I know. At least he's got good taste (well, besides being a Pats fan).

Hey, I'm just pissed I don't have cable. I definitely don't want to fondle these old white dudes.

Short term i think you're right, but long term the Republicans have to be worried that their leadership is pushing in a direction opposite of demographic trends.

sweet holographic technology by cnn actually, i'd like to point that out

This is my first election spent on the west coast and it is kind of odd. It seems like my state is obsolete. I guess if the election was closer it would be different, but its kind of depressing

CNN HAS CREATED THE HOLODECK!!!!

I had said a while ago that it is all about turn-out. The extra 12-15% will easily be the difference.

Sweet, sweet, economic populism.

Depending on how much of Obama's platform passes, we'll probably surpass 50% of voters receiving government programs.

"A democracy only lasts until the population realizes it can vote money to itself."Or they could go back to running as fiscal conservatives, which is what led to Reagan's dominant victories and the huge 1994 sweep. (Or they could have lost 2 more senate seats and given the Democrats a veto-proof majority. The pendulum is going to begin swinging back hard in 2010, and 60+ in the Senate would make that even bigger.)

Roughly ten minutes until the networks call it for Obama.

It'll be interesting to see how the congressional seats are re-allocated (and the districts are drawn up) and the electoral votes are also re-allocated for 2012.

We surpassed that long ago, as has every industrialized country I can think of.

The Senate likely won't change greatly in 2010 as the 04 elections left a pretty Dem favorable map in 2010. But things will eventually swing back, likely in 2012 and 2014 when the Dems have to defend their recent gains.

lol - bill bennett has to take off at 11, it's his bedtime

Holy Hoosiers batman! Obama leads in Indiana! (for now... by 8k with 94% in)

No Erica Hill on CNN tonight? I would like to be in the middle of an Erica Hill-Campbell Brown sandwich.

CNN just called Virginia for Obama

mmmm absolutely

think i have time to go have a little alone time with that thought before they call this thing?

CNN calls Virginia for Obama. 220 plus the 55 votes from California gives him 275. It's over.

Networks calling Virginia might mean they call the election in 30 seconds with California for Obama.

This is huge for any student of politics. Virginia hasn't voted for a Democrat in 44 years, when LBJ beat Barry Goldwater.

CNN called it. Obama is the man.

CNN calls it for Obama

CNBC - Maria Bartiromo and Michelle Caruso-Cabrera. I'd love to get me in the middle of that.

MSNBC called the race for Obama

They're calling it!

Ill wait for MBBF's poll of polls.

CNN calls it for Obama

NBC called it.

Watching this is like watching another city's team celebrate a championship.

Game, set, match!

And for the first time I can recall in television history, they didn't announce the president elect's full name when he went over the top.

These here interwebz are pretty cool things.

My TV (here in the basement) has stayed on a marathon of Dirty Jobs all evening.

I've checked 5 mins or less of TV coverage a few times tonight when delivering local results to my wife but otherwise I've pulled everything I needed from online. And there's a wealth of resources that I could have used that I didn't even bother with, it's not like I wrung everything I could out of it.

Hey, ain't nothing wrong with Soledad.

nice final stab by VV.

Hell, Comedy Central just called it

SI

How the heck do they call this now? I seriously don't understand how it works. I'm not celebrating until this stuff is on lockdown. I'm a Browns fan - it ain't over until it's double zeroes for me.

I called this days ago. Why do you guys think that a long standing tradition was broken tonight? Political correctness?

These throngs of happy black people can't be quelling the fears of white people who thought black folks were gonna take over the country now.

lol

dont want to show his true muslimism.

You'd have enjoyed the young Rep from Wisconsin, Ryan, on FXNC a little while ago I imagine.

I liked the fact that he at least seemed to have some spirit about him & talked about the need to start standing for things again. Even if the stands he chooses aren't the ones I'd prefer, at least he seemed like an (R) that still had a pair. And that was a damned nice change of pace to see/hear.

I would guess that less than 20% of the electorate can say without looking what McCain's middle name is. (Sidney)

I keep getting images of the movie Head of State, with the million California yuppies screaming and sprinting to the polls.

eh, it's a huge moment for black americans, let them have their moment. you see plenty of white people celebrating too

Unlike football, there's only a finite number of "points" (electoral votes) available. Once you have locked up more than half of them, it's over. All that's left at that point is the final score.

Proving once & for all that P.T. Barnum was correct.

:)

AP calls Florida for Obama now, too.

youporn.com just called it.

Minutes before everyone started calling it, the guys on Comedy Central were joking about "the black guys on their shows" taking over the hosting duties now that Obama would be President.

Perhaps.

But I can guarantee you, if McCain had gone over the top tonight, the call would have been "John Sidney McCain has just been elected the 44th president of the United States".

All of the news websites already have long articles written and posted. I would love to read the "McCain won" articles, just to see what they said.

Appropriate, considering how screwed the nation is.

First time I had heard of McCain's middle name.

Those are with the Tampa Rays World Series Champs shirts in Senegal.

