| 9:20 PM: | The Challenge: For Obama, No Time for Laurels; Now the Hard Part. No president since before Barack Obama was born has ascended to the Oval Office confronted by the accumulation of seismic challenges awaiting him. NYT. | |
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| 9:19 PM: | Democrat Wins Missouri Governor's Race, but G.O.P. Keeps Indiana. Many of the early victories in the night went to Democrats, in a year in which the 11 governor's contests drew little attention. NYT. | |
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| 9:19 PM: | Burned Before, Networks Prove Reluctant to Name Next President Early. Mindful of having been thrown off course in 2000 and 2004, television networks sought to balance caution with a concern that they not be beaten in the reporting of results by a competitor. NYT. | |
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| 9:19 PM: | With Obama win, who becomes leader for Republicans? With Republican John McCain's loss in the race for the White House and dwindling ranks in the House of Representatives and Senate, there will be an extensive debate within the Republican party about who will become their leader. Reuters. | |
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| 9:18 PM: | New First Family to Add a Puppy. In his victory speech Tuesday night Obama vows to make good on his promise to his daughters. "Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House." Mark Halperin. | |
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| 9:11 PM: | John Lewis: I Never Thought. Civil rights hero and U.S. Congressman John Lewis (D-Ga.) told MSNBC, moments after Barack Obama's ascension to the White House, that he never imagined he would see a black president during his lifetime. "I never imagined, I never even had any idea that I would live to see an African American become president of the United States." The Hill. | |
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| 9:11 PM: | Clinton and Obama speak after race is called. The two spoke for a few minutes: Clinton congratulated Obama on his victory, and offered her condolences on the loss of his grandmother. CNN. | |
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| 9:10 PM: | Obama victory sets off jubilation. From the avenue in Atlanta where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was born to a giant lakefront rally in Chicago, Americans black and white celebrated Barack Obama's election with tears, the honking of horns, screams of joy, arms lifted skyward - and memories of civil rights struggles past. AP. | |
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| 9:10 PM: | Exit Polls: First Lady. Sixty percent of tonight's voters think Michelle Obama will make a good First Lady. Only 35 percent think she will not. (Of this group, 86 percent voted for McCain.) CNN. | |
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| 9:10 PM: | Bush tells Obama: 'What an awesome night for you' President Bush has called Barack Obama to congratulate him on winning the presidency. AP. | |
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| 9:10 PM: | Saying 'Change Has Come,' Obama Claims Historic Victory. After a campaign destined to help redefine American politics, Sen. Barack Obama was projected the winner of the 2008 presidential race Tuesday, making him the country's first African-American leader. NewsHour/PBS. | |
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| 8:57 PM: | World markets cheer Obama. Global stocks traded higher and U.S. futures rose on Tuesday as Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was named the projected winner. CNN. | |
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| 8:57 PM: | Obama a "transformational" leader. The great modern American presidents have been transformational figures - Americans who could inspire a country with their words, lift it with their hopes and take our country into the future: FDR, JFK, Reagan. CNN. | |
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| 8:56 PM: | Obama Thanks His Supporters. Read the email here. Atlantic. | |
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| 8:47 PM: | Bush calls Obama to congratulate him. President Bush called Barack Obama to congratulate him on election as president, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said. CNN. | |
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| 8:47 PM: | Minn. race too close to call. Voting ended more than two hours ago, yet the Senate race in Minnesota still remains too close to call. Sen. Norm Coleman, the Republican, and Al Franken, the Democratic challenger, each had 42% of the vote with less than half of the state's precincts reporting their results. USA Today. | |
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| 8:46 PM: | Landrieu will win Louisiana, CNN projects. CNN projects that two-term Democratic incumbent Mary Landrieu will defeat Republican challenger John Kennedy for the Senate race in Louisiana. CNN. | |
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| 8:42 PM: | McCain concedes. John McCain admitted defeat in the race for the White House Tuesday, saying: "The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly." CNN. | |
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| 8:41 PM: | Obama Wins; America Elects Its First Black President. Yes, he did. CQ. | |
