calling this race for Sen. Barack Hussein Obama to be our forty-fourth President of the United States.

Currently, we are projected to have 200 electoral votes by ABC and MSNBC. CA has 55, OR has 7, WA has 11, and HI has 4. Do the math. The west coast total is 77. That makes for 277 electoral votes.

John McCain and Sarah Palin 1,142,413 49.52%

Barack Obama and Joe Biden 1,139,944 49.41%

Precincts Reporting:
1,772 of 2,496 (70.99%)

Voter Turnout:
2,306,774 of 4,912,971 active voters (46.95%)
2,306,774 of 5,034,660 total voters (45.81%)

https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2008/07261AFC-9ED3-410F-B07D-84D014AB2C6B/Unofficial/1_s.shtml

Can we do it in VA? Stay tuned....

Sally-* on November 4, 2008 at 09:45 PM

Honestly, do you think Gov. Palin (R-AK) has a legitimate shot at winning the GOP nomination in 2012 against Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, et al?

Whoops meant to McSame doesn't take OHIO...

obviously.

Yum. Wine.

Yo, Steve! "Sarah... blah blah blah, yada yada yada."

Listen up: her looks (blech) are not qualifications for the job. Give it up.

Did I just hear this right? McLame is having a conversation with McNitwit as I type?

HAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!

And Cindy thinks she was called a few choice bad names!

Obama is NOT Jimmy Carter. He has Carter's idealism but he is also a practical realist thanks to Toot! sally, you will be singing his priaises by next year.

Mitt Romney never caught on mainly because that dopey Huckleberry was splitting the conservative vote giving us McCain. Conservatives will hold Huckleberry responsible for that. He doesn't have a chance.

Plus his boring TV show isn't helping either. That's the worst show I have seen since John Kasich.

Sarah, armed with four more years as governor, will be formidable.

NC 42 of 100 Counties Reporting

Obama/Biden (DEM) 49.53% 1,661,788
McCain/Palin (REP) 49.55% 1,662,537
Barr/Root (LIB) 0.60% 20,007
WRITE-IN 0.33% 10,945
Total: 3,355,277

As of 2149EST.

Well back to work - see ya in awhile.

sarah palin will have a hard time governing Alaska without earmarks.

If she doesn't push for earmarks than Alaskan voters will suffer.

If she does she will be laughed at.

JaunC on November 4, 2008 at 09:53 PM

Then what consitutes a mandate, Dan? If we get upwards of 330 electoral votes or more than 5% in the popular vote, to me, that's a mandate.

YAY IOWA

Barack Obama and Joe Biden 1,272,986 49.49%

John McCain and Sarah Palin 1,271,575 49.44%

Precincts Reporting:
1,961 of 2,496 (78.56%)

Voter Turnout:
2,571,763 of 4,912,971 active voters (52.34%)
2,571,763 of 5,034,660 total voters (51.08%)

https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2008/07261AFC-9ED3-410F-B07D-84D014AB2C6B/Unofficial/1_s.shtml

And that is how you take the lead in VA! Still no word from Richmond or Roanoke.

Biddy Dole lost

NC 50 of 100 Counties Reporting

Obama/Biden (DEM) 49.41% 1,707,570

McCain/Palin (REP) 49.66% 1,716,316

Barr/Root (LIB) 0.60% 20,846

WRITE-IN 0.33% 11,395

Total: 3,456,127

http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/7937/12837/en/summary.html

It looks like Sen. McCain has just pulled ahead in NC.

msnbs BREAKING NEWS: Iowa goes for Obama, NBC News projects; McCain takes Utah, Texas

four years ago, the saddest day of my (political) life. standing in the rain at Kerry HQ Boston at 1:30 AM as Ohio was called. tonite, to hear Fox call Ohio for Obama, how sweet it its! we elected a man of color. God Bless America!

Good evening, all - it's a great day.

sarah palin must now deal with the fact that the election was lost because prominent Republicans believed that she was not qualified to be VP.

Also she will have a hard time governing the small state of Alaska with the microscope scrutiny of the international media.

The republican party needs to get rid of the hateful extremists before they will ever be considered a competitive political party.

391Barbi on November 4, 2008 at 10:05 PM Dole lost

That's good news, Barbi - haven't had a chance to check up on that one - thanks.

Obama has a genuine mandate from the majority of America. And his support is absolute.

Obama will prove to be a patriotic American who cares about the well being of this country. And his work over the next four years will be unfettered because of the support he won from Obama Republicans.

The extreme right and what's left of the republican party is almost officially rendered futile and irrelevant.

The BEST thing about this blow out is that Chimpy will be "collateral damage". HE caused the absolute hatred of the Pug brand name.

HE fucked up the Country so badly that HE will bear the brunt of the scorn.

HE will be lucky to slink his lame ass out of DC in the dark of night without being on a rail, covered in tar and feathers.

The Pugs don't take losing well, and Chimpy caused their downfall and the death of the Theocrat-Corporatist-Oligarchy's dream of a "permanent Pug majority"..

The Pugs will never forgive him, and his Daddy will probably disown him.

How long until Pickles flees?

Screw Chimpy. He should do the honorable thing for once in his life and resign before he ends up at 2% approval. And he can take Cheney with him. Nancy is perfectly capable of running the show for the next 100 days or so.

MSNBC just said OBAMA IS ON THE MOVE FROM THE HYATT!!! (Which one? There is 1 at McCormick Place, 3/4 mile south, and 1 at Illinois Center, 3/4 mile north.)

HE should be arriving at Grant Park soon.

Corkscrews ready??

YAY JIM HIMES

YAY JOHN MURTHA

JOHN MURTHA IS A REAL PATRIOT AND A REAL AMERICAN.

ding dong the witch is dead.

haha

Sally 10/29/08 prediction

McCain wins 56 - 44. Take it to the bank.
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Sally-* on October 30, 2008 at 12:15 AM

Hey, Cowboy. I caught that bit about Dole on the front page at:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

which has a a map that has a roll over to view the state results, like CBS also has:

http://election.cbsnews.com/election2008/

396YayObama on November 4, 2008 at 10:10 PM sarah palin must now deal with the fact that the election was lost because prominent Republicans believed that she was not qualified to be VP.

In an interview today she responded to questions about her future saying she'd like to find ways to be a uniter (the implication being that division is not a good course to pursue)

I agree that division is not a good course to pursue.

CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES COME ON!

TIME FOR CHANGE

TIME FOR UNITY

404Barbi on November 4, 2008 at 10:17 PM Hey, Cowboy. I caught that bit about Dole on the front page at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

To much historic news and too much hi-tech geekiness for this old cowboy :)

Thanks for the link, Barbi.

Well, way to steal the thunder.

Oprah just showed up in Grant Park. I hope her feet aren't sore from all those hours of standing in line she had to do, like the real people who actually worked for him over the past 2 years did.

Go back to Malibu, media darling.

Chassie baby you were right! Not that I ever doubted your wisdom at predictions.

Congratulations guys, you did it, you did it, the country did it.

I've been missing this smile for a long time.

Barack Obama and Joe Biden 1,332,670 49.65%

John McCain and Sarah Palin 1,322,806 49.28%

Precincts Reporting:
2,026 of 2,496 (81.16%)

Voter Turnout:
2,683,794 of 4,912,971 active voters (54.62%)
2,683,794 of 5,034,660 total voters (53.30%)

https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2008/07261AFC-9ED3-410F-B07D-84D014AB2C6B/Unofficial/1_s.shtml

Do you think fade is in that crowd at Grant Park tonight? I betcha.

So we have picked up four Senate seats so far?

405dorsano on November 4, 2008 at 10:18 PM

sarah palin has less of a chance of being a competitive candidate for president than Dan Quayle.

411GregL on November 4, 2008 at 10:21 PM Hey, I'm all for people uniting behind the progressive vision.

Texas is progressive - you all just don't realize that yet.

sarah palin joins the ranks of vp candidates like Jack Kemp, Joe Lieberman, Dan Quayle, even...

...John Edwards, Geraldine Ferraro.