Well, that's how he glad elected...so naturally it's a multiracial coalition of happy people. I was just noting how MSNBC has shown tons of footage of black students at historically black colleges and at black churches and lots of crowds of specifically all black or whatever...so I could imagine the horror in a hilariously cynical way.

I'm not enjoying what the commentators are saying, but I guess that's the only approach they can take...

But since it's all projections, couldn't the votes that are yet to be counted be so heavily McCain-ized that he would then win? See, I literally don't understand. Epic brain fail.

in which quote? should i even bother asking?

Relax, Chicken Little. If this country survived the "leadership" we had to suffer through for the last 8 years, we'll be fine, just fine...

Well done, America. Well done.

They don't do that anymore. They just destroy the shirts now.

Does anyone have voter turnout numbers yet?

"Rioters take control of all major cities as civil unrest spreads faster than the National Guard can handle"?

exactly. They are making it very much about a black achievment thing. And don't get me wrng, It is a huge accomplishment and I think Obama will serve us well.

But it really seems to me like and old vs. young thing.

Really? Fuck, I wanted McCain to win then!

I'll be watching the mailbox for my "black president" check to show up... unless I don't get one because I didn't vote. Then I'm just gonna be pissed.

Florida and Virginia. just wow.

my guess would be " a sucker is born every minute"

they are going wild in the streets of Seattle right now

I think Danny Glover has your check.

Oh, Carl Rove just said the Cosby family was a "black" America's First Family, so this isn't a first. Yeah, same thing.....

I feel the need to make another video for YouTube.

nope.

Kevin Weeks does, and the fucker better earn it.

Welp, MBBF inner polls were absolutely off target by a wide wide margin.

CNN had stats earlier showing that age was a bigger factor than race - just FYI.

I meant to say receiving more in government programs than they pay in taxes.Senate, no, but the House will shift 25-30 seats minimum, unless the fight for control of the Republican Party between Fiscal and Social Conservatives is still ongoing and they're tearing each other apart.

He might be one to watch. The fact that he is a (R) in a district that contains Janesville (GM plant that is closing) Racine and Kenosha (pretty much Milwaukee) is telling.

I wonder if he'll someday look to succeed Jim Doyle as Governor or maybe waiting for Herb Kohl to retire from the Senate. Feingold is unbeatable in Wisconsin so he'd be crazy to run against him.

He would even possibly be an (R) I could get behind, so that tells me he's probably not your kind of (R), Jon.

Yeah, this is a nice moment for the country. I think Obama is a good person and will try to be a good leader. I hope he succeeds.

how amazing must it be for the older generation of black people to see this.

Despite what side you fall on, we are witnessing a form of history tonight that comes along once in a lifetime.

Times are changing. Two black players in New Jersey and now a black president-elect. I can already see the Jamaican bobsled team winning the gold in 2010.

Yep, this check had better show up soon.

I don't know that I have ever been more proud of our country. God Bless America!

You stay classy, McCain camp boo'ers

SI

Florida's Gay Marriage ban amendment: 75% reporting, 62% "Yes" (needs 60% to pass)
Arizona Gay marriage ban amendment: 58% reporting, 56% "Yes" (don't know what it needs to pass).

California is just 2% reporting, but 56% "yes".

Wow, McCain seems quick with the concession speech

My guess is that your memory is pretty selective.

Is McCain going to cry?

I have all the respect in the world for John McCain.

I am however glad Sarah Palin will not be a heartbeat away from the presidency.

they're booing Obama during mccain's concession. You stay classy republicans.

That said, McCain, extremely classy

SI

OK. This has bothered me the ENTIRE election. Maybe I am remembering wrong, but I don't recall any election, and I haven't seen anything on the Obama side during this election, where there is so much booing from the crowd. McCain is doing his concession speech, and says "I just had the pleasure of speaking to Barack Obama a few moments ago" and people start boing. What the hell is wrong with these people?

On another note, for those that don't know, I live in downtown Washington, DC. There are tons of cars driving by with a cheerful honking. There's also a lot of local footage of people cheering in the streets (only 6 or so blocks from me, but I have already settled in for the night. :) )

Damn good speech by McCain. It shows the part of him that I like.

What's is the popular vote right now?

classy speech by McCain here I gotta say. kudos

I kinda wish McCain would've come out with a "F*%k that guy! You voters are morons!" speech :)

*applauds McCain*

I don't agree with McCain politically, but I certainly respect him.

They're chanting "Mumble John?"

Obama: 41.6 million
McCain: 39.0 million

41.8 - 39.2 (million)

51% - 48%

I like McCain. I feel bad for him.

Young versus old and frankly, a very well run campaign versus one that wasn't done quite as well and against a candidate who had a very, very hard task ahead of him. Sad to see McCain have to go out like this, honestly...but at the same time, this is an Obama victory borne out of sheer will and tactical organization.

I'd hate for this thing to turn into something more than just a "OMGZ! Black folks win," because if were only about that...this would've happened a lot sooner.

He seems calmer right now, McCain in this speech. I think he expected that this thing would go a little longer into the night.

McCain's mom is alive?! Wow.

Nice speech by McCain.