pajamasmedia.com - 11/7/2008
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A faltering economy and a clever Democratic campaign contributed to the biggest stunner of the election.
Indiana...
fivethirtyeight.com 11/5/2008 — Just looking at some of the places where we have results in so far. Obama is substantially outperforming Kerry -- which is what he needs to do to win the state, of course, but the differences are pretty substantial. Steuben: Kerry 34%, Obama 42% ...
Indiana Looking Bad?
corner.nationalreview.com 11/5/2008 — Skip Foster says McCain's looking bad in Indiana. He makes a good case, except he leaves out the fact that Bush won Indiana by 21 points in 2004, which creates a bit more of a cushion in his '04 baseline.
I Don't Know What to Do Now That Pink Has Turned to Blue
reason.com 11/13/2008 — This National Journal map doesn’t strike me as a particularly useful guide for the GOP's chances of taking back the House. It obsesses over which Democrats represent districts that voted for President Bush in 2004. But 2004 was, you know, four ...
Indiana - Obama looks great
dailykos.com 11/5/2008 — Obama's hanging tough, and Lake County (Gary) has yet to report, Marion County (Indianapolis) is 2% in, and St. Joseph's County (South Bend) is only 33% in. These are the Dem strongholds in the state. UPDATE : St. Joseph's now 62% in, Marion 8% in. Overall, 51-48 McCain. It still looks ...
Blue America and Races in Ohio
firedoglake.com 10/25/2008 —
Today Blue America is proud to host our friends from Progressive Majority and Matt Patten , the Democrat running for an open red seat in Ohio's 18th state legislative district (in the Berea area). Like Barack Obama and Jesus, Matt came up as a ...
Blue on Blue: Hollywood vs. MSNBC
weeklystandard.com 10/28/2008 — Yes, even some liberals can't stand Keith Olbermann. It sounds like MSNBC could learn a lot if it listened to Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, famed creator of "Designing Women": Olbermann was criticized by many who attended Monday's luncheon sponsored by ...
How to Make Your Voice Heard In a Blue State
openleft.com 11/3/2008 — The trouble with deep red or deep blue states, as any voter in such a state can tell you, is that they are largely ignored by the presidential election. With your electoral votes basically a foregone conclusion, the red or blue state voter feels as if ...
Obama Takes Lead in Indiana
3bluedudes.com 10/21/2008 — John McCain seems to think he can not worry about New Mexico, Iowa, and Colorado, because he thinks he can take Pennsylvania, how, I have no idea. BUT, that is all centered around the notion they will win all other Battlegrounds. While Florida and Ohion are gravitating back to what they likely ...
Blue America: 80 More Progressive Victories To Celebrate
firedoglake.com 11/9/2008 —
Congressman-elect Perriello
Late yesterday the DCCC contacted their friends, supporters and... me to tell us that Democrats had just been certified winners in two more seats, MD-01, where Blue Dog Frank Kratovil beat a lunatic fringe wingnut, ...
What Next for My.BarackObama.com?
techpresident.com 11/8/2008 — Lots of people are wondering what will happen to the Obama campaigns huge network of online supporters and on-the-ground organizers. For example, Gara Lamarche, the executive director of the Atlantic Philanthropies is . But so far there's little ...
Dean, Duncan reflect on election —
First Read 11/7/2008
From NBC's John Talty Meeting less than a day after the announcement that Barack Obama would become the country’s next president, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan had ...
The young and the restless —
First Read 11/7/2008
.. to vote? In his latest blog, NBC's Luke Russert breaks down the youth vote from Tuesday's election and finds good news for the Democratic Party.
"In swing states, the youth turnout greatly helped Barack Obama beat John McCain," he ...
Record turnout? —
CNN Political Ticker 11/7/2008
(CNN) — Was there a record turnout in the election?
Of Democrats, yes. Of all voters, not so much.
We expected to see amazingly high voter turnout in this election.
Was there?
Just over 208 million voting-age American citizens were eligible to ...
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