Voted

Longish line, cheerful poll workers. Voting in Somerville is fun because the poll workers go "Oh, hi, Brenda! You're not Sally, that's your mom, how is she?"

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Sure I'm Liveblogging

12:16: And that's a victory speech. Major awesome. Calling out to Republicans and asking for their help is a big win. Biden! You guys have a lot of work ahead of you, but I think it might just go pretty well.

Jesse Jackson crying. I can't even begin to imagine what this must feel like for him.

That'll be enough from me for tonight, I think. Here's to history. I'll worry about the West Coast ballot results in the morning.
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To Mark the Moment

It's over, assuming Ohio holds up. Here's the map.

Note that I'm giving Iowa, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Florida, Virginia, and North Carolina to McCain. The only blue states on that map that haven't been called by at least MSNBC are Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, and California (so don't stop voting there, y'all). So that's a stunning turnaround in every swing state, and Obama still wins.

Or I missed something cause I'm drunk. But woo!

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We win! We win!
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