How do you plan to spend Election Night

post from DownWithTyranny! on 03 November 2008 07:00:00 AM. © DownWithTyranny!

Hmm, maybe I should catch up on my sudden backlog of unwatched episodes of The Wire. Great entertainment, and a message depressing enough to suit tomorrow night's worst contingencies. (I've already seen season five, so as I've caught up on seasons one through four, I already know how things turn out for the wily and strangely charming Proposition Joe [Robert F. Chew, above]).

by Ken

So, how do you plan to spend Election Night? Partly I'm curious, and partly I'm looking for guidance. I haven't figured it out for my own self yet, and time is getting short.

I suppose I could latch onto some liberal-symp group preparing to make whoopee. But I'm not so good in groups, especially groups of strangers.

And most of all, I'm consumed with secret terror about the outcome tomorrow.

Oh, I know all about the polls, and all the even more encouraging private polls. Of course I know logically that it should be a GOP rout. And yet, deep down, I don't know. I guess I'm so used to Election Day horror shows that my psyche naturally gravitates to scenarios whereby it all comes undone.

Remember, we were being told in 2004 that Kerry was gonna win.

And besides, I can't forget that:

(a) there are going to be a lot of really terrible Democrats among the winners,

(b) the Democratic congressional leadership has yet to show that, even if it gets substantially larger majorities, it holds any priority higher than showing Corporate America that it can be just as stoogelike as that other party they usually support,

(c) the problems facing President-elect Obama (I don't even want to think about the alternative) are so monumental that even if it turns out that I'm comfortable with his proposed solutions (not at all a sure thing given our ideological gap), can anyone cope with the wreckage)?, and, perhaps most worrying,

(d) the McCranky campaign's strident, even violent across-the-board rejection of every vestige of reality and decency has almost certainly hardened some 40-45 percent of the electorate into a blood-oath-sworn commitment to lies, delusion, ignorance, hatred, and obstruction -- is this country even going to be governable?

A good part of me just wants it to be over, one way or another. If it all goes well, there will be plenty of time to celebrate -- after taking some really deep breaths of relief. If all doesn't go well, well, won't that be easier to absorb in one crushing blow than to spread out the agony over an indefinite period? My even more distrustful friend Peter has applied this attitude as much as humanly possible toward the whole 2008 election process. He says just wake him when it's over, and he'll deal with whatever needs dealing with then. (Of course he hasn't been able to completely avoid news of what's going on. Still, I have to admire the ideal.)

When I talked to Howie about this yesterday (in the online era I've wound up spending a good part of a bunch of Election Nights IM-ing with him, but I would be up to even that this time around, and in any case he has commitments for tomorrow night), he asked when I would be likely to arrive home, and when I said that it couldn't be earlier than about 7, he pointed out that by then we may have a pretty good vision of what's happening. The Virginia results, for example, should tell us a lot.

I could go to my (sort of) second job, as I used to do on Tuesday nights before my schedule got upended. There is a TV in the office, but without cable. But I guess tomorrow night even the networks will be in Election Night mode by 7.

I thought maybe this would be a good night to shell out the $12 or whatever ransom they're asking these days to see a movie. I know if I go straight home at some point I'll give in to the temptation to sneak a peek at The Show. I noticed that BBC America is carrying the BBC's coverage -- that might be a way of giving the bloody thing a veneer of civilization.

My backup plan is: Suddenly I've got a backlog of unwatched episodes of The Wire stored up on my DVR, from BET's weirdly scheduled wee-hours rebroadcast. (The backlog is probably in part the result of my now having to spend two and a half hours each weeknight with Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, and Jon Stewart.) Maybe this is my chance to get caught up. The show is so amazingly well done that it's a treat to watch, depressing as the overall message is.

Hmm, a depressing overall message . . . I could be on the right track here.
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Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up

post from Daily Kos on 03 November 2008 06:58:57 AM. © Daily Kos

it's pundit time!! The pressure's on... only one day to go!

Paul Krugman:

You might think, perhaps hope, that Republicans will engage in some soul-searching, that they’ll ask themselves whether and how they lost touch with the national mainstream. But my prediction is that this won’t happen any time soon.

Instead, the Republican rump, the party that’s left after the election, will be the party that attends Sarah Palin’s rallies, where crowds chant "Vote McCain, not Hussein!"

William Kristol: Hey, what if McCain wins? Let me show my compassionate side and worry about you liberals. We grown-ups will be just fine (pass the Jack Daniels.)

