Joe Lieberman fears country may not survive if
Dems win 60 seats in Senate

post from AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth on 05 November 2008 04:47:00 AM. © AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth

How long until Chairman Lieberman starts holding hearings investigating the Obama administration? Are Democrats really going to wimp out and let this traitor remain in our caucus? Let him stay a committee chair so that we can pay for the staff he uses to try to bring down President Obama? It's time to show Lieberman the door.

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WA-08: A 600 Votes Difference

post from Open Left - Front Page on 05 November 2008 04:36:18 AM. © Open Left - Front Page

Washington's eighth district vote counting is even slower than usual. Right now, Burner is up[...]

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WA-08: A 600 Vote Difference

post from Open Left - Front Page on 05 November 2008 04:36:18 AM. © Open Left - Front Page

Washington's eighth district vote counting is even slower than usual. Right now, Burner is up[...]

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A New Spirit.....

post from What Happened to My Country? on 05 November 2008 04:35:00 AM. © What Happened to My Country?

"This is a defining moment.... change has come to America." President-elect Barack Obama, November 4, 2008.

A change away from a divisive, oppressive trickle-down government to inclusive leadership that will strive to fulfill Lincoln's promise.... "of the people, by the people and for the people."
And the walls came tumbling down.... the dismantling of that wall started in Iowa.
It's possible that without Iowa, where Obama won the first-in-the-nation caucus last January, the moment might have been missed, and the country would have continued down the "bring it on" path instead of leading the way to "Yes We Can."
The election of Obama shows that, in his own words.... "the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope."
Yesterday "we the people" chose Obama, a uniquely gifted man of vision, intellect, will and judgment, to lead us out of our national nightmare, newborn into a world of possibilities where we'll no longer need to bemoan..... "What happened to my country?"

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Omnibus Overnight Results Thread

post from Open Left - Front Page on 05 November 2008 04:32:50 AM. © Open Left - Front Page

With Missouri and Nebraska-02 seemingly going to McCain, it seems the final electoral count will by[...]

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A special message to the Republican Party

post from Firedoglake on 05 November 2008 04:30:40 AM. © Firedoglake

Mister, you actually found a man like Herbert Hoover again[...]

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South Dakota Beats Abortion Ban, Homophobes Win
in 4 States

post from Daily Kos on 05 November 2008 04:20:53 AM. © Daily Kos

Two terrible proposals were beaten Tuesday. In South Dakota, the effort to ban most abortions failed for the second time in two years. In Colorado, the effort to define a fertilized egg as a person also failed. But measures to ban gay marriage succeeded in Florida, Arizona and, most likely, California. Gay adoption was banned in Arkansas. Here are the results of these and other important ballot measures. The numbers in parentheses are the percentage of precincts counted

Arizona Proposition 102 defining marriage as between a man and a woman (92%)
For: 1,009,693 - 57%
Against: 777,359 - 43%

Arizona Proposition 202 revoking business licenses for hiring undocumented workers (92%)
For: 702,839 – 41%
Against: 1,020,204 - 59%

Arkansas: Ban Gay Adoption (90%)
For: 549,074 – 57%
Against: 418,648 - 43%

California Proposition 2 to protect farm animals (65%)
For: 4,505,907 – 62.7%
Against: 2,679,112 - 37.3%

California Proposition 4 for parental notification on abortions (65%)
For: 3,259,951 - 47.6%
Against: 3,593,655 - 52.4%

California Proposition 8 to ban gay marriage (48%):
For: 3,704,742 - 52.3%
Against: 3,378,481 - 47.7%

Colorado Proposition 47 to make Colorado a right-to-work state(80%)
For: 863,812 - 44%
Against: 1,079,591 - 55%

Colorado Proposition 46 to end affirmative action (77%)
For: 886,544 – 49%
Against: 911,218 – 51%

Colorado Proposition 48 to define a zygote as a person
For: 494,058 – 27%
Against: 1,353,078 – 73%

Florida Amendment 2 more strongly banning gay marriage (99%)
For: 4,657,031 – 62%
Against: 2,848,490 - 38%

Massachusetts Question 1 to abolish the income tax (93%)
For: 842,799 – 30%
Against: 1,922,815 - 70%

Nebraska: Ban Affirmative Action (99%)
For: 384,729 – 58%
Against: 283,351 - 42%

South Dakota Initiated Measure 11 to ban abortion (99%)
For: 160,697 - 45%
Against: 196,847 - 55%

Washington Initiative 1000 on assisted suicide (48%)
For: 826,229 - 58%
Against: 588,321 - 42%

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House Election Results

Category
Current

Dem Win
Rep Win
Left
Pickup

Total
435
255

173
7
19
Total - Current Dem (inc safe)
236
232

4
0
23
Total - Current Rep (inc safe)
199
23

169
9
-4
Dem Favored - Current Dem
20
20

0
0

Dem Lean- Current Dem
8
7

1
0

Tossup - Current Dem
5
3

2
0

Rep Lean - Current Dem
0
0

0
0

Rep Favored - Current Dem
1
0

1
0

Dem Favored - Current Rep
4
4

0
0

Dem Lean- Current Rep
11
9

1
1

Tossup - Current Rep
23
9

10
4

Rep Lean - Current Rep
12
1

10
1

Rep Favored - Current Rep
36
0

35
1

Last updated: 9:00 EST Wednesday

Dems pick up 18 net seats so far, with 9 seats still out. Of the 28 seats designated as Tossups, we've won 11, GOP has won 12, with 5 left. The GOP picked off 2 Dem-Lean seats, KS-2 (pickup) and OH 15 (Hold). The Dems have picked up 1 Rep-Lean seat, VA-2, and are ahead in another one, VA-5.