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| 8:41 PM: | Kennedy: 'proud' to call Obama 'my President' Sen. Ted Kennedy released the following statement in response to Sen. Barack Obama's victory Tuesday night. CNN. | |
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| 8:41 PM: | Clinton: Americans 'refused to be invisible' Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton: "Tonight, we are celebrating an historic victory for the American people." CNN. | |
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| 8:40 PM: | Reax To McCain's Speech. A lot of people listening will find something very familiar in those remarks, and that is John McCain. Natl Journal. | |
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| 8:40 PM: | McCain's call to Obama. Per Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs, McCain called president-elect Obama at 10 PM Central. "Senator Obama thanked Senator McCain for his graciousness and said he had waged a tough race. Senator Obama told Senator McCain he was consistently someone who has showed class and honor during this campaign as he has during his entire life in public service." MSNBC. | |
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| 8:40 PM: | McCain wins his home state. NBC News projects John McCain the winner in his home state, Arizona. MSNBC. | |
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| 8:39 PM: | Six ways John McCain can recapture his former glory. One major casualty of the 2008 race is the McCain brand, as a big chunk of his former fans have turned critical. Slate. | |
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| 8:39 PM: | Florida and Colorado add icing to Obama's cake. More red states turn blue as a victory verges on a landslide Salon. | |
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| 8:34 PM: | McCain: People 'have spoken clearly' "The American people have spoken and they have spoken clearly," Republican presidential nominee John McCain just told supporters in Phoenix, where he is conceding the 2008 presidential election to Democratic nominee Barack Obama. USA Today. | |
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| 8:18 PM: | News Outlets Declare Obama the Next President. With polls closing in the West, the networks are calling the presidential election for Barack Obama. Obama is projected to win California, Oregon and Washington. Victories in those states, combined with wins elsewhere, give him more than the 270 electoral votes he needs to become the president-elect. The Hill. | |
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| 8:17 PM: | AP: Obama Has Won Florida. Barack Obama has won the state that bedeviled Democrats in 2000: Florida. The Hill. | |
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| 8:12 PM: | Obama Wins White House, FOX News Projects. Barack Obama has defeated John McCain and will become the first black president of the United States, FOX News projects. Fox. | |
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| 8:06 PM: | Obama will be nation's 44th president. A racial barrier that had been in place for 219 years was lifted today with the election of Barack Obama to be the nation's 44th president, who just passed above the 270 Electoral College votes needed to become the nation's next president. USA Today. | |
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| 8:05 PM: | Barack Obama (D-IL), Elected President. Per CBS News. Atlantic. | |
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| 8:05 PM: | Obama poised to win presidency after Virginia victory. Democrat Barack Obama has won the vital battleground state of Ohio, the Associated Press is projecting, taking a major prize. USA Today. | |
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| 8:00 PM: | Democrats expand Senate control; 60 seats still long shot. With 21 of 35 Senate races called, Democrats are now guaranteed at least a 52-28 majority, including two holdover independents. USA Today. | |
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| 7:58 PM: | Fox is calling Virginia for Obama. Virginia hasn't gone Democratic since 1964. TAPPED. | |
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| 7:57 PM: | McCain aides see 'no path to victory' Two senior aides to John McCain see "no path to victory," given the night's results so far. CNN. | |
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| 7:57 PM: | Source: Palin Will Speak Just After 11:00 pm ET. A senior McCain campaign official says that Gov. Sarah Palin plans to speak to the Biltmore crowd at around 11:00 pm ET. Atlantic. | |
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| 7:52 PM: | Democrats to fall short of super Senate majority: aides. Democrats appear certain to fall short in Tuesday's elections of obtaining a U.S. Senate majority big enough to clear Republican procedural hurdles that can kill legislation, senior party aides said. Reuters. | |
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| 7:52 PM: | McCain camp mood. Senior staffers are gathering to spend time with Senator McCain at the "family villa" they are using tonight on the hotel grounds. Various senior staffers describe McCain's mood as "good" and "he's fine." MSNBC. | |
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| 7:51 PM: | Murtha survives. NBC News projects that incumbent Democrat Rep. John Murtha will be reelected in Pennsylvania's 12th district. MSNBC. | |
