Bloviations

As of 8pm:

President

Obama/Biden (DEM)

54.60% 673,887

McCain/Palin (REP)

44.64% 551,034

Senate

Hagan

56.04% 685,104

Dole

41.22% 503,936

MSNBC calls VT for Obama and KY for McCain.

You see the new page up there, right? I’ll be adding the numbers to it as the evening goes on. I’ll be Twittering commentary as well as posting here, but will be keeping the numbers on that page.
NC’s Polls close at 7:30pm, so expect some numbers after that (probably in 15 to 20 minute increments). [...]

We all know Tuesday is Election Day here in the U.S. I’m sure it’s an election that the world will be watching, as well as very nervous Americans.
I’ll be posting frequent updates here (probably every half-hour to hour) and will be Twittering updates as well.
The races I’ll be paying particular attention to are:

President of the [...]

I’m recovering from the end of a four-day weekend (AM and I took Thursday and Friday off, as well as the standard Saturday/Sunday weekend).
We got Dexter neutered and had his shots updated.
We voted. Early voting is really easy and takes very little time. There really is no excuse, folks. Please, go vote.
We set up AM’s bike so [...]

If you follow me on Twitter, you’d see several different places that have pointed to what I’ve called a “hijacking” of the Christian faith for political means. After some reading, though, I think it’s much more insidious than a mere hijack.
I think many Christians and Christian religious leaders are hoping for a McCain win [...]

North Carolina’s early voting period begins Thursday (October 16th).
The Onslow County Board of Elections will have four sites maintained for the early voting period:

Jacksonville Commons Rec. Center
Swansboro Middle School Annex
Tar Landing Baptist Church
Verona Fire Station

These locations will be open from 8:00am to 5:00pm on weekdays and on Saturday (November 1st) from 8:00am to 1:00pm. [...]

Michele Obama will be in Jacksonville on Tuesday, October 7th at the Jacksonville Commons Recreation Center. Doors open at 12:30pm and the program begins at 1:30pm.
The event is free and open to the public. There’s no tickets, but an RSVP is requested.

Technorati Tags: 2008 Presidential Elections,Barack Obama (IL),Michelle Obama,Democrats,Jacksonville NC,Events,Politics

An email just hit my inbox.
Fellow Republicans,
"I am mad as hell and I am not going to take it anymore!"  I am boycotting NBC over their biased reporting of the campaign and the SNL skit on Saturday night.  I am also boycotting their sponsors…
It might not seem like much, but I am also giving up [...]

I haven’t covered the 2008 elections enough since the North Carolina Primaries in May and for that I apologize.
Some of the comments made on Wednesday evening have given me cause to join the conversation…Former New York City Mayor and also-ran for the Republican nomination Rudy Giuliani and Alaska’s Governor and Republican candidate for Vice President [...]