VP candidates who lose don't have a strong history of making a political comeback after four years.

She will have too many competitors and very little clout to work with.

It's just history.

JaunC on November 4, 2008 at 10:10 PM

Fair enough, Dan. BTW, it really took balls for you and Sally to show up here tonight. A lesser individual wouldn't have shown.

We will disagree more than we will agree. Thus is the nature of life and politics. I'm looking forward to debating the next four years with y'all. I shall consider you a member of the loyal opposition and give you the proper respect of such. I hope y'all will do the same.

415YayObama on November 4, 2008 at 10:25 PM sarah palin has less of a chance of being a competitive candidate for president than Dan Quayle.

In her current form, I agree 100%. Time will tell how good her national political instincts (and her ability to adapt) are.

In the end issues and policies matter - not party - that's the verdict people across the country are delivering today.

HEY HEY!!

bb is BACK!

420BobVADemocratHawk on November 4, 2008 at 10:30 PM Fair enough, Dan. BTW, it really took balls for you and Sally to show up here tonight. A lesser individual wouldn't have shown.

Glad they showed up. I haven't read back yet - thanks for that post, Bob.

422Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee-Doo on November 4, 2008 at 10:32 PM HEY HEY!! bb is BACK!

:)

407GregL on November 4, 2008 at 10:19 PM South Dakota abortion ban defeated, Colorado definition of life at conception blown out of the water. Regressives lose yet again. Come on, NO on Prop 8!

My sentiments exactly, GregL.

Barack Obama and Joe Biden 1,379,332 49.72%

John McCain and Sarah Palin 1,365,392 49.22%

Precincts Reporting:
2,083 of 2,496 (83.45%)

Voter Turnout:
2,773,921 of 4,912,971 active voters (56.46%)
2,773,921 of 5,034,660 total voters (55.09%)

https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2008/07261AFC-9ED3-410F-B07D-84D014AB2C6B/Unofficial/1_s.shtml

The Obama lead is increasing in VA. We could be very close to history here. VA has not gone blue since 1964.

My God, I think I've aged four years tonight just watching these results come in.

I'll just BET that Freedom of Speech did everything she could to be in Grant Park. She was frantically trying to figure out a way to make it from her home town to Springfield, way back in Feb., 2007.

FL to Obama? I have too many TVs going in different rooms. Regular NBC called it (I think) a few minutes ago.

Moot point.

DPD,

Do you think we're safe from having to hear from Palin for at least the next two years? Oh, that voice. We all need to give our ears a rest.

I've been away or a very long time...who is doo be doo?

425GregL on November 4, 2008 at 10:37 PM That's what I say all the time...but not too loudly, cuz I'm afraid they'll give me a new jacket.

Hmmm ...

Is it the message or the messenger? I have faith in the people of Texas.

THIS IS THE GREAT BEGINNING OF A GREAT ERA!

Barack Obama and Joe Biden 1,443,214 50.00%

John McCain and Sarah Palin 1,412,695 48.94%

Precincts Reporting:
2,156 of 2,496 (86.37%)

Voter Turnout:
2,886,184 of 4,912,971 active voters (58.74%)
2,886,184 of 5,034,660 total voters (57.32%)

https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2008/07261AFC-9ED3-410F-B07D-84D014AB2C6B/Unofficial/1_s.shtml

Richmond, Roanoke, and half of VA Beach are still out. VA Beach is breaking roughly 50-50. If that trend holds, VA will go blue!

NC 83 of 100 Counties Reporting

Obama/Biden (DEM) 49.40% 1,903,501

McCain/Palin (REP) 49.67% 1,913,822

Barr/Root (LIB) 0.60% 23,061

WRITE-IN 0.33% 12,731

http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/7937/12985/en/summary.html

NC is still way too close to call.

DPD

are my comments being deleted? But, I'm Alumni!

GOD BLESS BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

439YayObama on November 4, 2008 at 10:47 PM GOD BLESS BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

:)

and God bless us one and all.

438MisterMack on November 4, 2008 at 10:47 PM are my comments being deleted? But, I'm Alumni!

Hey, Mack.

We haven't been deleted yet. Just given more challenges.

President-Elect Obama has taken the lead in Indiana! Give 'em hell, Kathy!

rolllllllllll another one. wonder if i remember how.

MisterMack on November 4, 2008 at 10:47 PM

No, there is a bug in the system. Sometimes you have to post in order to see the comments. What I do is just type any crap into the comment box and hit "preview" instead of "refresh".

It works.

You and bb on the same day. Amazing. Now all we need is Rick, and TimC, et al.

441GregL on November 4, 2008 at 10:49 PM Oh I get it! You're out to get me just like they are...

GregG's not on - what do you expect me to do?

GOD BLESS JOE BIDEN

436GregL on November 4, 2008 at 10:45 PM Whoo, looks like some high times ahead for Massachusetts! Marijuana decriminalized in Massachusetts

Does that mean the Vietnam war is over?

LIVE LOCAL CHANNEL % NBC FEED FROM GRANT PARK

VA and FL go OBAMA!

A SLAUGHTER.

CNN projected VA, congrats Bob

Barack Obama and Joe Biden 1,483,912 50.04%

John McCain and Sarah Palin 1,449,994 48.90%

Precincts Reporting:
2,202 of 2,496 (88.22%)

Voter Turnout:
2,964,995 of 4,912,971 active voters (60.35%)
2,964,995 of 5,034,660 total voters (58.89%)

https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2008/07261AFC-9ED3-410F-B07D-84D014AB2C6B/Unofficial/1_s.shtml

The lead is increasing. Richmond is still out as is Roanoke. Northern VA is trending heavily in favor of President-Elect Obama.

As of this date and time, I am calling VA for President Elect Barrack Hussein Obama!

Congratulations to Sen. McCain, his supporters, and the Republican Party for their part in our democratic republic. We look forward to having you in the loyal opposition.

Good night fellow Americans and Democrats. We kept the Faith and we kept the faith. WE ARE VICTORIOUS!

FINALLY!!!!

Change!

445Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee-Doo on November 4, 2008 at 10:53 PM You and bb on the same day. Amazing. Now all we need is Rick, and TimC, et al.

jen, karen, lizzy for some of the et al, and I hope Jacque is home by now from the polls in Ohio.

And where is Pam? Probably on chick's night out with jen, karen, and Lizzy.

mike_n_montana on November 4, 2008 at 10:59 PM

Thank you, Mike. Here's hoping y'all can deliver the great state of Montana!

454
dorsano on November 4, 2008 at 11:02 PM

Pam is a poll supervisor in her town. She won't be home until all the votes are tabulated.

I can't believe there is light at the end of this crazy dark 8 year tunnel. Thank you Democrats for your hard work and commitment!

What an incredible day!!!!!

HELLO FINE DEMOCRATS!

Barbi on November 4, 2008 at 10:29 PM

Hi, Barbi.

So how does it feel to live in a reality-based world again? We can all breathe again?

I'm still crossing my fingers hoping Obama wins Indiana and Missouri. Since our candidate for Governor is winning big in Missouri, I'm hoping he'll have coat tails for Obama/Biden.

That would make the whole upper right quadrant blue again…along with a fair share of both coasts. That red blotch is shrinking nicely.

But that red hue that still exists in all those rural areas of all the states need to be attended to by our Party. There are a lot of progressives out there who have forgotten that they are. We need to jog their memories by providing the agenda we promised.

OMG...IT'S DONE. OUR COUNTRY IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AGAIN. GOD BLESS AMERICA.

People are actually shooting off firecrackers in my neighborhood....my Republican neighborhood. Unbelievable.

455Barbi on November 4, 2008 at 11:02 PM President-elect Barack Obama!

tough times ahead - in a democracy, we get the leadership we deserve - this democracy deserves alot I guess.

YAY VIRGINIA

LOCAL TRIBUNE STATION LIVE FEED

YAY FLORIDA

barack pulled off a miracle

GAME OVER!

462YayObama on November 4, 2008 at 11:08 PM YAY VIRGINIA

Richard Henry Lee and all the Lee's of Virgina would probably not find fault your YAY.

