We will provide updates throughout the day until the polls begin closing in East Coast states. Please use the comments section to share your voting and other Election Day experiences. This post will be updated periodically and moved to the top of the site. There are newer posts below, so please keep scrolling. 6:00pm: Polls are closing in Indiana and parts of Kentucky. … [Read more...] about Election Day 2008: Live Blogging From Coast To Coast
Putting the Election in a Christian Perspective: Who Gets Elected Doesn’t Really Ultimately Matter
I just heard an item on NPR about a woman from West Virginia who gave birth prematurely while out of state. She's a big McCain supporter and wanted, in her phrase, "to do the right thing" by voting for the senator if she could. So, the social service people at the hospital where the woman delivered the child at 3:30 this morning contacted local election officials in her … [Read more...] about Putting the Election in a Christian Perspective: Who Gets Elected Doesn’t Really Ultimately Matter
Final Stretch Media Update
In addition to the excellent live blogging done by Shaun, the Lady Logician and I will be on the air at this link for your listening pleasure from 6:30 pm eastern until 8:00 pm as the returns begin to come in.We'll be joined by our very own T-Steel for this episode! Feel free to join us as the mystery unfolds. There will be a continued live chat going on at Hot Air, available … [Read more...] about Final Stretch Media Update
Last Day of the Starbucks Life
On a day when Americans are keenly aware of economic hardships ahead, those symbols of Baby Boomer excess--Starbucks, Krispy Kreme, Ben and Jerry's--are giving voters free stuff, to promote their products, of course, but unintentionally taunting them with little luxuries they may soon not be able to afford. Assuming a victory by Obama and his post-Boomer generation, David … [Read more...] about Last Day of the Starbucks Life
The Worldwide Elections in America
As America’s global elections draw to a close, every news outlet and television network is reporting the polls with details similar to those given to national elections in their own countries. The great excitement is about the possibility of a black politician rising to US President. Much less is being said about policy differences between the Obama-Biden and John … [Read more...] about The Worldwide Elections in America
A Shift from a Push to a Pull Society
I suggest that the two best commentaries about this Election Day have come from David Brooks at The New York Times and Richard Cohen of The Washington Post. They are so effective, and so intriguing, because they look backward to see forward. And they look backward far enough – 45 years – to require us to challenge our assumptions as we try to see forward 45 years. This is a … [Read more...] about A Shift from a Push to a Pull Society
Caution Recommended
On a day of massive turnout, there are scattered reports of glitches and of potentially more serious issues. Regarding those "more serious issues," I add the qualifier "potentially" because in one case, the early reports from right-wingers are now being questioned by left-wingers -- and in another case, Ben Smith reports, the McCain/Drudge/Fox version of events has … [Read more...] about Caution Recommended
My Choice: 2008
My partner Daniel and I went to vote at our polling station around noon today in North Minneapolis. It was nice and sunny here in Minnesota for early November, with temps in the upper 60s. Strangely, there were no lines at the station, so we went in to vote immediately...almost. Daniel and I had moved five blocks away and we didn't think to update our state with our new … [Read more...] about My Choice: 2008
Power to the People
Jeff Parker, Florida Today … [Read more...] about Power to the People
Ayers and Obama Voting at the Same Polling Place!
The Wall Street Journal‘s Washington Wire along with Fox, of course, are making a huge deal of Bill Ayers and Obama voting at the same polling place. Fox News has footage of this last-minute, “sinister” development. This is how the Washington Wire reports on this breaking news, election-altering, unfolding development: Washington Wire, waiting for Barack Obama to … [Read more...] about Ayers and Obama Voting at the Same Polling Place!
Poll Closing Times
An extensive list can be found here. … [Read more...] about Poll Closing Times
Foreign Interest in the American Election
This morning, I paid a visit to CTV - the Canadian TV Network - to talk about election day, the campaign, and my thoughts on the outcome. After I finished with the interview, seen here, I walked around 2000 M Street N.W. and participated in a couple of other segments with Irish, Catalan, and the French Networks. It was amazing to hear the perspective of the foreign … [Read more...] about Foreign Interest in the American Election
The Republican Wedge: Sarah Palin, the Culture Wars, and the 2008 Presidential Election
Peter Beinart wrote this in yesterday's Washington Post: Why has America turned on Sarah Palin? Obviously, her wobbly television interviews haven't helped. Nor have the drip, drip of scandals from Alaska, which have tarnished her reformist image. But Palin's problems run deeper, and they say something fundamental about the political age being born. Palin's brand is culture … [Read more...] about The Republican Wedge: Sarah Palin, the Culture Wars, and the 2008 Presidential Election
‘Why America Still Makes Us Dream’: Le Figaro, France
One of the most historic, gut wrenching and globally-important U.S. elections ever is finally drawing to a close, and along with Americans, the world, too, is summing up what it all means. And the one underlying and inescapable narrative is this: That the most powerful nation on earth appears ready to look past the issue of race and - on the merits of character and capability - … [Read more...] about ‘Why America Still Makes Us Dream’: Le Figaro, France
Barack Obama Using Text Messaging To Get Out Youth And Black Vote
As Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama's get-out-the-vote operation kicks in today, his campaign will be using a communication technique increasingly popular with young people in the 21st century: text messaging. Barack Obama's campaign is counting on a potent new weapon for Election Day: the humble cell-phone text message. Texting -- an obsession of … [Read more...] about Barack Obama Using Text Messaging To Get Out Youth And Black Vote
Vote
Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner … [Read more...] about Vote
Exit Polls: You’ve Been Warned
As I was leaving the office on election day 2004, I distinctly remember the headlines about exit polls predicting a Kerry win by a significant margin -- only to learn later that the exit polls were smoking crack. Nate Silver remembers, too, and offers his "Ten Reasons Why You Should Ignore Exit Polls." Enjoy. … [Read more...] about Exit Polls: You’ve Been Warned
Need Some Company for Election Day and Night?
As we sweat out the rest of election day and wait for the results to begin, you might want some options in terms of passing your time, and we've got a few for you. First, at 1 pm eastern time, we'll be back on the air for a special election day episode of Mid Stream Radio. Rick Moran of Right Wing Nuthouse will be one of our guests and we'll take one final look at election 2008 … [Read more...] about Need Some Company for Election Day and Night?
Early Morning Voting in a Bellwether State
My wife and I reached the parking lot of our polling place in St. Louis County, Mo., within minutes of the doors opening at 6 a.m. CT. It was still dark out, and the line of voters was already 150 or so feet back from the door. (We joked with the men immediately in front of us that, if you rewound that scene 25 years, we would have all been in a line for tickets to a Journey … [Read more...] about Early Morning Voting in a Bellwether State
Predicting the Election, By Turd Blossom and Me
For what it's worth, Marc Ambinder has Karl Rove's map going into the election. It's Obama 338, McCain 220. Over the weekend, I predicted 375 to 163 for Obama. The difference is that Rove gives Indiana (11), Missouri (11), and North Carolina (15) to McCain, whereas I give them to Obama. This morning, I think that my prediction may be overly optimistic. I can certainly … [Read more...] about Predicting the Election, By Turd Blossom and Me