The 2008 US Election thread

[guy crouchback]

McCain for President, if it has to be a democrat I hope obama gets the nod, the most articulate and intelligent of all the candidates and if clinton gets it i will be moving back home, the thought of four years and possibly eight years being led by thon would be enough to make me bail out and head back to Armagh.

serious question stew what is the major problem that right wingers in the states have with the clintons. it seems to be an absolutely visceral hatred.

[magickingdom]

McCain for President, if it has to be a democrat I hope obama gets the nod, the most articulate and intelligent of all the candidates and if clinton gets it i will be moving back home, the thought of four years and possibly eight years being led by thon would be enough to make me bail out and head back to Armagh.

serious question stew what is the major problem that right wingers in the states have with the clintons. it seems to be an absolutely visceral hatred.

i asked stew that a while back, still waiting for an answer. what is it about her that drives some people mad is beyond me.

anyway in superbowl week i'm gonna say romney is throwing a hail mary today in the republican side but touchdown hillary on the dems side...

[heganboy]

6 weeks ago I would have had the house on Clinton for the nomination. But there has been a huge obama groundswell here in the last few weeks that he may 
actually be electable

[magickingdom]

anyone know what time results will start coming in? i can doss tomorrow morning if i stay up late tonight..

[heganboy]

a lot of California has thankfully gone back to paper voting so it is likely to be wed evening

[dec]

anyone know what time results will start coming in? i can doss tomorrow morning if i stay up late tonight..

You'll get exit poll results as soon as the polls close, and in most states you will get precinct by precinct results without having to wait for the whole state to report.

[AZOffaly]

Any exit polls out thus far?

[SammyG]

anyone know what time results will start coming in? i can doss tomorrow morning if i stay up late tonight..

BBC reckons the first results will start coming in at about midnight.

[Over the Bar]

The US media are tastefully referring to it was Tsunami Tuesday.   Filthy yank press.

[stephenite]

Huckabee takes West Virginia

[David McKeown]

The US media are tastefully referring to it was Tsunami Tuesday.   Filthy yank press.

Back when I was working in the democratic party we referred to it as super duper Tuesday because of the largest than normal number of states reporting.  Have heard that a few different places since but it never really seemed to stick

[magickingdom]

thanks guys just realised cnn are doing it for the night, no work for me tomorrow

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Whats the link magic? Can't see it on the CNN website.

[magickingdom]

watching it on telly TAM, obama has won georgia..

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Obama projected to take Illinnois and Georgia

Clinton projected to take Oaklahoma, Arkansaw, Tennesse

No projections from CNN for 7 states for Democrats.

McCain projected to take Connecticut, Illinois, Delaware and New Jersey

Romney projected to take Massachusetts

Hasn't realised till tonight how important the "super delegates" might be for the Democrats. The elected officials may make the decision if the primaries finish tonight.

Also looks like Huckabee and Romney might cut each other's throats and hand McCain the nomination. Looks like McCain is doing very well amongst the "anti-Bush" Republicans.

All seems very tight at the minute though.