Nov 4, 2008
Election. Today is the day.
Democrat Barack Obama joined the nation’s earliest voters Tuesday as people around the nation began lining up to cast ballots in a historic election pitting Republican John McCain against the man seeking to become the first black president in U.S. history.
“I voted,” Obama said, holding up the validation slip he was handed after turning in a ballot at his Chicago neighborhood’s precinct. Accompanying the Illinois senator for the trip from their home to the polling station were his wife, Michelle, and their two young daughters. He planned a final campaign event in nearby Indiana before speaking to a massive evening rally in Chicago. – dkos. Tue Nov 04, 2008 at 09:40:42 AM PST
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” 2008 Election Day. Time for Change ”
01. Apollo Sunshine - Today Is The Day
Apollo Sunshine (Spin Art, 2005)
02. Holly Golightly – Nothing You Can Say
My First Holly Golightly Album (Damaged Goods, 2005)
03. The International Noise Conspiracy – The Sin Crusade
The First Conspiracy (G-7 Welcome Committe, 2001)
04. Dropkick Murphys – Good Rats
Punk O Rama #5 (Epitaph, 2005)
05. Division of Laura Lee – The truth is fucked
Black City (Epitaph, 2002)
06. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (Domino, 2006)
07. The Reverend Horton Heat – The Devil’s Chasing Me
The Full-Custom Gospel Sounds (Sub Pop, 1993)
08. Green Day – American Idiot
American Idiot (2004)
note: Voting day people. Few last minute information and tips :
If you spot anything while voting or helping out that seems out of place–anything–report it. The campaign and voter protection organizations can’t help remedy problems unless there’s a record of it, so do not hesitate to report an issue, no matter how minor you think it may be.
Call 1-877-US-4-OBAMA (1-877-874-6226) and let them know what problems you’re seeing. If you can’t get through, use this online form and/or call your local campaign HQ.
You can also call Election Protection, a nonpartisan organization:
* For immediate assistance, call the 866-OUR-VOTE hotline.
* To report problems to Election Protection’s state teams through Twitter, use these guidelines.
* Track incident reports received through the hotline at OurVoteLive.org
* Keep an eye on voting issues as they are reported at the OurVoteLive Blog
* Follow breaking voting news and issues at the 866OurVote Twitter account
more here
- Dean’s youtube clip (go vote)
(I’ll try to update this thread. have fun)
image: Jeff Tabaco
Howard Dean
protecting your vote
The first results of this election
Dixville Notch, NH, gives us (per tradition) our first real results of the 2008 election:
Obama: 15
McCain: 6
In 2004:
Bush 19
Kerry 7
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/11/4/01837/6051/16/651875
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/04/time-and-chance/
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/04/the-decadent-left-in-its-enclaves-on-the-coasts/
Know your voting rights! For more information on election law at your polling place:
http://www.aclu.org/votingrights/gen/36695res20080909.html
Good luck at the polls, everyone!
More Tuesday Turnout stories
http://www.americablog.com/2008/11/more-tuesday-turnout-stories.html
From Pete in San Diego: “Waited in line for approx 1 hour it a light drizzle—most people were in good spirits and taking the weather in stride (note, it’s the first time it’s rained since moving here in late august). Monica waited for about 45min last week to cast her ballot early at the registrar’s office, early voting apparently has had a high turnout in SD county.”
From Mary in Portland Maine: “Okay, I got weepy just driving past Reiche school this morning 15 minutes after the polls open at 7:15 and seeing the line out to curb…” Reiche School is one end of Portland. My mother reports from the other end of town that she’s never seen so many people at the polls. “It was a mob scene.”
From MM in NJ: “Just got back from voting and WOW! I live in a safe Democratic congressional district and my polling place is in a very blue town, yet the lines were very long. Longer than I’ve ever seen. I waited more than 75 minutes to vote, compared to about 15 minutes in 2004, and about 10 minutes in 2006, 2002 and 2000. In the 1990s, I maybe had to wait 5 minutes tops in NJ. In the 1980s (NY, DC), I don’t remember every having to wait. The turn out is just incredible. The commitment to America inspiring. I haven’t felt this good about voting since I cast my first vote many decades ago. If this many people turn out in a safe district, I only hope even more people are turning out in contested districts. I would love to see NJ-7 and NJ-5 switch to Democrats!”
Got this one at noon Eastern from CA: “One coworker in Pasadena is still waiting – been there since 7:30…Another coworker from West Hollywood, is enduring a 3 block long wait. It took me an hour and five minutes this morning. 2004 it took about 8 minutes.”
