Completely Unnecessary

Wow.

It hasn’t really sunk in yet. (And I know for sure my that right-wing taxi driver tonight hasn’t come to terms with the Obama win).

I was down at the rally tonight and, instead of the pushy morass you’d expect, everyone was lovely and amazing. It was a fabulous night. I hugged strangers (and also some people I’d gone to high school with).

We’re still waiting on Proposition 8 in CA (which would ban gay marriage); it is not looking good in California.

Oregon’s Jeff Merkley is still hanging in the balance - and the NYT’s map, which I lauded in my last post, doesn’t have the cities labeled. I have to figure out for myself where the hell Portland lives, county-wise.

Indiana looks like it’s polled for the Democrats - an amazing feat, due largely, I expect, to Illinois pull in Gary. [Update - Indiana is ours. That's just insane.]

We’re still waiting on Missouri and North Carolina and Montana - though I expect Montana to go for McCain. Fox seems to be reporting that parts of Nebraska are still out (Nebraska splits its electoral votes). [Update as I'm writing - Nebraska's 2nd has gone to Obama (via 538, whose permalink is broken).] [Further Update - they're pulling that call...]

Meanwhile in MN, does Al Franken have enough votes in Hennepin County to close the 1400 votes separating him from Norm Coleman? St Louis County also hasn’t fully reported, and they look to be heavily Franken. [Update 2:30am - looks like Franken might pull it off, by about 1000 votes. He's still going strong in St Louis and Hennepin, whilst the counties still reporting for Coleman have much lower numbers.]

As to Alaska, I don’t actually believe that convicted felon Stevens is winning against Mark Begich. Since I’ve last looked, it’s closed a bit more, so another nail biter. [Update - Unless Anchorage hasn't weighed in yet - I'm having a trouble finding a map that breaks the state down - Alaska is freaking insane. Young is also winning with 72% reporting.]

And in Oregon - looks like Merkley (D) might just beat out the 25th Udall cousin, Gordon Smith (R). Looking at 47.3% vs 47.1% as I’m writing…

Update: Propositions results - looks like Prop 8 is winning, i.e., people have voted ‘yes’ to a gay marriage ban; IL’s con-con failed; Florida defined marriage (as between a man and a woman); and Arkanas saw fit to ban all unwed couples (though targeting gay couples) from adopting or fostering children. (Nice work, Arkanas; more kids to sit in the system!)

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