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Winner has their % in bold

In the Current column, first letter is current holder, second letter is projection: D-Dem Favored, DL-Dem Lean, T-Tossup, RL, R.

Seat
Current% Vote In
Dem
Votes
Rep
Votes
%
Dem
%
Rep
AK-AL
R-DL

AL 2

R-T

PICKUP

AL 3

R-R

WIN
AL 5

D-T

WIN

AZ 1

R-D

PICKUP

AZ 3

R-RL

WIN
AZ 5

D-DL

WIN

AZ 8

D-D

WIN

CA 3

R-R

WIN
CA 4

R-T

CA 11

D-DL

WIN

CA 26

R-R

CA 45

R-R

WIN
CA 46

R R

WIN
CA 50

R R

WIN
CO 4

R-DL

PICKUP

CT 4

R-T

PICKUP

CT 5

D-D

WIN

FL 8

R-DL

PICKUP

FL 13

R-R

WIN

FL 15

R-R

WIN
FL 16

D-R

PICKUP
FL 18

R-R

WIN
FL 21

R-T

WIN
FL 24

R-DL

PICKUP

FL 25

R-T

WIN
GA 6

R-R

WIN
GA 8

D-DL

WIN

GA 12

D-D

WIN

GA 13

D-D

WIN

IA 4

R-R

WIN
IA 5

R-R

WIN
ID 1

R-T

IL 6

R-R

WIN
IL 8

D-D

WIN

IL 10

R-T

WIN
IL 11

R-DL

PICKUP

IL 13

R-R

WIN
IL 14

D-D

WIN

IL 18

R-R

WIN
IN 3

R-RL

WIN
IN 4

R-R

WIN
IN 8

D-D

WIN

IN 9

D-D

WIN

KS 2

D-DL

PICKUP
KS 3

D-D

WIN

KS 4

R-R

WIN
KY 2

R-T

WIN
KY 3

D-D

WIN

LA 1

R-R

WIN
LA 4

R-T

LA 6

D-T

PICKUP
LA 7

R-R

WIN
MD 1

R-T
93%

50%
48%
MD 6

R-R

WIN
ME 1

D-D

WIN

MI 7

R-T

PICKUP

MI 9

R-DL

PICKUP

MN 1

D-D

WIN

MN 2

R-R

WIN
MN 3

R-T

WIN
MN 6

R-T

WIN
MO 6

R-RL

WIN
MO 9

R-T

WIN
MS 1

D-D

WIN

NC 5

R-R

WIN
NC 8

R-DL

PICKUP

NC 10

R-R

WIN
NE 2

R-T

WIN
NH 1

D-T

WIN

NH 2

D-D

NJ 3

R-T

PICKUP

NJ 5

R-R

WIN
NJ 7

R-T

WIN
NM 1

R-DL

PICKUP

NM 2

R-T

PICKUP

NV 2

R-RL

WIN
NV 3

R-T

PICKUP

NY 13

R-D

PICKUP

NY 19

D-D

WIN

NY 20

D-DL

WIN

NY 24

D-D

WIN

NY 25

R-D

PICKUP

NY 26

R-T

WIN
NY 29

R-DL

PICKUP

OH 1

R-T

PICKUP

OH 2

R-RL

WIN
OH 3

R-R

WIN
OH 7

R-R

WIN
OH 14

R-R

WIN
OH 15

R-DL

WIN
OH 16

R-DL

PICKUP

OH 18

D-D

WIN

OK 1

R-R

WIN
OR 5

D-D

WIN

PA 3

R-T

PICKUP

PA 4

D-D

WIN

PA 5

R-R

WIN
PA 6

R-R

WIN
PA 8

D-D

WIN

PA 10

D-DL

WIN

PA 11

D-T

WIN

PA 12

D-DL

WIN

PA 15

R-R

WIN
PA 18

R-R

WIN
SC 1

R-RL
17%

41%

59%
SC 2

R-R

WIN
TX 7

R-RL

WIN
TX 10

R-RL

WIN
TX 22

D-T

PICKUP
TX 23

D-D

WIN

VA 2

R-RL

PICKUP

VA 5

R-RL
100%

50%
50%
VA 10

R-R

WIN
VA 11

R-D

PICKUP

WA 8

R-T

WI 8

D-DL

WIN

WV 2

R-RL

WIN
WY AL

R-RL

WIN

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The World Celebrates.

His grandmother celebrates in Kenya, where a national holiday has been declared.

At Obama's former school in Indonesia.

Reaction from Manila, Philippines.

Senegal.

London.

I hope American readers have some appreciation of just how much this victory means to millions of people who live thousands of miles from your shores.

The world feels like a different place today, a better place, a more compassionate place. And you did that. Thank you. From the bottom of all of our hearts. Thank you.

Tags: Obama, world reaction, US election 2008

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MN-SEN: Franken Maintains Slim Lead

Al Franken is maintaining his slim lead against Norm Coleman -- 2,154 votes at the time of this post.

There are 8 counties that have not yet completed counting votes, and those counties are split evenly, four for Coleman, four for Franken. The counties that have gone for Franken, however, have more votes outstanding. About 4 out of 5 remaining votes to be counted come from counties that supported Franken.

That doesn't guarantee a Franken victory, but it points in the right direction.

Update (1:20AM): First, the bad news. Franken's lead has now shrunk to 1,177 votes. Part of the narrowing comes from a county that had indicated that it had finished counting all its ballots, but apparently had not -- so it's possible we don't know exactly which votes are out there.

Second, the good news: If the reports are correct of what's left to tabulate, there are only 3 pro-Coleman counties remaining, and they only have about 15% of the votes left to be counted. So assuming that the votes track along the lines of the counties that they come from, Franken can hold onto this lead.