:)

Praise and Honor and Glory to God, who has heard the prayers of His children and answered our plea by bringing unto us a Leader who will be for all the people.

Let us pray- as it is in Heaven, let it be on Earth!

Amen

YAY AMERICA

NO MORE REPUBLICANS!

Good evening, my friends. I'm so happy to be here celebrating with all this evening.

The winds of change, a very righteous wind, indeed! Has brought us here.

The Joshua Generation!

I am so full of joy & hope & thanksgiving!

NO MORE BUSH!

460
SandyH on November 4, 2008 at 11:07 PM

Mine too, Sandy. Either that or it's the Pugs blowing their empty heads off.

WOW! That one sounded like McLame going ballistic like a Warners Brothers cartoon.

COLORADO FOR OBAMA!!!

YES WE DID!

YES WE DID!

YES WE DID!

YAY COLORADO

My state is still counting. I only had a 12 hour shift today. I will relieve the 3rd shift administrator at 8 a.m. tomorrow.

Bold will be here soon.

Gee, have I told all of you lately how much I love you?

468Esmeralda on November 4, 2008 at 11:10 PM

Hey, Jacque - thanks - thanks for being an election judge (OK - poll worker if you insist - but you have to admit that voting regulations are a bit complex - so as far as I'm concerned that makes everyone who serves an election judge).

YES WE WILL!

YES WE WILL!

YES WE WILL!

Obama/Biden 2008

Congratulations, Bob. This is truly an historic night. Virginia is the key to the future in the South.

As I had written, so it is...Steve T in MN shall call a black man, Mr. President.

I believe.

Take that to the bank.

OK now Barack. Don't screw it up! The Pugs will throw everything they can at you. Don't let them get away with it.

Clinton was bean bag compared with what you will get.

THE FUTURE IS OURS!

THE FUTURE IS OURS!

THE FUTURE IS OURS!

How sweet it is!

Good bye Sarah Palin and Joe the Plumber.
I hope to see neither of you again.

Do you hear those crazy rednecks booing President Obama at mccain's concession speech? I hope this division fades quickly.

Tony, I'm not an election/poll worker. I'm an adminstrator of elections for the state of Ohio.

I'm big time. ;)

Some predictions from our troll friends:

The democrats will lose in '08. They lied to make it in the '06 election and their campaign of doom and gloom will cost them in '08. America votes for winners not WHINERS.
Posted by D_Cactus_Weekend on November 9, 2007 at 08:38 PM

NO MORE BUSH!

NO MORE REPUBLICANS!

NO MORE BUSH!

NO MORE REPUBLICANS!

NO MORE BUSH!

NO MORE REPUBLICANS!

GOD BLESS BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!

457Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee-Doo on November 4, 2008 at 11:04 PM Pam is a poll supervisor in her town. She won't be home until all the votes are tabulated.

Good point, DPD - sorry about that - irrational exuberance on my part - thanks.

Well out here on the West Coast we are looking pretty good too!!! Thanks to all our counter parts in the East for gettin' this wave going in our direction!!! Hey do ya thin juanc is in the corner cryn'? Hope so...

Congratulations to all Americans. We have survived the Bush years...almost.
January cannot get here soon enough.

Well out here on the West Coast we are looking pretty good too!!! Thanks to all our counter parts in the East for gettin' this wave going in our direction!!! Hey do ya think juanc is in the corner cryn'? Have'nt seen any thing from him in a while. sooooooooooooosorrrrrrry, ya right.

WHOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

HERE I AM DEMS! JUST BACK FROM 18 HOURS WORKING POLLS!!!!!! WHAT A VICTORY. A LOT OF HARD WORK WENT INTO THIS WIN, AND WE CAN ALL BE PROUD.

MCCAIN IS GIVING HIS CONCESSION, AND I AM SMILING EAR TO EAR.

TO YOU TROLLS, I SAY WHAT I SAID I WAS GOING TO ASK!!!!

WHO'S YOUR DADDY NOW, GIRLS?????

NOT ONE WORD OF CRITICISM AGAINST YOUR CIC AND PRESIDENT !!! That includes the German!

I will blog ya all tomorrow. Gonna break into that bottle of dusty champagne from 4 years ago!

Your friendship has meant a lot during this last 4 years of taking this country back! Let's continue this journey together..........

the first dude don't look so happy.

You have to respect John McCain for his service to this country. But I do not respect Sarah Palin. She said mean vile things during the campaign and she is not qualified to be VP. I doubt she's qualified to be gov. of Alaska. SNL will miss her.

sarah failin needs to spend more time reforming the extreme right and the corrupt repbulican party and less time criticizing...

PRESIDENT BARRACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!

Cheers! Bold! We deserve it!

So, is today the day the 'Whitey" tape, and the "Born in Kenya" tape, and the "larry the chubby coke snorting male hooker" tape going to be released?

After all, Tiny Johnson at no IQ said he was waiting for the right time to spring them.

GOD BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!

All jokes aside, I think that was one of the best speeches he gave during the whole campaign.

Another quote from one of our idiot trolls:

This place is gonna be damn funny on election night when Hussein Obama loses 60 - 40%.
Posted by Sally-* on August 30, 2008 at 01:41 PM

AHAHAHAHAAHHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHHAH
Sally, where are you tonight???

McCain concession on. He looks like he has lost his manic demeanor, and is acting human again.

Yea America, the nightmare is finally lifting.

Progress is on the agenda, and reality is in order, at last.

God bless America, and the rest of the world too.

501Esmeralda on November 4, 2008 at 11:28 PM

It's me, Benji.

(heh heh heh)

Bradley effect MY ASS.

McCain must be congratulated for the fine speech he just made. It was gracious and he touched on the historic nature of this win allowing his supporters to be proud of him. Good job, Senator.

YAY PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!

benji! hahaha

Sure feels good, huh?

491Barbi on November 4, 2008 at 11:22 PM Yes, Dors. We are celebrating a truly historic day in our country's history. But there are going to be some really hard times ahead.

I agree - we've been there before and elected the right leadership - we did so again today.

Good bye Dick Cheney.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

A SLAUGHTER.
450
Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee-Doo on November 4, 2008 at 10:59 PM

No, a slaughter is like when Reagan beat Mondale 525 to 13.

PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!

THE 44TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

McCain with the fair Sarah will win 60% - 40%.
Posted by Sally-* on September 1, 2008 at 05:22 AM

WRONG AGAIN Sally!

I just got a concession speech from Miss Congeniality. I'll try to post the transcription.

SCREEEEEECH!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JUST YOU WAIT!!!!!!!!!!

SHRIEK!!!!!!!

&@*&#*#^(*@$%*(()!!!!!!!!!!

HILLARY!!!!!!

PUMA!!!!!!!

SCREEEEEECH!!!!!!!

Sorry, I did the "Readers Digest" thing and edited it down to 40% of the original, yet still retained the original feel.

(There were a lot more Screeches and shrieks, but they seemed superfluous.)

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BRADLEY EFFECT?

Chicago on November 4, 2008 at 11:30 PM

I've been here all night fool.

give him the graces he needs. bring wholeness and healing. pray for our nation. shining light of a new day might be seen. we can change. love and peace shall flow. a beacon for all nations to see. bless us so we might follow. thank you for the victory, thank you for the joy.

GregL,

What it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

(Animal House)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

scootermom on November 4, 2008 at 11:23 PM

scootermom,

The Southwest and West Coast states will give Obama the highest popular vote count of any president. You are to be commended for sticking in there and making your votes count.

Thanks for backing up the rest of us who voted earlier than you and had to wait with baited breath knowing that you would come through for us if it was close.

But I'm so glad it wasn't close.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BRADLEY EFFECT?
519
YayObama on November 4, 2008 at 11:36 PM

The polls had him up by 11 0r 13, he will win by 2 or 3%.

YAY PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!

LET'S GET READY TO RUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMBBBBBBLLLLLLEEEEE!

what great night happy day we have our first black presdient named obama

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BRADLEY EFFECT?

