The Left Central Gazette
A Decidedly Left Leaning Guide to Things Liberals
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All The News That's Fit To Click
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Barack Obama Elected President !!!!!!!!!!!!!
AP: Obama Becomes 44th President in Landslide
The Page: "The Networks Won't Tell You but, Barack Obama Will Be the 44th President of the United States!!"
The Page
Andrew Sullivan was kind enough to post this video on his site that receives something like a million hits a day. We receive something like 50 hits when we update, so for you few who have not seen this video, please take 7 minutes to watch it. It's Leonard Cohen with a fantastic song to celebrate the culmination of the 2008 political season. It's quite stirring. Enjoy
Ben Smith writes:
"ABC calls Pennsylvania and New Hampshire for Obama, based on the exit polls; CNN is waiting to project. If ABC is right, that's more or less the ballgame. Without those two states, the scenarios for McCain become increasingly exotic: He needs to win in Western states he's losing, or he needs to steal a state in the upper Midwest.
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Politico
Elizabeth Dole loses North Carolina.
There are many options where to watch results, but check Talking Points Memo, they have a cool interactive map where you can scroll over counties throughout the country to see how they voted.
Here are some links worth checking out regularly.
Mark Halpern's The Page always has up to date election news The Page
As does Taegan Goddard's Political Wire Politcal Wire
For an accurate and interesting take on the polls Five Thirty Eight.com
Democratic political operative Phil Singer has an insightful blog worth checking The Marathon Blog
Plus you must check Andrew Sullivan.com regularly as well as
And for funny stuff and more, do visit Charles Laquidara's blog. Always good for a laugh -- or something. BigMattress.com/weblog
That's it for now.
Links
The
New York Times Editorial page
The Washington Post
The Washington Post Editorial Page
The
Boston Globe Editorial Page
The Note The ABC News political journal.
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