Joe the Blogger?

Didn’t his 15 minutes run out a couple of weeks ago? Joe the “Plumber” is now “blogging” while offering a “Freedom Membership” to his site for $14.95 a year. Joe’s gonna have a hard time staying in that lower tax bracket if his site takes off – not that he’s big on paying taxes. . . 

Best post-election cartoon

from Tom Toles

A whole new world

Blue counties indicate an overall increase in votes for Democrats, red for an increase in votes for Republicans (from the NY Times).

And now, back to the satire

From The Onion:

Another contributing factor to Obama’s victory, political experts said, may have been the growing number of Americans who, faced with the complete collapse of their country, were at last able to abandon their preconceptions and cast their vote for a progressive African-American.After enduring eight years of near constant trauma, the United States is, at long last, ready for equality.

Citizens with eyes, ears, and the ability to wake up and realize what truly matters in the end are also believed to have played a crucial role in Tuesday’s election.

Extra Credit Alert!

WANTED: Copies of Wednesday’s Grand Rapids Press (just the first section). Will trade for extra credit. Will also accept first sections of other Wednesday papers. Bring them in Friday if you have them!

Live blogging again

10:33 PM: All networks playing it safe. Prediction: They’ll all call it for Obama at 11 PM. 

10:17 PM: Still no results from Grand Rapids. One person I talked to this afternoon waited 3 hours to vote at Alexander Elementary. Most everyone else I’ve talked to (from all over the county) had little or no wait this morning and afternoon.

9:43 PM: Chuck Todd says that the demographic of the night is the white, college-educated voter. And Obama is getting them big time.

9:40 PM: No results from Grand Rapids yet, but the rest of Kent County is typically solid Republican. 

9:38 PM: Olbermann attempts basic math, takes MSNBC’s current projections, adds likely Obama wins, gets a likely Obama victory. David Gregory gives a noticable reaction in an attempt to keep Keith from calling it a done deal. Heh.

Way to go. O. Hi. O.

MSNBC calls Ohio for Obama. 

Michigan proposal shocker

Didn’t see this coming. According to WOOD TV, both Proposal 1 (medical marijuana) and Proposal 2 (embryonic stem cell research) have passed. 

Cue fat lady

9:01 PM: Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, NY, and Rhode Island to Obama; Wyoming, North Dakota, and Kansas to McCain (all according to MSNBC). Less than 100 electoral votes to go. And Arizona is too close to call.

8:57 PM: No change for Obama since I bolted out of GRCC and headed back to the not-so-elite Hollywood hills. Right now, Indiana is the one to watch. It’s close, and the exit polls show a huge amount of independent voter support for Obama. 

8:13 PM: ABC and MSNBC are projecting victory for Obama based on exit polls. If they’re accurate, it’s all over for McCain. 

Live blogging the election returns

7:51 PM – Sign of the times: NBC is using an ice rink as its electoral map; CNN is using holograms. Insert Obi Wan Kenobi joke here. What a desperate attempt to draw viewers.

7:40 PM – Dismissed fellow election junkies/EN 102 students for the night. Waiting to see what happens in Florida, Virginia, and Indiana. If the Hoosiers go Obama, it’s all over. But it’s too close to call right now. But if Florida and Virginia go blue, the rest of the night won’t matter.

Still, there’s plenty of drama in Michigan. Will Props 1 and 2 pass? And will Al Franken eek out a victory in Minnesota? Stay tuned. 

Seriously, I haven’t been this excited since my first election in 1984 (voted for The Gipper).