# 2008 Presidential Election Results Thread. See it here as they come in. **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 4, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031 "2008-11-04T12:25:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/501 "2008-11-05T03:46:06Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > yeah! hold on… alaska doesn’t close until tomorrow eastern time (1am). Will Palin really stand onstage with McCain while he concedes the election if her own state is still voting? McCain could wait until the Alaskan polls are closed, but traditional or not I don’t think Obama will wait that late to declare victory. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/502 "2008-11-05T03:46:11Z")
[Karl frickin’ Rove says Obama 338, McCain 200.](http://www.rove.com/election) And with that, my friends, I’m going to say that McCain is well and truly forked. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/503 "2008-11-05T03:46:47Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Well, about _time_ someone called Virginia! I just ran down the list of which counties have how many precincts left, and it’s overwhelmingly Obama territory. > > Fuck it, **I** call Virginia for Obama. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/504 "2008-11-05T03:47:33Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Really? [Screen grab of their online map a few moments ago showing California as a red state.](http://tuckerfan.googlepages.com/foxmap.jpg) Their online map has been buggy all night. For a while it showed all the states up for grabs even after a dozen had been called. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/505 "2008-11-05T03:47:48Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Really? [Screen grab of their online map a few moments ago showing California as a red state.](http://tuckerfan.googlepages.com/foxmap.jpg) Well, right now it’s not showing CA red. But the headlines say: Momentum builds, Obama wins Ohio, PA, delivering damaging blow to McCain. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/506 "2008-11-05T03:48:04Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > [Karl frickin’ Rove says Obama 338, McCain 200.](http://www.rove.com/election) And with that, my friends, I’m going to say that McCain is well and truly forked. Welcome to the party, the beer’s cold and the brie is runny. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/507 "2008-11-05T03:48:28Z")
Life is veddy, veddy good. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/508 "2008-11-05T03:48:53Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Will Palin really stand onstage with McCain while he concedes the election if her own state is still voting? McCain could wait until the Alaskan polls are closed, but traditional or not I don’t think Obama will wait that late to declare victory. Obama’s sort-of-home state (Hawaii) will still be voting then, too. He might not make an acceptance speech at Grant Park… just a “yay, thanks!” speech. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/509 "2008-11-05T03:49:14Z")
Hmm, I just took a look at CNN’s map, and the picture they show of McCain has him doing a Nazi salute. Maybe there is a media bias! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/510 "2008-11-05T03:49:34Z")
Shall we commence the Happy Dance. **Shayna** , will you do me the honor? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/511 "2008-11-05T03:49:55Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > Life is veddy, veddy good. 🙂 Yes, it is. We need to celebrate now, because tomorrow we get a hell of a mess dumped in our laps. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/512 "2008-11-05T03:50:13Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Welcome to the party, the beer’s cold and the brie is runny. Try the arugula salad with the Republican Tear dressing… it’s to die for! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/513 "2008-11-05T03:51:58Z")
> [@Enfant Terrible](#): > > Try the arugula salad with the Republican Tear dressing… it’s to die for! Is it made with Boehner’s tears? I hear those are the best kind. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/514 "2008-11-05T03:52:22Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Shall we commence the Happy Dance. > > **Shayna** , will you do me the honor? Awww, it would be my pleasure. Thank you for asking. :o ::curtsies:: ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/515 "2008-11-05T03:52:47Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > Life is veddy, veddy good. 🙂 Oh Yeah, it IS !!! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/516 "2008-11-05T03:53:08Z")
I want more pics of Grant Park in Chicago! Shut up, Buchanan. I hear VA is for Obama now–I hope so! ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/517 "2008-11-05T03:53:34Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Yes, it is. We need to celebrate now, because tomorrow we get a hell of a mess dumped in our laps. Oh dude, I’ve been celebrating so much that I’m halfway through tomorrow already! 😉 😃 ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/518 "2008-11-05T03:53:49Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > I can’t believe that LA went McCain–Katrina and its “treatment” meant nothing? All I can say about that is that Louisiana is really, really weird. Honest. Culturally, New Orleans is like it’s from another planet compared to much of the rest of the state. Northern Louisiana is basically Southern, albeit a bit more Catholic than, say, Georgia (where I have also lived). You have NO, then you have the rest of south Lousiana, then you have north Louisiana. I think a lot of the state would be happy to see New Orleans be “normal”, aside from the tourism money. I’m not surprised by that call, even though I think I should be. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/519 "2008-11-05T03:54:13Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Is it made with Boehner’s tears? I hear those are the best kind. Uh-huh-uh-huhhuh, you said Boehner. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/520 "2008-11-05T03:55:37Z")
> [@Enfant Terrible](#): > > Try the arugula salad with the Republican Tear dressing… it’s to die for! That was DAMN funny! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031.md?page=27)