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Is There a “Bradley Effect” For Corrupt Politicians?
Despite this, showing Begich leading Stevens by 6 points:
This:
Showing Stevens winning by a hair. So, when it comes to polling, it appears there are a lot of Alaskans who are too embarrassed to admit that they’ll vote for a criminal – but will anyway.
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The Day After
At an all-day presentation, when all I want to do is watch the news and hear more about last night.
At any rate, do any of you have any experience using acrobat.com?
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Sully has a list of reactions, including a lot of right-wingers sharing sentiments like this:
There are about 1,460 days until the next Presidential election, and I assume that I will spend approximately the next 1,459 of them opposing Barack Obama. But I’m spending today proud abut what my country has overcome.
I just don’t know how to respond to this. Right now it alternates between “NO THANKS TO YOU” and asking them what they are proud of since they fought it so damned hard.
Christ- this is the same Corner that spent the last 6 months trying to convince America that Obama is a terrorist who wants to kill your baby and the dance on its corpse while playing George Clinton and sharing a .40 with Al Sharpton. Oh yeah. He wants to give the Jews to Iran, too.
I mean, sure, a lot of us are proud of Obama today, but the thing to remember is that in order to get this done, WE HAD TO DEFEAT DOUCHEBAGS LIKE YOU.
Mormons Winning in California
It looks like Californians, on the whole, are backing Proposition 8… and it makes me sick. I can’t find final tallies, so if you can, leave them in the comments.
Sickening.
The Onion Comes Through Again
Nation Finally Shitty Enough To Make Social Progress
After emerging victorious from one of the most pivotal elections in history, president-elect Barack Obama will assume the role of commander in chief on Jan. 20, shattering a racial barrier the United States is, at long last, shitty enough to overcome.
Although polls going into the final weeks of October showed Sen. Obama in the lead, it remained unclear whether the failing economy, dilapidated housing market, crumbling national infrastructure, health care crisis, energy crisis, and five-year-long disastrous war in Iraq had made the nation crappy enough to rise above 300 years of racial prejudice and make lasting change.
Really not sure how the Onion does it every day.
Dems Win, Despite Odds
Andy Borowitz:
Failure to Blow Election Stuns Democrats
Party Faithful Mourn End to Losing Tradition
I took the day off today. Two reasons.
1. I’m a little tired after last night.
2. Most of the people I work with are African-American, and were all very passionate about this election – and I was happy for them. We talked every, single day about this election, and I actually had to convince most of them that Obama was going to win. They didn’t believe me. So today, I doubt any of us will get any work done anyway.
Yes, We Fucking Did
CNN is projecting Obama is the next President.
President-Elect Barack Obama.
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I am still in shock. This was a damned landslide. It seems so long ago that I was the skeptical one, mocking Obama as the Magical Unity Pony- I think people forget that I was one of the folks who was simply going to support Hillary as the alternative to the GOP disaster.
This is just stunning. This changes everything. He treated us like adults, he converted the skeptics, and now he has a chance to make his mark. I was an Obama skeptic, and mocked him as the Magical Unity Pony, and mocked him “transcending” things. People forget that, I guess.
But now, no more fake nicknames- this is President-Elect Barack Obama. And I am so very, very proud.
The fierce urgency of now. Your next President, Barack Obama:
You ain’t the only one, kid.
We did it.