Round three: CO, NM; Update: Fox calls Ohio for Obama; Update: CNN calls Iowa for Obama; Update: Fox calls Virginia for Obama; Update: Denver Post calls Colorado for Obama; Update: NBC calls the election for Obama
posted at 9:06 pm on November 4, 2008 by Allahpundit
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At this point I’d be shocked if either of them mattered, but the polls have closed so here’s a new thread for results.
As I’m writing that, CNN calls Minnesota and Michigan for The One.
Update: Turns out my prediction was too conservative: I had Ohio going for McCain. Fox calls it for The One. And with that, the hour of reckoning is at hand.
Update: I said in this post over the weekend that under no circumstances could Maverick lose more than one among Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Virginia. Unless the network projections are drastically wrong, he’s already lost two. According to MSNBC, with both PA and OH in the ledger, Obama has 195 EVs with 55 still to come from California. Florida would put him over the top.
Update: Ohio’s the first red state from 2004 to flip, incidentally, and the only one Obama needs thanks to its high EV number. He can win the election now simply by holding Kerry’s states.
Update: The nets will be appropriately cautious about calling Florida early after the fiasco eight years ago but Obama’s leading steadily by 150,000-200,000 votes with 60 percent reporting and the bellwether counties don’t look good. If that flips, we’re approaching landslide territory.
Update: Obama wins New Mexico, unsurprisingly.
Update: The polls are closed now in Nevada and Montana too, but neither will matter. CNN calls Iowa for The One.
Update: With 84 percent reporting, Obama’s now ahead in Virginia by 13,000 votes.
Update: With 91 percent reporting and a lead of more than 50,000 votes, Fox hands Virginia to The One. That gives him 220 EVs, according to my tally. California will put him over the top.
Update: More blood on the floor: The Denver Post says Colorado belongs to The One. We should have a call on California from the networks within the next five minutes, and that should wrap things up.
Update: And there’s California, and there’s the election.
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They are young and they are stupid. I can understand them. What about the so called PUMA’s? They have no excuse.
Hey Manly where are you? People keep calling for you and you are hiding. That is not nice. Be a man. Show yourself and recognised that you were wrong.
clemycali on November 4, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Thanks sherry
darwin on November 4, 2008 at 10:56 PM
I just need to drink more and hope that tomorrow when I sober up, this was all a hallucination.
HawaiiLwyr on November 4, 2008 at 10:56 PM
No more than Bush was yours. Sorry! It starts tomorrow!
hawkdriver on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
Oh, that’ll just be the cherry on top, won’t it? A frigging comic with an out-of-control temper in the U.S. Senate – great.
capitalist piglet on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
Cold cash Jefferson is going to win also. WTF
abinitioadinfinitum on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
frankin, obama and murtha.
what planet amed I on?
planet margarita now so it ’s all good. :D
RedNewEnglander on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
Over/Under
Israel will attack Iran on Dec. 15.
LordMaximus on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
There has to be a way to get the UN out of our Country! Tancredo wants the UN out. If we put our heads together we might be able to do something about it. We are the People!
Manly, You have inspired me. kept hope in me. You didn’t let me or anyone down. I admire a lot of you on here. And I will live through this. I am mad as hell, we all can put our heads together and come up with something. 2nd Amendment We are The People……
sheebe on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
Who will investigate it?
aero on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
No we can’t win. And we’ll never win again. We were fulled.
clemycali on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
Right here.
LevStrauss on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
JEFFERSON, too?
OMG.
RedNewEnglander on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
Why – if he is knowingly against everything I believe in and hold dear – why would I support this man? And I am a real American thank you very much.
gophergirl on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
Uhh, Romania isn’t much better. Idiots there always elect some socialist who ends up stealing huge chunks of the budget to build luxury mansions across the country. That’s why we left. Try moving to ireland instead, they still have anti-abortion laws and very low business taxes.
Darth Executor on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
I don’t think the Democrats will really get a pass. I am sure the media will try to blame everything on Bush and it will work for awhile, but they have created the monster of short term expectations and attention deficit disorder. Just think of how many people do not remember that Clinton was bombing Baghdad when the House voted to impeach him.
Terrye on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
Conservative PartyNow- I actually think that could be a possible future ticket for the GOP
ousoonerfan15 on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
don’t throw a woman under the bus like that… damn you, there is no honor amongst men any longer is there?
regardless of your personal opinions… you will not berate her as if she didn’t get it her level best either.
Fozzy Bear on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
In 3 minutes they are going to call California for Obama and then it will be all over. I weep for the Republic.
jr.ewing.78 on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
That would should always have been obvious. Black men even got to vote before white women.
