Will Senator Barack Obama win the presidency like so many polls, formulas, and Ivy League-educated augurs predict? Will John McCain pull a stunner in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, and many other states Howard Dean can name in 5.8 seconds? Will Ralph Nader jump onto the stage, tie both candidates to each other with seat belts, and steal electoral votes? And how many write-ins will we see for Rick Astley?
These are just a couple of the questions that will answer themselves on the eve of Election Day, and the heads at BC Magazine who enjoy the sound of their own typing will be bringing you coverage of all things TV, web, and anecdotal.
I will be joined by illustrious Blogcritics personalities, who are not limited to:
• Feisty proprietor of the BC-affiliated Glosslip.com and one-time let-me-crash-in-her-kids-bed hostess, Dawn Olsen
• BC's political editor who once spent 8 hours looking in a mirror because he couldn't stop trying to prove his reflection wrong, Dave Nalle
• BC assistant political editor and fully-licensed boat guy, Clavos
• Law talkin' fellow and BC's resident Panamaniac, Dan (Miller)
As a bonus, I am currently tucked neatly away in the prairies of Saskatchewan, so I can also throw you the Canadian perspective to the American election. (Cultural aside: it would just be easier to buy a t-shirt that says "No, I don't want gravy on my fries.")
State initiatives, tight congressional races, and of course, the contest for President of The United States Of The Part Of America Between The Atlantic Ocean And Somewhere In The Middle Of The Pacific Ocean. There will be links, live polls, and tons and tons of sassy, brassy, and informed biased opinions you won't find on the Huffington Post.
We are expecting even more of BC's glamorous level-headed community to participate in the live blog tonight, so please feel free to comment at the bottom as you normally do with other articles — without reason, regard, or revision. (We tried publishing comments in the live blog the first time, but it was just too impractical.)
Follow along, and be sure to set your watches to 7:30 p.m. EST, when the fun begins.
Article comments
— go to most recent comments1 - Anonymous
Rick Astley! First, the EMAs; then, the presidency!
2 - Dawn
My early vote was for Rick Astley!
3 - Ruvy
I'm listening to WCCO (CBS Twin Cities) on AOL (gotta use AOL IM to work) and I've heard that the networks (not to mention blog-sites with some extra cash) may call this very soon. Exit polling is going right now. The question is now being decided whether to call the whole thing early.
A fellow I work with who comes from Philly says that (the new and improved) Black Panthers have been reported blocking polling places with night-sticks.
4 - Matthew T. Sussman
They better not call it early. That'll make our work ridiculously easy and un-fun.
5 - Ruvy
We can call it early too, Matt. That way, we can create our own fun. I mean with analysts like Dave Nalle and Baritone, how can we miss? Also, maybe Lisa Warren has an inside line into all this. If you get an iconoclast like Cannonshop writing in, I mean, it might actually get to be fun! I'd call in but, I'm too cheap to call in from outlying precincts like Judea and Samaria....
6 - Chandra
This will be a McGovern night!!
Indiana, SC, Georgia all gone.......look at the exits
7 - Chandra
Sorry, to add...gone in favor of Obama
8 - Baronius
BC's level-headed community is welcome? Fine; I know when I'm not wanted.
9 - Ruvy
Baronius, what are you complaining about? I'M here.
10 - Ruvy
I haven't gotten all the details of CBS, but Gallup reports that the old folks are coming out en masse, and the blacks and the kids are staying home. Blacks only turned out around 13%, .5% higher than the last election. I didn't get any numbers for the kiddies...
In the mean time, CBS (Dan Raviv) is pushing the economy and Obama. The press is in Obama's bag, obviously....
Bulletin: CBS News calls Kentucky for McCain and Vermont for Obama.
This is from CBS News
11 - Clavos
OK, I'm here...has Obama conceded yet?
12 - Ruvy
I don't know... CNN is calling Firginia for McCain.
I'm confident that Minnesota will go for Obama, but it will depend on how many people vote in the 4th and 5th Congressional districts, which usually have the lowest turnout, but who are probsbly the strongest voters for Obama in the state.
13 - Dr Dreadful
Well, this was about the point at which Kerry conceded four years ago...!
14 - Jet
I used to know a very loose girl in highschool named Firginia Ruvy.
15 - Ruvy
Firginia - the land of the Firgins (hairy liquor). My vinger slipped while typing....
16 - Jet
My vinger slipped while typing....
Don't let your wife sit so close when you're typing
17 - Ruvy
Jet,
It's about 02:50 here in Israel. My wife is fast asleep while I've been editing the bad news in the quarterly reports in the States. WCCO is playing for me because I have to use AOL IM. Having listened to 'CCO for two decades in MN, I figured, why not? And that is why I get CBS News for you guys: 'CCO is the CBS affiliate in the Twin Cities, and I prefer it to WCBS in New York.
My wife is a crackerjack at catching my typing mistakes, and when she does sit next to me, my typing improves dramatically.
18 - Jet
At the moment Obama is ahead in popular votes, however CNN has called South Carolina for McCain
19 - troll
penn to Obama
20 - Ruvy
Is there a vote-counter site that keeps up on the popular vote?
21 - Jet
CNN has called
For Obama
Massechusets
Illinois
connecticut
New Jersey
Maine
Delaware
Maryland
D.C.
for McCain
Oklahoma
Tennesee
22 - Ruvy
NH IL MD for Obama, according to CBS news at 20:00 EST.
23 - Jet
CNN
Florida advantage Obama 56-43 Ahead by 517,000
Virginia Mc Cain 56-43 +62-38
N Carolina Obama 62-38!!!
24 - Jet
Fumble fingers-Virginia McCain +56,000
25 - Heloise
Breaking: Obama 77/McCain 34
Hey folks it's OVER...CHANGE IS COMING...IT'S here.
My sister and daughter have tickets to the Grant Park lakeside rally tonight. He just won North Carolina! There has been an African American tsunami of voters there.
I am off to write an article and read my interview with McWhorter. Thanks
Heloise