US Election Watch - we'll be here for a while!

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After the success of the all day / night London Election party we had earlier in the year, who fancies one for the US election?

Lots of nothing news so far from the US - some polling stations have long queues, but others don't! John McCain says tomorrow he "will be the President of the United States!" Sarah Palin is "very optimistic!" Hilary Clinton is predicting a big Obama win! Obama has been playing basketball!

Its going to be a good one..

I'm not feeling good about Indiana

Pleeeeeeease let Obama take Indiana

This will be like when bush was re elected, I can see it now. I was a student, it was the year before I had DS and I stayed up all night, I remember that awful sinking feeling that it wasn't going the way I thought it would and the way it should have.

Someone make me more confident please.

notnowbernard - had the joy of reading it to my (5 month dd) recently. Ablast from my childhood.

I am now feeling a bit sick.

extremely early results from Florida (less than 1% in) - McCain 54%

AmIWhatAndWhy, is your name a lyric from a song? Which on is it?

I wonder if McCain will survive the night - literally, he's not looking too well is he? Must be a bit of a strain.

I really, really want Obama to win. It'll reinstate my faith in the democratic process if he does.

Also it'll be really funny watching the racists back pedaling madly!

theirmum - they are treating them as actuals but they are still projections at the moment.

Aren't the states mentioned so far fairly staunch Republican states anyway?

I'm feeling a bit ill

whatshesaid

Yes, it's Moloko, one of my favourite bands, from Sheffield as am I.

Oh, it will be close. But isn't that kind of a good thing? Isn't it good that the Americans have a system in place where people can feel that their vote really matters.

btw, when will we know about the California marriage vote thingy?

Falcon - Indiana is one of the "battleground" states.

He'd better survive the night even if it means I have to give him cpr personally... ewwww.

The only thing worse than the thought of McCain winning is another term of George Bush or him dying and Palin becoming president.

Thanks. It's been niggling away at me, trying to remember which song.

Cool lets home Obama gets Texas and California! not looking good for Indiana

Three coming in within the next six minutes. But it depends whether they are contested and how quickly they can count them.

Is it on radio? I could go to bed if it's on radio instead of sitting down here in the cold.

no Indiana McCain stretching his lead slightly - still only 12% in.....

I'm tempted to stay awake for the results but my nerves are getting the better of me and I have an exam tomorrow.

I know Falcon could you imagine her in charge! Good bless America they will need it!

It's on 5 Live wmmc

WMMC - it's on R4
theirmum - Obama will get California and McCain will get Texas - this is a dead cert.
Inidaina, Virginia and Georgia are usually Republican but Obama hoping for a chance there. I'm hoping for such a landslide

Dangerous going to bed to listen though - DH did that a while ago...I heard him snoring through the ceiling before the first polls closed.

Obama was in the polls to win Virginia and Indiana both of which he is slightly behind on lets hope thats not how its going to run!