08 Election Live

11:05pm - it's all over. obama wins. sigh.

10:31pm - roe called for tn 1st district with 72% of vote...100+ year dominance by gop continues

10:30pm - i'm at work now...watching live abc news feeds...doesn't look like there's much of a contest anymore...looks like va and fla might go to obama

9:24pm - ohio has been called for obama...looks like it's in the bag
obama 195, mccain 76

9:11pm - mcconnell will keep his seat in kentucky...gop holds on to their leader in the senate; one sigh of relief for republicans

9:10pm - roe is taking 72% of the vote in tn district 1 with 13% reporting

9:06pm - 4 senate seats switched from dems to gop...can they make it to 60? i'm not entirely sold yet

9:00pm - polls close; most too early to call; georgia now called for mccain
obama 174, mccain 76

8:55pm - nbc just said speaker pelosi is going to have complete control...such a scary comment (house controls the purse strings)...that could kill the dems like bush killed the gop

8:55pm - big chunk of country closes polls at 9

8:53pm - little change in turnout; african americans, whites, youth about the same as 2004

8:30pm - abc says dems will have biggest hold of senate since 70s; we all know how well they took care of the economy back then

8:20pm - young voters down in fla; old voters up big time in fla; great news for mccain

8:15pm - lamar called for senate in tn!!

8:00pm - pa called for obama (21) with 0% reporting...a little early don't you think?
15 state polls close: obama (102); mccain (34)

7:56pm - 90% voters nationwide confident votes will be counted; 15 state polls closing in 4 minutes

7:46pm - nbc calls south carolina for mccain (8)

7:42pm - mccain still holding indiana at 20%

7:40pm - abc news calls it the end of public financing

7:29pm - watching abc news on afn here in korea; more polls closing soon

7pm - Kentucky called for mccain (8), vermont for obama (3); here we go

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