Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Live Update 11:46


New York Times and CNN now giving Virginia's 13 electoral votes to President Obama.  That brings his total to 303.

For Mitt Romney: 203 Electoral Votes
Indiana
West Virginia
South Carolina
Kentucky
Georgia
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Kansas
Nebraska*
South Dakota
North Dakota
Wyoming
Arizona
Idaho
North Carolina
Montana
Utah
Missouri

For Barack Obama: 303 Electoral Votes
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Virginia
New Hampshire
Colorado
Nevada
Minnesota
Iowa
Vermont
Illinois
Maryland
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Delaware
Washington DC
New Jersey
Maine
New York
Michigan
New Mexico
California
Washington
Hawaii
Oregon
Ohio

Too Close/Too Early To Call:
Florida

In other news...

Just had this article come across my twitter feed.  MPR News is reporting that Michelle Bachmann is in a dog fight of a race with challenger Jim Graves.  With 58% reporting the race is 50/50 for Bachmann by less than 150 votes. Still a ways to go there, but that would be a big Tea Party defeat.

Also, in Florida, Allen West is tied 50/50 with Patrick Murphy with West having a 1000 vote cushion.  Another possible big defeat for the Tea Party.

Live Update 11:15


Fox News is now giving the President Nevada and Colorado. This brings his electoral tally to 290.

For Mitt Romney: 203 Electoral Votes
Indiana
West Virginia
South Carolina
Kentucky
Georgia
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Kansas
Nebraska*
South Dakota
North Dakota
Wyoming
Arizona
Idaho
North Carolina
Montana
Utah
Missouri

For Barack Obama: 290 Electoral Votes
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
Colorado
Nevada
Minnesota
Iowa
Vermont
Illinois
Maryland
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Delaware
Washington DC
New Jersey
Maine
New York
Michigan
New Mexico
California
Washington
Hawaii
Oregon
Ohio

Too Close/Too Early To Call:
Virginia
Florida

Sweet Irony

As we continue to wait for Gov. Romney to concede Ohio and the Presidency, I just wanted to post this golden nugget of a tweet from Ezra Klein.



Breaking News...

Although all the major networks have called Ohio for President Obama, Governor Romney's campaign is refusing to concede Ohio, and by extension the Presidential race.  Waiting for further explanation  comment or news.

I Stand With My President And He with Me

I'm sitting here watching the celebration at the President's victor rally and, while I have been live blogging all night, I'm forcing myself to take a second to soak in the moment. I wrote earlier today that we had somewhat forgotten about the history we are making. This is our first African-American President being celebrated by people from every background imaginable. His ability to appeal to people from across the spectrum to the makes him a President that is truly “of the people”. We are making history again and, wherever you are, I hope you take a moment to remember this. It's not very often that you can recognize the specific point in time when history was made. This is that specific point in time; not only because of who our President is, but because of what our President stand for. He does stand for change. He does stand for bipartisanship. He does stand for the middle class and the underrepresented. He does stand for those without millions of dollars. He stands with us. He stands for us.

We have a President

Re-Elected at 10:13pm President continues his 44th presidency of the United States of America!  Iowa and Ohio have put him over the top with Florida, Colorado, Virginia, and Nevada still waiting for results.  At this moment the College stands at 274 to 203, with 270 needed.  Please continue to check back for discussion and video.