Comments on: at the polls… http://hburgnews.com/2008/11/04/at-the-polls/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=at-the-polls Harrisonburg's Community News Network Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Josh http://hburgnews.com/2008/11/04/at-the-polls/comment-page-2/#comment-56382 Josh Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:41:37 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/?p=1986#comment-56382 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. :) 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. :)

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]]> By: Renee http://hburgnews.com/2008/11/04/at-the-polls/comment-page-2/#comment-56359 Renee Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:13:26 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/?p=1986#comment-56359 wow really interesting article. Thanks, Josh wow really interesting article. Thanks, Josh

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]]> By: Josh http://hburgnews.com/2008/11/04/at-the-polls/comment-page-2/#comment-56352 Josh Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:37:22 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/?p=1986#comment-56352 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." 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.”

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]]> By: Jeremy Aldrich http://hburgnews.com/2008/11/04/at-the-polls/comment-page-2/#comment-55973 Jeremy Aldrich Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:42:48 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/?p=1986#comment-55973 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. 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.

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]]> By: Renee http://hburgnews.com/2008/11/04/at-the-polls/comment-page-2/#comment-55968 Renee Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:12:22 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/?p=1986#comment-55968 CNN and NPR have projected Virginia goes to Mark Warner! Our "Red State" now likely has 2 Dem Senators! CNN and NPR have projected Virginia goes to Mark Warner! Our “Red State” now likely has 2 Dem Senators!

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]]> By: Renee http://hburgnews.com/2008/11/04/at-the-polls/comment-page-2/#comment-55963 Renee Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:47:56 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/?p=1986#comment-55963 Added my photos to Flickr Pool: http://www.flickr.com/photos/59064186@N00/sets/72157608655306234/detail/ Added my photos to Flickr Pool:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59064186@N00/sets/72157608655306234/detail/

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]]> By: Tina http://hburgnews.com/2008/11/04/at-the-polls/comment-page-2/#comment-55954 Tina Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:44:42 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/?p=1986#comment-55954 Gotcha! Sounds like Clementine's (upstairs and the lounge) will be following the election results. Gotcha! Sounds like Clementine’s (upstairs and the lounge) will be following the election results.

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]]> By: Emmy http://hburgnews.com/2008/11/04/at-the-polls/comment-page-2/#comment-55952 Emmy Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:31:03 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/?p=1986#comment-55952 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. 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.

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]]> By: Tina http://hburgnews.com/2008/11/04/at-the-polls/comment-page-2/#comment-55951 Tina Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:25:47 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/?p=1986#comment-55951 Following up on Emmy's question ("So where is everyone partying tonight?")... what's the deal with the party at Blue Nile? Following up on Emmy’s question (“So where is everyone partying tonight?”)… what’s the deal with the party at Blue Nile?

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