And, this from Nicole in suburb of St. Louis: “I am in Maplewood right outside the city limits. We are a small town that never gets much attention. I was involved in a tax levy a few years back that was hotly contested and the final turnout on that day was around 1,200. I just went to our polling place with my husband and kids and the line is two hours long! They said it was worse earlier. An older gentleman behind us quipped,”I didn’t think there were this many people left in Maplewood.” The Obama people are there handing out donuts ,papers, and chairs to sit in while you wait. I have always voted at this location and I am just stunned by the turnout and also by the fact that we actually have Volunteers! I am heading back up now and I will try to get a picture. This is nothing but great news for Obama. Not only are we St. louis county but we already lean heavily democrat. Yes we can!”
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2008/10/photoshop-conte.html
MSNBC’s Norah O’Donnell reports a senior GOP strategist is conceding defeat in the Dole-Hagan race, which means that for the first time in fifty years, a Dole or a Bush won’t be in public office. The strategist also says the McCain campaign’s projection that the electorate would mirror that of 2004 is totally off, saying that heavy African-American turnout is an “Obama Tsunami.”
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/4/191239/872/882/653043
So far at 8:14 pm EST Obama 77 EV, McCain 34 EV.
http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/
That CNN map is quite useful, updated to the minute.
Obama defeats McCain in critical Pennsylania vote
http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSWBT01009520081105
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Two Democratic pickups so far, senate race:
Mark Warner (VA)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
No word on North Carolina.
UPDATE CBS calls NC for Hagen! Blames Dole’s loss on backlash to her “there is no God” ad.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/4/201845/504/807/653126
I like this posters:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xtrapop/1131587598/
This last one is by Lance Wyman. The man behind the brilliant 1968 Mexico Olympics logo. My problem with this one is that I’ve always found the color palette in the American flag incredibly boring, if not it would probably be hanging on my wall already, the design is pure eye candy.
I found this one on Scott’s blog: http://blog.iso50.com
I tried to post some of those artsy posters, but they are too long. …I couldn’t find a wide one. (I thought you gonna go out and drink?)
http://www.americablog.com/2008/11/poll-closing-times-and-what-to-look-for.html
At 7:30 P.M. EST North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia close. Don’t expect anything early from Ohio. North Carolina is key for Obama and the Senate race.
Then, at 8:00 P.M. EST, a slew of states close including Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, DC, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. All of Florida closes by 8:00 P.M. Missouri will be the nail biter. Don’t expect results until close to midnight when St. Louis County and the city come in. Remember McCain thinks he’s going to win PA and NH.
At 8:30 P.M. EST, Arkansas closes.
Then, at 9:00 P.M. EST another wave of states close: Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. Watch for Colorado and North Dakota in this batch.
At 10:00 P.M. EST, Iowa, Montana, Nevada and Utah close. At 11:00 P.M. EST, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon and Washington shut down.
Alaska will have all of its polls closed by 1:00 A.M. EST. We’ll find out very late if Ted Stevens is going down.
It’s over for McCain.
Fox News call Ohio for Obama. (PA was just called by news for Obama too.) One more hour until polls closing out west.
It’s over :D
In the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.
OB election night speech
http://www.americablog.com/2008/11/obamas-acceptance-speech.html
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But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to – it belongs to you.
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn’t start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington – it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.
It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation’s apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers; from the millions of Americans who volunteered, and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this Earth. This is your victory.
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I think this is the first time in my life I don’t feel an ounce of cynicism for politics.
Well, for most part he can do it that way. His money is from small donation. So he doesn’t need to play game. His power base and his money base is from same people.
So his campaign message is much simpler and straight forward. He doesn’t owe too much anything from the status quo.
of course he is backed by most sophisticated electronic campaign machine every constructed. Thanks to academics, 2004 Dean’s race and silicon valley.
great result, long time coming. feel like it’s a moment for the old political song to come out again. the fol singer/songwriter Brett Dennen seems to be the new voice of that. check out his influences on http://www.mysecretplaylist.com/?s=brett+dennen
if you want to see result by county (margin)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/campaign08/election/uscounties.html
angeles! yer still alive. (I can’t email ya.)
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http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/5/13157/1286/456/654502
angeles: Combo Breaker ;)
oh what a beautiful day to be in DC haha yes sq i said it and it was an undeniably monumental — albeit ballistically insane — night to be in the nation’s capital
the barnacle of the planet I am telling ya… :D
so didcha have a nice night out ? I imagine adams morgan would be the place to be after midnite.
give us the night, just one haha
amazing night out, went to a show at the 930 club — flobots — saw the early returns on the tourbus and by the time we got out it was bedlam haha … gridlocked streets, block parties, cops and pedestrians high fiving, free hugs abound, music blasting, it was quite a sight … adams morgan was a raucous but a bit more contained to within the bars, i was on u street and it was more of a “the world is my dancefloor” kinda thing
Moka: common frontiers :)
Squashed: yeah, mailing is nerdy
Please could you tell me where did you pick the codes for the songs?
thank you!