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| 7:27 PM: | Doing some electoral math. At 11 p.m. ET, there's a huge cache of electoral votes at stake. The states where polls close that hour include California (55 electoral votes), Washington (11) and Oregon (7). That's 73 electoral votes -- 5 more than Obama needs whether he wins Florida, North Carolina or Virginia. USA Today. | |
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| 7:16 PM: | Obama wins! With Ohio's electoral votes and victories in California, Hawaii and Washington assured, Salon projects that Barack Obama has won the presidency. Salon. | |
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| 6:48 PM: | In New Mexico, it's Obama. Another key battleground state goes to the Democrat. Salon. | |
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| 6:47 PM: | Obama Wins New Mexico. NBC News projects Sen. Barack Obama will in New Mexico. Political Wire. | |
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| 6:47 PM: | Obama wins Ohio, CNN projects. Democrat Barack Obama is on target to win the critical battleground state of Ohio, CNN projects. The projected victory makes it very difficult for Obama's rival John McCain to win the White House. No Republican has ever become president without winning Ohio. Ohio is the first state that went for President Bush in 2004. CNN. | |
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| 6:47 PM: | McConnell wins in Kentucky. CNN projects that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will hold on to his Senate seat, a blow for Democrats looking to capture a filibuster-proof 60-seat majority. CNN. | |
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| 6:40 PM: | Ohio Goes Obama. Fox, NBC, and ABC have called Ohio for Obama. That is the ballgame, folks. Real Clear Politics . | |
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| 6:39 PM: | Exit Polls: McCain and the Age Factor. The age factor turned out to be a double-edged sword for John McCain, according to partial exit poll results. McCain counted on attracting older voters and, indeed, did better among the 65-plus age group than among any other. CNN. | |
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| 6:38 PM: | Emanuel 'agonizing' Rahm Emanuel has been offered the job as Obama's chief of staff, and is "agonizing" about it. Ben Smith. | |
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| 6:37 PM: | Senate Dems plus four. NBC News projects Tom Udall the winner in the New Mexico senate race. They now have won Democratic seats in New Hampshire, Virginia, New Mexico, and North Carolina. MSNBC. | |
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| 6:37 PM: | Obama wins Ohio. The Land of Lincolner takes the battleground state. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 6:06 PM: | It's official: Pa. for Obama, McCain's hopes dwindling. The last holdouts call Pennsylvania for Barack Obama; it was the state on which John McCain had pinned his hopes. Salon. | |
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| 6:01 PM: | McCain Aide: "We Need A Miracle" A very senior McCain aide just told me: "At this point, we need a miracle." Atlantic. | |
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| 6:00 PM: | AP: Obama won Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania and its 21 electoral votes belong to Democrat Barack Obama, the Associated Press just declared, giving the wire service's semi-official seal of approval to that "call" (which the TV news networks made previously). USA Today. | |
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| 6:00 PM: | Hagan beats Dole in N.C. Democrat Kay Hagan has defeated incumbent GOP Sen. Elizabeth Dole in North Carolina, according to the Associated Press. USA Today. | |
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| 5:56 PM: | Exit Polls: What About Hillary's Voters? Most but not all Hillary Clinton supporters are voting for Barak Obama, according to exit poll results obtained thus far. CNN. | |
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| 5:56 PM: | McCain's Blue State Problem. Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, the only blue states that John McCain was targeting in the final week of the campaign have gone for Barack Obama, according to the exit poll consortium tasked with calling races for the television networks. Washington Post. | |
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| 5:52 PM: | Networks Call Hagan over Dole. Democrat Kay Hagan will unseat Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.) in one of the nastiest races of the 2008 election season, according to projections from CNN and CBS News. The Hill. | |
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| 5:52 PM: | McCain Takes Alabama, Arkansas and Georgia. MSNBC projects that McCain has won Alabama and Georgia, a state with a large African-American population and which Barack Obama had won handily during the Democratic primaries. CBS has called Arkansas for McCain. The Hill. | |
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| 5:51 PM: | Shaheen Def. Sununu, According to Projections. Networks are calling New Hampshire's Senate race a victory for former New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D). Shaheen led incumbent Sen. John Sununu (R) in major polls taken in the last week. The Hill. | |
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| 5:50 PM: | CNN calls NH for Obama. McCain's path to victory continues to shrink. The official non-MSNBC tally is now 82-34 Obama. Daily Kos. | |