I don’t think there was ever much of a contest. Women are considered the weaker sex who along with children should be saved. In most ways, I’m not even convinced that’s a bad thing, but that same mentality also leads people to automatically prefer a man as a leader.
We don’t generally believe in differences based on race, but we certainly accept differences by gender.
Esthier on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
yeah, i too cannot believe PA, etc. went to obama. something smells. bad.
Nuge em on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
A great man in John McCain has gone down tonight to a fraud. Only a matter of time before Obama tries to ram his radical left agenda through, starting with the Free Choice act (all restrictions on abortion, including partial birth lifted), repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (originally signed by Clinton), Card Check for unions (thug intimidation in our unions, will hurt small business) and rigid withdrawl from Iraw (no matter how fragile it is).
He has said these are top priorities him, so brace yourself. He’ll probably hold off on changing the tax code and universal health care until he gets better situated to pitch them. He will be salivating at the chance to tip the scale of the Supreme court and enforce an “economic bill of rights” which makes wealth redistribution a constitutional right. If he really wants to push this, he may try to stack the court with like minded judges as FDR tried.
some people think he may try to govern from the center, I don’t see it. He may have mislead the public on who he really is, but he really does want change. major change. and his time is now to institute that change.
McCain could have ran a better campaign, but I’m going to jump on him too much. A big reason why he lost is because Republicans lost their way and dug their own grave. mismanaging the war in Iraq, deficit spending, huge government expansion, katrina and lobbying scandal was just too much for most.
the conservatives need a voice, a Reagan or Gingrich to speak up for their values. Obama ran as a centrist, he ran on tax cuts (which are really tax subsidies). this is still a center right nation and it is mostly the moderate and liberal RINOs who are getting booted from office.
Daemonocracy on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
How so? By having Hammerin’ Hank bail out his friends? Socialism for the wealthy, capitalism for the poor? You do realize the bailout was a BUSH/REPUBLICAN bailout, right? McCain and Palin WERE NOT GOOD ENOUGH. Deal.
JHC on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
It’s about that time of year, isn’t it?
…the Senate races, at least, might give us hope?
flyawaybird on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
I give it 6 months before the kool aid wears off, reality sets in, and they realize, ooooooooooh fuuuuuuuuuuuuudge, and last out at us, as if this is our fault.
capejasmine on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
2 Minutes till President Elect Obama!
damian1967 on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
Now is not the time to even remotely believe that Palin is the answer.
She has miles and miles and miles to go before she’s even close to being ready.
The only questions at this point is which network calls it first at 15 seconds past 11 pm and how high the total is for Obama.
And it’s gonna be a record voter turnout.
Dave Rywall on November 4, 2008 at 10:58 PM
well now, at least everything under the sun will be Obama’s fault! I can’t wait…it’s too hot, Obama’s fault. Too cold, Obama’s fault. Russia invades Ukraine, Obama’s fault. Anoter terror attack, Obama’s fault. Life sucks, Obama’s fault. Cant pay my electric bill, you got it, Obama’s fault.
The possibilities are endless. He is the scourge of the world and I won’t let any liberal around foget it!
JAM on November 4, 2008 at 10:58 PM
What a disaster! Too bad we couldn’t toss Grammnesty out with the rest. Conservatism in the wilderness here we come.
GRANDLAKE OK on November 4, 2008 at 10:58 PM
now that we’re compeltely out of power… who will the media make fun of?
that’s right… get ready… revolution is coming.
Fozzy Bear on November 4, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Exactly. First thing tomorrow after I get back from work is photoshop an obama is a monkey picture.
Darth Executor on November 4, 2008 at 10:58 PM
northwoodsgal:
We can still win, just not this year. You haven’t lost until you’ve stopped the fight.
hawksruleva on November 4, 2008 at 10:58 PM
fox touch screens really suck. they don’t work at all.
Lance Murdock on November 4, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Nope. We will have a better candidate and better chances in 4 years though. When Bush isn’t around to blame, people will turn on the Dems when they screw everything up.
WisCon on November 4, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Five more minutes.
Mattpat11 on November 4, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Fozzy Bear:
Monkei is a lefty Democrat. Don’t bother him, he is just gloating.
