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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Election Day

Election Day stories: 19 news summaries

 Election 
 Predictors 
 Who Got 
 It Wrong 

Many pundits ruled out Obama victory early

Nov 6, 08 1:22 PM CST
(Newser) - With the election over, what's more fun than calling out all those whose predictions were off—way off. Der Spiegel lists some highlights:
  • "He cannot win, Bill. He cannot win." Hillary Clinton, on Barack Obama
  • "We'll win Florida." Rudy Giuliani
  • "Virginians are really getting
... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Ann Coulter • presidential campaign • Rush Limbaugh • Election Day • predictions • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • George Allen • Hugh Hewitt

 McCain Graciously Concedes 

Senator warmly congratulates Obama, calls for national unity

Nov 4, 08 11:55 PM CST
(Newser) - John McCain ended his long fight for the presidency with a generous concession speech, warmly congratulating Barack Obama and hailing a historic moment for America. “I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president,” McCain told a crowd of supporters in... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Obama 2008 • Election Day • McCain 2008 • concession • President Obama

the presidential race

 OBAMA CLINCHES 
 HISTORIC VICTORY 

Early results likely to set tone

Nov 4, 08 11:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama won the crucial battleground states of Florida, Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania to clinch victory over John McCain and secure his place in history, MSNBC reports. The 47-year-old Illinois senator will become the nation's first black president when he succeeds George W. Bush in January. Obama reached the 270... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Obama 2008 • Election Day • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • President Obama

BLUE STATE TALLY

 IN THE OBAMA COLUMN...  


Nov 4, 08 10:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama started his push to 270 with few surprises, taking Vermont—and then most of New England, including major wins in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida. Here's a rundown on the state the Obama/Biden ticket clinched on its road to victory:
  • Vermont (3)
  • Massachusetts (12)
  • Delaware (3)
  • DC (3)
... More »

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Barack Obama • Joe Biden • Election Day • Democratic Party • blue states • Election 2008

RED STATE TALLY

 IN THE MCCAIN COLUMN... 


Nov 4, 08 9:37 PM CST
(Newser) - In the race to 270, John McCain came up short, but turned a chunk of the map red, kicking things off by scoring 8 electoral votes in Kentucky and winning much on the South. Here's what the McCain/Palin ticket took:
  • Kentucky (8)
  • South Carolina (8)
  • Oklahoma (7)
  • Tennessee (11)
... More »

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John McCain • Republican Party • Election Day • red state • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • electoral votes

Witness Disputes Report of Black Panther Intimidation

Fox News story said threatening men stood outside Pa. polling station

Nov 4, 08 5:46 PM CST
(Newser) - An Obama campaign volunteer says there’s nothing to Fox News’ story that two Black Panthers were intimidating voters at a polling place in Pennsylvania, Greg Sargent reports on Talking Points Memo. One was an official poll watcher, and though he is a Panther, he was not “blocking the... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Pennsylvania • voters • Fox News • Election Day • Election 2008 • polling places • voter intimidation • Black Panthers

 Election Lawsuits 
 Emerge in Ohio, NH 

GOP contests provisional-ballot issues in Ohio; judge sides with party on observers in NH

Nov 4, 08 5:33 PM CST
(Newser) - The Ohio GOP is suing the state over rules concerning provisional ballots, the Toledo Blade reports, in an atmosphere tense enough that Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has been assigned extra security following death threats. The GOP amended an extant suit to challenge instructions that county boards of election could... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • New Hampshire • Ohio • lawsuit • Election Day • Election 2008

McCain Plane Lands Safely
in NM After Mid-Air Scare

'Straight Talk Air' aborts landing due to runway traffic

Nov 4, 08 5:21 PM CST
(Newser) - On his way to Albuquerque to thank New Mexico volunteers for helping his campaign, John McCain had a little aerial excitement as his “Straight Talk Air” 737 abruptly aborted just before it landed, the Chicago Tribune reports. The plane then circled, staggered one way, then the other and finally... More »

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John McCain • Election Day • airplane • straight talk • Election 2008 • Albuquerque • campaign volunteers

 Foes Campaign 'Til the End 

McCain makes swing to Colo.; Obama touts chances in Ind.

