the line that these were the longest waits of the day though turnout
had been brisk since the polls open. As always an inspiring moment,
voting. At that hour a lot of parents with kids in line, a cop handing
out paper and crayons to the rugrats. All of them behaving (except
maybe the one who made a dash for an open elevator door). All good.
Now we just wait. I took the day off for reasons unrelated to the
election, and am going to spend the afternoon with the devine Max:
Lola Montes is in theaters and I shall go to see.
So I hope I send this to the right blog. Typing on the iphone from a
bench in Coolidge corner next to a playground. Some kid behind me got
stuck on the jungle gym, yelling for help. Looks like one of the
teachers or maybe his mom got him down. A happy ending! Let's hope
the country gets a happy ending too!
2 comments:
Now this evening, I am slowly being driven mad, watching the polls... waiting for that one key state - basically, one of these five: FL, OH, NC, IN, VA - to go for Obama. As we speak Obama's ahead in 3 of them - and every time I refresh the NY Times site (particularly useful, since it has county breakdowns) or Yahoo's Election Dashboard, another 2 percent of the precincts are in in VA, and Obama's a percentage point closer... hovering around 25-30,000 votes difference now, with the urban areas (mostly) still to be counted (if I understand it right.) And Indiana has been getting closer too as the night goes on... All right! I will not sit here adding comments too obsessively. Just a little bit. Once in a while. As things develop. Really!
And - Ohio is being called for Obama. That would appear to do it, given the west coast's strong Obama support. NC (Obama leading) is getting closer; Florida (Obama ahead) seems to be holding steady. VA has been under 10,000 votes difference the last couple clicks over there. The county maps are informative - it's not just the urban areas still to report, but big urban areas. Big counties, running heavily for Obama, and reporting about 20-30% of their votes. Getting VA would get Obama into the mid-300s. That's impressive.
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