Terrye on November 4, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Thank you HOTAIR, Michelle, Ed, and Allah. This has been a daily read for me for many years. Back when the daily video was posted. Most of the electorate is greedy and stupid right now, hopefully we can educate everyone we know. Thank you Manly for your daily dose of optimism. Everyone, kiss your kids and your family, they are what matters. This election was already signed, sealed and delivered. Sadly, I don’t think voting had much to do with it. An election bought by foreign dollars. Good night and God Bless.
tessa on November 4, 2008 at 10:58 PM
All you on the right that claims how “unamerican” this is that Obama has been elected, get a grip, Obama is YOUR President as well, sound familiar? You all shoved that down our throats about Bush.
damian1967 on November 4, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Sorry, but he is not my President! I will never accept that! Never!!
sheebe on November 4, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Face it. Our country’s future was flushed down the toilet tonight by people who get their news from “SNL” and “The Daily Show.” Truly frightening.
Babino on November 4, 2008 at 10:58 PM
What you’re missing is ManlyRash’s attacks and insults toward those who expressed realism which, you know, turned out to be realistic.
ManlyRash was a fool. The people who believed him a mix of dupes and fools.
Realism will be needed moving forward, not self-delusion.
And the reality is a lot worse than most of you perceive.
Christoph on November 4, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Your day is in 3 hours, by my clock. Maybe closer if you’re in a different zone.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on November 4, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Nobody. Get used to it and with president Obama for life.
clemycali on November 4, 2008 at 10:59 PM
I’m out.
It’s been a fun several months.
I don’t really care now. but I think the months ahead will suck. And the creep towards socialism will take many months.
dont forget the super justices. we’re screwed.
Ah, well i’m drunk so it’s okay.
To Treacher and Manlyrash – tha’t the spirit, boys. thx.
RedNewEnglander on November 4, 2008 at 10:59 PM
I was really disappointed with the GOP campaign. Nothing was on the ground here in PA. I gave my name to help out and was never contacted.
The ads were horrible. They never drove home the lies on the part of BO. Why wasn’t there an ad saying, “You’ve probably seem a lot of ads by my opponent. He has a lot of money to spend after reneging on his promise to support a publicly funded campaign like I did. It easy to run ads when you raise and spend half a billion dollars, much of it on the internet with a system deliberately set so that it masks illegal contributions. Seems like the anything goes style of politics we expect these days. Vote for him and you can Hope that will Change.
I on the other hand sponsored and passed campaign finance reform bills, I worked to end earmarks and I tried to stop Sen. Obama and the other democrats in Congress from creating the economic problems we have seen with Fannie Mae, Freedie Mac and much of Wall St.
Please, support REAL change. I Hope you see the difference.”
OBQuiet on November 4, 2008 at 10:59 PM
I am proud to be an American, and not for the first time in my life.
Now, Black America just might understand something about this country that they have been blind to.
This is not a racist country. It is THE GREATEST COUNTRY in the world.
In a short time, after the party is over, Black conservatives are going to be coming out of the woodwork. They will not want to be associated with the demise of what it is that makes this country great.
And we will finally see a country where the political argument will be about ideology.
The race game is done.
The time is ripe for Black conservatives, many of whom have yet to discover that they are conservative, to come home to the Right, take leadership positions in larger numbers, and help put this country back on its feet again.
No longer will the Democrats carry 90% of the black vote.
It’s over.
Saltysam on November 4, 2008 at 10:59 PM
CNN just projected Virginia for Obama. KABOOM.
Hasn’t ben Dem since 1966.
Dave Rywall on November 4, 2008 at 10:59 PM
Does anyone know how that Minnesota Congresswoman the nutroots declared a jihad on is doing?
Speedwagon82 on November 4, 2008 at 10:59 PM
I think we get it. Have another 7 drinks.
Jim Treacher on November 4, 2008 at 10:59 PM
The supreme irony of this election is this , the greatest winners will be the losers and the greatest losers are the States that voted in the winner and the media that covered for the winner .
DinobotPrime on November 4, 2008 at 10:59 PM
This country will deserve what it gets. It’s not like the American voter does not know who this person is, his associations his leaning etc…I don’t know why none of his positions matterd to the voters who are going to win this for him.
I hope the damage to be done to this country is somethign we survive… I’ve never been so sad and disappointed in my life in a political situation.
I hope all the union PA voters who won’t have union jobs in a few years will be the happiest of all!
CCRWM on November 4, 2008 at 10:59 PM
We. Are. F***ed. And. Not. Even. Kissed.
O-Dub on November 4, 2008 at 10:59 PM
It’s over
mycowardice on November 4, 2008 at 10:59 PM
LevStrauss on November 4, 2008 at 10:57 PM
LOL!
alex342 on November 4, 2008 at 11:00 PM
I am drunk, you must be too….
beththebaker on November 4, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Just like your lot did for Bush, right? Bite me.
