# 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:** 39
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/761 "2008-11-05T04:51:26Z")
OK, Gore Vidal is being as much of a jerk as \*JOHN \*Bolton and making less sense. How about we only have American pundits who are capable of behaving themselves on international TV for a while? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/762 "2008-11-05T04:51:30Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Do those numbers include ol’ Bernie Sanders? Cause if not, then he’ll push it to 60. Sorry, they include the esteemed Senator Sanders and also the somewhat less esteemed Senator Lieberman, both of whom caucus with the Dems. 57 if you don’t count those two. That’s what I’m predicting and I also think it is max, even though CNN hasn’t formally called Saxby Chambliss in Georgia. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/763 "2008-11-05T04:52:01Z")
That was about the best speech I’ve heard McCain make. I’d have been even more impressed if I wasn’t aware of the sort of campaign he ran. Meanwhile, for those who were asking about Michelle “Obama’s un-American” Bachmann, as of an hour or so ago she was up by four or five points over Tinkle… Tinklen… Twinkle… er, the other guy. Still a little ways to go before we overcome divisiveness, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/764 "2008-11-05T04:52:20Z")
On Five Thirty [Eight.com](http://Eight.com), it was just commented that: > [@](#): > > Palin looks pissed / like she was gonna cry. Todd looked REALLY pissed. Ugly ugly emotions. > > Moose are gonna die for this. _snerk_ ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/765 "2008-11-05T04:53:07Z")
C’mon Missouri. Don’t ruin my 378. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/766 "2008-11-05T04:53:15Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > On a positive note, San Francisco and Los Angeles aren’t included in that, so that will close the gap a bit. Not gay, no longer in L.A. (or California, for that matter), not 18-29 years old. But I hope it’s defeated. ---
**Author:** ![MJinks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@MJinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MJinks)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/767 "2008-11-05T04:53:21Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > OK, Gore Vidal is being as much of a jerk as \*JOHN \*Bolton and making less sense. How about we only have American pundits who are capable of behaving themselves on international TV for a while? Was he being serious? I thought I could sense a smirk throughout that interview. I know nothing of the man though. It was very funny. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/768 "2008-11-05T04:54:01Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > No real surprise there, I guess. _sigh_ I was really keeping my fingers crossed for our \*fabulous \*dopers. Hey, I would have if I could have. Offering solidarity from afar. ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/769 "2008-11-05T04:54:50Z")
I’d also like to add that it’s nice to have an election that’s not ridiculously close for a change! ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/770 "2008-11-05T04:54:52Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > C’mon Missouri. Don’t ruin my 378. Going by CNN’s counties still not called in… does not look likely. Alas. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/771 "2008-11-05T04:54:56Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Five senate pickups now. 51 + 5 = 56. And they called it for Landrieu. No reverse pickups. > > Prospects for 60: Chambliss and McConnell got by (damn). Collins did fine (yay! Sorry, can’t help it, I really like those Maine Republican Senators). Franken is mildly ahead in Minnesota with 41% reporting. Ted Stevens is going down hard when his timezone cometh. That’s 58. > > Merkley is ahead of Gordon Smith in Oregon. That would make it 59. > > But there just ain’t no 60th. There doesn’t have to be. Several moderate Repos, correctly gauging the new political winds, will undoubtedly cross over on any legislation which is halfway reasonable. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/772 "2008-11-05T04:55:13Z")
> [@Orbifold](#): > > In 2006 not a single Democratic incumbent running for reelection lost. Not one, not in the Senate, the House, or any Governor’s mansion anywhere. If they could repeat that, that would be just plain astonishing. > > Were there any Democrats in Congress in danger? The only one I can think of off the top of my head is Murtha, but it looks like he won… One lost his House seat: Tim Mahoney in Florida. Some hassle concerning his mistress. In Minnesota it’s showing Al Franken and Norm Coleman in a dead heat with 49% of the precincts reporting. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/773 "2008-11-05T04:56:15Z")
They just showed Times Square with the caption “Crowds Gather Outside the White House.” BBC World News looks a lot better on the radio. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/774 "2008-11-05T04:56:17Z")
County-by-county California results: [http://vote.sos.ca.gov/Returns/props/map190000000008.htm](http://vote.sos.ca.gov/Returns/props/map190000000008.htm) It takes awhile to load. ---
**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, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/775 "2008-11-05T04:56:40Z")
[538.com](http://538.com) is projecting Ted Stevens is forked. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Doubt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Peter\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Doubt)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/776 "2008-11-05T04:56:41Z")
happy joyful tears. I feel a hope from outside my own self that’s been long absent ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/777 "2008-11-05T04:57:41Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Sorry, they include the esteemed Senator Sanders and also the somewhat less esteemed Senator Lieberman, both of whom caucus with the Dems. > > 57 if you don’t count those two. That’s what I’m predicting and I also think it is max, even though CNN hasn’t formally called Saxby Chambliss in Georgia. Keep an eye on GA… If Chambliss is held to less than 50%, we have a runoff. And the last precincts reporting are heavily Dem… ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/778 "2008-11-05T04:57:48Z")
now here he is !!! ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/779 "2008-11-05T04:59:24Z")
MSNBC has Montana with Obama 53% and McCain 44% with 24% reporting. Could Obama really win Montana??? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/780 "2008-11-05T04:59:26Z")
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