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I'm disgusted, and will now go toss and turn for four hours before being able to get to sleep for an early morning appointment.

We have voted ourselves yet another step closer to becoming irrecoverably mired in incomprehensible debt, to handing over our states' rights to a federal government that grows ever larger at the expense of our children and our children's children...and make no mistake, in this final Obama term I think we'll see dangerous appointments to SCOTUS of probably two justices, and we'll see the real Barrack Obama's opinion on individual rights and gun control.

Imagine the enormous amount of money spent on these campaigns. And come dawn tomorrow, nothing has changed. The administration remains the same. The House remains a Republican majority. And the Senate remains in the hands of the Democrats.

But perhaps, just perhaps, public opinion--and perhaps even opinion on the hill--will be even more fractured than it was. The conservatives who were truly concerned and voted in this election--and who did not dilute the vote by wasting it on an independent candidate--will be set to percolate even more than they were with the result of 2008. Look for more grass-roots pressure at the local and state levels for smaller, more responsible, more accountable government. Look for the stock market to react only slightly tomorrow because the status quo has been maintained. Look for employment growth to flatten or shrink the next two months. Look for stocks to decline in Q1 and Q2 2013 when the realization sets in that an anti-business, socialist administration is beginning to set its final agenda in place.

This is a disappointing day for America.

Obama won Ohio and has a projected 274 electoral votes.

Obama called as president for second term.

Doesn't look like Florida will be called until all votes are tabulated; probably wee hours tomorrow. Ohio has had issues with absentee ballots and it might be as long as 10 days before all votes can be counted there. If one of the other goes to Obama--or a couple of the remaining swing states--the deal is probably done and an extended recount/challenge may not be mounted.

And Elizabeth Warren was just called over Republican Scott Brown in the Senate for Romney's home state, Massachusetts. That's another pick-up for the Dems in the Senate.

Minnesota called for Obama.

As expected, Sheila Jackson Lee has won again in a sweep. Essentially unchallenged.

And Jessie Jackson Jr. has won again in Illinois? Really? Nobody even knew where he was for most of 2012, yet Illinois voters decided he's the best person to represent them?

packa45 wrote:How is Alfred E. Newman doing in the race for president??

He ain't worried.

RPB wrote:DON'T PANIC

know where your towel is.

(Trivia: Douglas Adams was 6'5", was one of only two non-Pythoners credited with writing a Monty Python skit (I think the other was Neil Innes), and he died at age 49 of a massive heart attack while resting after a regular workout. He was also notoriously lazy about writing. He used to say, paraphrasing, "I love deadlines. I especially love the sound they make as they speed by me.")

Back to election-night anxiety...

Not surprisingly, Murdoch lost his Senate race. That becomes a net gain for the Dems and makes it unlikely the Republicans will gain control of the Senate.

Man. It's gonna be a hollow, nasty feeling if the balance of power looks tomorrow exactly as it did yesterday...

And the deceased Mario Gallegos wins with 69% of the vote in Texas.

Only 16% of the vote in for Ohio, but Obama leads. If he takes Ohio, it may well be over unless a Pacific Coast blue state turns red unexpectedly.

Voters are still in line in Miami-Dade County, Broward County, and Orange County. These will be the deciders in Florida, and now they're saying the polls may not ultimately close there for another hour.

canvasbck wrote:Wisconsin falls.......have to run out Ohio, Florida, Virginia, and North Carolina

Aaargh! Paul Ryan's home state!

AEA wrote:Fox projects R's retain control of house.

Yeah. That'll be a definite plus.

But I'm sweatin'...er, ah, bullets.

Romney needs Florida and Ohio to seal it. I wish I were more optimistic right now.

Shoot! Obama takes Pennsylvania.

Now there is almost no margin difference.

Romney needs Ohio.

Almost 80% of the Florida vote is in and, with over 6.5 million votes counted, the difference in the raw vote is only 193.

It's all going to swing on two or three of the battleground states. Obama looks like he's trailing now, but he will pick up large numbers of electoral votes on the west coast. I'm still on pins and needles.

But hey, Ted Cruz looks like the winner in Texas. Not happy about the sheriff's race, though...