2008 Election News, 2008 Election Pictures

This isn’t news to anyone that isn’t Norm Coleman, but it’s good to have it in the record. Again.

The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that Democrat Al Franken be certified as the winner of the state’s long-running Senate race, paving the way for a resolution in the seven-month fight over the seat.

Now Tim Pawlenty must certify Senator Franken.

UPDATE: Finally, Norm Coleman has conceded.

McCain wants a rewrite of the stimulus bill? Off the top of my head I can think of 69 million reasons why John McCain doesn’t get a rewrite of the stimulus bill.

I had no idea the numbers were so high. I think on balance its a good thing, as it lessens the election day crush and a wider voter window gets more people in to the polls. Here in Maryland we passed early voting this year, so I expect that number of advance voters to get way higher in 2010 and 2012.

Man, it figures.

Would the Minnesota senate race have been much further apart and in favor of the Democrat if they hadn’t nominated a celebrity like Franken? I’m pretty cold on the idea of nominating celebrities for positions like this, even ones who clearly have a strong grasp of the issues like Franken does. This election doesn’t do much to sway me away from that position.

Because in this case the Republican was running against the crooked William Jefferson. A guy like Jefferson shouldn’t be in our government, and considering the Dem margin of control in the House, we can afford to add a wingnut for a couple years.

Ah, Louisiana.

Ah, Georgia you re-elected Saxby Chambliss and you didn’t vote with the rest of America on election day.

Georgia, I know Virginia and North Carolina.
And Georgia, you’re no Virginia or North Carolina.

Woe are the Democrats who will have to make do with 58-59 members of their senate caucus, total control of the House and a President with a serious mandate.

We’ll muddle through.

Woot.

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has lost his bid for a seventh term. The longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate trailed Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,724 votes after Tuesday’s count. That’s an insurmountable lead with only about 2,500 overseas ballots left to be counted.

AP: Obama becomes first black president in landslide

11:37: It happened here. In America.

11:00
BARACK
OBAMA
ELECTED
44TH
PRESIDENT
OF
THE
UNITED
STATES

10:44: Fox calls VA for Obama. YES. YES.

10:04: Chris Wallace calls Bob Schaffer and Tom Udall “two very attractive men”

10:00 Iowa goes Obama. WOOT.

9:39 Fred Barnes is pissy.

9:38 New Mexico baby. SO EXCITED

9:31 O-H-I-O

9:24: NBC calls OHIO.

9:20: Fox calling Ohio… we’ll see.

9:01 Minnesota comes home

8:53: NC called for Kay Hagan. Woot!

8:43: Me on Oct. 29 – “I don’t like making predictions, but I think this is one worth making. Sen. Obama will win Pennsylvania.”

8:30 CNN calls NH for Obama. Guess Mac ain’t back there.

8:25 Florida looking GOOOD

8:22 Sen pickup in NH, and looking good in NC…

8:05 PA CALLED FOR OBAMA per NBC

7:08: Vermont FTW.

7:03: Mark Warner wins. Shocker.

6:0pm: Exit polls are out, but they just don’t matter. Go freaking vote.

5:09pm: So, hows it going?

Obama 286 – McCain 252
Popular vote: Obama by 2%

Map:

I feel pretty safe with this map. I’m conservative when it comes to these things, though I wouldn’t be surprised now with an Obama win in FL, OH, MO and even NC. Of those, the most likely to flip is FL which would be a huge prize.

In the Senate, I think Dems will pick up 7 seats (MN, NM, AK, CO, NH, OR, VA). I feel like they will fall short in the NC race. That would work out to 57-42-1.

In the House, I have no clue what the margin will be but it will be more Democrats.