I am tanned, ready
and rested. So as promised, I
shall now liveblog this Election Night. And I will be tweeting, of course. It should be quite a spectacle . . . the Election, not me.
Oh, hell, who am I
fooling? I will surely rant,
pontificate, and commit manifold and diverse sins.
So anyway, let’s
go.
I will keep Fox on
my TV. Largely due to Candy Crowley’s
conduct as moderator, I will boycott CNN.
And I am DVRing MSNBC in hopes of committing the sin of schadenfreude
later.
For those who
haven’t seen it, here is my semi-infallible election prediction which I made
two weeks ago. I stand by it.
For those who wish
to be geeky about their election watching, here are 50 counties to watch
tonight. And the Campaign Spot and
Battleground Ohio over at the National Review are keeping a close eye on
election details.
For those less
geeky, do not let the first vote totals panic you from those swing states which
have early voting. Particularly in
Ohio, the Democrats are much stronger in the early vote than on Election Day voting. And the first totals released will be the
early vote.
I will keep a close eye on comments, so feel free to ask questions or add your two cents.
O. K. that’s a
start. I’ll be back.
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5:54pm CT
Oh, I should
mention that I will not blog everything I tweet and visa versa.
But I will repeat
my tweet and say I don’t put a lot of weight on exit polls. I remember President Kerry.
The first results I’m
seeing from Indiana have Mourdock (R) ahead of Donnelly for Senate, but badly lagging
Romney. That might be a
nail-biter. Sorry I don’t have
exact numbers.
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6:42pm
I do not intend to
drunkblog tonight. But I will
report that Full Sail’s Wreck the Halls Hoppy Holiday ale is quite nice and only
6.5%, which is reasonable as Winter ales go. Oregon knows how to brew beer.
Now if Oregon would
start voting right, too.
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7:12pm
You know what I
find more disturbing than that Obama mural at a voting place? That it’s at a school.
Propagandizing
school kids like that for a Dear Leader is worthy of North Korea, not America.
Sorry I’m not
posting more, but I’m not yet seeing numbers that give me a good handle on this
election.
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7:27pm
Bill Nelson is
beating Connie Mack bad in Florida.
That should get closer with the Panhandle coming in, but it doesn’t look
good.
Romney and Obama
are very close in Florida. Since
the Republican Panhandle closes and reports later than the rest of the state
and since the early vote tends to be heavily Democrat, this is good for Romney.
Virginia numbers so
far are strong for Romney (57%-42%).
George Allen (R) is lagging Romney, but leading Kaine (52%-48%). I do not know which precincts are in
and which aren’t. I do know
Virginia has paused reporting due to voters waiting in long lines. The lines are bi-partisan, in Obama,
Romney, and swing areas.
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8:01pm
The Indiana state
election results site is pitiful, but I read here that Mourdock is now down by 3
with 45% of the vote in.
Really, the numbers
for Allen in Virginia are the only somewhat encouraging Senate numbers I’ve
seen tonight so far. And his
winning is still no sure thing.
Just now, Fox calls
Michigan for Obama. Ugg. That going that quickly is not
encouraging.
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8:18pm
Fox calls Pennsylvania
for Obama already. Sickening and
NOT a good sign. I had a lot of
hope for that state.
No, I am not happy
now. Maybe I should drunkblog, but
I don’t think that would make me happy either.
So Romney HAS to
take either Wisconsin or Ohio.
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8:28pm
Fox calls Wisconsin for Obama. So now it comes down to Ohio.
Fox calls Wisconsin for Obama. So now it comes down to Ohio.
This is disturbing.
And, yes, my
semi-infallible prediction looks quite mistaken.
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8:44pm
Great. Fox calls
the WI Senate race for Tammy Baldwin.
She is a freaking Leftist.
Thanks Wisconsin . . . for nothing.
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8:52pm
I’m having trouble
finding useful information on Ohio.
I see Obama 52.0% - Romney 46.5% with 26% in. But the gap keeps
narrowing as more of the vote comes in.
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9:02pm
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9:02pm
So here’s what it looks like to me now. Either 1. Obama wins, or 2. Romney
wins, BUT we don’t know for more than a week.
Why? Ohio has
over 100,000 provisional votes to be counted. And counting them will no doubt be controversial. And I don’t see Romney winning Ohio by
enough tonight to make those provisional votes moot.
This country needs neither outcome.
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9:12 pm
Ohio is now Obama
51% - Romney 48% with 51% reporting.
Romney is about 99,000 votes behind. It keeps narrowing even as I post this, but I do not have a good handle on his chances to make that up.
Fox just called the Missouri race for McCaskill. Thanks, stupid (Akin).
By the way, I pretty sure Romney has to take Iowa, too.
9:27pm
A--hole, namely Alan Grayson, is back in Congress. Oh joy!
I really don’t understand some voters. I really don’t.
