Glad to see (assuming it is confirmed) that Joe Biden has got the nod for the VP slot. If they win, then some of my friends in DC may end up with interesting changes of job...

rigel_kent asks about the international observers for the recent US election. Yes, it did happen. The OSCE deployed 92 observers, of whom 56 were members of parliament in their own countries. This is comparatively top-heavy for an OSCE election observation mission, which normally would have a few heavyweight political figures and then mostly much younger ( Read more... )

From Dave Barry: We have finally come to the end of the bitter hateful partisan viciousness that has consumed us for far too long, and we can now look forward, as a nation, to beginning a new era of bitter hateful partisan viciousness.

There's been a lot of discussion of fraud in the recent US election.

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"No, he hasn't given up yet - he's still waiting for some votes to come in from the State of Denial."

John Quiggin on Crooked Timber finds cold comfort. If Kerry does win after all, it will be under the worst possible circumstances. A minority of the popular vote, a hostile Congress and the need to prevail in a vicious legal dogfight in Ohio. The Republicans will be out for impeachment from Inauguration Day, if not before that. At this stage, a ( Read more... )

So, Kerry needs most of the five remaining states. He is behind in Iowa, Nevad, New Mexico and most crucially Ohio, and ahead by only 13,000 votes in Wisconsin. This does not look good.

Still waiting for Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida.

A bit depressing at the moment. Ohio is 53-46 to Bush, but with only 6% of returns in. Florida with rather more in, 41% of votes, has 52-47 to Bush, which is within shouting distance (and the gap has been narrowing), but only just. Nothing from PA yet.

See the most recent posts in politics101 for news from the front line...

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