11/4/08
Election Night
I'm here.
There's not much to say that isn't being reported elsewhere online.
I'm tabbing between AMERICAblog and TPM and kos and the CNN race results module I customized with the Congressional races where HCAN advertised. If you're following along at home, that would be FL-08, IL-11, MI-7, MO-9, MN-3, NY-29 and the NH Senate race (which Jeanne Shaheen won while I was writing this post).
My boss is all about Randy Kuhl going down in NY. I'd like to be able to wave buh-bye to Tim Walberg in MI. They just called PA and a good chunk of the Northeast for Obama. This is expected but promising. I'll take it.
Mark Warner's win in VA is excellent news for HCAN. We're hoping he kicks off what turns out to be a run of winnning candidates who have already signed on to our campaign. Remember, an Obama win tonight is just the beginning.
Post Canvass Posting
John and I just finished helping gotv in rural Virginia. It's raining and we're both soaked and drained, but I'm really glad we had the chance to pitch in even just for the afternoon.
Some we spoke with had already voted. Some weren't home. One woman said she wasn't voting. "Not this time," she said. We assumed it was a race thing. That's the only explanation we could come up with for an older white woman - a democrat - just up the street from her polling place opting not to exercise the right. It made me sad.
We're on our way back home. I plan to take a long hot shower and then plop down in front of the teevee with a hot drink, my computer, and all the hope I've got left.
One volunteer we just met put it well. Time to be cautiously nauseous.
Some we spoke with had already voted. Some weren't home. One woman said she wasn't voting. "Not this time," she said. We assumed it was a race thing. That's the only explanation we could come up with for an older white woman - a democrat - just up the street from her polling place opting not to exercise the right. It made me sad.
We're on our way back home. I plan to take a long hot shower and then plop down in front of the teevee with a hot drink, my computer, and all the hope I've got left.
One volunteer we just met put it well. Time to be cautiously nauseous.
Very Early Voting
I got up at 6:30am to go wait in line to vote.
It turned out to be a good decision because once the doors opened, the whole process took 40 minutes start to finish. My polling location has paper ballots and one touch screen machine. The majority of people were choosing paper ballots. You have to connect the broken arrow for the candidate of your choice. I pressed extra hard and drew over it twice for Obama/Biden. It felt really good.
Go vote. Even if the line is long and the process seems like it's going to take forever. It's one day, and it means everything.
11/3/08
Election Day Eve
John and I are currently watching "Unwrapped" on the Food Network which tonight is all about cheese. It's the perfect distraction for two people who both love cheese and are quietly pretending not to be anxious about tomorrow.
But we so are.
The plan is for me to vote here in the morning and then head down to Virginia so John can vote there by the afternoon. If we have free time afterwards, we'll go volunteer until the polls close in Virginia at 7pm. Then it's just time to settle in and wait.
I'll be online - both here and at AMERICAblog if there's something I can contribute to the conversation there in the moment (if they'll have me, of course).
Until then, here's to making history.
Not Cool
CNN just did a segment with David Alan Grier and used it to promote their new Saturday show with D.L. Hughley. Grier did not look amused.
It felt like, "Hey, you like this black comedian? We've got one too!"
I was offended so I know he must have been.
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