Sky News:

Mr Audette told Sky News: "We wanted to know if she knows anything about foreign relations and as you can hear, that is not the case."

The Palin camp issued a statement saying she was mildly amused to be targeted by the pranksters adding: "C'est La Vie."

The Note:

If cartography is destiny, the landscape for McCain is bleak indeed.

Joe Conason: Obama's winning argument

WSJ:

A curiosity of this Presidential campaign has been the way former media idolaters of John McCain have suddenly turned on him. They now claim to be horrified by his choice of Sarah Palin, or by his ad hoc economic decision-making, or his TV ads, or something. Whom do they think they've been praising all these years?

Matthew Tully:

Why Obama Is Competitive in Indiana

The Democrat made 48 stops in the state. McCain made just two.

Salena Zito:

Yet on the inside, Pennsylvania is far from its broad-brush portrayal as racist. It is not the color of the candidate; it is the culture he represents.

Say what you will, Obama's "spread the wealth" tongue-slip hit home here.

Most Pennsylvania Democrats who live outside of Philadelphia are very Midwestern in their values and their votes.

Yet Obama leads in the midwest in every poll. So what are you really saying?

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Still Undecided

post from Garling Gauge on 03 November 2008 06:58:56 AM. © Garling Gauge

Religious? Undecided? Read this post.©2008 Garling Gauge. All Rights Reserved..

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Message to Jerry Falwell Jr.: God Cant Vote
Because of You

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November 3, 2008

Due to GOP voter suppression, God can?t vote on November 4.

That?s right, because Republicans have implemented laws that require showing a driver?s license or the like in order to vote in many states, God would be turned away at the polls.

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Obama Camp Turns Superstious

post from Garling Gauge on 03 November 2008 06:55:27 AM. © Garling Gauge

With one day before the 2008 election, the Obama camp is avoiding black cats and tilting ladders.©2008 Garling Gauge. All Rights Reserved..

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Presidential Newspaper Endorsement List

post from DemConWatch on 03 November 2008 06:50:00 AM. © DemConWatch

Nobody knows if newspaper endorsements actually make a difference with voters. You can find arguments going both ways.

DemConWatch will be tracking the endorsements for each candidate up until election day. We will link to the endorsement story whenever possible.

As of 11/2, among the top 100 papers, Obama has been endorsed by papers with a circulation of 16.5 Million, McCain by papers with a circulation of 4.2 Million, and papers with a circulation of 3.2 Million have announced they will not be endorsing a candidate.

We have also list the top 100 newspapers by circulation who have not yet endorsed a candidate. (Rankings of newspapers which have endorsed in parenthesis.)

When we're able to we will add a (D) for papers that endorsed Kerry in 2004, an (R) for papers that endorsed Bush and an (N) for papers that did not endorse. If you know who a paper endorsed in 2004 please add it to the comments.

Feel free to let us know about any endorsements we don't list.
We will add any interesting articles we find regarding each endorsement as an asterisk.
And as always... you can comment on the lists and your feelings on who endorses whom.

And don't forget to check out our Senate Endorsement list.

