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"Obama is a magician dressed of happy birthday in whose hat there is neither hawk nor dove.Just smoke.From his mouth not a single idea has come out.His unique attractive his black colour.Were it not for that, nobody would vote him.Progressy, the poor, hispanos, afroamericans,teenagers and Zapatero are racists: they think the colour of your skin counts.Encephalic mass, dont.Red and black: sure prize in Las Vegas.The paradox is, if Obama loses it too will have been due to the weight of melanin.Racists ones, racists the others.If i had a pumpkin in this Halloween i would go for Palin, even if she was black, but not for being such."...
Sanchez Drago is one of the few free thinkers left in Spain.He is controversial, never submits to the powers that be. Like him or not , but he hasnt got hairs in his tongue
we've been bussing it up to new hampshire for a couple of weeks. thanks to john kerry's generosity. people are incredibly like minded and there was amazing comraderie. we've done everything from knock, knock a' knockin on doors to standing at intersections with signs. (that was fun!)
for the most part, the undecided voters in new hampshire are willing to talk and think (especially women of all ages).
on the other hand, a certain profile of mid-age white men thought nothing of pegging fingers, yelling irrational things like socialism, the 'n' word, etc.
they were pathetic really, small minded and one could only wish them a happy life.
well, i offered to pound the pavement today, but, i'm moving slow.. i'll check in now and then from the road.
Re:U.S. Election '08 updates, information, and posts! 3 Years, 3 Months ago
checking in from the campaign trail
i highly recommend getting out there if you can swing a vac day off, like i did. i've met some great people, including a couple who were cast in dylan's o7 video!
also met a 19 yr old from st paul up in new hampshire this past wknd, he'll be at bob's show in minnisota tonight!!!
fine voter turn out in southern new england, the sun is shinning bright and it's sweater wearing weather. my feet are killin' me.
the elderly are out in great #'s. people driving by are tooting horns and yelling all sorts of good things including: vote yes on 2!
#2 is the decriminalization of small quantities of marijuana.
needless to say, the youth vote is strong.
for the most part, folks are kinder here. there are a few negative remarks, but, nothing like we heard in new hampshire, then again.. new hampshire has been inundated with campaigners during the past month. yes, tim, what i said was true.
time for a little rest, then out to pound the pavement again!
Re:U.S. Election '08 updates, information, and posts! 3 Years, 3 Months ago
I don't know if Mr Obama will be elected, nor if he will be a good president, but this election sure brings a lot of hopes and hapiness in the 'rest of the world'. So thank you very very much for that. The american dream is back.
(There were false american votes in Metz, the town where i live in France, and Obama has been elected with more than 80%)
Re:U.S. Election '08 updates, information, and posts! 3 Years, 3 Months ago
I love Nader but doesn't look like he'll get any electoral votes tonight:
Presidential election night blog
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Obama wins Pennsylvania | 8:42 p.m.
Obama wins the battleground state of Pennsylvania and its 21 electoral votes (AP). Heading into Election Day, he held a comfortable 10-point lead in the polls over McCain. Obama's campaign invested heavily in Sen. Biden's home state, with more than 60 offices throughout the state. The last time Pennsylvania went red was in 1988.
Obama has also won New Hampshire and its 4 electoral votes (AP). New Hampshire gave Obama the very first votes of Election Day, when he won the tiny town of Dixville Notch, the first Democrat to do so since 1968. The 75 or so residents of Dixville Notch began voting at midnight; the final tally: 15 votes for Obama, 6 for McCain. Since 1960, Dixville Notch has opened its polls just after midnight on Election Day.
ABC, CBS, and Fox project McCain will win Arkansas' 6 electoral votes. ABC and NBC also project McCain will win Alabama and its 9 electoral votes.
NBC and Fox project McCain will win the big-prize state of Georgia and its 15 electoral votes. Going into the election, McCain led Obama by a 5 percent margin, with 8 percent of voters undecided. Georgia has voted Republican in the last two presidential elections. Pres. Bush took the state twice, with huge wins over Al Gore and John Kerry.
Obama wins slew of states, McCain wins 2 | 8:04 p.m.
Obama wins Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New Jersey (AP). These 8 states give Obama another 72 electoral votes. Meanwhile, McCain has won Oklahoma and Tennessee, giving him 18 more electoral votes (AP).
TV networks project South Carolina | 7:47 p.m.
NBC and CBS project McCain will win South Carolina's 8 electoral votes. While Obama's primary win gave him a big boost against Sen. Hillary Clinton, the state has not voted a Democrat for president since 1976.
TV networks project West Virginia | 7:32 p.m.
CBS and Fox project McCain will win West Virginia and its 5 electoral votes. McCain had a comfortable 9-point lead over Obama going into the vote. George W. Bush took the state handily in both 2000 and 2004./p>
First 2 states called | 7:03 p.m.
Obama has won Vermont's 3 electoral votes while McCain has won Kentucky's 8 electoral votes (AP). In 1992, Bill Clinton turned Vermont blue after years of GOP rule, and the state has voted a Democrat for president ever since. In recent elections, Kentucky twice voted for George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
First exit polls roll in
It IS the economy.
According to AP, "six in 10 voters picked the economy as the most important issue facing the nation. None of the other issues on the list -- energy, Iraq, terrorism and health care -- was picked by more than one in 10."
Poll closing times and electoral votes (all times ET)
7:00 p.m.
Georgia (15)
Indiana (11)
Kentucky (8)
South Carolina (8)
Vermont (3)
Virginia (13)
7:30 p.m.
North Carolina (15)
Ohio (20)
West Virginia (5)
8 p.m.
Alabama (9)
Connecticut (5)
Delaware (3)
Florida (27)
Illinois (21)
Maine (4)
Maryland (10)
Massachusetts (12)
Mississippi (6)
Missouri (11)
New Hampshire (4)
New Jersey (15)
Oklahoma (7)
Pennsylvania (21)
Tennessee (11)
Washington D.C. (3)
8:30 p.m.
Arkansas (6)
9:00 p.m.
Arizona (10)
Colorado (9)
Kansas (6)
Louisiana (9)
Michigan (17)
Minnesota (10)
Nebraska (5)
New Mexico (5)
New York (31)
North Dakota (3)
Rhode Island (4)
South Dakota (3)
Texas (34)
Wisconsin (10)
Wyoming (3)
11:00 p.m.
California (55)
Hawaii (4)
Idaho (4)
Oregon (7)
Washington (11)
1:00 a.m.
Alaska (3)
Tonight's key states
The following states are tonight's key battlegrounds.
Colorado
Florida
Indiana
Michigan
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
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Re:U.S. Election '08 updates, information, and posts! 3 Years, 3 Months ago
woohooo! my senator john kerry won by a landslide in the commonwealth of massachusetts!!!!
respectfully, we were invited to his campaign party in boston tonight, but, i could not imagine putting a pair of high heels on my feet
in early projections, it appears obama has won the nor'east, including the crucial states of new hampshire & pennsylvania, hoooray!
happy days are here again!
as a realist, let's see how this plays out in "those swing states who are still swingin' in the wind".
it's a close popular vote.
p.s. tv just mentioned obama won ohio!!!! whooohooooo!
people whom i campaigned with said straight out after making calls to ohio, they would never live there!!!!
isn't joe the plumber from ohio, teeheeeeeeeeeeee
oh... happy days are here again!
the world can rejoice!
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