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Roll Rap: Shoot a mother-humpin' moose eight days of the week! -- nm - budice Nov 5, 09:17
And it starts all over again... -- (link) - znufrii Nov 5, 09:16 3
- I am going to miss going to 538.com everyday -- nm - amoxy Nov 5, 09:17
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  - pick a remote island and let's go -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 09:17
The boards are too long! Roll back the board length hikes to their pre-Election '08 levels! -- nm - oblique Nov 5, 09:15
"If you don't flip the switch, you can't bitch." -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 09:14
Palin talking to reporters in the Biltmore lobby said she "would not address any criticism by McCain supporters or respond to rumors about any rift - CrankYanker Nov 5, 09:13 2
- Raul said you were a burden to the McCain campaign. -- nm - Mop Nov 5, 09:14 1
  - oh, ya know, Raul, he's such a joker -- nm - Palin Nov 5, 09:16
Non-election talk: What are some generic e-mail folders one might effectively use at work? For instance, I have one for schedule/calendar items and - mara Nov 5, 09:12 9
- I have folders called 'Business Processes', which I use to keep standard forms, templates, policy directives etc - Roger More Nov 5, 09:17
- I usually have an Administration folder for memos and such, and a Personal folder for my emails from friends and family. -- nm - TaurusII Nov 5, 09:17 1
  - I'm pretty sure none of my friends/family have my work email address -- nm - con_carne Nov 5, 09:19
- Old Worthless Shit -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 09:17
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  - Me too. Also, I have a folder called "Work" which I use for spams from HR and top management. - con_carne Nov 5, 09:19
- I name them after my contracts (=projects). -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 09:14
- Deadlines; Orders; Procedures. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 5, 09:13
- Folders? I have : Inbox and Saved Items -- nm - oblique Nov 5, 09:13
Report from DC: not surprisingly, lots of media crews out today. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 09:12 1
- I just saw TV coverage of a Danish news crew sitting on the side of the road (literally) in DC broadcasting. - ty97 Nov 5, 09:16
PVP is *awesome* today -- (link) - Reagen Nov 5, 09:12 1
- That's beautiful. It should be included in all Opus anthologies. -- nm - Mop Nov 5, 09:13
For the last month or so Cindy McCain looked like she just wanted to go home. -- nm - Diva Nov 5, 09:11 7
- political sidekick/standby is a lousy role...nm - x Nov 5, 09:13
- IMO, so did John. I honestly think he started to be horrified by his supporters. -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 09:13 5
  - eh. ya dance with the girl what brung ya to the dance...nm - x Nov 5, 09:17
  - it has to be frightening to see that first hand... - Mel Profit Nov 5, 09:16 1
    - It's like someone turns on a spigot and then the floodgates get deluged. -- nm - Diva Nov 5, 09:17
  - He got some oomph back the last couple of weeks, but yes there was a while he looked ready to be done. -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 09:14
  - I hope he was, but I'm not really convinced he was. -- nm - mara Nov 5, 09:14
With IN called, *now* the EV's have exceeded 538's projections. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 5, 09:09 5
- 538's predictions where, at the end, on the moderate side compared to other sites. -- nm - celedhrymandias Nov 5, 09:10 4
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    - Obama won VA by 5%. It was close at the begining of the night, but a Virginian friend told me NoVa votes would mostly enter the tally late. -- nm - celedhrymandias Nov 5, 09:17
    - He had it at 5.6 - it`s sitting at 5.x -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 09:13 1
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Would you describe the mob in front of the White House as celebratory or menacing? -- nm - Mop Nov 5, 09:08 10
- Menacing in Bush's mind, maybe. -- nm - con_carne Nov 5, 09:11
- "haha!" -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 5, 09:11
- I spent the night in Cheney's safe. You tell me. -- nm - Bush Nov 5, 09:09 2
  - I picture Cheney on the front porch in a rocking chair, holding his shotgun. -- nm - Mop Nov 5, 09:11 1
    - Hmm. I picture him in Dubaii. -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 09:16
- They just wanted to help Bush pack up...looking to be helpful. -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 5, 09:09
- they looked pretty happy to me. -- nm - Andie Nov 5, 09:09
