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way too close to call
don't ask me why i'm awake and online at 3:37 a.m. central standard time. i don't know.
ohio is now keeping the country from knowing who its next president will be. same deal the way florida did four years ago. wisconsin and new mexico aren't done counting yet, either.
in just three hours since 12:30 p.m., democrat john kerry managed to gain on the president by winning several key states' electoral votes. the landslide started when CNN projected kerry will win new hampshire, a northeast state that also almost always voted democrat.
oh my god. i just looked at the tribune's latest results, and kerry wins wisconsin! it is down to iowa, ohio and new mexico.
the trib gets their results from AP. that's my office right there, calling the shots.
damn it. i left the office early coz one of our key reporters left early as well. i was like, if she can leave, i can too! woopee. i'm sleep-deprived anyways. i shoulda just stayed put.
as of now, at 3:57 a.m., CNN won't call new mexico and ohio, they say it's too close to call. they're also patiently waiting for wisconsin and iowa's results.
4:10 a.m. - CNN called kerry for wisconsin. AHAHAHA!
for every state, either kerry or bush won the popular votes only by a hair - 2 percent or one percent. that's crazy. that's such a repeat of four years ago.
but what matters are the electoral votes - each state gets a number of electoral votes depending on their population. sparsely-populated states like montana and alaska automatically get three votes. illinois has 21 votes, california 55, new york 31 and texas 34. a candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the presidency; as of 4:12 a.m., bush leads a mere 2 electoral votes; 254 to 252.
if this results in a tie, votes will go to the house and senate.
if they tie there, the supreme court gets to decide. the fate of the most powerful man on the face of the planet rests in the hands of nine judges. hopefully my tiny say in the whole process will help them decide wisely.
i never voted in 2000; i was a mere slip of a college graduate then blissfully unaware that the world existed beyond my little cubicle at work and my messy room at home. *big empty smile*
earlier today after casting our votes at independence library, clutching a little "i voted!" souvenier piece of paper, i wondered if i just cost an army soldier his left hand. my sister chatted away that she banked on the judges. "oh, come on. who looses sleep over this?"
umm. ¶ 11/03/2004 03:43:00 AM
ohio is now keeping the country from knowing who its next president will be. same deal the way florida did four years ago. wisconsin and new mexico aren't done counting yet, either.
in just three hours since 12:30 p.m., democrat john kerry managed to gain on the president by winning several key states' electoral votes. the landslide started when CNN projected kerry will win new hampshire, a northeast state that also almost always voted democrat.
oh my god. i just looked at the tribune's latest results, and kerry wins wisconsin! it is down to iowa, ohio and new mexico.
the trib gets their results from AP. that's my office right there, calling the shots.
damn it. i left the office early coz one of our key reporters left early as well. i was like, if she can leave, i can too! woopee. i'm sleep-deprived anyways. i shoulda just stayed put.
as of now, at 3:57 a.m., CNN won't call new mexico and ohio, they say it's too close to call. they're also patiently waiting for wisconsin and iowa's results.
4:10 a.m. - CNN called kerry for wisconsin. AHAHAHA!
for every state, either kerry or bush won the popular votes only by a hair - 2 percent or one percent. that's crazy. that's such a repeat of four years ago.
but what matters are the electoral votes - each state gets a number of electoral votes depending on their population. sparsely-populated states like montana and alaska automatically get three votes. illinois has 21 votes, california 55, new york 31 and texas 34. a candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the presidency; as of 4:12 a.m., bush leads a mere 2 electoral votes; 254 to 252.
if this results in a tie, votes will go to the house and senate.
if they tie there, the supreme court gets to decide. the fate of the most powerful man on the face of the planet rests in the hands of nine judges. hopefully my tiny say in the whole process will help them decide wisely.
i never voted in 2000; i was a mere slip of a college graduate then blissfully unaware that the world existed beyond my little cubicle at work and my messy room at home. *big empty smile*
earlier today after casting our votes at independence library, clutching a little "i voted!" souvenier piece of paper, i wondered if i just cost an army soldier his left hand. my sister chatted away that she banked on the judges. "oh, come on. who looses sleep over this?"
umm. ¶ 11/03/2004 03:43:00 AM
