America tonight is one big raw nerve. We await impatiently to find out who our 44th President will be. Hopefully tomorrow night we'll know for sure. In the meantime, it's getting loony out there. Here's the round-up, and it's New York related as well.
First, you gotta check out the stupid attack ad posted above. Mitch McConnell is the Senate Republican leader and he's in danger of losing his seat out in Kentucky. So how does he think he can win? Oh, just a little good ol' boy, vaguely anti-Semitic New York bashing. (Listen to the laughably bad Jewish accent in this ad -- no Jew says "baddabing-baddabam-baddaboom." In fact, no one says "baddabing-baddabam-baddaboom." But try telling it to these yokels.) Anyway, the ad is blasting Chuck Schumer, our senator, and not his opponent, some guy named Bruce Lunsford. How pathetic and loathsome. Don't know how this race will turn out but the New Yorker wishes Mr. Lunsford well.
Second, a bit of sad news. Senator Obama's grandmother died today. While I hope to send him my congratulations tomorrow, I send him my condolences tonight.
Third, the latest polls: Obama is ahead. 270 electoral votes are needed to win the presidency and CNN gives him 291 with McCain at 157 and 90 in the toss-up category. Obama is holding all of the Gore 2000/Kerry 2004 states plus he's ahead in Virginia and Colorado. It's also in a dead-heat in Ohio and Florida. Obama just needs to get one of those 4 states to win. John McCain can only win by scoring all of them. Unless the polls in these 4 states are very wrong, it's mathematically impossible for McCain to win. But only time and the voters will tell.
Fourth, as it does for every presidential election, Rockefeller Plaza will become Election Plaza tomorrow night. A map of the United States will be projected onto the ice skating rink and the electoral wins will appear on it. Check out the video from the Today show about it here.
Fifth and finally, what makes living in a democracy so great? Elections are yet another excuse to party! The New York Press has list of election night events and About.com has one as well (not 100% sure where I'll be tomorrow night but it'll probably be at the beer garden in Astoria).
So please all go out and vote tomorrow. It's never been more important.
First, you gotta check out the stupid attack ad posted above. Mitch McConnell is the Senate Republican leader and he's in danger of losing his seat out in Kentucky. So how does he think he can win? Oh, just a little good ol' boy, vaguely anti-Semitic New York bashing. (Listen to the laughably bad Jewish accent in this ad -- no Jew says "baddabing-baddabam-baddaboom." In fact, no one says "baddabing-baddabam-baddaboom." But try telling it to these yokels.) Anyway, the ad is blasting Chuck Schumer, our senator, and not his opponent, some guy named Bruce Lunsford. How pathetic and loathsome. Don't know how this race will turn out but the New Yorker wishes Mr. Lunsford well.
Second, a bit of sad news. Senator Obama's grandmother died today. While I hope to send him my congratulations tomorrow, I send him my condolences tonight.
Third, the latest polls: Obama is ahead. 270 electoral votes are needed to win the presidency and CNN gives him 291 with McCain at 157 and 90 in the toss-up category. Obama is holding all of the Gore 2000/Kerry 2004 states plus he's ahead in Virginia and Colorado. It's also in a dead-heat in Ohio and Florida. Obama just needs to get one of those 4 states to win. John McCain can only win by scoring all of them. Unless the polls in these 4 states are very wrong, it's mathematically impossible for McCain to win. But only time and the voters will tell.
Fourth, as it does for every presidential election, Rockefeller Plaza will become Election Plaza tomorrow night. A map of the United States will be projected onto the ice skating rink and the electoral wins will appear on it. Check out the video from the Today show about it here.
Fifth and finally, what makes living in a democracy so great? Elections are yet another excuse to party! The New York Press has list of election night events and About.com has one as well (not 100% sure where I'll be tomorrow night but it'll probably be at the beer garden in Astoria).
So please all go out and vote tomorrow. It's never been more important.
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