- menacingly celebratory -- nm - decline Nov 5, 09:09 1
  - Brit Hume said Fox News talked to SS guys and they had zero worries. He said they were smiling and taking lots of pictures. -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 09:11
- I'll admit, I'm pleasantly surprised that we didn't see more of the celbrations that usually happen after sporting event titles. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 5, 09:09
Does this seem plausible (if I saw it right): White voters went 55-43 McCain per CNN exit polls? -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 09:08 2
- This is not sarcastic: I think that could be working class/no college whites. -- nm - emoticreature Nov 5, 09:09
- iirc, it was white males -- nm - crash davis Nov 5, 09:08
Cabinet talk: I still think there's a good chance for Colin Powell to be in on the NSC somehow. -- nm - budice Nov 5, 09:07 1
- I wouldn't be surprised to see Paul Begala as press secretary. - Trish Nov 5, 09:11
Wow, talk about timing - I was searching for a job on my company's website (and found one I might have a chance at getting) - while reading the job - kelly Nov 5, 09:06 7
- We had a freeze for years. Job cuts start in 2010. -- nm - Amy--voted for only two winners Nov 5, 09:14
- yeah, we're doing that here too...at least until the end of the year. -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 09:07
- apply anyway. -- nm - Andie Nov 5, 09:07 1
  - maybe that doesn't apply since it was posted before the freeze was announced (good luck) -- nm - zork Nov 5, 09:09
- External hiring freeze? Give it a roll, you're working for them. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 5, 09:07 2
  - As a temp. I'd still be an external hire. -- nm - kelly Nov 5, 09:08 1
    - Give it a shot; they're already paying you in some form. Depending on how the fee structure is, you might be cheaper working for them. - Will Hunting Nov 5, 09:09
'compound ruler-elect' is cracking me up - did you and the chickens and goats have a caucus? -- nm - crash davis Nov 5, 09:04 2
- /cranks up Pink Floyd's "Animals" -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 09:07
- i turned out the the pig vote like a mofo -- nm - compound ruler-elect pigby Nov 5, 09:06
Note for election predictors - with recounts in the works, scoring will have to wait until I get back. - Reagen Nov 5, 09:04 6
- Have a wonderful time and congrats!! -- nm - Diva Nov 5, 09:14
- Have a great trip! -- nm - Roger More Nov 5, 09:09
- I expect lots of pretty pretty pictures. - Trish Nov 5, 09:09
- Enjoy your honeymoon. You don't have to pretend to be Canadian anymore. -- nm - Mop Nov 5, 09:06
- Postpone the honeymoon! -- nm - Dano Nov 5, 09:06
- Bon Voyage! -- nm - Andie Nov 5, 09:06
"The new sheriff is a Ni - *clang* -r"! -- nm - Mel Brooks si Nov 5, 09:04
I think I prefer him in the Senate but what about Feingold for something? -- nm - Dano Nov 5, 09:03 1
- Fine Gold -- nm - budice Nov 5, 09:04
How about Jim Webb for Veterans Affairs? -- nm - Mop Nov 5, 09:00 4
- I cant' see that being a step up from Senator -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 09:02
- No chance they give up a swing state 'gift Senate seat' if they can help it. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 5, 09:01 2
  - That was my thought, but doesn't the Gov. appoint a new Senator in VA? -- nm - Mop Nov 5, 09:01 1
    - Yeah, that you then have to defend in a special election. - Will Hunting Nov 5, 09:02
my weed smoking, gay marrying state in sure a stick in the eye of our puritan founders.....nm - x Nov 5, 09:00 2
- pinko commies! -- nm - loosilu Nov 5, 09:15
- stoner x -- nm - budice Nov 5, 09:01
i loved that flash mob at the white house gates. -- nm - compound ruler-elect pigby Nov 5, 08:58 5
- flash mob? so there was nudity? -- nm - zork Nov 5, 09:10
- Fox News covered it and Brit Hume seemed to be quite taken with it, They were showing college kids jumping up and down.... - Remlik Nov 5, 09:00 1
  - He was really human and not a jerk in that moment. I think he was huffing gas. -- nm - emoticreature Nov 5, 09:06
- I loved the one in the street outside my apartment. -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 09:00
- ditto...the jubilation was fantastic. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 5, 08:59
*ahem*... Thank you Indiana! -- nm - con_carne Nov 5, 08:55 2
- *beams* You're welcome! Obama's organization did amazing things here. -- nm - mara Nov 5, 08:57 1
  - Wayne county must have put it over the top..... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 5, 09:02
David, I'd still say Gore and Kerry ran worse. They shouldn't have lost. McCain shouldn't have won. - Will Hunting Nov 5, 08:55 18