I've been here all night fool.
521Sally-* on November 4, 2008 at 11:36 PM

Really Sally? A fool is the person who said this:

Election night is going to be damn comical here. No one will be here except me and cactus and harpo and birdman. The regular 8 will be down in the dumps. Some will commit suicide, others will get drunk and the rest will beat their significant others.
I'll be here tho.
31
SALLY-* ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 AT 10:13 PM
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH

where sally now

Grampy Grumpy won AZ in a squeaker.

Time to retire, McGoo. And Cindy? Return the tiara.

PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!

WINS BY A LANDSLIDE!

WINS WITH A MANDATE!

528YayObama on November 4, 2008 at 11:40 PM

Yayobama,
Yeah... what happened to that Bradley effect???

McCain/Palin hit 50% in daily tracking poll - Obama Bin Biden at 47%.
Subtract 5% from Obama Bin Biden and add it to McCain/Palin for the Bradley effect and it is McCain/Palin 55% and Obama Bin Biden 42%.
And it will get worse for Obama Bin Biden.
247
SALLY-* ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 AT 04:29 PM
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHHAHAH

I think Michelle is gonna pull it out anyway.

Republican MICHELE BACHMANN 106598 47.40
Democratic-Farmer-Labor ELvin TINKLENBERG 94930 42.22

511Esmeralda on November 4, 2008 at 11:32 PM

FEELING GOOD! FEELING GREAT!

TIME FOR CHANGE!

hey Pam. let's have a victory lunch at Rein's real soon!

I'm going to go watch Obama speak.
Blog you all tomorrow.

Obama/Biden 2008
Yes we did!

Esmeralda on November 4, 2008 at 11:36 PM

Essie,

The good Lord knew we needed a miracle. We had to work hard for it...work together for it. It was a lesson we needed to learn. We had to remember again from where the power comes that makes all things possible.

Lesson learned. Praise to the Lord that loves us all.

We are celebrating with our non-alcohol champagne.

What a glorious night. Notice all the young people in the Obama crowd awaiting his speech. Oprah is in the crowd along with Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.
Jesse Jackson was in tears. This election will go down in history as one of the greatest yet. It is certainly one of the greatest in my lifetime.

Thanks to all who worked so hard to win this election.

449Barbi on November 4, 2008 at 10:56 PM Dors said (in response to GregL) GregG's not on - what do you expect me to do? Barbi said: Well, we could watch you Eye-talians argue about recipes. ;-)

Is Barbi saying that I don't have my priorities straight? What's more important in life than a good pasta gravy?

aforable health care? (hmmm ... tough choice there)

A good spaghetti gravy recipe is a powerful incentive to just about anything = just saying.

My Congressman & friend, Zack Space, has won his 2nd term. 14 out of 16 counties!

Dancing in her jammies!

My son just asked, "What is considered a mandate?" How many votes (electoral and popular) does one need?

TIME FOR CHANGE

NO MORE BUSH

NO MORE MCCAIN

NO MORE PALIN

GOD BLESS AMERICA

541GREGL ON NOVEMBER 4, 2008 AT 11:49 PM

ME!!!!

;o)

The mccain crowd consisted of old farts. When he mentioned Obama and Biden the crowd booed. So much for being nice. mccain tried to quiet them down and that's all he did. He didn't tell them to cool it and quit the hate we have been faced with for the last eight plus years by the hannitys and limpbaughs.

I think these people are hopeless.

Looks like a mandate to me.

Evening all of you Great, Great Dems! Finally, I feel like I can breath! Thank God in heaven for this wonderful blessing!

Hey, do you think Matt and the rest of the staff are in Chicago? I hope so. They deserve to be part of the celebration...part of history.

I'm going to log off, too, to hear Obama.

Good night, everyone. Sweet dreams.

Annnnddddd....

HEEeeeeeeeere's

PRESIDENT ELECT BARACK OBAMA!!!!

ESAD, trolls.

544
SandyH on November 4, 2008 at 11:51 PM

Chimpy said it was 1 vote (by Scalia).

Frankin beat Coleman! hahaha

548GregL on November 4, 2008 at 11:54 PM Ack! just checked on MSNBC's site...54% For writing discrimination into the California constitution...This will be a bitter sweet day if that monstrosity passes

Yea - still not a done bad-deal yet though.

552SandyH on November 4, 2008 at 11:56 PM I'm going to log off, too, to hear Obama. Good night, everyone. Sweet dreams.

Good night, DPD, Sandy, Mary, GregL, Esme, Johne, Chicago, YayObama :), and all - I need to head out too.

Sweet dreams all.

You know why they are doing this? It's so when the Cubs win the World Series next year they will have practice in crowd management.

That's why.

GREGL ON NOVEMBER 5, 2008 AT 12:03 AM

Max is a great figure around here, after Jon Tester put out our "last best criminal" during the last election, the tides turned here. Throw in an amazing Gov. like Brian Schweitzer (sp) and this state has changed. Watch it go blue by a large margin.

YES WE CAN!

YES WE CAN!

YES WE CAN!

YAY AL FRANKEN

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/livecoverage/2008/11/congressional_ledeall.html

Democrats Make Strong Gains in the Senate

MANDATE!

LANDSLIDE!

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BRADLEY EFFECT?

THIS IS OUR MOMENT

THIS IS OUR TIME

THIS IS OUR MOMENT!

THIS IS OUR TIME!

The trolls have cut and run.

The trolls are losers.

YAY PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!

GET LOST BUSH!

goodnight dors...

God Bless President Elect Barack Obama. God Bless Vice President Elect Joe Biden. Keep them safe, keep them strong. Watch over their families.

and God Bless all of you.

Enjoy the night, my dear friends.

Psalm 92:1-2; 28:7 —
It is good to praise the Lord
and make music to your name, O Most High,
to proclaim your love in the morning
and your faithfulness at night...
The Lord is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.
My heart leaps for joy
and I will give thanks to him in song.

GET LOST PALIN!

GET LOST MCCAIN!

Can I help measure for the curtains
in the White House?

GOD BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!

hahahahahaha

The trolls have cut and run.

They weren't even deleted.

The trolls have been silenced.

Thanks to the trolls.

The trolls' stupidity have helped the Democratic Party.

The more the trolls like Stevie Lloyd Thornburg makes stupid comments, the more it helps the Democratic Party.

Keep up the great work trolls.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

GOD BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!

ok, I have some other news Darcy Burner is well ahead of Richert, this may be another Republican seat now in Democrats hands. :)

90 days till bush is out of office!

G'Nite, dors and whoever else left while I was watching PRESIDENT ELECT BARACK OBAMA.

Sorta rolls right off the tongue, doesn't it?

crud! read the franken race backassward! haha it's been a long day.

good night, everyone.

585
Esmeralda on November 5, 2008 at 12:31 AM

"vote flipping?"

;)

Stupid question, who decides who will fill Obama's and Biden's senate seats?

GOD BLESS HOWARD DEAN!

mary,

It's one of those moments you will always remember and cherish.

It's like I was so afraid. Now I don't have to worry constantly about the forces that tried to destroy our Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the American Dream.

They will all live on...even the 2nd Amendment.

And most importantly, our troops won't EVER have to risk their lives without body armor ever again.

YES WE DID!

YES WE DID!

YES WE DID!

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BRADLEY EFFECT!

YES WE DID is right ... but a lot of the credit needs to go to Howard Dean. He lead the charge to get Democrats involved and win at the grassroots level. Dr. Dean deserves a huge THANK YOU for driving the Democratic Party to get a backbone ... he got people involved and really has a tremendous hand in OUR collective success today.

Thanks Dr. Dean ... we couldn't have done it without you ... THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! Go for it ... let's hear your famous scream. We did it because you did it for us and with us.

THANKS ... Si Se Puede!!

Thank you to Obama, Michelle, Axelrod, David P., Howard Dean, Arianna Huffington, Hillary Clinton (for that great speech at the convention), the ground workers that worked tirelessly for our country and the American People.

