There's unlikely to be any real news until so late in the night that you may as well go to bed now and wake up early to catch $candidate's concession speech right before $other_candidate gives his victory spiel. Heck, I'm probably going to grab a quick nap, and I'm contemplating going to Copley Square to see Kerry's rally.
Apropos of nothing, in Boston there's a clear sense that our boy can do this, and that the real challenge right now is ensuring that he has a mandate to govern via a popular majority. I got to the polls about 5 minutes after they opened this morning, and was 200th in line (give or take). By the time I voted, nearly an hour later, there were another 200 in line behind me. Biking home, I passed my voting precinct again and the lines still spilled outside (although it was only about 15 people long by that point, but that was still after 10 hours of voting).
Oh, what the heck. This LJ icon worked for the Red Sox, let's see if it works for Kerry as well. :)
Someone, I think on SkyNews, just said that some Florida districts won't start counting absentee ballots until Thursday. So if Florida is too-close-to-call (and I swear if I hear anyone say that again I may beat them to death with a suitable beating implement) tonight then we might not begin to hear about the pre-litigation winner until Thursday night.
The modern vote stealer seems to be concentrating on trying to close polls and nullify provisional ballots in Ohio, but I still hold out faint hopes that Wisconsin will show their Cheese Head Pride and take the "We Suck Worse Than Florida/Banana Republic" prize for electoral irregularities.
God this is depressing. I'm tempted to start posting my resume on job sites that find work for Americans looking to become ex-pats, but I don't remember what those sites are off the top of my head.
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Date: 2004-11-02 04:24 pm (UTC)Apropos of nothing, in Boston there's a clear sense that our boy can do this, and that the real challenge right now is ensuring that he has a mandate to govern via a popular majority. I got to the polls about 5 minutes after they opened this morning, and was 200th in line (give or take). By the time I voted, nearly an hour later, there were another 200 in line behind me. Biking home, I passed my voting precinct again and the lines still spilled outside (although it was only about 15 people long by that point, but that was still after 10 hours of voting).
Oh, what the heck. This LJ icon worked for the Red Sox, let's see if it works for Kerry as well. :)
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Date: 2004-11-02 04:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-02 07:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-02 08:45 pm (UTC)The modern vote stealer seems to be concentrating on trying to close polls and nullify provisional ballots in Ohio, but I still hold out faint hopes that Wisconsin will show their Cheese Head Pride and take the "We Suck Worse Than Florida/Banana Republic" prize for electoral irregularities.
God this is depressing. I'm tempted to start posting my resume on job sites that find work for Americans looking to become ex-pats, but I don't remember what those sites are off the top of my head.