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Barack Obama!

Did anyone ever doubt that? I think at one point it seemed like it would be fairly close, but in the end it didn’t really finish that way.

I think one of the really neat things to take away from this election was how good John McCain’s concession speech was. I think that just confirms that both of these candidates would have done a fine job and were fine men.

I don’t think people who say McCain is the devil or any of that crap are anywhere near being correct, that said I don’t think anyone who thinks Obama will do a poor job are right either.

We lucked out, we finally had a year where we had 2 great candidates…and that’s all you can really ask for!

Handshakes and High Fives,

The Nooge

So I went to vote at like 1:20 today, not too crowded, it never is. Anywhooo here is something interesting we MAY or MAY NOT hear about in the coming hours, but it’s good to know what it is:

- The Bradley Effect

The Bradley effect, less commonly called the Wilder effect,[1][2] is a theory proposed to explain observed discrepancies between voter opinion polls and election outcomes in some US government elections where a white candidate and a non-white candidate run against each other.[3][4][5] The theory proposes that some voters tend to tell pollsters that they are undecided or likely to vote for a black candidate, and yet, on election day, vote for his white opponent. It was named after Tom Bradley, an African-American who lost the 1982 California governor’s race despite being ahead in voter polls going into the elections.[6]

Source: Wikipedia

What does this mean? It just means that the polls predicting a HUGE win for Obama may be wrong. White voters tend to “fib” a bit about who they are voting for, after all they may be seen as racist! Or…in my opinion they may just be seen as idiots for lying in an OPINION POLL! Apparently this effect does exist to some extent, so it’s going to be interesting to watch.

Just wanted to drop some knowledge!

The Nooge

It’s roughly 10:50 am on election day here in Illinois and I think I’m going to head out to vote at like 1 or 2…honestly though in Illinois my vote for president doesn’t really matter of OB doesn’t win his “home” state that is traditionally democratic something is seriously weird with this election. That’s why I said I’m going to write in Alicia Sacramone…

Anywhooo…here are some updates you all can check out:

-Karl Rove (GOP aka Republican political adviser to Bush for his 2 election wins) predicts Obama by a LANDSLIDE. Source: CNN

-Can there be a tie today? Yep, check out the scenarios that can lead to a tie:
A tie is like kissing your sister!

-How do you vote…are you kidding? Pshhhhhhhh, i’m sure this will help someone out so I’m going to link to it…but I’m not happy about it:
Hi, I’m here…wait I needed an ID to vote…weird

-As of 10:50am Obama has won 2 super small New Hampshire towns…one of them Dixville, I don’t know about you but I don’t want to live in any sort of dixville…
15-6…that’s like a football score…I guess only 21 people want to actually live in Dixville

Aight, that’s all I have for right now, I’ll keep making posts throughout the day!

The Nooge