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| 5:49 PM: | Biden wins Senate re-election. If things don't turn out well for the Democratic ticket tonight, Joe Biden can be comforted by the fact that he won't be out of a job. CNN. | |
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| 5:49 PM: | Sources: Boehner To Run for Top House GOP Spot Again. Despite the prospect of heavy losses in the House, Minority Leader John Boehner is expected to run for his post again. That's according to several Republican congressional sources. CNN. | |
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| 5:48 PM: | Incumbents fare well in gubernatorial results. Republican Mitch Daniels has won a second term as Indiana governor, defeating former Democratic congresswoman Jill Long Thompson. USA Today. | |
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| 5:48 PM: | Obama takes lead as election results stream in. Democrat Barack Obama took an early electoral vote lead Tuesday in the race for president, scoring wins in eight states. USA Today. | |
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| 5:22 PM: | Obama Outperforming Kerry In Some Counties. The precinct returns are preliminary and most counties in both Indiana and Virginia haven't reported any results, but there are some interesting clues. Atlantic. | |
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| 5:20 PM: | Nevada Turnout At 80%? According to Jon Ralston, about 140,000 people voted in Clark County, Nevada by 3pm today. Turnout is on track to meet 2004's figure.... 80%. Atlantic. | |
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| 5:20 PM: | The Exit Poll Consortium Calls PA for Obama. Not every network following suit... Atlantic. | |
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| 5:02 PM: | Provisional ballots piling up in Ohio. With voters turning out in record numbers, voting rights advocates in Ohio say they have received thousands of reports of problems with provisional ballots across the state Tuesday. CNN. | |
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| 5:00 PM: | Bush stays out of sight on Election Day. Even before one vote was counted, this result was clear: The presidential race was a verdict on George W. Bush. Both Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain positioned themselves as agents of change - that is, change from Bush. AP. | |
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| 5:00 PM: | Voter Surge Catches Virginia Off Stride. The biggest problem in the State of Virginia was simply too many voters. CBS. | |
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| 4:59 PM: | Should we trust exit polls? Remember the exit polls during the Bush-Kerry race? Ask President Kerry how much faith we should put on exit polls. Point: If the exit polls are as wrong this year as they were four years ago, we might expect to see a closer race in some battleground states than people suspect. CNN. | |
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| 4:59 PM: | IN-Gov: A Bright Spot for Republicans. In an election night widely expected to be filled with bad news for Republicans up and down the ballot, the reelection victory by Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) provides a welcome bright spot. Washington Post. | |
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| 4:58 PM: | Clues to election result could come early. Some of the earliest returns in Tuesday's presidential election could provide big clues about the outcome. Reuters. | |
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| 4:58 PM: | Obama leads McCain in 5 of 8 key states. Democrat Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain in five of eight key battleground states as Americans prepare to vote in the White House race, according to a series of Reuters/Zogby polls released on Tuesday. Reuters. | |
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| 4:57 PM: | Virginia's new senator has no shortage of energy. On a rainy Saturday in January 2006, Mark Warner walked quietly from the podium where his successor had just been sworn in. USA Today. | |
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| 4:56 PM: | WV winners in Senate, Govs races. NBC News declares Jay Rockefeller (D) the projected winner in the West Virginia Senate race and incumbent Gov. Joe Manchin (D) the projected winner in the gubernatorial race. MSNBC. | |
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| 4:55 PM: | McConnell Too Close To Call. Uh-oh. Andrew Sullivan. | |
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| 4:54 PM: | Democrats pick up first Republican Senate seat: Virginia. Democrats scored their first pickup in the U.S. Senate, taking the Virginia seat being vacated by retiring John Warner -- but that doesn't necessarily mean Democrats will win the state in the presidential race. Reuters. | |
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| 4:54 PM: | North Carolina and Ohio Exit Poll Highlights. White men and white women are backing McCain -- but very narrowly -- only by three to four points in the exit polls. Obama lost non-college white makes by nine points -- that's an improvement over John Kerry's performance. Atlantic. | |
