Indiana and Georgia are too close to call; Vermont went Obama; Kentucky went McCain.
And The Boy just left to vote. Possibly he was picking up my "I want to throttle you" vibes.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Indiana and Georgia are too close to call; Vermont went Obama; Kentucky went McCain.
And The Boy just left to vote. Possibly he was picking up my "I want to throttle you" vibes.
Per 538, he's doing better than Kerry did in counties that have reported.
CNN's called Vermont for Obama and Kentucky for McCain.
I could have done that yesterday.
I'm trying SO HARD not to scream at him at the top of my lungs.
Go ahead and scream at him.
I say Democratic (not necessarily liberal or progressive) Mandate, and I'm not going to be happy with a Center-Right government. The only reason to reach across the aisle right now is to slap Joe Lieberman in the back of the head. Repeatedly.
CNN has Obama leading in Indiana by less than 600 votes.
NBC has McCain leading in Indiana by about 500. Wild shit, y'all.
I had carnitas uruapan and a pupusa. I have a lot of food left. Mexican slaw came with the pupusas. Very Good.
Democrats picked up a Senate seat in Virginia with Mark Warner. Another non-surprise.
Democrats picked up a Senate seat in Virginia with Mark Warner. Another non-surprise.
Mitch McConnell is losing in Kentucky. YES!
Ok, why am I even bothering to loading election results?! All I have to do is refresh Natter.
Less work for my internet hamsters.
Re Republicans in the Cabinet: It's not that I think Powell or others would be objectively bad, necessarily. But there's a lot of strong, talented Dems who've been out in the cold for a while now. This is not the time I'd be on board with shitting on them in favor of some nebulous bipartisanship that the Repub power structure through over a long time ago. This is how you build your party.
And how badly do we need to reinforce the idea that foreign policy belongs to the conservatives? I mean, seriously. Why would you do that?