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Thought you might like this article located here: https://right-thoughts.us/index.php/weblog/comments/election_2004/ Election 2004 I guess what I’ll do all night rather than make 25 posts (if I have that much to say) is just update this one. (map removed, image not updating!) - The big mess over observers in Ohio was a whole lot of nothing.  They were alowed in, and barely contested anyone’s eligibility. - Wow, that set NBC built is pretty damn impressive.  Almost as distracting as Brokaw’s mushmouthed speech impediment.  How has he made it as an anchor all these years? - I may be crazy, but NBC and CBS, all anchors and reporters, are projecting this air of somber defeat, and FOx News lsounds like all the reporters just got hummers (and I don’t mean the truck) before they went on camera.  I don’t know if it means anything, but that’s what I see. *UPDATE* One of the talking heads on CNN just said ..."That, of course, is the state that Edwards used to...uhh...the state he represented in the Senate.” Hey sister...he’s still technically representing them, even though he hasn’t been to work much this year.  Let’s not get ahead of ourselves and declare the winner. *UPDATE* - Someone on Fox just said that Kerry’s talk all week about the explosives may have helped him. Great.  Lying his ass off all week may have fooled stupid people.  I LOVE THIS COUNTRY. The big 8 PM *UPDATE* - Illinois, CT, Columbia, Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Mass and half of Maine go to Kerry.  It puts the current EV tally at 66 Bush, 77 Kerry. - That talking head who tried to cede the election to Edwards, BTW, was Judy Woodruff. - I AM STUNNED.  Christopher Dodd was re-elected according to projections.  Shocked!  /sarcasm - Arlen Spector may lose his job.  He’s an (R), but I got no love for Arlen. *UPDATE* - Bush wins NC.  SHOCKER!  ;) - Rann made a good point, that Edwards has decided not to seek re-election, hence the past tense discussion of his current gig.  He is risking it all on tonight...that takes balls.  Where is he going to go if he loses?  His home state regretted electing him.  If he’s not the Veep...I’ll be curious as to where he ends up.  Ballsy move to risk it all on Kerry. *UPDATE* - Ohio is going to be a problem.  The lawsuit over long lines is going to delay the count. - Virginia was supposed to be a battleground...kind of.  In some polls, anyway.  Looks like Bush gets it.  He’s probably going to get South Carolina. - Early reports from Florida are good for Bush. BTW: Sorry about the oddball timestamps on the comments.  I fixed the time on the server and it threw some things off. *UPDATE* - Florida looks REALLY good for Bush.  10% lead! *UPDATE* - That was odd, CBS was calling 108 EV for Bush, but I couldn’t see what they were calling that no one else was. - Oh I hate nothing in live more than listening to Susan Estrich talking.  She makes me want to punch her in the mouth, just from the sign of her voice. - Oh, CBS is calling Mississippi for Bush.  Not a surprise, I just wonder why they’re calling it and no one else is as of 8:54. *UPDATE* - OK, I’m going to buck my party in Ohio and say DO NOT CHALLENGE THE POLL EXTENSION.  Let the polls stay open as long as the voters are willing to stand in line and the workers are willing to stay.  Apparently the Republicans are challenging the Dem suit to keep the polls open. The big 9 PM *UPDATE* - Texas for Bush.  NY for Kerry.  Kansas for Bush.  Nebraska for Bush.  Rhode Island for Kerry.  South Dakota for Bush.  North Dakota for Bush.  Wyoming for Bush. - Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Arizona, Louisiana and New Mexico too close.  And Florida is still not reporting the big tip.  Ohio has flipped for Bush, but still too early.  Nice to see him not just regain the numbers but pass Kerry. - 156 to 112 EV for Bush. *UPDATE* I think I’m going to take a short break.  Get something to eat, just watch the results for a bit.  I’ll be back for the top of the hour… The big 10 PM *UPDATE* - Florida continues to look rock-solid for Bush, and Ohio is looking comfortable.  I find it odd that the networks are willing to call races with 0% of the precincts reporting but they adamantly refuse to call Florida!  Scaredy-cats.  ;) - 112 -176 EV with a big fistful of “too close to call.” - So if Bush wins Florida...we can call it a night, right?  