It's been like 14 hours since Obama was declared the President-elect, and I still feel like the best combination of drunk and high in the world. (Yes, I stole that analogy from a fanfic; 10 points if you know which one ( Read more... )

Around 11:00pm, it was called.

BARACK OBAMA IS THE PRESIDENT-ELECT!!

OPEN CELEBRATORY THREAD!

ETA (11:51pm ET):: I'm going to bed, but feel free to squee in my absence.

Y helo thar, neglected political blog. I suck. But I come bearing linkspam!Happy Voting Day! Tell me your voting stories, come spam me with pics of your polling place, or just pull up a chair in general. This is such an exciting day! Even though I'm sick (having thrown up 4 times this morning, ugh) I'm so excited because I think my state (Virginia ( Read more... )

Can't say how much I'm gonna watch, but with Senator Kennedy supposed to speak tonight (TEDDY!), it's surely going to be at least background for most of the evening. Anybody up for an open thread?

I'm watching C-Span, will probably mostly stick to them and PBS, but feel free to snark on the blather of the various "personalities", too.

Democratic ( Read more... )

This is an open thread to discuss the results and experiences of today's primaries and caucuses of Ohio, Texas, Vermont, and Rhode Island. There are still a couple of hours before the polls close. I'll update this thread with results as they come in.

As of 5:50pm ET on March 4, 2008

Democrats Needed to win = 2,025 of 4,049
Obama = 1378
Clinton = 1269

Up ( Read more... )

I'm gonna go ahead and start an open thread, even though lots of polls don't close for another hour ( Read more... )

Heh.
Will Either Race End Today?

Democratic strategist Bill Carrick put it best: "To paraphrase Churchill," he wrote in an e-mail, "the Democrats are at the end of the beginning and the Republicans are at the beginning of the end."
John McCain will probably be the Republican nominee tonight, but I have a feeling the Democratic nom will still be up ( Read more... )

I'm not watching it, but I figured there might be those who'd like to discuss it / whinge about it together.

CNN is projecting Obama will win, and win big. There's nothing on the website yet though. ETA: now it's up.

I'm not really surprised; I was expecting Obama to win there. I still think Hillary can win on Super Tuesday though.

Congrats to the Obama fans tonight!

Polls just closed.


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