Alaska Vote Counting

[tongodeon]

Last Tuesday I volunteered all day at the Obama campaign office, and I did not stop working until McCain gave his concession speech at 8:20 pm PST. West coast polls had closed at 8:00 so for the last hour we were phone banking Alaska, one hour behind. We had no hope of flipping Alaska - it eventually came in 60/37 in favor of McCain - but we were

Comments

[ikkyu2]

Wow.

This would save Sarah Palin from being able to appoint someone to the seat that Stevens would get ejected from, wouldn't it?

[tongodeon]

I didn't realize that she might be able to appoint herself.

[altamira16]

Her appointment can only sit sixty to ninety days until the special election.

[grza]

AP article is saying that Begich is 800-odd votes ahead, with absentee ballots still being counted.

Woot!

[scothen_krau]

I was calling Alaska the new Florida, but maybe not.