Georgia Senate Race Headed For Runoff It appears that the late ballots did, after all, bring incumbent Republican Saxby Chambliss under 50% in his race against Jim Martin, and so a special election will be held December 2, four weeks after the yesterday’s election day. In special elections, turnout is generally way down from general […]
This graphic is from today’s New York Times. I know that this election and its demographics will be parsed and dissected into the next century by people who know what they’re doing, but I found this fascinating. It compares the 2004 Presidential Election to yesterday’s election. Blue means "voted more Democratic in 2008 than in […]
Now To Governing by: Chris Bowers …the fundamental reason why Democrats are now in power is because Republicans made people’s lives worse (and lying to people about it while it was happening didn’t help, either). If we do the same, then the same electoral fate will befall us. If we do not make people’s lives […]
This night has been confusing for me. I guess I forgot that Barack Obama is a black American. I’ve been so focused on the end of the Bush Administration and the modern Republican Party that I came into today with that on my mind. When I read Eugene Robinson’s piece in the Washington Post this […]
This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper It’s over. Ohio and New Mexico seal the deal. I don’t feel much of anything yet. I’m too caught up in the numbers and the anxiety from […]
David Axelrod Chief Strategist for Barack Obama 9:15 PM Libby’s ad, not so effective 9:22 PM MSNBC calls Ohio for Obama! 9:31 PM MSNBC calls New Mexico for Obama!