John L @ 216: with music at http://www.barackaspresident.com/
After reawakening this morning and seeing that Senate and House were also blue, I had a funny thought: that we would now be able to move on and start changing the world for the better. I am from the UK and haven't considered the USA to be a part of 'we' for the past 28% of my life. Welcome back.
LOL! John Bolton is complaining about bias in the media in the UK and how you wouldn't get away with that in the US!
Give it another hour and I think Simon Schama is just going to smack him on the chin.
Diamond Jim @ 391: looked to me like he was self-imploding, which is no bad thing. That's David Dimbleby coordinating, although he is a little off form to my mind. Simon Schama is pulling some nice smackdowns.
NYT has now called Ohio and Michigan.
NTY has decided to call Pa for Obama with 8% reporting - 64% blue.
Only Fox is calling Ohio for Obama, but...
The NYT web dashboard is pretty useful, showing which networks have called each state. Not sure how quickly the data is updated though. For PA they have ABC and NBC calling Obama.
I'm watching BBC and Sky News and downing salt water furiously. Thanks for the explanations earlier.
BBC gives Oklahoma to McCain; Connecticut, Maine and New Jersey to Obama
BBC reports Penn and New Hampshire for Obama
Sky (via Fox) reports Mass for Obama
Sky UK reports McCain wins West Virginia, whereas BBC just gives two results.
Sky says NBC is reporting Indiana as too close to call.
The BBC is focusing heavily on a countdown timer for each set of states, down to the second. It is beginning to become cringeworthy when they fire the graphics up and then again have nothing report. Is that really how it works though, that on the buzzer the state can/should be reporting?
Arachne @ 131: there is protocol to be followed here, see rule 16 here. It is unclear how rule 14 is to be obeyed tonight.
Good luck from the UK, I aim to be holed up until 3am at which point I hope I'll be satisfied enough that it is safe to sleep for 3 hours, after which the results will probably be inverse to those originally called.
JS: re 1st presidential records, I kinda agree but without turning this into the NFL, my priority is for first 21st century president sane enough not to destroy the world because his friends tell him to.
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