Obama/Biden
Obama (cont'd)
McCain/PalinAlabama
Anniston Star (D)
Decatur Daily (D)
Florence Times Daily
Montgomery Advertiser (D)
Talladega Daily Home
Tuscaloosa News (D)
Alaska
Anchorage Daily News (D)
Arizona
Arizona Daily Star (88) (D)
Arkansas
Benton County Daily Record
California
Contra Costa Times (50) (D)
Daily Breeze
Fremont Argus (D)
Fresno Bee (68) (D)
Hayward Daily Review (D)
La Opinión (87) (D)
Long Beach Press Telegram (R)
Los Angeles Daily News (78) (D)
Los Angeles Times (4) (N)
Marin Independent Journal
Merced Sun Star
Modesto Bee
Monterey County Herald (D)
Oakland Tribune (D)
Pasadena Star-News (R)
Press Democrat (D)
Sacramento Bee (25) (D)
San Bernadino Sun (R)
San Francisco Chronicle (12) (D)
San Gabriel Valley Tribune (R)
San Joaquin Herald
SJ Mercury News (31) (D)
San Mateo County Times (D)
Santa Cruz Sentinel (D)
Stockton Record * (R)
Tahoe Daily Tribune
Tri-Valley Herald (R)
Vacaville Reporter
Woodland Daily Democrat
Colorado
Aspen Daily News (D)
Boulder Daily Camera (D)
Ft. Collins Coloradoan (D)
Cortez Journal
Denver Post (36) (R)
Durango Herald
Gunnison Times (N)
Ouray Plain Dealer
Vail Daily
Connecticut
The Day (D)
Hartford Courant (61) (R)
New Haven Register (R)
Norwich Bulletin
Delaware
News Journal (91) (D)
Florida
Daytona Beach
Florida Today (D)
Gainesville Sun (D)
The Ledger (R)
News-Journal (100) (D)
Miami Herald (30) (D)
Naples News (R)
Orlando Sentinel (33) (D)
Palm Beach Post (62) (D)
Pensacola News Journal
St. Petersburg Times (20) (D)
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (86) (D)
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (39) (D)
South Florida Times (N)
Georgia
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (18) (D)
Columbus Ledger Enquirer (R)
Macon Telegraph (D)
Selma Times-Journal
Hawaii
Honolulu Advertiser (75) (D)
Honolulu Star-Bulletin (D)
Idaho
Idaho Statesman (D)
Illinois
Chicago Tribune (8) (R)
Chicago Sun-Times (21) (D)
Decatur Herald & Review (R)
Arlington Hgts Daily Herald (72) (D)
Galesburg Register-News
Lake County News Sun
Pantagraph (R)
Rock Island Argus
Rockford Register Star
Southtown Star
Indiana
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Muncie Star Press
Richmond Palladium Item (R)
Iowa
Des Moines Register (77) (D)
The Hawk Eye (D)
Mason City Globe Gazette (R)
Ottumwa Courier
Press-Citizen
Quad City Times (D)
Storm Lake Times (D)
Kentucky
Ledger Independent
Lexington Herald-Leader (93) (D)
Courier-Journal (41) (D)
Louisiana
Journal & Courier (D)
Shreveport Times (D)
Times Picayune (53) (N)
Maine
Bangor News
Brunswick Times Record
Kennebec Journal (D)
Morning Sentinel (D)
Portland Press Herald (D)
Maryland
Baltimore Sun (32) (D)
Massachusetts
Amesbury News
Berkshire Eagle (D)
Boston Globe (14) (D)
North Adams Transcript
Patriot Ledger
The Salem News
Standard-Times (D)
Telegram & Gazette (D)
Michigan
Battle Creek Enquirer (D)
Bay City Times (D)
Detroit Free Press (22) (D)
Flint Journal (D)
Herald-Palladium
Lansing State Journal (D)
Livingston Daily Press & Argus (D)
Michigan Chronicle
Muskegon Chronicle (D)
Petosky News-Review
Saginaw News (D)
Minnesota
Rochester Post Bulletin
Star Tribune (19) (D)
St Cloud Times
Mississippi
Jackson Clarion Ledger (R)
Missouri
Columbia Daily Tribune
Joplin Globe
Kansas City Star (28) (D)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (27) (D)
Montana
Billings Gazette (D)
Independent Record
Montana Standard
Nevada
Las Vegas Sun (D)
Reno Gazette Journal (D)
New Hampshire
Cabinet Press
Concord Monitor (D)
Conway Daily Sun
Keene Sentinel (D)
Nashua Telegraph (D)
Portsmouth Herald (D)
Valley News (D)
New Jersey
Asbury Park Press (73) (R)
Hackensack Record (64) (D)
Courier News
Courier-Post (D)
Home News Tribune
Star-Ledger (15) (D)
Trenton Times (D)
Vineland Daily Journal
New Mexico
Farmington Daily Times (R)
Las Cruces Sun News (R)
Santa Fe New Mexican (D)
New York
Albany Times Union (D)
Buffalo News (55) (D)
Indian Country Today
Journal News (95) (D)
New York Daily News (5) (R)
New York Times (3) (D)
Newsday (11) (D)
Poughkeepsie Journal (R)
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (70) (D)
Syracuse Post-Standard (92) (N)
Times Herald-Record
Watertown Daily Times
El Diario/La Prensa
North Carolina
Asheville Citizen-Times (D)
Charlotte Observer (44) (D)
Greenville Daily Reflector
Durham Herald Sun
News & Observer (56) (D)
Wilmington Star News
Ohio
Akron Beacon Journal (82) (D)
Bucyrus Telegraph Forum
Cleveland Plain Dealer (17) (N)
Canton Repository (R)
Dayton Daily News (85) (D)
Hamilton Journal News (R)
Mansfield News Journal (R)
Middletown Journal
Times-Reporter (R)
Springfield News Sun (D)
Toledo Blade (83) (D)
Youngstown Vindicator
Zanesville Times Recorder
Oregon
Corvallis Gazette Times
East Oregonian (D)
Mail Tribune
Oregonian (23) (D)
Register-Guard (D)
Salem Statesman Journal
Yamhill Valley News Register (R)
Pennsylvania
Beaver County Times (D)
Erie Times News (R)
Daily Review
Delaware County Daily Times
Harrisburg Patriot-News (N)
New Castle News
Philadelphia Daily News (96) (D)
Philadelphia Inquirer (16) (D)
Philadelphia Tribune
Express-Times (R)
New Pittsburgh Courier
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (42) (D)
Pocono Record
Pottstown Mercury
Scranton Times Tribune (N)
Times Leader (D)
Uniontown Herald Standard
York Daily Record (R)
Rhode Island
Providence Journal (76) (R)
Warwick Beacon
Tennessee
Chattanooga Times
Commercial Appeal (69) (D)
Tennessean (66) (D)
Texas
Austin American-Statesman (60) (R)
The Eagle (N)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (45) (R)
Houston Chronicle (9) (R)
Longview News-Journal (D)
Lufkin Daily News (D)
(R)
San Angelo Standard Times
Utah
Salt Lake Tribune (81) (R)
Vermont
Burlington Free Press
Brattleboro Reformer (D)
Virginia
Falls Church News Press (D)
Staunton News Leader (R)
Washington
The Columbian (R)
Daily Evergreen
Kitsap Sun
The Olympian
Seattle Times (37) (D)
Seattle Post-Intell. (78) (D)
Tacoma News Tribune (90) (D)
Tri-City Herald
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
Wenatchee World
Yakima Herald (R)
Washington, DC
Washington Post (7) (D)
West Virginia
Charleston Gazette (D)
Times West Virginian
Wisconsin
Chippewa Herald (R)
Kenosha News (D)
La Crosse Tribune (D)
Marshfield News Herald
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (40) (D)
Sheboygon Press
State Journal (R)
Stevens Point Journal
Wausau Daily Herald (D)
Wyoming
Caspar Star-Tribune (R)