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| 4:53 PM: | Polls to close to call in six key states. The polls are too close for CNN to project a winner in six states, including the often-critical battleground of Ohio. CNN is not currently projecting whether Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama will win Georgia, Indiana, North Carolina, Virginia or West Virginia. CNN. | |
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| 4:11 PM: | Long lines suggest record VA turnout. In the final hour of voting in Virginia the state continues to see record voter turnout and expects it to continue until the pools close at 7pm, state officials said Tuesday. Up to 40 percent of Virginia's five million registered voters showed up to the polls Tuesday morning, breaking previous records. CNN. | |
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| 4:10 PM: | The Exits: Virginia. In Virginia: Obama won among women and split the make vote; he got 9 in 10 black voters; they're a little less than a quarter of the electorate. Critically, more than 50% of Virginians said that McCain would continue President Bush's policies. Atlantic. | #25 |
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| 4:09 PM: | McCain underperforming in key group? ohn McCain appears to be underperforming among a key demographic for Republicans. According to exit polls, McCain is winning 72 percent of evangelical voters. Although that is a wide margin, it's 6 points less than the 78 percent President Bush won in 2004. CNN. | |
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| 4:09 PM: | McCain wins Kentucky. CNN projects Sen. John McCain will carry Kentucky and its 8 electoral votes. CNN. | |
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| 3:57 PM: | Exit Polls: Voters expect higher taxes. Early exit polling shows voters expect a post-election tax increase. Forty-nine percent think their taxes will go up no matter who is elected president. CNN. | |
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| 3:57 PM: | 5 Badass Hollywood Presidents. From Battlestar Galactica to The Simpsons Movie , these chief executives know how to get the job done. Just don't get in their way. Wired. | |
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| 3:34 PM: | More Exit Numbers. Per Fox News, 10 percent of voters are voting for the first time, about the same as the 11 percent in 2004. In the following states, these voters broke down as follows: Indiana: Obama 73 percent/McCain 23 percent Ohio: Obama 69 percent/McCain 31 percent Virginia: Obama 63 percent/McCain 36 percent MyDD. | #15 |
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| 3:34 PM: | McCain camp upbeat, at ease. With Arizona temperatures in the 70s, there are worse places to nervously await election results. Politico. | |
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| 3:31 PM: | Voting goes smoothly in many places. Voters turned out in droves Tuesday morning along the Eastern Seaboard and Mid-Atlantic states. USA Today. | |
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| 3:31 PM: | Dems Poised To Bolster Senate Majority. Democrats counted on solidifying their thin leadership grip on the Senate as voters flocked to the polls Tuesday to fill 35 Senate seats. Embattled Republicans braced for losses but hoped they would be modest ones. CBS. | |
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| 3:30 PM: | McCain claims Obama will be like Castro. John McCain's presidential campaign is making an 11th hour appeal to Cuban Americans in Florida with a robo-call that says Barack Obama would pursue "political policies like those of Cuba." The automated Spanish-language telephone calls began late this afternoon into Cuban households. CNN. | #20 |
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| 3:29 PM: | Twitter's Election Tools Track Voting Conditions, Voter Opinions. The Twitter Vote Report, a website for tracking voters' experiences at the polls, is in full swing for election day in the United States. Twitter users can add their local stats to a dynamic map using a special set of shorthand commands and tags. Wired. | #24 |
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| 3:11 PM: | Today's Polls and Final Election Projection: Obama 349, McCain 189. It's Tuesday, November 4th, 2008, Election Day in America. The last polls have straggled in, and show little sign of mercy for John McCain. Barack Obama appears poised for a decisive electoral victory. FiveThirtyEight. | #16 |
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| 2:47 PM: | Blacks keep high hopes on down low. There has been no premature celebrating from African Americans. Salon. | |
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| 2:47 PM: | Economy top concern for US voters. Preliminary results from a national Associated Press exit poll of voters in Tuesday's elections. AP. | |
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| 2:46 PM: | Turnout causes slow voting in Chesapeake, VA. Some 50 percent of the registered voters in Chesapeake, Virginia showed up to the polls early to vote Tuesday morning causing long wait times, according to a spokesman at the Virginia Board of Elections. CNN. | |
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| 2:12 PM: | A record number of women serving in Congress in 2009? With lots of Democratic women running for House seats, it's likely. Salon. | |
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| 2:12 PM: | Arlen Specter hopes for the Bradley Effect. The true story of my weird encounter with the Republican Senator's office, and his odd remarks on race. Salon. | #5 |