*east*
Grue in the Attic on November 4, 2008 at 11:00 PM
The House will be very blue. The House in 2010 could be just like the House in the 1994 elections.
JenWestin on November 4, 2008 at 11:00 PM
damian1967 on November 4, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Yup, and congrats. BO will be my POTUS, but I can assure you that i will be one of the first to call for impeachment the next time there is a terrorist attack on US soil. When you’re in the big chair, you get all the blame and none of the credit. It’s your turn in the barrel.
swami on November 4, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Oh man! I just realized that Joe Biden is the Vice-President. Yikes! Biden’s is an absolute idiot! Did the entire country lose it’s mind or was there massive voter fraud? This is unbelieveable! Iraq would be three warring countries right now if we had listened to Biden. What have we done. Oh fellow Americans where are your brains?
petunia on November 4, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Can’t speak for anyone else, but for me?
Never. Going. To Happen.
Vyce on November 4, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Over in 2 minutes as the doucebags (where I live) coronoate Obama…Dear God, we will have a President Obama
cblesz on November 4, 2008 at 11:00 PM
It’s over.
Thanks to AP, Ed, Michelle Malkin, and everyone who tried to make a difference. Thanks to all who donated time and money for the cause.
Time to play WoW and drink more… but mostly drink more.
Hollowpoint on November 4, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Fox11 LA just reported that Palin will not be appearing with McCain when concedes??????????
The Ugly American on November 4, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Fozzy bear:
The only good thing about getting older is that you can some historical perspective. I can still remember being a very young woman and seeing Richard Nixon resign from office. There were people saying the Republicans were done for then, but a few short years later along came Reagan.
Terrye on November 4, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Game over.
BallisticBob on November 4, 2008 at 11:00 PM
well if it goes the way it’s leaning
shit FOX just called it obama
ugghhh
audiotom on November 4, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Oh well.
Mattpat11 on November 4, 2008 at 11:00 PM
HornetSting, screw you. Present a counter-argument or shut up yourself.
Christoph on November 4, 2008 at 11:00 PM
God bless our country. God help us.
HornetSting on November 4, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Sorry, you are UNAmerican.
JHC on November 4, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Let not your heart be troubled ….Sean Hannity
silentMajority on November 4, 2008 at 11:01 PM
It started out a lot worse – it’s been getting closer as more votes come in.
WisCon on November 4, 2008 at 11:01 PM
the crisis itself was brought on the failures of Democrats and the plan itself was heavily supported by your kind. I am no fan of that bailout, but you are a joke if you try to blame the crisis and the bailout solely on Republicans.
and Tax handouts to people who don’t even pay taxes is socialism for the poor. Your Obama is going to be the next Carter.
Daemonocracy on November 4, 2008 at 11:01 PM
DONE AND DONE!
Dave Rywall on November 4, 2008 at 11:01 PM
Congrats Obama and Congrats America! Democracy at it’s best!
damian1967 on November 4, 2008 at 11:01 PM
FOX announces BHO as president elect. SH**
Ozark_sky on November 4, 2008 at 11:01 PM
I pray the stock market tanks tomorrow. Down 1000 points would be nice.
Sean on November 4, 2008 at 11:01 PM
Great day for America.
lexhamfox on November 4, 2008 at 11:01 PM
She’s ahead last time I looked
gophergirl on November 4, 2008 at 11:01 PM
No, no, no. That’s not how it works. If President Obama isn’t putting country first, then country first says you have to fight back.
Dee2008 on November 4, 2008 at 11:01 PM
The Ugly American:
Last I heard Palin was in Alaska.
Terrye on November 4, 2008 at 11:01 PM
You do realize the bailout was a BUSH/REPUBLICAN bailout, right?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ummm no, I don’t see that. I saw Bush proposing it, and writing a rough draft, to bail out democrat ass, because the economy was going to hell. Then I saw the Demorats swarming into a pile rewriting all their pork, and sin into it. ACORN…remember? Pushing Republicans away, til it was time to schmooze them for votes. Remember that? Then dim wit Pelosi chides them, like the moron she is. But she was angry when she didn’t get her way. Remember? She had a lot of schmoozing to do to get those votes.
So if all of this was Republican….why were the democrats so desperate for Republican votes?
capejasmine on November 4, 2008 at 11:01 PM
To me, this was one last chance for the sixties radicals to spit on a Vietnam vet. They are all grown up now – at least chronologically – and finally in charge.
