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11 PM Update
11 PM UPDATE....I figured CNN would call the election at 11:01 Eastern, but I was off by a minute. They called it at 11:00.
....I guess I should be feeling a sense of excitement, but what I mostly feel is an immense sense of relief. Just a complete, unmitigated, totally drained sense of relief that George Bush will finally be packed up and sent home to Crawford. For just this moment, I don't even care whether Barack Obama will be a great president. I'm just grateful that for the next four years our president will be at least minimally competent and grounded in reality. Thank God.
....CNN has called Florida for Obama.
....Colorado goes for Obama. Obama is up to 338 electoral votes so far.
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Well that is it, Obama has won and the AP said McCain has called Obama to conceded.
Obama will say somethink live any minute.
I am proud to call myself an American tonight. Tomorrow, every parent in this country can finally say to their children "you can grow up to be President" not just the parents of little white boys.
Go US!
Looking ahead . . .
PALIN - WURZELBACHER
IN
OH-TWELVE
Update, CO went for Obama, another kick in behind-end for Repugs.
Finally.
Now the only question is if the nation can survive two more months of despondent republican rule before Obama and the democrats take office.
Now the only question is if the nation can survive two more months of despondent republican rule before Obama and the democrats take office.
Now would be a good time to send the Guard in to change the locks on the White House doors.
And I can only hope that papers will be served on Cheney. Arrest that bastard and send him to the Hague.
It is a great moment. More nailbiting than I expected, but less nailbiting than I feared. I also feel massive relief.
McCain concedes, will he ain't all bad, because he lost when it matter the most.
Thanks for being Bush's idiot, at least it says something about the ugly Bush control. Follow Bush into the grave.
Thus leaving a new direction for Repugs, which is not the Bush directive.
Kevin, you may not be excited (yet), but I am. Oh, my, what a high. Now, if Obama just carries Indiana, too...
Yes, good bye to all of that. Should have happened four years ago.
Thank you, President Obama.
So, how does it feel to be older than the soon to be President Kevin?
I have posted a cartogram (a map with the states sized to reflect electoral votes) here:
http://www.corneroak.com/images/maps/elecmap_08.png
This is a useful corrective to GOP ideologues who like to point to vast red spaces on the map out in the Mountain states where few people live. I’ll be updating the map periodically throughout the evening as new states are called by the major news sources.
Huh? Kevin's not going to be President.
Watching McCain, OMG his incite groupies don't know how to move forward - that is what incite does to people, they don't know what to think, they so believing in McCain's incitement message, because it didn't lend it message to move on.
It's like McCain had no idea what his candidate campaigners were actually doing. They booed McCain tonight because of what his consultants did, the over incitement. They were not McCain's consultants but Bush and Cheney's consulants.
How ugly is that? McCain's people can't move on. Sad statement for the Repug party.
Just heard McCain's concession speech. Without a doubt it was the classiest words I have heard from John McCain since the beginning of the primaries.
Now to the heart of the matter:
Hooray, Obama!
ArtEclectic: Tomorrow, every parent in this country can finally say to their children "you can grow up to be President"
Sometimes I curse my children too, but like almost all parents, I still love them.
Ever notice how at inaugurations almost every outgoing president has that "it's your problem now, sucker" look on his face? In W's case it'll be especially appropriate, given what a mess he's made.
Good luck to Obama, and boy am I glad that it's him and not me that's moving to Pennsylvania Avenue.
"Update, CO went for Obama, another kick in behind-end for Repugs."
The most interesting of the ballot propositions that I see on CNN is the Colorado "Human Life from Moment of Conception" which currently has 75% NO. That's a pretty extreme rebuttal of the Religious Right crowd --- I don't see anything else drawing anything near as strong a level of unanimity.
I don't care that we didn't get 61. Lieberman should have his committees stripped within 24 hours.
In fact, Reid should just pants the guy and kick him down the steps of the Capitol and make him persona non-grata at all Democratic functions.
If anything less happens, than Reid should join Lieberman.
I like the feeling of winning, even if it's not absolute giddiness. It's a sense of calm confidence. I feel as if things can get better, if for no other reason than the pieces are in place. He's not going to be perfect by any stretch, but, simply put, this is a fresh start. Hell, if nothing else, it's a chance to put the ugliness of the last eight years behind us.
Well, here's one Republican who knows what to do next.
Congratulations to President-elect Obama. In January, he will become not only my President, but also my Commander in Chief. May God guide him in his work.
Well McCain was better than his party tonight.
Mews just called Nevada for Obama.
African American's crying, "I can believe this moment"
Okay, enought already.
Wil Smith said in MIB: "You need to ease up out my face before something bad happen to you." So I would say that African American had it in bag long before Obana put his share in politics.
So, not to get soggy but our work is still ahead of us, so it is my hope that the netroots will not turn into Glenn Reynolds, this isn't kiss Obama ass moment, it's our moment to enforce change.
This our damn country - not Obama's country and Obama didn't pull that $150 million out of his ass.