Alabama
Birmingham News (74) (R)
Press Register
Arizona
Arizona Republic (10) (R)
California
Antelope Valley Press
Bakersfield Californian
Desert Sun
Napa Valley Register *
North County Times
Press-Enterprise (63) (R)
San Diego Union Tribune (24)
(R)
SF Examiner * (R)
Colorado
Daily Sentinel
Longmont Daily Times-Call (R)
Mountain Valley News
Pueblo Chieftain (R)
Connecticut
Register Citizen
Florida
Bradenton Herald (D)
Cape Coral Daily Breeze
Tampa Tribune (38) (N)
Georgia
Augusta Chronicle (R)
Savannah Morning News (R)
Idaho
Twin Falls Times-News (R)
Illinois
News-Gazette (R)
Indiana
Fort Wayne News Sentinel
Iowa
The Messenger (R)
Sioux City Journal (R)
Times Republican
Maine
Sun Journal (R)
Maryland
Baltimore Examiner
Massachusetts
Boston Herald (51) (R)
Eagle-Tribune (R)
Lowell Sun (R)
Springfield Republican (D)
Michigan
Detroit News (49) (N)
Grand Rapids Press (80) (R)
Jackson Citizen Patriot (R)
Oakland Press (R)
Nebraska
Lincoln Journal Star (R)
McCook Daily Gazette (R)
Omaha World-Herald (54) (R)
Nevada
Las Vegas Review-Journal (59) (R)
New Hampshire
Eagle Times
Foster's Daily Democrat (R)
Union Leader (R)
New Mexico
Albuquerque Journal (97) (R)
Roswell Daily Record
New York
New York Post (6) (R)
North Dakota
The Forum
Ohio
Cincinnati Enquirer (43) (R)
Columbus Dispatch (47) (R)
Findlay Courier (R)
News-Herald
Oklahoma
Examiner-Enterprise
Oklahoman (46) (R)
Tulsa World (89) (R)
Oregon
Bend Bulletin (R)
Pennsylvania
Lancaster New Era
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (67) (R)
Public Opinion
South Carolina
Charleston Post and Courier (99)
The State (98) (R)
South Dakota
Argus Leader (R)
Tennessee
Jackson Sun (D)
Knoxville News Sentinel (84) (R)
Texas
Amarillo Globe News
Beaumont Monitor
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (D)
Daily Times
Dallas Morning News (13) (R)
Galveston County Daily News
Herald-Zeitung
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
San Antonio Express-News (34) (R)
Wichita Falls Times-Record
Virginia
Culpepper Star-Exponent
Daily News Record
Daily Press (D)
Lynchburg News & Advance
Richmond Times-Dispatch (57) (R)
Winchester Star
Washington
Centralia Chronicle
Spokesman Review (R)
Washington DC
DC Examiner
Washington Times (R)
West Virginia
The Intelligencer/Wheeling News Register
Wisconsin
Green Bay Press-Gazette (R)
248(43)83 (5)Updated 11-3-08 at 11:20 PM