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| 2:12 PM: | Wait times reach 4 to 6 hours in St. Louis area. Long lines at polling stations across the city are no surprise, said officials at the St. Louis County Board of Elections. Callers into the CNN Voting Hotline reported waits of 4 to 6 hours in the northern suburbs of Jennings and Velda City. CNN. | |
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| 2:12 PM: | All Quiet On the Florida Front. From the Palm Beach Post: No mass voter challenges. Few if any complaints about the controversial no match, no vote law. Isolated instances of machine malfunctions. With about four hours left to go before the polls close, Secretary of State Kurt Browning characterized the thus far relatively uneventful election day in Florida as "somewhat eerily quiet." Real Clear Politics . | |
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| 1:57 PM: | Rep. Davis: GOP "white, rural, regional party" The moderate Virginia Republican said that Democrats have boxed the GOP mostly into the South. Politico. | |
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| 1:54 PM: | State uses Twitter to update voters. Kentucky is using Twitter to distribute the latest election-related news to voters in that state. USA Today. | #16 |
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| 1:53 PM: | Obama Ran Twice As Many Ads in Swing States in Final Month. Barack Obama ran more than double the amount of ads in swing states than John McCain during the final month of campaigning, according to Nielsen. Between Oct. 6 and Nov. 3, Obama's campaign ran 133 percent more ads than his Republican opponent in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. The Hill. | |
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| 1:53 PM: | Exit Polls Offer Some Early Clues. Andy Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center, talks about the exit polls for the presidential election. NPR. | #1 |
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| 1:52 PM: | Obama's grandmother remembered as calm, assured. Barack Obama told millions watching him accept the Democratic nomination in Denver that his grandmother's influence on who he is and the way he views the world was substantial. AP. | |
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| 1:52 PM: | Bush to Dine With Senior Staffers During Election Night. President Bush will be joined by a small group of White House officials for dinner as election returns come in tonight, White House press secretary Dana Perino said Tuesday afternoon. The Hill. | |
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| 1:52 PM: | Stocks sizzle as markets greet vote. Stocks surged Tuesday, with the Dow gaining over 300 points, as millions of Americans battered by the weakened economy turned out to vote for the next President of the United States. CNN. | |
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| 1:52 PM: | Hot ticket in Chicago: Obama's post-election rally. Chicagoans were looking to "spread the wealth" on Tuesday as the hottest tickets in town - free passes to Barack Obama's huge downtown post-election rally - were on the market for hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Reuters. | |
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| 1:51 PM: | No matter what, one White House hopeful will return to the Senate. When all is said and done with the 2008 presidential election, one of the contenders will be returning to the U.S. Senate, a harsh reality after coming so close to the White House. Reuters. | |
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| 1:50 PM: | G.O.P. Growing Pains. For Republicans, the real contest is between economic traditionalists and economic populists. Campaign Stops. | |
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| 12:53 PM: | Starbucks vote promo gets decaffeinated. Starbucks, which announced in an ad on "Saturday Night Live" that it would give a free coffee to anyone who came in on Election Day and said, "I voted," has been forced to change its plan. MSNBC. | #2 |
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| 12:22 PM: | Going Rogue. Sarah Palin won't let campaign staff end her press conference: It'll be interesting to see how she tries to keep her national profile up from the vantage point of Alaska. Yglesias. | #3 |
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| 12:18 PM: | 527 Groups Spent Less. One thing that should end on Wednesday morning is the sound of money being spend on electioneering from independent groups on the right and the left. And when it does, and someone does the final tally, there are estimates that around $400 million will have been spent by these outside groups. Real Clear Politics . | |
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| 12:05 PM: | 'Things look good in Ohio' The Buckeye State had big problems in 2004 when lines to vote were long and many had problems casting their ballots. USA Today. | #10 |
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| 11:57 AM: | Obama and McCain await voters' decision. Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain faced the verdict of U.S. voters on Tuesday after a long and bitter struggle for the White House, with Obama holding a decisive edge in national opinion polls. Reuters. | |