If he wins Ohio and Florida, there’s no crying to be done by the left.  No lawsuits or recounts would matter. - Looks like Specter will lose.  The GOP doesn’t lose a seat, though, since they replaced Georgia’s (D) with an (R).  That’s a wash. - MSNBC just called Arkansas for Bush.  182-112 EV. *UPDATE* - Missouri for Bush.  193 EVs. - I’m looking deep at the CNN numbers for Florida.  I see no way for Kerry to carry the state unless he carried the remainder of M-D, and more than 50% of Collier, Monroe and Orange counties.  Anoyone else see anything different? *UPDATE* OK, with 86% of FLorida reporting, why won’t they call it?  This is starting to smell funny.  Plus, why aren’t those 4 important counties reporting anything?  What’s the hold-up?  If Miami-Dade can start reporting, don’t tell me that Monroe has zero numbers yet. - OK, that’s it.  88% reporting at 10:41 PM Eastern, and Bush hasn’t lost ground in the last million votes.  I’m calling Florida.  The networks are chicken. - New Mexico absentee ballot scould be a problem until tomorrow night. *UPDATE* - AZ goes to Bush, MSNBC calls Pennsylvania for Kerry.  BUT THEY REFUSE TO CALL FLORIDA??!?!? *UPDATE* - MSNBC says the youth vote did not show up.  OOPS! - OK, 90% of Florida reporting.  Still no change in Bush’s lead.  Still no call for Florida. The big 11 PM *UPDATE* - OK, 0% reporting, 0 to 0 for Washington and California, but a blind, deaf guy with no hands to use the Internet could call them for Kerry.  BUT STILL NO CALL FOR FLORIDA! - MSNBC calls in 199 to 207 in the EC for Bush. - Some are saying absentee ballots are why they refuse to call Florida.  At some point people have to realize that the GOP almost always wins the absentees.  Call it a 50-50 split and Bush still wins Florida. - Uh oh, Arlen Specter is coming back. Good for the Republicans, bad for humanity.  :) *UPDATE* - CNN says 95% reporting in FLorida, and still no change in Bush’s lead.  C’mon now! - The Ohio situation is ugly.  No two ways about it.  Next election cycle, there is one simple answer: MORE POLLING PLACES. *UPDATE* 11:36 PM - OK, Bush is opening his lead in Florida. 97% reporting.  All the reporters and pundits are saying that it may be impossible for Kerry to win.  Chris Matthews is now questioning why the “experts” aren’t calling it. - 326096 votes up for Bush in FLorida.  If the absentees break half and half (they never do) there still are not enough votes for Kerry to win. *UPDATE* - Wow, the networks called Florida for Bush and the cable channels still haven’t.  CNN hasn’t called Montana or Arizona either.  That surprised me. - EC numbers according to major networks: 237 Bush, 188 Kerry. *UPDATE* - Montana called by MSNBC, who refuses to call Florida. - Ron Silver is probably the most outspoken opponent of Moore’s influence over the Democrats ever.  I love it! - WOOHOO!  CNN calls Florida. *UPDATE* Colorado for Bush.  Here’s the EV breakdown, all leads for Bush. FOX: 246 - 206 CNN: 234 - 188 NBC: 246 - 206 ABC: 246 - 195 CBS: 246 - 207 Ohio, Ohio, Ohio, Ohio, Ohio, Ohio and Ohio. *UPDATE* 12:37 AM OK, I’m looking at New Mexico.  The CNN breakdown shows 74% in as of this writing, and Bush with a 5% lead.  They’ve called others with less of a lead and less of the vote...is there a pocket of huge Democrat support missing from this map that I don’t know about?  Seems to me NM is a red state at this point in time. *UPDATE* 12:47 AM - FOX CALLED OHIO.  Are they right?  I want to be celebrate, but I think it might be premature. *UPDATE* 12:47 AM - That’s it.  Alaska is Bush.  If Kerry wins everything else, we get a 269 - 269, and the House will elect Bush. Dare we say it? Dare we? *UPDATE* 1:30 AM - Oh, big surprise, Kerry won’t concede Ohio.  He has to win virtually EVERY SINGLE OUTSTANDING VOTE in Ohio in order to win.  What a piece of shit that guy is. *UPDATE* 2:19 AM OK, let’s look at this.  3% of the Ohio votes are out.  150,000 votes.  Kerry has to get 6 out of 7 to win.  Who thinks that is feasible?  There may be 150,000 provisionals.  They will break the same way as the rest of the ballots in Ohio, 52% to 49% to Bush.  What’s left?  Absentee.  Which almost always break 2-1 for the GOP. Kerry cannot win it. *UPDATE* 2:29 AM - The Breck Girl just came out with his “We’re gonna fight for every vote” nonsense.  His face alone makes me EXTREMELY ANGRY.  That is such a bitch move. Democrats, this is your party.  Proud yet?