Per NBC:
Obama wins Ohio!
President Obama has been re-elected!!!
He ain't perfect, for sure, but compared to the alternative, thank God!
Edit 1: And per MSNBC projections, with Joe Biden continuing as President of the Senate, the Senate can be called for the Dems (though realistically, they'll get several more seats.) Unfortunately, the House looks to be staying fairly similar to its current state - Dems may eek out an increase in their numbers, but Republicans will retain clear, though not massive control. Given how cohesive they've been in passing extreme legislation and opposing Obama as a matter of 'principle' on a massive range of issues (cf. the debt-limit debacle, etc.), gridlock could well continue for the next two years. Then again, Democrats might start actually hitting them hard on it consistently in the media and try to peel off enough votes to make progress on important matters where Obama has already made some degree of concessions (which is pretty much all of the time anyway!)
Edit 2: Not entirely unsurprisingly, both the Romney Ohio campaign director and Karl Rove say that they're not conceding Ohio - wonder how long that'll last. Wonder who gets the fun task of getting Mitt to go out and give the speech.
Edit 3: Way to go Wisconsin for electing an LGBT Senator!
President Obama has been re-elected!!!
He ain't perfect, for sure, but compared to the alternative, thank God!
Edit 1: And per MSNBC projections, with Joe Biden continuing as President of the Senate, the Senate can be called for the Dems (though realistically, they'll get several more seats.) Unfortunately, the House looks to be staying fairly similar to its current state - Dems may eek out an increase in their numbers, but Republicans will retain clear, though not massive control. Given how cohesive they've been in passing extreme legislation and opposing Obama as a matter of 'principle' on a massive range of issues (cf. the debt-limit debacle, etc.), gridlock could well continue for the next two years. Then again, Democrats might start actually hitting them hard on it consistently in the media and try to peel off enough votes to make progress on important matters where Obama has already made some degree of concessions (which is pretty much all of the time anyway!)
Edit 2: Not entirely unsurprisingly, both the Romney Ohio campaign director and Karl Rove say that they're not conceding Ohio - wonder how long that'll last. Wonder who gets the fun task of getting Mitt to go out and give the speech.
Edit 3: Way to go Wisconsin for electing an LGBT Senator!