All of the stars lined up. The whole world is back in love and proud of America. The people beat the corporate republican donors. The world wins!

LANDSLIDE!

MANDATE!

NO MORE BUSH!

NO MORE CHENEY!

NO MORE MCCAIN!

NO MORE PALIN!

GOD BLESS HOWARD DEAN!

wow. beyond my wildest expectations. just wow and thank you universe.

Did I tell you the story in 2004, when Kerry conceded. I knew Ohio was stolen, I was heart broken for our country. I, like you, was devastated. I go to my car after subing at the elementary school and someone had put a bush bumper sticker under my wiper blade. I was soo pissed. I turned around to see a self proclaimed evangelical christian snickering.

Very unchristian like behavour. We have been dealing with this in the south for some time. People claiming to be evangelical christians that treat their fellow man like dirt.

How I would love to stick an Obama sticker on her car tomorrow just to teach her what it feels like. But I will not. I will follow the leader we have chosen and take the high road. Because, I am better than that.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BRADLEY EFFECT?

The extreme right will pay for their sins for a long time to come!

The extreme right/neo-cons are now officially obsolete!

Message to the republican party:

Get lost!

And don't come back until you reinvent yourselves.

Even if the Demoratic Senate doesn't get the magic 60 that's ok.

If the republicans filibuster it will only work against them because it will prove that the republicans are incapable of bipartisan cooperation.

memories....la la la la la la.....

"Here is a prediction I made "If the Republicans lose the House it will insure a Republican Presidential victory in 2008, because those Dems will behave like absolute asshats".
That one will still come true. And with Hillary bringing the ticket down the Republicans will probably re take the House as well.
Posted by TheWonderfulFrosty on January 24, 2008 at 12:26 AM"

"Do you really think that who Obama chooses as a running mate is going to have any bearing on the election? Obama is going to lose in the biggest landslide ever. How is that not obvious to you all?
Posted by Sally-* on August 22, 2008 at 03:05 AM"

"If you take the average of the 3 top polls, Hussein Obama's lead is now only 3.7 points. If you consider that is virtually within the margin of error and subtract the Bradley effect, it is shaping up to be a McCain landslide.
188
Sally-* on October 18, 2008 at 10:54 PM"

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BRADLEY EFFECT?

YAY INDIANA

wow indiana...just wow...

GOD BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!

LANDSLIDE!

MANDATE!

608Barbi on November 5, 2008 at 02:21 AM

hee hee hee

mike_n_montana the goveners of both states pick new senaters

The republicans are irrelevant.

Hey Dusty,

What's up?

Oh I see, YayObama is Benji.

I was briefly wondering how a totally new idiot could emerge on election night.

Benji, (aka YayObama) is the "guy" who said he was a member of the gay brigade of the Army Rangers and he was trained to kill the enemy by choking him with his thong.

gregg on November 5, 2008 at 01:42 AM

That was my point dufus, the polls were so totally whacked that retrospect you can pick one that was nearly correct or what that was 12 points off.

He NEVER said that. Stop lying, Steve. Go away.
618
Barbi on November 5, 2008 at 02:53 AM

He certainly did babs.

Arizona has passed a Constitutional amendment banning faggot marriages.

Sorry Benji

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BRADLEY EFFECT?

GOD BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

REPUBLICANS LOSE

AMERICA WINS

MANDATE

LANDSLIDE

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-assess5-2008nov05,0,7733326.story

GOD BLESS HOWARD DEAN

OBAMA WINS IN A LANDSLIDE

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BRADLEY EFFECT?

GOD BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

sorry for the double post

good morning, everyone.
Set the Blessing in Motion

Today's Scripture

“Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back” (Luke 6:38).

Today's Word from Joel and Victoria

God is a god of abundance! He wants to pour out His abundance on you until you are so full that you are running over with His goodness. And notice how this verse starts. It says, “Give, and it will be given to you.” Your giving sets the blessing of God into motion in your life. Giving is like a seed. When you plant an apple seed, it doesn’t just grow a single fruit. That one seed grows into a tree that produces an abundance of apples!

That’s what happens when you obey God in your giving. You receive an abundant harvest in return. It’s overflowing, literally “running over”! And when the blessing is running over, it means you have so much that you want to give more. The cycle just keeps repeating itself! Is there something the Lord is telling you to give today? It could be financial, material, or even your talents and service to others.

What do you have in your hand that you can use to bless someone else? Take a step today and set the blessing of God into motion in your life. Open the door for His blessing to be running over in every area of your life today!

Back to the big city for me. By looking at our map, not all counties have completed their counts.

Enjoy the day, everyone.

PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA

Palin Prank Call: Canadian Comedy Duo Convinces Palin She's Talking To Sarkozy (AUDIO)

Palin Prank Call: Canadian Comedy Duo Convinces Palin She's Talking To Sarkozy (AUDIO)

Democrats made great gains in the Senate.

If the republicans filibuster and obstruct progress America will accuse them of partisanship.

And the magic 60 will be a lock in the 2010 midterm elections.

IT'S NOT A DREAM!

THE 44TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

Obama won in a landslide! America has spoken that it doesn't want another 8 years of the likes of ''sally''...we deserve better than that...WE are better than that.

USA!

Give you joy of our victory, my friends.

Unfortunately, despite the fact that Obama will be one of our greatest presidents, he only won by 53% popular vote. That shows me that the country is largely still and/or racist, fearful of “socialism”, unbelievable greedy. I pray that this changes eventually.
There isn’t just one truth, there’s the truth that we know, and the “truth” that Limbaugh & company espouses. And the latter is taken by gospel by a larger percentage of the country than I would have liked to think.

God help us.

Goodbye, friends, for four years. It's time for Hayduke to fade into the wilderness once again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy3IVv4Rfho

Hayduke...but no matter what is spewed...Obama is THEIR president as well. This is part of the change the change of minds. Like Obama said, change wasn't getting him elected...it is what comes now.

so happy. so happy.

Good morning, finally free Americans.

Now Justice Kennedy can retire. Kudos to him for refusing to leave until the Pugs had no chance of replacing him.

Now Team O will have to weed out all those Liberty U assholes that have been planted all over the government like moles, who's only aim is to throw sand in the gears for 8 years.

you betcha!

i can't wait for the rush limbitch show later today. he was begging folks to save dole and sununu's senate seats....ouch!

Today, America shows the world that we truly believe that ALL men are created equal!

I couldn't be more proud!

Read Mik's letter:

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?id=240

OK, that's it for me. Bye

I do hope, however, that Jesse Jackson isn't able to wiggle his way into an opportunity at the WH. He is a divisive figure, and last night put us so far past such divisions. Also, the comments he made during hte campaign...first chastizing Obama for ''talking down'' to black folks by demanding accountability...and then getting caught on tape saying that he would ''cut his nuts off.'' Let him watch THIS history from the sidelines and let the next generation move the country forward. Black people were smarter that Jackson gave them credit for.

Hayduke...I particularly liked this part...

We really don't have much time. There is big work to do. But this is the week for all of us to revel in this great moment. Be humble about it. Do not treat the Republicans in your life the way they have treated you the past eight years. Show them the grace and goodness that Barack Obama exuded throughout the campaign. Though called every name in the book, he refused to lower himself to the gutter and sling the mud back. Can we follow his example? I know, it will be hard.

Morning Dems.. Hi ya Gregg. The sour grapes from ole Sally girl made me smile from ear to ear!!!!! All he had to throw in , after being proven a total fool, was Bachmann!

I LOVE it! too bad Stevie, maybe next time!
hahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Americans woke up! They finally understood what another Republican would do to this country. It was the Bradley effect in reverse. They knew it was time for a Democrat and if he should be black too, well show the world we are not the bigots that a few trolls project this country is.

a post from an email from a Friend!

Colorado amendment defining a fetus as a person FAILED South Dakota amendment banning abortion FAILED Chris Shays, the last Republican congressman in New England, FAILED

This is a rejection of an ideology.

Read it and weep, Repugs!

