Every time I read the words "President Barack Obama," I start tearing up.

Good night, everybody.

But:
Virginia's been called for Webb. We have Congress.

This is the first election I can remember winning, between being from a red state and not having known much about politics before 2000 (as there was not as much rage in my house under Clinton).

Wow.

On a more personal note:
ohalleluiathankgoodnessthankgoodness, my English paper deadline has been pushed back to Monday. Now I just need to write one paper by Friday, which I can do (easily, if I keep being productive this week). Potentially, I could even have free time to watch the elections results come in tonight ( Read more... )

That was quick:

The Columbus Dispatch says that the AP and CNN have already called the Ohio gubernatorial race for Strickland.

Here's the CNN page in question, although it carefully says that they're just "projecting" wins.

I'm not surprised-- Strickland was polling 32-60% ahead, for goodness' sake-- but it's still satisfying. I hope this holds

This week would be panicky anyway (ohgodmyhomework), but today I can't help just biting my nails and watching the news feeds. My absentee ballot was mailed in a while ago, but I have no way of knowing whether it was accepted or counted; the polls are closed by now in Ohio, and it's hard not to go digging for information or call my parents. I have ( Read more... )

Bwahaha. Excellent.

It's always nice to get good news.

My voter registration, according to a voter information search for my name and street at the Ohio Secretary of State's website, has been accepted and processed ( Read more... )