Papers that have not yet endorsed a candidate:
- Wall Street Journal (2) (N)
- Orange County Register (29)
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (52) (R)
- Virginian-Pilot (58) (D)
- Investor's Business Daily (65) (R)
- Wichita Eagle (R)
- Baton Rouge Advocate (R)
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Papers that have announced they will not endorse a candidate:
- USA Today (1) (N)
- Indianapolis Star (26) (R)
- Rocky Mountain News (35) (R)
- St. Paul Pioneer Press (48) (R)
- Florida Times-Union (71) (R)
- Morning Call (94) (D)
- Myrtle Beach Sun News (D)
- Ft Myers News Press
- Fredricksburg Free Lance-Star (R)
- Huntsville Times (R)
- Kalamazoo Opinion
- Oshkosh Northwestern

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Making it Count: How to Protect Your Vote & Spot
Dirty Tricks

post from The Osterley Times on 03 November 2008 06:44:00 AM. © The Osterley Times

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The level the Republicans will go to in order to deprive people of their right to vote is simply disgraceful. And I was greatly amused to see that, if the Republicans had their way, Joe the Plumber may very well have been one of the people who they denied the right to vote to.

Tags: Obama, McCain, voters rights, US election 2008

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How to Vote in Philly

post from All Spin Zone on 03 November 2008 06:43:00 AM. © All Spin Zone

We’ve all heard or experienced the horror stories of hanging chads, electronic voting machines flipping votes, Diebolding, etc. etc. The Obama campaign produced a short video on how to use the voting machines in Philadelphia, and it’s worth viewing (and passing onto your friends, family, and neighbors), particularly if you’ve never used one of Philly’s electronic voting machines.

If you’re in Philly, and you step into the booth, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t know how to use the machine, regardless of who you plan to vote for. If you’re not in Philly, there are dozens of similar videos on YouTube for various areas of the country.

Bottom line: if you have any questions, or there’s something funky about the way the machine seems to be treating your selections, flag it - ask someone for help.

(Note to Phila. bloggers - if you want the code for embedding this video, drop me an email and I’ll send it to you.)

(h/t Mithras!)

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Only 1,000 people show up to see McCain in
Florida

post from AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth on 03 November 2008 06:40:00 AM. © AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth

From the St. Petersburg Times via Greg Sargent:

About 30 minutes before John McCain is scheduled to lead a rally outside Raymond James Stadium, looks like maybe 1,000 people here. What's up with that? On the day before the election? Bush drew at least 15,000 people to a rally just across the street on the Sunday before the 04 election.

"We are the quiet majority that goes out and gets things done..I smell victory,'' said state Rep. Kevin Ambler. Good thing he smells it, because it's hard to see it with this crowd.

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The American Gauntlet of Election Day

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THE FIFTH COLUMNIST by P.M. Carpenter

What a disgrace. We dare people to vote. We whip them into a patriotic frenzy, urge them to execute their civic responsibility, and then throw up every conceivable obstacle.

In Florida last week folks lined up early in the morning at some polling centers, only to find that their particular center opened at 10 a.m., not 7 a.m., as in other parts of the state. Or maybe their traditional polling place wasn't accepting early votes at all. In Broward County, for instance, there are more than 300 voting stations, but only 17 opened their doors for early voting.

In Doral, Florida, Dana Fernandez was in the matutinal grips of her sixth attempt to do the right thing, when CNN caught up with her: "I came here five times this week during the day, and it was abso Bookmark/Search this post with: buzzflash | delicious | digg digg | yahoo yahoo | technorati Technorati Tags: P.M. Carpenter election day lines lawyers machines