Posted by Brent Finnegan on November 4th, 2008
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Keister was super-fast at around 2, there was no line. I’ll post my photos soon.
Following up on Emmy’s question (“So where is everyone partying tonight?”)… what’s the deal with the party at Blue Nile?
Tina the Blue Nile party is the “official” Obama party. They were selling tickets for $5 at the office and will have a heated tent set up outside.
Gotcha! Sounds like Clementine’s (upstairs and the lounge) will be following the election results.
Added my photos to Flickr Pool:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59064186@N00/sets/72157608655306234/detail/
CNN and NPR have projected Virginia goes to Mark Warner! Our “Red State” now likely has 2 Dem Senators!
At Waterman the crowds slowed to a trickle over the course of the entire afternoon. Nowhere near the numbers of people who voted in the morning.
So my comment about people at polls listening for names and calling up non-voters might have some merit…
http://www.newsweek.com/id/167581/page/2
“The Obama campaign’s New Media experts created a computer program that would allow a `flusher’ — the term for a volunteer who rounds up nonvoters on Election Day — to know exactly who had, and had not, voted in real time. They dubbed it Project Houdini, because of the way names disappear off the list instantly once people are identified as they wait in line at their local polling station.”
wow really interesting article. Thanks, Josh
Here’s a nice collection of highlights…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/05/obama-we-cant-solve-globa_n_141358.html
My favorite part is the Obama cursing quote at the end. :)