Not anymore. The loss is real and the McCain camp is drinking the long drink goodnight.

Now we turn to the consequences of this election. 538's called it; no major media outlets will give up their advertising dollars for the quick win. Without a dramatic lead, I'm left out to dry with the rest of the teleprompters. A terrified desert of stepping ( Read more... )

They recalled the OH call - someone at Fox punched the OH Wins button instead of the cue Bill O'Reilly Saying 'Nigger' Live button.

Next up: The Libertarians in Montana. The North Dakota special. Virginia now comes to a knife-point. In 2004 everyone was glued to the single TV playing out the Shakesperian tradgedy of Kerry's campaign, late that night, eyes blurry and fatigued from our long endeavor to keep hope. It did not go well. Now, though, the path has become clear to ( Read more... )

Nothing seems real now - PA being called with 0% reporting on MSNBC backed by CNN.com's giant fucking headline bar - this is the LEAD, they say, yet little is backed up by any sort of Serious Data. CBS comes in now as well, and 538 releases an update against the grain, declining to call PA until something realistic comes in. Steve Schmidt asked if ( Read more... )

OK.

Things are getting louder at the National Affairs Desk Studio and Armory - Extended Mobile Unit. Talk of the welfare nation and funding and breeding... Excitement and Fear, still, going on into the night probably late as we wait for the Big States to close. When we bite our nails down to the bone through the tremblind muscle. 10 minutes: PA, OH ( Read more... )

Terra Haut looks good for Obama - from my notes on 10-29:

Vigo county, IN - indiana state univ. always votes for winning candidate, since 1956. Terre Haute, Indiana.

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/barone/2008/10/27/why-john-mccain-continues-to-trail-barack-obama-in-pennsylvania.htmllindly throwing anything that'll stick.

At some point people start ot regard you as a fearful pathetic creature addicted to some unique fix they'll never understand. At some point you start alienating friends and loved ones. The fever now kicking in, sweating and tension of constant writing - documenting this epic addiction - and watching the major networks piping in a steady stream of ( Read more... )

These final hours have really brought an armada of right-wing articles making a desperate plea against an inevitable Obama victory in the polls. They are on the verge of publicly declaring their prayers for racism to give McCain a surprise victory, putting all their money and credibility on The Bradley Effect. Logic and reason have left them; now ( Read more... )

Hrm. I believe that if Obama and more specifically the Democratic Party had courted Libertarian and Third Party candidates, it would be better positioned to take on the questions posed by independents after the GOP/Right Wing finally dies and a third party replaces them with a more rational opponent. More difficult questions await us as a ( Read more... )

It has come to this.

After the big gamble on subprime mortgages that led to the current financial crisis, is there going to be an even bigger gamble, by putting the fate of a nation in the hands of a man whose only qualifications are ego and mouth? ... After this man has wrecked the economy and destroyed constitutional law with his judicial ( Read more... )