Dixville Notch, New Hampshire (made famous by a West Wing episode) is always the first town in the country to the polls, and today was no different. At midnight the tally came in and... 15-6 Obama! Woo-hoo!
Unfortunately, that means precisely bupkus beyond a 9 vote lead for Obama. Still, I'll call it a good start.
TheHill says it could be a surprisingly short night. Key states to watch? Pennsylvania and Virginia. If Obama wins both - and we could know that by 7 pm - it's over before it really began.
Nate Silver has an hour-by-hour breakdown of what to look for tonight over at Newsweek. I'm with Nate in that I believe the real blood will be shed in the Senate races, so pay special attention to Kentucky, Georgia and Alaska. Also, keep an eye on California's Prop 8 ballot.
The WSJ, classy as ever, reminds us all that if Obama is elected we'll be in for another 9/11.
Long lines in the Washington, D.C. High turnout is a good thing for Obama (especially in NoVa), but long lines could end up discouraging some folks from sticking around to actually vote. Let's hope that's not the case.
And a really great fluff piece from the NYT doubles as a great example of why I'm sold on Obama:
The subject was raised by Sway Calloway of MTV News, who asked Mr. Obama if he supported ordinances to ban sagging pants, a style inspired by hip-hop artists.He gets an A+ on both answerws.“Here is my attitude,” Mr. Obama replied. “I think people passing a law against people wearing sagging pants is a waste of time. We should be focused on creating jobs, improving our schools, health care, dealing with the war in Iraq, and anybody, any public official, that is worrying about sagging pants probably needs to spend some time focusing on real problems out there.”
But it was clear that Mr. Obama was not a fan of the look.
“Brothers should pull up their pants,” he said. “You are walking by your mother, your grandmother, your underwear is showing. What’s wrong with that? Come on.”
Enjoy the election, kids, and don't forget to vote!
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Here's my plan for tonight:
http://www.catandgirl.com/view.php?loc=672
I'm digging on the BBC's javascript-powered always-reloading election notes page: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7700298.stm
Ok, one more before the serious business starts.
I think this election will prove that all right-thinking people in this country are sick and tired of being told that ordinary, decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I'm certainly not! But I'm sick and tired of being told that I am.
Turns out over 31 million people voted early this cycle. Pretty impressive...
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/11/how-early-voting-changed-game-in-2008.html
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