I watched an analyst early this morning say that the Repugs in revamping their party now, will look at the fact that Sarah Palin tore the party apart, not drew it together. That they must now re-look at Environment (no more drill,baby drill, no more ignoring global warming), they must re-look at how far right their Social ideals have become! How entrenched religion has become in their party!!!
I thought of a certain lonely, pissed off troll in MN and LMAO! Palin will be tossed out like yesterday's garbage, wrapped in the newspapers touting her loss!

Check out the headlines from around the world.

Wednesday Newspaper Front Pages(Updatedx5) US and Worldwide Edition- PRESIDENT OBAMA

Scroll down to the Hamburg Germany one. "Bye-Bye, Bush".

HAHAHAA!!

Hmmm.... Well well... Obama/Biden 2008 is now a historical reality and they're dancin' in the streets!!!
Yeah, We the Cool Blue Smart People did it - I can go relax now, all those calls and signs and work well done, we made it, We the people have taken our country back, just amazing!
I can sleep now if I can stop being so excited!It's been a long time since I have been this happy! I know you, my fellow Dems, are too!
Tomorrow's a new day, lots of dirty laundry to do in that White House after this current renter moves out! I am sure he is adjusting to the fact that he never managed to own it...
700 billion bail out dollars later.
I hereby propose to Pelosi and Reid that the red states and counties pick up the tab!

Congrats and thanks to all who slashed away at the foolish jibjabber troll trash here at Kicking Ass, especially Dusty! Education and Free Open Communication is so important. Also being in Ohio, I agree that fair time must be enforced on the radio. There are too many still in the Red counties and states believing in the false information they have been told recently by the talk show myth makers and rumor hate mongers. Thank goodness for the factcheck and fightthesmears sites!

Meanwhile, our time has just begun and we have much good work to do...together, of - for - and by The People!!! The greatest faith is factual knowledge, believe it, it is true!!!
The Change has begun, with honest hard work and love and trust in the preciousness of each other we will get there, let's go!
America is reborn, yes, "We" did and it was so beautiful to watch "We The People" prove those who oppress so Wrong and bring a dream into reality again with truly great leaders to inspire us!!!
Go Dems Go!!! :) Let's change the world for the better together! We Can Now and We Will! MDNC

Good morning, all.

I'm sad that Missouri didn't deliver.

I should have known when I was canvassing two weeks before the election. The Undecided quit calling themselves Independents. They started saying they preferred not to say how they were going to vote.

What they were really saying was that they didn't want to vote for McCain but they couldn't vote for Obama because of his race. I live in a border state. The prejudices are deadly rooted. Some of the older people never went to a integrated school or worked side-by-side with minorities. They were not blessed by the Lord in this way.

These people were scared out of their wits and Palin fanned the flames. This is her legacy and I hope she's proud of it. It's funny how she fully embraced all the advantages that affirmative action had brought to her as a woman, but she thought nothing of denying those basic human rights to others. Not once did she see the hypocrisy or the cruelty.

This will be a lesson to me. You don't waste your time trying to reach those who as so rigid. You feel sorry for them and work to win over their children...which is really what I have been doing most of my adult life.

I'm so proud of those kids in Iraq and Afghanistan who I helped teach in Scouting how to care for the flag. I'm proud of those kids who I helped through tutoring in school who volunteered for Obama. They are our future.

And they now have a president who cares for them in the same way.

Next time we'll make Missouri a blue state for Obama. Losing by such a small number of votes will make the challenge even more irresistible to his volunteers here. We will overcome the prejudices and seek out other people of good will.

Just you wait.

Good morning Dems! What an amazing night!

Congratulations from the Netherlands everybody! :D

And thank you, mr. Obama, for not making a liar out of me when I predicted this 4 years ago and everybody around me thought I had gone bonkers. ;)

hey dpd and pam. well the three of us have been here for quite awhile haven't we. and now we have seen our dream come true beyond our wildest expectations. the fabric of the old universe has been torn and we step through it into a new one filled with possibilities and new dreams we are only beginning to percieve. you have been great friends to me here in cyber world and i thank you.

oh has anyone seen joe leiberman around?? we need to talk....

If Bush had a 'mandate' in 2004...then what should we call Obamas' win last night??

Good day to you all...and a brighter future to come!

gregg on November 5, 2008 at 09:06 AM

The same back atcha, gregg. And to all the rest, too.

Hey dere, DarkSkyeWise!

I'm off to a cardiologist appointment. He'll just poke me a few times to see if I'm still alive and tell me to come back in 3 months.

BBL.

Oh, and the last I heard, Holy Joe was packing up his palatial office and getting ready to move to a basement cubicle in an office building several blocks away from Capitol Hill. He won't have any Committee assignments, so why does he need a giant office?

BBIAB.

ok - heres the whole letter:

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Pinch Me ...a message from Michael Moore

Friends,

Who among us is not at a loss for words? Tears pour out. Tears of joy. Tears of relief. A stunning, whopping landslide of hope in a time of deep despair.

In a nation that was founded on genocide and then built on the backs of slaves, it was an unexpected moment, shocking in its simplicity: Barack Obama, a good man, a black man, said he would bring change to Washington, and the majority of the country liked that idea. The racists were present throughout the campaign and in the voting booth. But they are no longer the majority, and we will see their flame of hate fizzle out in our lifetime.

There was another important "first" last night. Never before in our history has an avowed anti-war candidate been elected president during a time of war. I hope President-elect Obama remembers that as he considers expanding the war in Afghanistan. The faith we now have will be lost if he forgets the main issue on which he beat his fellow Dems in the primaries and then a great war hero in the general election: The people of America are tired of war. Sick and tired. And their voice was loud and clear yesterday.

It's been an inexcusable 44 years since a Democrat running for president has received even just 51% of the vote. That's because most Americans haven't really liked the Democrats. They see them as rarely having the guts to get the job done or stand up for the working people they say they support. Well, here's their chance. It has been handed to them, via the voting public, in the form of a man who is not a party hack, not a set-for-life Beltway bureaucrat. Will he now become one of them, or will he force them to be more like him? We pray for the latter.

But today we celebrate this triumph of decency over personal attack, of peace over war, of intelligence over a belief that Adam and Eve rode around on dinosaurs just 6,000 years ago. What will it be like to have a smart president? Science, banished for eight years, will return. Imagine supporting our country's greatest minds as they seek to cure illness, discover new forms of energy, and work to save the planet. I know, pinch me.

We may, just possibly, also see a time of refreshing openness, enlightenment and creativity. The arts and the artists will not be seen as the enemy. Perhaps art will be explored in order to discover the greater truths. When FDR was ushered in with his landslide in 1932, what followed was Frank Capra and Preston Sturgis, Woody Guthrie and John Steinbeck, Dorothea Lange and Orson Welles. All week long I have been inundated with media asking me, "gee, Mike, what will you do now that Bush is gone?" Are they kidding? What will it be like to work and create in an environment that nurtures and supports film and the arts, science and invention, and the freedom to be whatever you want to be? Watch a thousand flowers bloom! We've entered a new era, and if I could sum up our collective first thought of this new era, it is this: Anything Is Possible.

An African American has been elected President of the United States! Anything is possible! We can wrestle our economy out of the hands of the reckless rich and return it to the people. Anything is possible! Every citizen can be guaranteed health care. Anything is possible! We can stop melting the polar ice caps. Anything is possible! Those who have committed war crimes will be brought to justice. Anything is possible.

We really don't have much time. There is big work to do. But this is the week for all of us to revel in this great moment. Be humble about it. Do not treat the Republicans in your life the way they have treated you the past eight years. Show them the grace and goodness that Barack Obama exuded throughout the campaign. Though called every name in the book, he refused to lower himself to the gutter and sling the mud back. Can we follow his example? I know, it will be hard.

I want to thank everyone who gave of their time and resources to make this victory happen. It's been a long road, and huge damage has been done to this great country, not to mention to many of you who have lost your jobs, gone bankrupt from medical bills, or suffered through a loved one being shipped off to Iraq. We will now work to repair this damage, and it won't be easy.

But what a way to start! Barack Hussein Obama, the 44th President of the United States. Wow. Seriously, wow.