My almost 12 year old son has followed this election pretty closely. He wears an Obama button to school every day. I have never discussed with him the signifigance of a black man being elected President. I realize it's better not to have that discussion. To him this is perfectly normal. That's why I sit here with tears of joy. I never thought I would live to see this day. This truly is a great country and we are a step closer to being all that we can be. enjoy this - the work has jsut begun
A truly gracious concession speech by McCain punctuated, however, by jackasses who insisted on booing every mention of Obama's name.
Also did anyone else notice the absolutely ice cold handshake McCain gave Todd Palin? McCain barely looked him in the eye. I think McCain must, for whatever reason, absolutely hate Todd Palin.
Mostly I'm relieved, it looks like its going about as expected, i.e. no really nasty surprises. But I will join Kevin in suddenly feeling old, as in OMG I'm older that the President (elect).
You're assuming that Bush and Cheney don't use some incident between now and the Inauguration to invalidate the election, dissolve Congress, and rule by decree.
I won't breathe a sigh of relief until Mr Bush and Mr Cheney are safely in The Hague in orange jump suits preparing their war crimes defense.
George Bush will finally be packed up and sent home to Crawford.
I distinctly believe that he is headed to Houston and is going to sell his Crawford Ranch.
Seeing him before a war crimes tribunal would be too much to hope for; but I am willing to bet good money that he will have to avoid many foreign jurisdictions lest he be subject to process.
If anything less happens, than Reid should join Lieberman.
Reid should join Lieberman anyway - but that's one more thing that won't happen.
George Bush will finally be packed up and sent home to Crawford.
Actually the coward is headed for his parents' basement in Maine. Of course that's where he should have stayed.
I also long for a trial and imprisonment--once in his life he needs to be held responsible.
Now I need to get on my bike and go to Grant Park.
Victory!
I was telling someone last week I'd be happy just to have a mediocre president like Bush Senior. Of course, Obama will certainly be much more I hope!!!!!!
An amazing night. I'm 53, and never thought I'd see a black president in my lifetime.
Here's an intriguing fact to ponder: When Barack Obama was born in 1961, the union between his black father and white mother was illegal in many states -- including my current state of Virginia.
How times have changed.
Congratulations to all of us.
I was one of the consistent pessimists around here, and I'm mighty damn glad to have been proven wrong.
We might be worth saving after all.
After the last 8 years, it's going to take me a while to feel we're actually back in America.
Wonderful night. I'm feeling hope for this country that I haven't felt much before in my lifetime. I'm 61, so that's saying something. But I still don't have a clue how this 'bipartisan' thing is going to work out.
Kevin, I totally agree with you. I'm sure we'll see many positive things from this new president, but most of all I am simply grateful that the horrible darkness of the past two administrations has been broken. No more torture, refutation of habeas corpus, refutation of posse, comitatus, rational tax policies, rational use of the military, rational management of the economy and the environment, and on and on. Yes, I hope for a new health care policy and other such things but at least we'll cancel out the severe negatives of the recent past.
Great night! Things are also looking up in the local races (Washington state). We will be a great country again. The country woke up and decisively rejected conservative policies.
thank you, america, for making this happen.
and thank you, kevin drum, for your excellent work during this important election campaign.
it will be so nice not having to worry about that damned red button.
One thing that struck me was that when ABC called the election and there was the Obama family on stage in Chicago I switched to other channels and saw CBS & NBC had gone to local reporting and with only PBS talking about it, but with no pictures of happy people.
How can they simply blank the screen and ignore the fact there are people who are happy about this outcome?
Later the other channels came back on and did good reporting.
Much later, after the 1st string reporters had gone off the air, I saw Dee Dee Myers and she looked anxious and almost desperate to get back in the game. I wonder if Obama has anybody in mind for press secretary.
I'll tell ya another interesting position for the upcoming administration: working with Joe Biden to get legislation from the White House to Congress and passed into law. More than in most administrations there will be a need for an activist WH, whether Liberal or not, to deal with the many challenges.
Another interesting area for employment is in the area of world trade. That's just begging to be improved and I haven't a clue who might be ideal to lead that.
Obama said he's going to need the help of many people. I suggest that many people who could be expert in such areas as international trade should consider a little public service and send in their resumes.
Jeez, where does one send a resume for this situation? I wonder how they've done it in past transition administrations?
I can't say it any better than this:
http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/t/tommy_james_and_the_shondells/crystal...
nepeta: I still don't have a clue how this 'bipartisan' thing is going to work out.
If it does, it'll be because the sane Republicans will come out of hiding, and force the Palinites and Bushies to crawl back under the rocks from whence they wriggled.
Here's hoping, anyway
Yoohoo Barracuda, seems it was God's Perfect Will that Barack Obama become President of the United States!
Praise the Lord!
You describe my feelings precisely, Kevin.
I can once again say "I'm proud to be an American."
We've been a long time in the wilderness. We can come home now.
Today I'll indulge in some silent gloating and schadenfreude, as a catharsis. My Obama signs are down, but my American flag is up. Tomorrow I pledge to devote my efforts toward ending the partisanship that's brought us to this deplorable state of affairs.
"With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds... to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations." -- (Abraham Lincoln, 2nd Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865).
Peace,
Wiley