Let’s see how it works out for them.
capitalist piglet on November 4, 2008 at 11:01 PM
Fox calls it
Obama is President elect
GOD HELP US
mountainmanbob on November 4, 2008 at 11:01 PM
I’m going to vomit now.
boomer on November 4, 2008 at 11:01 PM
You’re calling everyone here, stupid, whatever. You don’t like us, why don’t you buzz off.
I don’t argue with idiots.
HornetSting on November 4, 2008 at 11:01 PM
I see 1 million idiots on my TV screen.
WisCon on November 4, 2008 at 11:01 PM
Why do people keep assuming there is going to be a 2012 fair election?
Consider how Obama and the Democrats acted towards Hillary Clinton with intimidation and out of state bused voters during the caucus’. This was when they were out of power and only in the primary! Consider ACORN and the rampant fraud being carried out openly with Democratic operatives (Brunner, etc) and unions helping any way they could. Do you really believe that these same people will suddenly decide that such tactics are beneath them when they have the reigns of power? They will make certain in all key states that they will win every elections that comes. Card Check laws, Fairness Doctrine, ACORN, Black Panther election observers, will all be used to prevent any future loss of their grasp on power.
Why do we assume that these things can happen in far off lands but never here? Why can’t they happen here? Too many people have no grasp of history and the destruction of the educational system is no mistake! The people graduating from school, college, and university lack the background and knowledge to make rational judgements and it was intended that way.
The guy looking to be the next POTUS pal’s around with terrorists, thugs, crooks, admirers of Charles Manson, and hard line Socialists. What reason is there to believe that this guy will somehow mellow in the job? He sought these people out by his own choice. That should tell you all you need to know about the man!
sharrukin on November 4, 2008 at 11:01 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l46t_nrySg4
GRANDLAKE OK on November 4, 2008 at 11:02 PM
Yeah, BO STINKS and he’s not my President. The lefties who had a $hit fit from day one beginning 2000 can kiss my butt. This country is now hopelessly divided forevermore.
Oink on November 4, 2008 at 11:02 PM
Oh My God. I guess crying isn’t going to help but it might make me feel better. Until the rest of the world collapses.
LickyLicky on November 4, 2008 at 11:02 PM
Fox called it for Marx.
FUCK IT.
CherokeeJack on November 4, 2008 at 11:02 PM
People are cheering in Downtown Minneapolis and I have tears running down my cheeks.
I never thought we’d get here – may God have mercy on this country
gophergirl on November 4, 2008 at 11:02 PM
“To secure these [inalienable] rights [to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness], governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed… Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.” –Thomas Jefferson: Declaration of Independence, 1776. ME 1:29, Papers 1:429
darwin on November 4, 2008 at 11:02 PM
Election 2008’s big losers, part one:
1) Hillary Clinton — unless Obama is not the petty egotist he seems and he gives her a plum assignment (SCOTUS?).
2) The Catholic Church — cannot sell the culture of life even to its millions of members.
3) Moderate-to-liberal Republicans — finally, the GOP will rediscover its inner conservative.
4) The judiciary — not only will Obama get to stack the bench with liberal activists, he gets to fill Bush vacancies that the Democrats blocked.
5) Conservative talk radio — satellite radio, here we come.
6) Israel, Iraq, Georgia, Pakistan, Colombia.
Terrie on November 4, 2008 at 11:02 PM
Yeah, the Hot Air Johns were telling us that we shouldn’t pay any attention to the polls and that we had to stop worrying because McCain-Palin would win with massive margins. Turns out that others weren’t being pessimists, the Hot Air Johns were just delusional.
amerpundit on November 4, 2008 at 11:02 PM
copy that!
christene on November 4, 2008 at 11:02 PM
Don’t wish that…. it’s all I got!
beththebaker on November 4, 2008 at 11:02 PM
I am afraid they are. They gave us Pelosi and Reid and after seeing how useless they were they put them back in charge with a bigger majority. Time to face the facts, this is not going to be fixed by simply running a better campaign. The liberals have been forming the electorate for decades while conservatives sat idle praising “their great faith in the American people”. We are just seeing the logical results of that. We have to work at being a great people, we cannot take it for granted.
neuquenguy on November 4, 2008 at 11:02 PM
It feels odd not to have a president. Very odd.
However, let the CHIMPYACORNOBAMAAXELRODHITLER begin!
carbon_footprint on November 4, 2008 at 11:02 PM
That bailout was not a Bush Republican bailout, it was a federal rescue bill and it would have happened no matter who the president was. Governments all over the world were passing bills like that.
Terrye on November 4, 2008 at 11:02 PM
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