Yours,
Michael Moore
MichaelMoore.com
MMFlint@aol.com

OK - THAT'S IT!!! - THE WILDERNESS CALLES! BYE

WOW! Kudos to our young Americans, they did themsleves proud and the rest of us owe them a debt of gratitude for helping to bring our Country back. Now we can all be prouder to call ourselves American and the rest of the world will join us in celebration of the people we've become and the sample we have set.

We are the first industrialied western nation to elect a minority as our Head of State. That says a lot about those of us who supported his candidacy and voted for him.

The evangelical Christians who supported Sarah Palin's campaign should see themselves at a crossroads. They cheered her as she mocked the experiences of our President Elect, they shouted hate-filled jargon as she portrayed our President Elect as a friend to terrorists and she joined her campaign partner in a series of lies to distort our President Elect's platform for change. They stand to lose a large segment of their followers if they continue on this path of divisiveness and character assassination; and they've already given fair minded people reason to challenge their ethical and moral principles.

Try as one might, I didn't hear God talking through Sarah Palin!

GOOD MORNING WORLD

IT'S NOT A DREAM

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

I LOVE YOU GUYS

THE DNC RULES

HOWARD DEAN ROCKS

EVERYONE AT THE DNC BLOG IS AWESOME!

NO MORE BUSH

Want to thank Rush Limbaugh for his contribution to the Obama for President campaign? After all, it was he who strongly championed the selection of Sarah Palin for John McCain's running mate and his hate-filled, divisive and racist rhetoric helped to energize the Democratic base more than the republican base in this election.

ElRushbo@eibnet.com

THIS IS OUR MOMENT!

THIS IS OUR TIME!

HALLEJULLAH!

tucker carlson "sour grapes" on MSNBC

Good night republican trolls

Good-bye Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, Tom Delay

Good-bye Joe Lieberman

Good-bye Sarah Palin

Good riddens to pork barrell giveaways and earmarks for the State of Alaska, courtesy of Ted Stevens

Good-bye Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter

Good Luck Fox News Network

Welcome Home a wiser John McCain and thank you for that postivie and welcomed congratulatory speech!

the republicans are running scared with their tails between their legs.

McCain's concession speech was humble and honorable.

Or however you spell it.

CalDemo not yet unfortunately

the republicans are out in the wilderness

The Barack Hussein Obama has a great four years ahead.

YayObama on November 5, 2008 at 10:05 AM

No it wasn't. He started off by basically saying it was all about race. It was nasty and divisive, just like his campaign. In fact, in the beginning it sounded like just another campaign speech. Later it got better, but all in all it was neither honorable nor humble. He's always been a dickhead, and always will be.

GregL, a state constitutional provision can be unconstitutional under the federal constitution. But it will be many years before we have a progressive enough Supreme Court to actually rule for equal rights for all people. Until then we have to keep fighting on every level for what we know is right.

GET LOST OBAMA

AAAAAGGGGGGHHHHH!

I MEANT GET LOST BUSH

OBAMA RULES

YAY OBAMA!

BUSH SUCKS

GregL

Because CT just passed Gay Marriage a month ago here, there was an Amendment added to our ballot, "Do you want to hold a Constitutional Convention to open up our Constitution to the People making the decisions?. People coming into the polls yesterday were asking me, "Where is the question on Gay Marriage, which is how the Wacky Doodle Religious nut cases were trying to frame it to incite the public to vote YES.

Well, it failed, 60-40%, which made me Proud of the CT people and their tolerance! What business is it of anyones, whether 2 people marry or not?

Also, Bachmann may have won her seat, but like the Rest of the Dems, unless she kisses the Dems and Barack's asses, she will be totally ineffective! That will be fun to watch a New Clean Bachmann kissing ass to survive!!!

BEWARE, DEMOCRATS. WE MUST BE VIGILANT AND WATCH BUSH/CHENEY VERY CAREFULLY, LESS THEY THINK THEY CAN STICK IN MORE NEO CON DESTRUCTION!!!

Bush's Last 100 Days the Ones to Watch

Jesse Jackson in Chicago, after learning Obama won last night

by Jesse Jackson

The air crackles with anticipation. Fingers are crossed. It gets hard to breathe. Hope, for so long locked in a closet, begins pounding on the door.

And throwing caution to the wind, many already are talking about Barack Obama's first 100 days. Will he move directly to the Apollo investment agenda, providing money to refit buildings, implement the use of renewable energy and generate jobs in the drive to reduce our dependence on foreign oil? Will he put forth a comprehensive health-care plan or begin by covering all children? Will workers finally be given the right to organize once more? How will he handle mortgage relief and/or help cities burdened by poverty?

But even as our minds, against all discipline, look beyond this day to the possible victory and change, we'd better start paying attention to another 100 days -- President Bush's last months in office.

Bush and Vice President Cheney represent a failed conservative era -- and they know it. As the administration moves into its last 100 days, there seems to be a flurry of activity: regulations to forestall Obama's new era of accountability; a flood of contracts to reward friends and lock in commitments; a Wall Street bailout that is pumping money out the door.

Consider: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is handing out $350 billion to the banks, drawing a special circle around nine banks -- including Goldman Sachs, the firm he previously headed -- as clearly too big to fail. The money apparently has no conditions, even though the entire purpose was to get the banks to start lending once more to one another and to companies and individuals.

Now it appears that banks plan to hoard the cash, to use it to help pay for mergers with other healthy banks (not weak ones), or to pay out dividends and bonuses. And Paulson, instead of publicly rebuking them, has let it be known that mergers would be a good thing.

Instead of getting the banking system working for small businesses and people again, our money is being used to consolidate the strength of a few megabanks.

There has been a rapid increase in military outlays over the last few months. Is the Pentagon being called on to help bolster the economy -- and perhaps McCain -- in these final weeks? Or, more likely, is the Pentagon pumping out money to reward its friends and lock in spending before the new sheriff gets to town?

The Washington Post reports that the White House is "working to enact an array of federal regulations, many of which would weaken rules aimed at protecting consumers and the environment, before President Bush leaves office in January."

About 90 new rules are in the works, and at least nine are considered "economically significant" because they would impose costs or promote societal benefits that exceed $100 million annually. Many will make changes that the new administration will find it hard to reverse for years to come. More emissions from power plants; more exemptions from environmental-impact statements; permission to operate natural gas lines at higher levels of pressure -- the changes could be the last calamities visited upon us by the Bush administration.

Congress -- the old one, not the new one just elected -- comes back into special session right after the election. Representatives Henry Waxman and John Conyers would be well advised to convene special hearings to try to curb what Bush has cooked up for his last 100 days. Let's not let the new dawn that is possible be dimmed by clouds left over from an old era that has failed

Christopher_blunt_proud_member_of_the_VLWC on November 5, 2008 at 10:09 AM

I respected his concession speech because he took responsibility and admitted it was his "failure".

He used the word "failure" for a reason.

There were big-mouth republicans who started to "boo" but he did what he had to "shut them up".

If McCain ran a respectable campaign in the first place he wouldn't be so hated.

But his concession speech's acknowledgement that the campaign's "failure" was for McCain to take responsibility was important.

I don't believe McCain will be bi-partisan with Obama.

I believe that there are other wacko republican partisans we need to worry about.

PAMB, DPD, GREG,

YOU GUYS ROCK!

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

GOD BLESS PAMB, GREGG, AND DPD

DPD,

Just for the record.

I never held it against you or anyone on this blog who got me banned.

I admit that I love being outspoken and make no apologies for it.

Your friend,
Benji
(a.k.a) Noel Balacuit

Good morning fine Democrats!

I am so grateful that our country will be ours again. I am grateful that our Constiturion will once again be held in high regard.

Last night I stood in the midst of the crowd in Grant Park, and I wondered at the diversity. I saw the joy, up close and personal on the faces of the people there. The guys behind me cried. The people in front of me laughed and cheered. The people next to us kept their cameras held high, surveying the crowd. There were more young people there than you can imagine. I felt such a hope for our country.

