2008 Election Results Discussion: President

[Sonic Youth]

Reports of riots going on in Arizona.

Middle-aged suburban gangs are wilding in the streets. There have been frequent sightings of trash fires and overturned vehicles. Apparently there's a standoff between police and a gang of thugs wearing McCain/Palin t-shirts and are holed up in the Knights of Columbus headquarters in Scottsdale.

Isolated incidents are also being reported in Danville, California and Greenwich, Connecticut. This is scary.

Fucking white people.

Congratulations, President-Elect Obama.



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[rudeboy]

I'm so happy, hopeful and optimistic for you guys. Bleary eyed at work now after sitting up half the night.

[Uri]

My dear American friends, congratulations to you all from the bottom of my heart.

(And may I apologize for Israel, the only place on earth other than Utah were the majority of people were rooting for McCain).



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[cam]

My congratulations, too, Americans.
MCain's concession was timely and gentlemanly; Obama's acceptance and embrace of it was dignified. A very interesting speech. Very King-like.

[Mister Tee]

I should have said largest popular vote since Johnson - or at least that's what CNN is saying.

I believe what Gergen was driving at -- he really garbled it -- was that Obama has achieved the strongest popular majority of any Democrat since Lyndon Johnson. Carter got just under 51%, and Clinton of course won under 50 thanks to Perot.

It's too early to know just what the popular vote margin will end up -- it's at 51-47 right now, but presumably alot of the outstanding 25% or so is from the West Coast, where Obama might add to the margin. (CA by itself could balloon the total) His EV total is also solid and may not be finished (they seem to have paused in making network calls, but, with the outstanding states, he could go as high as 378, Bill Clinton territory without a Perot to split things for him). This puts him in a much stronger position starting his presidency than anyone since the first Bush.

[anonymous1980]

Congratulations, Americans!

Hopefully, Obama's presidency will restore honor and dignity to the United States that Bush and his cronies have so squandered in the past 8 years.

Can someone cradle criddic and rock him gently?



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[Big Magilla]

I should have said largest popular vote since Johnson - or at least that's what CNN is saying.

[FilmFan720]

Didn't Clinton and Reagan both take many more electoral votes than Obama? Certainly Nixon and his 49 states!

[Big Magilla]

The biggest landslide since Lyndon Johnson 44 years ago and just 4 years after the disgraceful re-election of George W. - amazing.

Very classy concession speech by John McCain.

[OscarGuy]

Too bad his audience was mostly hostile.

[FilmFan720]

McCain is giving his concession speech right now.

I have to say, that was a fantastic speech. Much more in-line with the earlier John McCain who I loved so much in 2000.

[OscarGuy]

Florida & Colorado have been called for Obama now.

[OscarGuy]

McCain is giving his concession speech right now.

[OscarGuy]

CNN has projected Obama as President of the United States!

[OscarGuy]

Second-to-Last Poll Closures (All that remains is Alaska)

Obama:
California
Hawaii
Oregon
Washington

McCain:
Idaho



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