I may have been misled

It appears that the most historic feature of Barack Obama's victory last night was not that he is younger than Yank In London. I must follow these things closer.

A question for the American right

Will you, however reluctantly, admit that there is a progressive mandate both for the White House and the Congress or will spend the next two years bemoaning the failure of democracy in America?

And in praise of (soon to be) President Obama

He was articulate and inspirational (and the crowd was very, very happy).







Now I think we should allow him a few days to mourn his gradmother.

In praise of John McCain

He was articulate and gracious in defeat. Unfortunately not all of his supporters were.

Without comment

The front page of The Guardian

300+ and cruising

I think I can safely go to be and leave assessment of this until the (late) morning.

The right thing

Reports are trickling in that McCain has rung Obama to concede. No lawsuits then. I think we should all be glad for that.

A moment in time

History was made this morning; somehwere around 04:05 GMT.

For the first time in history the President Elect of the US is younger than Yank in London. I reckon I better get used to it.

Congratulations Barry.

Shamelessly stolen from Rolling Stone

All over but the suing?

If the projection of Ohio for Obama holds up then I think the Aged One's only remaining chance is to call out the lawyers. Let's hope he doesn't.

It couldn't happen to a nicer girl*

We bid adieu to Elizabeth "I'm not Godless but she is" Dole. Good news even if I'm not enthralled by her opponents defamation suit. It's no insult to be called Godless. I hear it all the time.

*Note: I didn't actually mean this - I know lots of nicer girls.

Can I go to sleep now?

As a Pennsylvania voter I feel as if I've done my part as PBS, Reuters and even Faux News are calling the Keystone State for Obama. A good sign. I've been predicting for two years that whoever wins two out of Pa, Florida and Ohio wins; full stop. Good start to have one (hopefully) in the bag.

140,000,000 reasons to be thankful Rudy Giuliani can only vote once or twice

According to America's ex-mayor:

"If people were walking into the polling booth thinking terrorism, terrorism, terrorism, probably no way that Barack Obama has a chance of winning. McCain wins."

This morning in (not exactly) news

NBC News goes out on a limb and predicts the Democrats will hold the House. Christ the entrails of the dead pigeon on the street outside my flat told me that two days ago.

Obama voting shenanigans exposed in Hawaii

Clearly the voting rules in The One's sort of home state were written in his favour as votes cast for him by dead people will count. Reports from San Clemente California that Richard Nixon has voted for Obama three times today cannot be confirmed.

The Veepstakes

There are a lot of pundits (and others) throwing around a lot of names for the Vice Presidential slots on both tickets. Frankly I could give a toss who the Republicans pick. On the Democratic side there are several choices that I absolutely hate; Hillary Clinton (too bitter), Al Gore (too many bad memories), Ed Rendell (WTF???), Joe Biden (will winning Delaware help?). There is one possible choice that I keep coming back to who I think has the potential to help the ticket immensely even though I don't think he is someone I would pick if I were doing the picking. That choice is Wesley Clarke. Watch this.

Keeping democracy safe from the Shirley Preisses of this world

Shirley Preiss is a 97 year old woman from Arizona. She would like to vote in the election in November but it doesn't look like she'll be able to. "Why not?" one wonders. Because Arizona has one of those new "voter ID" laws, intended to make it difficult for Democrats illegal aliens from voting, that's why. In order to register to vote in Arizona one has to be able to prove that one is a bona fide American and, as Ms. Preiss was born in 1910 in Kentucky before they started handing out birth certificates, she can't do that. There is an option whereby she could get testimony from someone who witnessed her birth but I think that 115 year-old former midwives from Kentucky aren't all that common. It makes you proud, doesn't it?

And this time he's angry!

The man behind the shameful and false Willie Horton ads had moved onto the web with the subtly named ExposeObama.com. It's going to be a very rough six months indeed.

What will I learn at Electoral College?

OK. We now have two (and a bit) candidates. But how will the electoral college pan out? Obama promises a 50 state strategy but I doubt he's going to spend much time or money in North Dakota, Alaska or Alabama. My own in depth analysis, using this a starting point, comes in at 286 - 252 to Obama if, and only if, he wins Ohio. I still hold to my prediction that whichever candidate wins two out of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania wins. No matter what I reckon I'm going to have to stay up late again.