November 5, 2008
The networks are calling crucial state after crucial state for Obama, and Nate Silver at fivethirtyeight.com has just called the whole race. Upsets can always happen, but I think we can rely on his judgement. There will be more on this historic result tomorrow at openUSA. ...
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Tonight, we made history here in the U.S.! . . . A non-violent revolution! Although most media outlets would rather wait until at least the polls in California close at 8PM Pacific Time (about an hour from now), I am ready to declare that Barack Obama will become the 44th President of the U.S. to...
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With more than 270 votes (and more than my predicted 292 on some networks), all the networks are calling the election for Barack Obama. Senator McCain must concede of course, and all the votes must be counted, but there’s no debating about it any more, I think. Consider this an open thread t...
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Although I doubt many on this side of the ocean are staying up all night to watch this moment in history, I’ve decided to give in to my political tendencies and monitor how this election all comes together. Who knows. Maybe four years from now this blog won’t be around. At least I’ll get to sa...
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Note the date at the head of this post. Nov. 4th. A great national day of decision. A great race will be decided. Millions will watch the outcome. And the outcome will make many jubilant while others will be sad or indifferent. I am referring, of course, to the Melbourne Cup, Australia's premier hor...
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No votes have been cast! Dang! I'm surrounded by deeply entrenched McCain supporters over here! This was one of the questions that they ambushed me with. "What will Obama do for you?" As the vocal onslaught progressed between the McCain supporters and the SINGLE Obama supporter. I thought i...
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The fact that an African-American has been chosen as the presidential candidate of a major political party is already a great achievement for the United States of America that gave its colored minority much of their freedoms only some forty years ago. The idea that Barack Obama, the son of a Ken...
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…in a small town in a mountain pass in New Hampshire. Well, more of a hamlet, really - DIXVILLE NOTCH, New Hampshire (CNN) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama emerged victorious in the first election returns of the 2008 presidential race, winning 15 of 21 votes cast in Dixvi...
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