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panama hat

Not tourism, Jet, that was an example, learn the language . . . economics-related . . . are you trying to be so stupid or does it come naturally?

S Landreth

The site I listed below should be where all the news stations get their voting results for Florida. You will be able to view the results/progress before the news stations are able to report it.
Florida reporting will not start until 8:00 am Thai time the 5th (Florida is in two Time Zones, Central and Eastern) and Florida will not release polls results until all the polls have been closed (Miami’s polls will close at 7:00 am Thai time), in Florida (8pm EST).

http://enight.dos.state.fl.us/

Once you open the page look on the left hand side of the page and you’ll see “Races”,..hit on “Presidential” beneath “Races” and you’ll find the totals (vote count) as they are reported.
Most of you Non-Americans who might view this page will be surprised by how many other candidates where running for the presidential slot, after hearing about only two (McCain and Obama) for the past several months. But yes,…….we have a larger selection to choose from if we wish.

If you want to see how “One County” voted,….look down the page a bit and you’ll see “Races by County”,…….. click on the arrow and pick any county you want to see the results/progress for.
Take for an example (open) Miami-Dade where I am from (more Liberal than most county’s in Florida),……….you’ll see what was on my ballot (I wasn’t able to vote on all Districts, only the one where my home address is located) and everything I was given an opportunity to vote on,……………judges, State Senator/Representative, State Constitutional Amendments, etc.

County’s to watch to see if they are finished voting are (because they are the larger counties and might have a large impact on the result):

Miami-Dade (Miami/South Beach) 1.2 million
Broward (Ft. Lauderdale) 1 million
Palm Beach .8 Million
Hillsborough (Tampa) .7 million
Orange (Disney World) .6 million

I posted this message for two reasons. The first was to inform Non-Americans how our voting/counting process works (after polls have been closed). The second and most important reason is because Florida is going to be a close race for all of its Electoral Votes (27). If you’ll remember back in the 2000 Presidential election Bush won this state by only 500 and something votes, even though Bush lost the popular vote in the US (Bush won more electoral votes but lost the popular vote in the 2000 election). If it wasn’t for Florida going to Bush [because Katharine Harris (Bitch), Florida’s Secretary of State at the time stopped the recount and the Supreme Court interjected],……I don’t think the US would be in the mess it is in today (under the Bush regime).
It could be an early evening (late morning for us here in Thailand) to find out who the next president of the United States will be. If Obama takes Florida he’ll (might) be our next president. Obama already has Pennsylvania 21 (CA55, CT7, DC3, DE3, HI4, IA7, IL31, MA12, MD10, ME4, MI17, MN10, NJ15, NY31, OR7, RI4, VT3, WA11, WI10) in the bag (as polls show by a large margin). Both of these states (Penn and Fla) are on the eastern side of the states,…………………..we should find out their results first. If Obama does take Florida,…….the rest of the evening (morning here) we’ll be watching Obama supporters celebrating (maybe with a landslide victory,.earning over 375 electoral votes).

If you would like to know more about the Presidential election, go to (on the 5th):

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/

or

http://elections.foxnews.com/states_map/index.html

Pennsylvania 21 (CA55, CT7, DC3, DE3, HI4, IA7, IL31, MA12, MD10, ME4, MI17, MN10, NJ15, NY31, OR7, RI4, VT3, WA11, WI10) adds up to 265 EV's with FL27 it would be 292 EV's,….270 EV's are needed to win

I'll repost it tomorrow.

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Norton

I believe this means they will not release until the last polls in the country are closed? Think we have to wait for Alaska to close 3 or 4 hours later.

Texpat

The townies just don't get time zones....

Boon Mee

Heh...find BO's Aunt on the front page of the NY Slimes...
Here's the “national edition” of the New York Times:




In the tank for the Redistributer or what?

Thormaturge

The Economist has come out behind Obama. Interesting Leader giving their reasoning and their doubts too.

Never mind. McCain has Dick Cheyney and Arnold Schwarzenegger on his side.

Norton

Saw that just today. McCain is certainly less than thrilled I would bet.

Boon Mee

Apparently the undecideds are breaking slightly for McCain per Rasmussen:

Ohio
McCain 49%
Obama 49%

Florida
McCain 50%
Obama 49%

Colorado
McCain 47%
Obama 51%

Missouri
McCain 49%
Obama 49%

North Carolina
McCain 50%
Obama 49%

Virginia
McCain 47%
Obama 51%

Source

Jet Gorgon

I'm cancelling my subscription. The eds are asking Americans to "take a chance and make Obama president." They have been leaning this way for a few weeks with no real clear reasoning. Not like The Econ of old. And calling the election beforehand with "It's Time" on the cover? I hope they wake up with egg on their faces on Wednesday.
You said tourism-related. You are way out of your depth on these issues, mad hatter. Stick to what you know, sweeping up leaves in the moo ban.

Norton

I would have expected this to happen.

"Finally, in Virginia, the overall results are unchanged with Obama leading 51% to 47%. This is the fifth straight weekly poll to show Obama at 50% or 51% and enjoying a lead ranging from two to four points."

For those who want get to sleep early, Virgina is the state to watch as the predictor of how the rest will go. With it's early poll closing, if Virgina goes to Obama the fight is over, Obama will win.

