automatedjourney: things I learned in college
hmmmm fascinating Randy… I love number 3.. that is so true.

My Way News – Obama to use executive orders for immediate impact
Now that’s certainly comforting…

American Thinker Blog: Chicago, election night
And we wonder why he won….?

American Thinker: Opportunities of an Obama Presidency

On Tuesday, November 4th, 2008, Barack Hussein Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States. Although it pains me to say that, considering I was personally backing John McCain for the Presidency. A few days back, I outlined my reasons for backing him in a post entitled, “My Official Selection For President“. I feel exactly the same as I did when I wrote that. I don’t see Barack possessing what we need at this point in our nations history. I find his economic policies sadly very socialist. I have nothing against the fact that Barack is black. While there are people in this country that feel that a black man can/will not successfully lead this country, I am not one of them. My dislike of the outcome of this election is based entirely on his policies. I would feel the same way if a green man with the same policies had been elected in his place.
That said, I give him the fairest of chances. I don’t think he’ll be able to find half the money to do a third of the things he plans on doing. You read that right. He won’t be able to afford near the government programs he thinks he will I imagine. The country is in an economic crapstorm, so to speak. We’re trillions of dollars in debt to other nations, and we’ve no plan to pay it off. And the “plan” to fix the economy, can only be paid for in two ways. Either you stop spending, (a foreign concept to liberals) or you “create” more money. Unfortunately, our government leans toward the latter of those two, and its come to bite us in the rear.
Let’s all as a country follow along and see what “change” Mr. Obama has in store for us and how his policies effect the nation. Frankly, I’m excited to see what the next four years has to offer.

Alrighty folks. Election night is upon us. Follow closely and see who wins! I’ll be posting my occasional punditry here, as well as updates on key MO issues.
I conclude my live coverage.
as of 8:21PM central time:
McCain (R) 76
Obama (D) 175
McCain (R) 13,494,738
Obama (D) 13,929,890
(via ABC)
as of 8:02PM central time:
McCain (R) 61
Obama (D) 174
(electoral votes via ABC)
as of 7:57PM central time:
McCain (R) 50% 8,683,168
Obama (D) 49% 8,615,229
(popular votes via Google)
as of 7:49PM central time:
McCain (R) 50% 7,911,698
Obama (D) 49% 7,836,280
(popular votes via Google)
as of 7:42PM central time:
McCain (R) 48% 5,434,854
Obama (D) 51% 5,726,515
(popular votes via Google)
as of 7:24PM central time:
McCain (R) 48% 5,434,854
Obama (D) 51% 5,726,515
(popular votes via Google)
as of 7:15PM central time:
McCain (R) 47% 4,117,990
Obama (D) 52% 4,523,739
(popular votes via Google)
as of 7:09PM central time:
McCain (R) 47% 2,527,236
Obama (D) 52% 2,802,020
(popular votes via Google)
Obama (D) – 78
McCain (R) – 34
(electoral votes via Google)
as of 7:03PM central time:
McCain (R) 46% 2,107,027
Obama (D) 53% 2,411,286
(popular votes via Google)
as of 6:58PM central time:
McCain (R) 46% 1,948,115
Obama (D) 53% 2,270,618
(popular votes via Google)
as of 6:41PM central time:
McCain (R) 46% 624,029
Obama (D) 49% 667,594
(popular votes via Google)
as of 6:35PM central time:
McCain: 8; Obama: 3
270 needed to win
(electoral votes)
via ABC News
as of 6:29PM central time:
McCain (R) 53% 397,400
Obama (D) 46% 344,862
(popular votes via Google)
as of 6:25PM central time:
McCain (R) 53% 349,853
Obama (D) 46% 307,33
(popular votes via Google)
as of 6:21PM central time:
McCain (R) 52% 284,234
Obama (D) 47% 259,784
(popular votes via Google)
as of 6:13PM central time:
MCCAIN 169,082
OBAMA 156,977
(popular votes via Matt Drudge)
as of 6:07PM central time:
MCCAIN 130,696
OBAMA 127,726
(popular votes via Matt Drudge)
as of 5:56PM central time:
McCain (R) 50% 123,927
Obama (D) 49% 122,418
(popular votes)
as of 5:51PM central time:
McCain (R) 53% 42,378
Obama (D) 45% 36,083
(popular votes)