I thought of all of you, and the efforts that you have put in and I am grateful to you for that. I'm grateful that you've been here when hope was hard to find.

Si se puede!

To those of you who taught your children well

To those who walked endless miles canvassing

To those who called and called and called

To those who never gave up hope and did not waver

Thank you!

Sweet Home Chicago!

I love Barack but I voted for Michelle! I am SO exhausted but energized by the possibilities...

This is just the beginning and 64% turnout? Ack! We have much work ahead. Thank you, all of you, who did not engage with the trolls.

Congratulations to Lizzie! and John Hall and Jacque! and Zack Space.

Sandy--hang on and keep on truckin'. We did our best and we must continue to turn MO blue. Or, you are always welcome to secede and join the great state to the east. It's really where St. Louis belongs. Either way!

For the first time in my life, I'm really proud to be an American. But 64%? I could be prouder...

I've got to get to work, but if anyone has any insight on turnout I'd love to hear it.

Let's get this party started! 2010!!

Voters under 30 years old voted for Obama 2 to 1.

When the I.T. department sobers up, how about a new thread?

We've got midterms coming up ;)

If Bush had a 'mandate' in 2004...then what should we call Obamas' win last night??

674mammalicious on November 5, 2008 at 09:07 AM

Well I would say it was the night that the United States finally stood up the Republican party.

GOD BLESS FADE2BLUZ AND ESMERALDA AND FOS

Obama 52%
mccain 46%

popular vote

76 days until the inauguration.

I call it the day Americans woke up! I will remember that London newspaper in 2004, asking "How Can 60,000,000 Americans be so Stupid" when Bush got voted in a second term. The embarassment and shame to live in a country where people were so easily led.

There are rumors about that Rahm Emmanuel is being tapped as the next Chief of Staff.

Wow, I really hear you fellow Red State Dems! I know how hard it is. Even though Ohio had some victories there are still many red counties and it is this way with many states so we must address this problem and reach out to our fellow Dems to help educate those who cannot tell fact from fiction. This success is for all of us in red or blue states alike. Hooray to all fellow Dems!

GEORGE BUSH SUCKS

"Yes We Can!!"
Michigan

Yes-To Medical Marijuana
Yes-To Stem Cell Research

Yes-To Carl Levin
Yes-To a Democratic Majority in the State House

And last but not least

Yes-To Barack Obama

"Yes We Can!!"

MarieDNC on November 5, 2008 at 11:17 AM

Living in California, it's hard for me to grasp what it's like to live in a Red State.

{{{PamB}}} on November 5, 2008 at 11:10 AM

Did we have some fun the last couple of years here or not??!!

Too one of the best "Troll Bashers" in the business :)

I hope Obama becomes a multi-lateral leader who can bring coalitions of groups to work with each other to solve the problems the United States and the World have to face over the next four years.

I've got to get to work, but if anyone has any insight on turnout I'd love to hear it.

Let's get this party started! 2010!!

Hi, fade.

The Obama people made a critical mistake not moving resources from St. Louis County to St. Charles County in Missouri. We had the votes there but not the numbers of volunteers needed.
I should have followed my own political instincts and went out there.

The demographics are changing. There are Democratic votes in places there weren't before. The Baby Boomers and their Boomlet kids are coming together as a voting block. We need to tap into it in all 50 states.

As the Boomers retire and move to warmer Southern states with a lower standard of living, they will have the time to devote to the progressive causes of their youth. They will be met by voters molded by a generation of integration who are just beginning to mature.

The Generation X and Y have something to prove. The torch has been passed.

I'm sad to say many older voters just can't let go of their prejudices. Obama will have to prove himself in the next two years. But then he's had to do that his whole life...having to straddle two different worlds neither of which he ever fit into comfortably.

That is my hope...that he will craft a new place in America where everybody can fit in. It's that good old Yankee ingenuity. If you can join them, offer them something better so they join you.

St. Charles County, MO. Please come help us next election for a least one canvass. We have to get rid of Republican Kit Bond. I know you would enjoy being part of that victory party.

Good to see you again. I'm bond and determined to keep this thing going...and so were all the other wonderful people I met during this campaign who joined me pounding the pavement. This is just the beginning for all of us.

Gotta run. later.

YayObama on November 5, 2008 at 11:17 AM

Yesterday and last night was a testiment to democracy. A vote was cast for an America that is by the people, of the people and for the people.

That is the America that we have spent the last 8 years searching for and fighting for. An America that we can all be proud of. An America that is that beacon to the rest of the world. An America that is inclusive, that set's the vision and bar for other countries to emulate and achieve.

A door has been opened for us and today is the first day of a new America.

Thank you to the DNC and the Kickin' Ass blog. Thank you for making today possible and for most of us here, an opportunity to be part of the change. I came here in the dark hours of 2004 and found support and strength from others who weren't prepared to give up. WE didn't.

Barack's speech last night only under scored what many of us believed from the early days of his campaign. Why many of us here, along with the millions of others did what we could, to make it happen.

Change we can believe in. We did and "Yes we can!"

{{{SandyH}}} on November 5, 2008 at 11:35 AM

free ice cream tonight for all. any flavor you want.

looks like there will be a run off election in georgia...so we could still pick up a senate seat there...

oregon looks like it might still go democratic in the senate....

and if those absentee votes or whatever they are in alaska break for us we could end up with 58 senators and with sanders it's 59 and joe loserman would still have something to offer us....funny....

kathy, no need to kick the habit yet, we can still ride senate races in oregon, georgia and alaska...then throw our works away!

Congratulationsto Barack Obama, Howard Dean, the entire DNC, all you loyal KA posters: you did it! The best man won. The next 100 days will be agonizing, but worth the wait.

gregg on November 5, 2008 at 11:44 AM

Good Ole Joe....He is now going to be subjected to some serious ass kissin'...

Forgiveness for that man's actions is going to be real difficult for many if not all democrats. He is a traitor in the highest order.

Yep....working together to build a better America is where we need to be but I'm having a difficult time with individuals like Joe Libermann.

Ethics have to count for something and his behaviour suggests that it may not be possible for him to be in possession for that trait.

{{Kathy_from_BLUE_Indiana}} on November 5, 2008 at 11:49 AM

Well done sweetheart!! Of all the people on this blog, I am the happiest for you. I watched all night waiting for Indiana and looked first thing this morning for the results...with you in mind!!

"Yes we Can!"

Obama won almost 7 million votes more than McCain.

Howard Dean will be on MSNBC.

NEW THREAD

"Four long years - I have been on this blog. Four long years I have put up with the trolls. Four long years of hating what Bush has done tot his country. NO MORE! ENOUGH!"

Four years ago, I was a bit of a regular here (*waves back at Doo-bee-doo*), and while I still peeked in a lot, the trolls' moronic messages of hate and lies kept me from posting. It just wasn't worth it.

Last night, I watched people celebrating in Grant Park - a place where I have left many footprints in the past, which made me feel I was a little bit there too. (Which was kinda cool.)

Today, a different Europe looks at a different America - one we can start to respect again.

Happy Obamaday everybody!

PS. Obama '12! ;-)

Hey, YayObama and CalDem!
Great to hear some input from the sunshine state, just love those electric cars and solar electric plug in ports out there, cool! We've just begun a new way of being. Gatekeepers, get out of the way!

We need solar heat for our homes back here to cut our bills in half and the pollution. Winter is coming. Let's get the homeless families back inside so they do not freeze to death too.

Congrats to Zack Space and Dennis Kucinich up north and all good Dem winners in Ohio!

Gotta get some rest, bye for now! :)

Good job! Way to go! You are truly a hero and thank you for your efforts in caring for people with struggling issues, in which is hard to attain. You are truly a person who has inspired me and I'm glad to have witnessed this Historical
moment in my lifetime. Thank you for your efforts. I truly hope the people of all cultures to unite one day because of you and the "Dr". I knew you could do it! I've beleived in ya the whole way and since you've gained Presidency, I see the tension loosening up on socializm with mixed races. Not bad at all. Thanks again for hope.

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