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| 11:57 AM: | Palin Won't Say If She Voted for Ted Stevens. But she does expect to back in Alaska on Wednesday. The Nation. | #21 |
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| 11:28 AM: | In St. Louis, a turnout 'hurricane' "It's unbelievable," Robert Ware, a monitor with the St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners, says about turnout in his area. "The past election was a trade wind blowing. This feels like a hurricane." USA Today. | #13 |
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| 10:30 AM: | Waiting for Obama in Grant Park. This city seemed to have been taken captive -- albeit willingly -- by plans for an enormous election party in the city's front yard, Grant Park, where Senator Barack Obama will spend Election night. NYT. | #8 |
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| 10:27 AM: | In Fla., so far so good. "South Florida's polling places were humming with voters who reported steadily moving lines and few glitches," the Miami Herald reports. USA Today. | #15 |
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| 9:24 AM: | The McCains Vote. The Republican nominee and his wife cast their ballots a little after 11 am ET Tuesday at a church near his central Phoenix home. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 9:22 AM: | Obama, Ayers cast ballots in same polling station. They didn't run into each other, but Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama cast his vote on Tuesday at the same polling place as his acquaintance William Ayers, a former 60s radical who has played an unwilling role in the campaign. Reuters. | #14 |
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| 9:17 AM: | Where to Get Official Election Returns. I will have multiple media sites on constant refresh on 2 or 3 monitors tonight, but if you want the real dirt on a state, you're usually better off going to the Secretary of State's website for official returns -- that is, unless they are taken down by the traffic, and the close states probably will be, so I'm posting this list to help get a head start on the traffic. Patrick Ruffini. | #4 |
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| 8:59 AM: | Voting Problems Roundup: Election Morning. Just a few hours into Election Day, problems are popping up in several key states with long lines and broken machines all against the backdrop of what is expected to be the largest turnout in history. CBS. | #19 |
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| 8:58 AM: | Voting Lines Photo Diary. Voting day, November 4, 2008, memorialized on Flickr. Open Left. | #11 |
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| 8:17 AM: | Hillary Clinton casts vote for Obama. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has cast her vote for Barack Obama, saying that voters understand that the nation needs "a serious president for serious times." AP. | #21 |
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| 8:07 AM: | Ballot Measures State-By-State. There's more at stake this Election Day than who works at the White House or Capitol Hill; there are ballot measures on abortion, stem cell research, same-sex marriage and other hot-button issues. CBS. | |
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| 7:55 AM: | The View From Your Election: North Carolina. A reader writes: I know you will receive many stories today about horrific, horrendous and distressing voting experiences, offset by some that will be inspirational, heartwarming and perhaps even hilarious. Andrew Sullivan. | #19 |
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| 7:54 AM: | 78 percent of U.S. Hispanics favor Obama over McCain. In the final stretch to the U.S. presidential election, more than three quarters of likely Hispanic voters say they support Democrat Barack Obama over Republican John McCain, a study found. Reuters. | |
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| 7:54 AM: | VA/Chesapeake: More wet ballots. Some voting machines are not working properly in Chesapeake, Virginia because of wet weather, according to voters and the State Board of Elections. Spokesman Ryan Enright confirmed the rain is throwing a wrench in the works in a few places that use optical-scan paper ballots. CNN. | |
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| 7:39 AM: | Obama: 'I feel really good' "I feel great and it was fun, I had a chance to vote with my daughters," Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said a short time ago. "I feel really good." Is he feeling sentimental, reporters asked? USA Today. | #25 |
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| 7:38 AM: | Rove predicts Obama landslide. Karl Rove's Electoral prediction (CNN) – John McCain and his aides are still banking on a come-from-behind victory Tuesday, but the GOP's most famous political strategist has already called the race for Barack Obama. CNN. | #4 |
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| 7:36 AM: | The View From Your Election: Baghdad. A reader writes: I'm embedded with the military in Saddam's Presidential Palace and sent in my absentee ballot - for Obama - weeks ago. Andrew Sullivan. | |
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| 7:10 AM: | Voting machine breakdowns lead to long lines. Voting machines were breaking down or simply not deployed in adequate numbers in some polling places Tuesday morning, slowing balloting as Election Day dawned. CNN. | #25 |