Ohio: 55% of the vote is in. Romney is down by 90,000 now, and it has narrowed further as
I type this, but I honestly cannot keep up. (Hold on. 58% in. Romney down by 80,000.)
Rove just said the Cincinnati suburbs are not in. That’s good for Romney.
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9:37pm
Two outliers. Obama is still ahead in Florida. Of course, if he pulls that out, it’s
over.
On the Romney side,
he is ahead is Wisconsin. I’m
wondering if that state was called too early for Obama. But only 33% of Dane County, aka the
Peoples Republic of Madison, is in.
Still, something to watch.
Ohio: 62% in. Romney down by 81,000 now.
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9:47pm
I am slightly
beside myself. Obama proved himself
an incompetent, negligent tyrant.
He is driving this nation toward bankruptcy. He doesn’t even protect our ambassadors with sensible
security, etc. etc. And yet he is at
least close to being re-elected.
Is this what the American people have become?
Ohio: 64% in. Romney is down by 90,000 now.
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10:06pm
Amidst the gloom, I
missed that George Allen has lost and conceded in Virginia.
More gloom – Roger Beckett
looks at two Ohio counties that are completely in. And Romney is barely outperforming McCain in both, with the
emphasis on “barely”.
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10:10pm
FINALLY, a
Republican pick up in the Senate.
Fox calls Nebraska for Deb Fischer.
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10:13pm
Well, lookie
here. With 68% of the vote in,
Romney has pulled within 60,000 in Ohio.
BUT as I type this Fox calls Ohio for Obama.
I think that’s it.
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10:22pm
I’m remarkably at
the point of acceptance already.
Don’t get me wrong. I think
the electorate just voted to send this county to Hell. And I expect it to go there for a time
at the very least. But my hope is
not in America, and that much less so after tonight.
I’ll stay on here a
while. Too early projections have
been made before. But too many
unlikely returns have to come in for Romney to win. I will mention that he has now pulled within 50,000 with 71%
reporting in Ohio.
No. I do not intend
to watch Obama’s victory speech.
I will say that if
Obama is to win, it is healthier that it is decided tonight. We do not need a repeat of 2000.
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10:30pm
On Fox, Carl Rove
is saying calling Ohio for Romney is premature. I agree. I
still think Romney will lose. But
I completely disagree with the rush to call the election.
And now with 73%
reporting, Romney is down by less than 30,000 in Ohio.
Heard on Fox just now:
“That’s awkward.” Dang right, it is.
Stop acting like CNN.
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10:38pm
Fox is really busy
covering their rears on the Ohio call.
Yes, Ohio will probably go for Obama, but this is ridiculous.
I expected to watch
clowns on MSNBC tonight. Instead,
I’m seeing them on Fox.
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10:46pm
Wisconsin update:
Obama 52% Romney 47% with 53% of the vote in. But 80% of Communist Dane County is already in. So not many more votes from there, thank God.
Now that is a still lot
for Romney to make up. We’ll see.
Ohio update: Romney
down by only 17,000 with 74% of the vote in. Wow.
CRAP: ROMNEY DOWN BY 1,500 WITH 77% IN.
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10:52pm
AHEM. Romney just took a 2000 vote lead in
Ohio. 77% of the vote in.
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10:56pm
On Fox, I hear
roughly half of Cleveland is not yet in.
That’s an old Democrat trick, to hold out voting boxes then massage them
if needed. Us Texans of long
standing know about that.
However, Romney is
now 20,000 ahead in Ohio. 78% of
the vote in.
Rove continues to give Fox a hard time.
11:08pm
Just to reiterate, it looks unlikely Romney will pull this
out. And I do think that if Obama
is to win, it’s better for the country that it be decided by sunrise.
However, I do find it amusing that YET AGAIN the news
media is playing the fool by rushing to virtually call the election. I don’t want this country to suffer,
but the news media suffering? . . . YES, PLEASE!
Having said that, Obama just retook the lead in Ohio, by
23,000 with 80% in.
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11:12pm
I think it needs to
be said that Mitt Romney ran an excellent campaign, certainly beyond my
expectations. In the unhappiness
to come, some will surely try to pin blame on him for tonight. He deserves none of it. And I salute him.
Housekeeping: I am having some technical trouble
updating this. So if I stop
blogging without a “good night” . . .
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11:22pm
Hmmm, 84% of loathsome
Cleveland is in, and Romney is closing the gap in Ohio again. Down 11,000 with 82% in.
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11:27pm
I now notice Obama
is up about 50,000 in Virginia with 89% in. I did not expect that.
And that may make Ohio moot.
Well, I have to
make some personal decisions tomorrow morning because of what has transpired
tonight. So I better try to get
some sleep.
I wish I had
appropriate words with which to end the evening with you, my forbearing
readers. But I really do not.
This is a dark
night. And it’s about to get
darker.
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