{"id":453,"date":"2012-11-06T23:07:55","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T04:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetsusan.org\/?p=453"},"modified":"2012-11-13T13:05:51","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T18:05:51","slug":"blogging-election-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetsusan.org\/?p=453","title":{"rendered":"BLOGGING ELECTION NIGHT"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s 10 til 7 and the polls will begin to close in ten minutes. The pundits are doing the yackety yak…razor thin … photo finish … neck & neck…cliff hanger … then there’s little Nate Silver, who gives Mittens a 9% likelihood of winning the election. Why? Because it ain’t the popular vote that counts…it’s the electoral college…<\/p>\n

Five ’til and we’re tuned to CNN, versus the networks with their emphasis on the local and the other cable networks with their clear biases…minimize the histrionics and maximize the information quickly and efficiently…<\/p>\n

Candy Crowley is in Boston with Mittens, in spite of the comments at the debate on Candy’s part. OK, John King, be quiet and let’s start looking at results, as it’s 7 PM.<\/p>\n

Vermont for Obama! Kentucky for Mittens-no surprise..<\/p>\n

Let’s compare numbers with Nate’s numbers…supposedly Virginia exit polls have it a tie – Nate says 79% likelihood of Obama win..we’ll see..<\/p>\n

More blah blah…let’s get some results at 7 after 7..<\/p>\n

Obama ahead in Florida so far 55\/45 at 4%…Indiana will go to Mittens<\/p>\n

Nelson\/Mack with 4% in it’s 60\/40…no surprise with that…<\/p>\n

Indiana Senate tied with 6% of the vote…come on Joe Donnelly…<\/p>\n

Carville speaketh…dealing with the numbers where the R guy is the baloney stuffer…<\/p>\n

Give us data! Eighteen after..need data..<\/p>\n

50\/50 in Florida with 5% of the vote…<\/p>\n

Indiana for Mittens — again, no surprise..<\/p>\n

Donnelly pulls ahead of Mourdock..<\/p>\n

W. Va for Mittens-no surprise<\/p>\n

Exit polls tied in N.C where Mittens gotta win<\/p>\n

Barry exit polls winner in Ohio..<\/p>\n

Analyzing Virginia still don’t know what Fairfax County is doing…<\/p>\n

Romney S. Carolina – Mittens-no surprise<\/p>\n

Florida 28% of vote – Obama ahead 51\/48<\/p>\n

Now its 51\/49 Romney in FL<\/p>\n

Now bama ahead in Fl – oh good grief!<\/p>\n

With 1% in Ohio Obama 54\/45..<\/p>\n

41% in Florida still 51\/48 for Obama<\/p>\n

So far all states are as projected 64 electoral votes for Obama and 40 for Mitts<\/p>\n

Pa exit polls 57 for Obama 43 for Mitts<\/p>\n

42% FL 51\/49<\/p>\n

Ohio 62% for Obama<\/p>\n

59\/40 in Ohio with 9% of the vote in<\/p>\n

Romney ahead in Fl 51\/49 with 50% of the vote in<\/p>\n

Mitty takes Ga – no surprise<\/p>\n

It’s 8:25 and there has been no real trend that deviates from the polling and projections from the 538 blog…in other words, no surprises yet…<\/p>\n

CNN called Nelson to win the Florida Senate race…no surprise<\/p>\n

Ark & Tenn-no surprise..Mitty<\/p>\n

5 to 9 and Ob is still slightly ahead in Fl – but people are still in line to vote in Miami. Geez..we are so lame…<\/p>\n

Where are we in Ohio? Va? Fl? Sloppy work on the part of Supervisors of Elections..<\/p>\n

To reiterate – there have been no differences between the polling and the results thus far…Va is looking the shakiest of the states that were slated to go to O but there’s more votes to tally..<\/p>\n

Ob still comfortably ahead in Ohio and a comfortable lead in PA..even in Colorado…<\/p>\n

It’s 10:46 and it’s clear that it’s all over for Mittens…Fla will go for O, and he’s ahead in Ohio. Claire McCaskill won. Joe Donnelly won.<\/p>\n

Bottom line: new winners and losers. <\/p>\n

New winners? <\/p>\n

Numbers versus talk…Nate Silver will have rock star status after this.<\/p>\n

New losers?<\/p>\n

Talking heads
\nTealiban <\/strong><\/p>\n

When will CNN call it? That’s the last question…<\/p>\n

Answer: 11:18 PM…<\/p>\n

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