"Election watchers won't have to wait for polls to close in the West to know how things are going. The first clues will come early, when voting ends in Georgia, Indiana and Virginia. If Democrat Barack Obama wins any of the three, he could be on his way to a big victory, maybe even a landslide."

Election Guide: Keep early eye on Ga., Va., Ind. - Yahoo! News

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Jet Gorgon

Listened to various talk radio shows today. Many undecideds said they would stay home.

panama hat

And you ate as stupid as they come . . . the simplest things just float past your empty head . . . and when it gets uncomfortable for you you simply change history.

As for sweeping the moo baan (are you sure you want to go down the road of highlighting spelling mistakes or typos?) hw do you know my proficiency in this . . . and I don't live in Thailand anymore . . . you still haven't understood that?

Simply stupid.

Very early exit polls . . .
Obama wins in earliest vote - US Election - smh.com.au



(Ah, whoever is deleting my posts, please try to make a level playing field - otherwise, what's the difference between TD and TV?)

raycarey

sorry....... i thought it was jet's post.

S Landreth

Second post as yesterdays with a little editing. I hope it is clearer.

The site I listed below should be where all the news stations get their voting results for Florida. You will be able to view the results/progress before the news stations are able to report it.
Florida reporting will not start until 8:00 am Thai time (Florida is in two Time Zones, Central and Eastern) and Florida will not release poll results until all the polls in Florida have been closed (Miami’s polls will close at 7:00 am Thai time, but the polls in the panhandle part of the state of Florida will close at 8pm EST or 8am Thai time).

http://enight.dos.state.fl.us/

Once you open the page look on the left hand side of the page and you’ll see “Races”,..hit on “Presidential” beneath “Races” and you’ll find the totals (vote count) as they are reported.
Most of you Non-Americans who might view this page will be surprised by how many other candidates where running for the presidential slot, after hearing about only two (McCain and Obama) for the past several months. But yes,…….we have a larger selection to choose from if we wish.

If you want to see how “One County” voted,….look down the page a bit and you’ll see “Races by County”,…….. click on the arrow and pick any county you want to see the results/progress for.
Take for an example (open) Miami-Dade where I am from (more Liberal than most county’s in Florida),……….you’ll see what my ballot looked like (I wasn’t able to vote on all Districts, only the one where my home address is located) and everything I was given an opportunity to vote on,……………judges, State Senator/Representative, State Constitutional Amendments, etc.

County’s to watch to see if they are finished voting are (because they are the larger counties and might have a large impact on the result):

Miami-Dade (Miami/South Beach) 1.2 million
Broward (Ft. Lauderdale) 1 million
Palm Beach .8 Million
Hillsborough (Tampa) .7 million
Orange (Disney World) .6 million

I posted this message for two reasons. The first was to inform Non-Americans how our voting/counting process works (after polls have been closed). The second and most important reason is because Florida is going to be a close race for all of its Electoral Votes (27). If you’ll remember back in the 2000 Presidential election Bush won this state by only 500 and something votes, even though Bush lost the popular vote in the US (Bush won more electoral votes but lost the popular vote in the 2000 election). If it wasn’t for Florida going to Bush [because Katharine Harris (Bitch), Florida’s Secretary of State at the time stopped the recount and the Supreme Court interjected],……I don’t think the US would be in the mess it is in today (under the Bush regime).
It could be an early evening (late morning for us here in Thailand) to find out who the next president of the United States will be. If Obama takes Florida he’ll (might) be our next president. Obama already has Pennsylvania 21 (CA55, CT7, DC3, DE3, HI4, IA7, IL31, MA12, MD10, ME4, MI17, MN10, NJ15, NY31, OR7, RI4, VT3, WA11, WI10) in the bag (as polls show by a large margin). Both of these states (Penn and Fla) are on the eastern side of the states,…………………..we should find out their results first (unless the race is too close to call in either state and all the votes have to be counted). If Obama does take Florida,…….the rest of the evening (morning here) we’ll be watching Obama supporters celebrating (maybe with a landslide victory,.earning over 375 electoral votes).

If you would like to know more about the Presidential election, go to:

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/

or

http://elections.foxnews.com/states_map/index.html

Pennsylvania 21 (CA55, CT7, DC3, DE3, HI4, IA7, IL31, MA12, MD10, ME4, MI17, MN10, NJ15, NY31, OR7, RI4, VT3, WA11, WI10) adds up to 265EV and with FL27EV it would be 292EV,….270EV is needed to win

Boon Mee

Says it all...

S Landreth

cute vid,......................First Black President

Milkman

I know you all have the same access that I do, but as of now.

McCain won KY
Obama VT

Indiana is too close to call.

Here is the current results in the battlaground states.

Click this link. Your Race Election Results - Election Center 2008 - Elections & Politics from CNN.com

raycarey

NBC is calling PA for obama. if that holds, it's over. mccain can't get to 270 without PA.

S Landreth

if Obama gets Pa and Fla it's over

Fl results as of 8 07

McCain / Palin 47.2%
(REP)Obama / Biden 52%

Milkman

True on PA.

Also FL is looking double digit for BO right now but it's too early.

This info is on my ticker link.