- Gore won the popular vote and ran into an arcane scenario. He's not even in the discussion. - David Nov 5, 09:02 9
  - Do you believe there's a GOPer alive who would have won in 2008 with what we were seeing? - Will Hunting Nov 5, 09:04 8
    - McCain of '99 would have won. - Mel Profit Nov 5, 09:10 1
      - It woulda been a dogfight, no doubt. - Will Hunting Nov 5, 09:12
    - McCain was the best option. He just showed poor decision making down the line and lost it. People wanted his experience but he didn't show he knew - oblique Nov 5, 09:06 5
      - the economy cratering showed the exact opposite. he was supposed to be the experience candidate, but when something unexpected happened he was... - x Nov 5, 09:11 1
        
        Yup. I think you combine this with Palin's lack of experience on just about anything and you got people that saw Obama as the one with the real - oblique Nov 5, 09:13
      - I would really love to have been a fly on the wall to see the decision-making process behind some of their stuff. - Will Hunting Nov 5, 09:08 2
        
        ditto...I wonder if the Pro-Palin people in his campaign will have jobs... -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 5, 09:13
        
        oh yeah. Would love to have seen that back room meetings in regard to his campaign. -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 09:10
- I think Gore/Kerry/McCain all showed that while negative is effective, you still need to give people something to vote *for* -- nm - Dano Nov 5, 08:58 1
  - and that no matter what, it is the ground game that wins an election. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 5, 09:01
- Gore and Kerry ran into the buzzsaw of Rove Campaigns. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 5, 08:58 4
  - Gore ignored Clinton's accomplishments when all he had to do was say blowjobs from the non-wife are baaad, m'kay? - Will Hunting Nov 5, 08:59
  - more accurately, they tried to run away from it and it chewed them up. - znufrii Nov 5, 08:59 2
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      - true, it had chipped several teeth on the cold hard stone of reality in the 2006 midterms. -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 09:01
- Gore's big mistake was not using Bill I think, Kerry's run was just so bland. -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 08:57
The Couric interview of Palin was brutal. That really hurt her in my eyes. -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 08:53 17
- Agreed. Couric as anchor for CBS's election night was brutal too. -- nm - Loyola Nov 5, 08:59 1
  - very true. She was bad. -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 09:05
- It was a stupid showing for anyone. For a major ticket candidate, wow isn't a strong enough word. - David Nov 5, 08:56 6
  - I mean, I'm no Supreme Court wonk, but even I could name Brown vs. BOE, Miranda case as 2 other cases. -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 09:09 1
    - FWIW, the question wasn't name another Supreme Court ruling. It was name another you disagree with. -- nm - Inigo Nov 5, 09:17
  - What got me was how badly she came off even compared to Dubya... - Mel Profit Nov 5, 09:03 1
    - I have heard some of Dubya's speeches when he was governor of Texas - amoxy Nov 5, 09:09
  - More than that, it was her ignorance of major national issues - Brian Nov 5, 09:02 1
    - I fully agree about her blissful ignorance of the world. -- nm - David Nov 5, 09:03
- i'm listening to her take questions right now. she first needs a speech coach to stop her sounding like every answer is to a beauty pageant question -- nm - compound ruler-elect pigby Nov 5, 08:55 1
  - That's her primary selling point. -- nm - David Nov 5, 08:56
- agreed. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 5, 08:54 3
  - I'm just gonna say Mel is my politcal commentary proxy, cause we seem to agree on almost everything re: this election. (nm) - musubi Nov 5, 08:56 1
    - musubi/Mel 2012! -- nm - Dano Nov 5, 08:57
  - I mean, how can you not even name your hometown newspaper? -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 08:55
- It really was a turning point in her likeablity. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 5, 08:54 1
  - worse than Dion's interview with Steve Murphy down our way? do you think? -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 08:55
what's the new White House puppy going to be named? -- nm - compound ruler-elect pigby Nov 5, 08:52 11
- his grandmother's name -- nm - zork Nov 5, 09:12
- Obamamentum! -- nm - TaurusII Nov 5, 09:05
- The girls are totally naming it Hannah Montana. -- nm - Amy--voted for only two winners Nov 5, 09:05 1