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| 6:48 AM: | IBD/TIPP Final: Obama +8. The final IBD/TIPP poll shows Obama with 48% of the vote compared to 42% for John McCain. IBD then allocates the 6% of undecided voters two-to-one in favor of Obama, yielding a final result of 52% for Obama and 44% for McCain. Real Clear Politics . | |
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| 6:39 AM: | The Clintons Vote. The New York Senator and former president cast their ballots at their local polling place in Chappaqua, New York around 9:15 am ET. Mark Halperin. | |
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| 6:38 AM: | Biden Casts His Ballot in Wilmington. Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., accompanied by his wife Dr. Jill Biden, his mother Jean Finnegan Biden, and his daughter Ashley, voted at 8:55am Monday morning at the Tatnall School in Wilmington, just down the street from his house. ABC. | |
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| 6:32 AM: | Palin arrives in Alaska to cast ballot in election. Republican presidential candidate Sarah Palin has arrived in Alaska to cast a ballot for president in her hometown of Wasilla. AP. | |
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| 6:18 AM: | Obama votes in Chicago. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama cast his ballot Tuesday morning at his polling center in Chicago. Obama walked in with his wife, Michelle, and their two daughters. CNN. | |
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| 6:18 AM: | NC/Raleigh Voter Issues. A soggy and delayed start to the voting day in a Raleigh, North Carolina, precinct, after some confusion at the polling station. Wake County Board of Elections director Cherie Poucher reported there were problems this morning at the Barwell Road Community Center (formerly the Ebenezer Church Road precinct). CNN. | |
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| 6:15 AM: | Record number of voter expected to deluge polls. A likely record voter turnout on Election Day has polling officials across the country braced for problems, and some difficulties. USA Today. | |
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| 3:17 AM: | The curtain finally falls on the race. As the 2008 presidential election cycle ends, the two campaigns are studies in emotion, exhaustion and nervous expectation. Politico. | #11 |
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| 3:17 AM: | High Enthusiasm, High Stakes. Sixty-eight percent of registered voters say that compared to previous elections, they are more enthusiastic than usual about voting and 76% strongly agree that the stakes in this election are higher than in previous years. Gallup. | |
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| 3:17 AM: | Turnout records fall even in GOP-friendly states. Even in reliably red states where Barack Obama has little chance of winning on Tuesday, unprecedented numbers of registrations and early votes have been tallied, and elections officials are predicting a record turnout in places where neither candidate even bothered to campaign. AP. | #14 |
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| 3:16 AM: | The sad campaign of John McCain. He's never been better, but his campaign has never been worse. Politico. | #6 |
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| 3:16 AM: | The 'Bradley effect' myth. Has racism skewed the poll results in the McCain-Obama race, as it supposedly did in 1982? Not likely. Los Angeles Times - . | |
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| 3:16 AM: | On Final Evening, Obama Revives Five Words. At the final campaign rally of his presidential bid, Mr. Obama dusted off a chant here Monday night that sustained the first year of his candidacy, a tale born last year in South Carolina that has since been told around the nation. NYT. | #7 |
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| 3:14 AM: | Stevens refuses to cry 'uncle' Ted Stevens may be a dead man walking in Washington, but he's still 'Uncle Ted" in Alaska. Politico. | |
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| 3:13 AM: | Hope and prayer in Obama's ancestral Kenya village. Kenyans in Barack Obama's ancestral homeland prayed for victory Tuesday and relatives prepared to roast a bull in celebration if he becomes the first African-American president of the United States. Reuters. | |
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| 3:13 AM: | McCain defies age in final 22-hour sprint. Republican presidential candidate John McCain may be 72 years old, but he's not ready for the rocking chair. Reuters. | |
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| 3:12 AM: | Networks ready Election Night gizmos. Expect holograms at CNN and an ice rink U.S. map at NBC as networks angle for a big share of viewers. Politico. | |
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| 3:10 AM: | German, Dutch ministers hope for Obama win. The German and Dutch finance ministers backed Democrat Barack Obama to win the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday. Reuters. | |
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| 3:08 AM: | Obama's Last Stop. On the campaign's last stop in Virginia, 100,000 people share the candidate's grief, weariness and tremendous sense of possibility. The Nation. | #25 |
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