Also to watch for
Virginia. Their results start coming in around 7pm ET; the 538 site isn’t responding now (gee, wonder why), but I remember him saying that Virginia will be your lead indicator. If Obama loses Virginia, it doesn’t mean he’s lost, but the path to victory is more winding. But if McCain loses it, he’s at a drastic disadvantage.
Incidentally, I just realized one reason why I like Obama on emotional level — I appreciate a storyteller. When McCain talks, I want him to stop talking. When Obama talks, I want to find out what happens.
November 4th, 2008 19:20
As of this writing, DailyKos is calling Virgina for Obama.
November 4th, 2008 19:25
sigh “Virginia.” I knew it looked weird when I clicked Submit, but couldn’t spot why in time.
November 4th, 2008 19:28
And now, just half an hour later, Kos recants; says Virginia is too close to call.
November 4th, 2008 19:56
Yeah, exit polls are to be ignored. Kos couldn’t have known in the first place anyway.
November 4th, 2008 22:06
As of 19:05 PST, with 83% reporting, it’s a dead heat in Virginia. I smell a recount…
Polls don’t close in CA for another 55 minutes.
November 5th, 2008 01:56
Aaaaaaannnd North Carolina finally goes blue– by 11,246 votes.
http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/7937/13221/en/summary.html
Halle-fuckin’-lujah. Hell, the fact that NC could even be in play is amazing.
Now I can go to bed, and I need to, because my whole face hurts from smiling all night.
November 5th, 2008 14:08
Virginia? Pfft. This is the first year I’ve been able to publically admit during an election that I come from Indiana. That state’s so damn chock full of Republican farmers that it’s not even funny. Growing up in the tiny portion of IN that has industry and Democrats, I was almost resigned to knowing our votes would never count for shit. HA-HA! Suck that, corn-shuckers!
[Maybe that's why I moved to IL, where Chicago pretty much does the exact thing in reverse.]
November 5th, 2008 15:02
I’m very pleased by all this, really.