  - More likely after a Jonas Brother -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 5, 09:09
- Puppy Name Submissions = $20 contribution to the Re-elect Obama Campaign. -- nm - Mop Nov 5, 08:56 2
  - So the puppy's new name will be "Golden Palace Casino". -- nm - Mop Nov 5, 08:57 1
    - come here godaddy.com -- nm - compound ruler-elect pigby Nov 5, 09:00
- Joe the Puppy -- nm - oblique Nov 5, 08:56
- Aloha -- nm - zork Nov 5, 08:55
- HPYNODOGGIEBAMA -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 08:54
- *submits name for consideration* -- nm - Paws McGee si Nov 5, 08:53
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Lord, I hope Kerry doesn't get any cabinet position. He's so terrible. - Will Hunting Nov 5, 08:51 10
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  - It's a year out, at least, is my feeling. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 5, 09:02
- I think the worst thing Obama can do is call up *any* name from the Democratic roster that has already run for Pres or been Pres, etc. - oblique Nov 5, 08:55 3
  - Even Al Gore? You're talking more about politics in 2012 than about actually getting stuff done, right? -- nm - con_carne Nov 5, 08:57 2
    - Not even Gore for me. I don't want a politican in the Energy position -- nm - oblique Nov 5, 09:01 1
      - Ah, I think that makes sense... -- nm - con_carne Nov 5, 09:08
- I'm trying to figure out who we're getting as Ambassedor up here. (I'm actually going to miss David Wilkins, which...) - Name Withheld By Request Nov 5, 08:53
- here is an article about him that is somewhat interesting -- (link) - crash davis Nov 5, 08:53
- He'll take the Foreign Relations Committee Chair instead? -- nm - Dano Nov 5, 08:53 1
  - I think he will too -- nm - crash davis Nov 5, 08:54
I think anyone would have had trouble running against Obama. This was a vote against Bush. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 5, 08:51 7
- I'm not sure I agree. Whilst Bush created favourable conditions for a Democratic victory, it was a victory very dependant on the Dem nominee. - Loyola Nov 5, 08:55
- Just like 04 was? -- nm - oblique Nov 5, 08:53
- I think it was equally a Pro-Obama/Anti Bush Referendum. - Mel Profit Nov 5, 08:53 1
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- McCain had a very tough fight; one he was doing okay in till Palin was exposed and the economy cratered - Will Hunting Nov 5, 08:53 1
  - For all the experience talk early in the campaign, I think that is what killed him. Palin lacked it. He didn't show he could use it well -- nm - oblique Nov 5, 08:54
- In large part, yes. And a big a repudiation of neo-con Rovian hyper-partisanship ideology as they come. -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 08:52
*confiscates B2's weed* -- nm - ST Police Nov 5, 08:51 4
- why is pot illegal?? -- nm - pilgrims and indians love mandy lane Nov 5, 08:51 3
  - From Salon -- (link) - mara Nov 5, 08:57
  - It's not. - ST Police Nov 5, 08:55
  - semi-serious answer: it's 3M's fault. damn their spun nylon rope! -- nm - mafic Nov 5, 08:52
The news cycle and series of events immediately following the Rep Natl Convention really took the wind out of the McCain sail. -- nm - budice Nov 5, 08:50
Who said "Worst Red State Ever" for Montana last night? Classic. -- nm - Mop Nov 5, 08:50 3
- that was me... and I see now that they have called it. How can a "red state" have a Dem. Governor, 2 Dem Senators, and go Dem for President? -- nm - Dano Nov 5, 08:54 2
  - I'm gonna use that. I'll pay residuals. -- nm - Mop Nov 5, 08:59 1
    - shirtlessly? -- nm - Dano Nov 5, 09:07
How long do McCain/Palin have SS protection? Did the SS pack it up last night and head back to Washington? -- nm - TWuG Nov 5, 08:49 8
- I'm sure they both have security from their offices, right? -- nm - Amy--voted for only two winners Nov 5, 08:51
- Boy, THAT'S not a suspicious question. /taps your phone/ -- nm - S.Service Nov 5, 08:50
- McCain still has government security as a Senator doesn't he? -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 5, 08:50 5
  - Senators don't get government security as a general rule, unless threats have been made against them. - TWuG Nov 5, 08:52
  - I sort of agree with you here. with a competent VP pick, I think mccain could have easily won. -- (link) - all the classmates loves mandy lane Nov 5, 08:51 [Backboard] 3
    - I don't necessarily agree. Palin really help solidify the base. A more moderate candidate would disengage the core -- nm - budice Nov 5, 08:57
    - Up until mid-September, that might have been true - Brian Nov 5, 08:56
    - I think Liebermann could have done it. -- nm - mafic Nov 5, 08:54

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