Nov 4, 08 4:28 PM CST
(Newser) - John McCain and Barack Obama both made final pushes today, trying to invigorate voters in battleground states, the Chicago Tribune reports. McCain hit Colorado, hotly contested, and told supporters. “I feel momentum, I feel it. We're going to win it.” Obama also went next door. “I think... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • presidential campaign • voting • Election Day • Election 2008 • public appearance

MARKETS

 Stocks Up 305 in Election Rally 

Indices up 3%-4% after remaining in positive territory for entire session

Nov 4, 08 3:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Stocks rallied on Election Day as investors applauded the looming conclusion to the presidential race, the Wall Street Journal reports. Continuing declines in interbank lending, and strong third-quarter earnings reports also fueled optimism, with the Dow rising 305.45 to close at 9,625.28. The Nasdaq climbed 53.79... More »

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Dow Jones • Nasdaq • Election Day • MasterCard • S&P 500 • Election 2008 • Libor • financial crisis • Archer Daniels Midland

(Newser) - At 5 tonight, a wave of exit-polling results will be distributed to media insiders, who'll try manfully to resist sharing anything that might prejudice voters—even though it will kill them. At 6 pm, the results will start rolling in, and Politico gives you a play-by-play guide to what to... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Missouri • Election Day • Senate race • exit polls • Election 2008 • swing states • battleground states • House race

OPINION

 Nov. 5 Will Feel Like Dec. 26 

Uncertainty ahead for pros and amateurs, participants and observers.

Nov 4, 08 11:31 AM CST
(Newser) - After two years of high drama, the curtain is about to fall. Letdown, writes Steven Winn in the San Francisco Chronicle, may be inevitable. Tomorrow will usher in a lull like those that sandwiched between seasons of the Sopranos, says one professor: “This has been the greatest series on... More »

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Republican • Democrat • Election Day • emotion • Election 2008

 Obamas Hit the Polls 

Voters line up around the country on long-awaited day

Nov 4, 08 10:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack and Michelle Obama cast their votes for president in Chicago today with their daughters in tow, the AP reports. They were ushered in ahead of lines that snaked around the block as neighbors who’d gathered to see his arrival cheered, the Chicago Tribune reports. Obama kissed the cheek... More »

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Barack Obama • basketball • Chicago • Michelle Obama • Indiana • voting • Election Day • Election 2008

 Obama Wins First Town's Vote 

New Hampshire village votes Democratic for first time in 40 years

Nov 4, 08 1:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has won a landslide victory in the first town in America to vote, AP reports. The 21 registered voters of New Hampshire's Dixville Notch hit the polls shortly after the stroke of midnight and chose Obama over John McCain 15 to 6. It is the first time the... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • New Hampshire • Election Day • Election 2008 • election results

Do Your Civic Duty and Get a Free Sex Toy

Or coffee, doughnuts, ice cream as shops reward US voters

Nov 3, 08 11:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Joining a host of firms rewarding US voters, a sex-toy chain is giving out self-pleasuring devices to customers who have stopped at the polls, MSNBC reports. Men get “Maverick” sleeves: “He’s always there to lend a hand, he works for every man, and he bucks the status... More »

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Starbucks • coffee • voting • Ben and Jerry's • Krispy Kreme • Election Day • sex toys • Election 2008

Analysis

 Expect Surprises 
 on Tuesday 

The WaPost asks some experts which surprises those might be

Nov 1, 08 3:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Recent election days have been dramatic affairs. Will Tuesday be any different? The Washington Post asked some politicos to peer into their crystal balls:  
  • Dick Morris and Eileen McGann: The election is a referendum on how much we trust Obama, and undecideds will break McCain’s
... More »

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Election Day • Election 2008

(Newser) - The election is heating up in Virginia, with fake notices and lawsuits flying around the swing state. The majority black region of Hampton Roads has been blanketed with official-seeming fliers falsely stating that Democrats are to vote November 5, Talking Points Memo reports. And the NAACP has sued the state,... More »

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voter fraud • Virginia • Election Day • NAACP • Election 2008 • swing states • voter intimidation

 States Brace for
 Election's Tech Snarls 

New systems, high turnout will likely bring trouble

Jul 21, 08 6:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - As states prepare for millions of voters using new ballot systems in November, many officials are expecting serious logistical headaches across the country. About half of all voters will use different machines than the last presidential election. Most voters—up from 49% in 2006—will be using paper ballots that... More »

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voting • Election Day • paper ballots • touch-screen voting • election

It Wasn’t
Fred's Truck

Legend of Thompson
as scrappy, itinerant candidate may be
just that

Sep 18, 07 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Banish the legend of Fred Thompson as the down-home, Chevvy-driving election slayer, says a journalist who covered Thompson's 1994 Tennessee Senate race.  Much is made of his come-from-behind victory over Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper, who led  by 21 points nine months before Voting Day. But it's bogus, says Politico’... More »

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Fred Thompson • Senate • Bill Frist • Tennessee • Chevrolet • Election Day • Contract With America

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