Alias…hee, hee. For all of the civil rights & Constitutional abuses with the wiretapping, bin Laden’s still running around, al-Qaeda’s going great guns (!) in Afghanistan, and the Taliban’s tearing it up in Pakistan. I agree with Obama’s decision, though, to support telecom companies receiving legal immunity for participating in the wiretapping program. This is a new, high-tech era of terrorism, but stomping on civil rights can also be a slippery slope for a future president to run roughshod over the Constitution.

Countrywoman — Are you watching the election results? How do you think the northwest will do?

Oregon, Wash, CA I think will all go for Obama and think that’s about 77 EV….which will put him over although the McCain camp is saying they aren’t conceeding some of the calls. Just watch him draw this out….when it’s impossible for him to win at this point. Can’t wait to hear what Obama will say.

23 minutes polls close Hawaii, ID, WA, CA OR, NV….I’m flipping around channels and everyone sounds like they are ready to say, President-Elect Obama.

207 vs 138 with all the most west states & FL, VA ….MSNBC GOP pundit saying it looks like Obama…20 minutes to next polls close.

Michigan’s voting 56% for Obama, 43% for McCain, with 35% of precincts reporting. Proposal 1 for medical marijuana is winning by a landslide, while the stem-cell research proposal 2, is winning 52% to 48%…very close. Long-time incumbent Sen. Carl Levin is winning handily. CNN projects that the U.S. Senate might garner only 58 seats, not the fillibuster-proof 60/40 majority they were hoping for.

Do you see those totals? 32 million for Ob; 30 million for Mc. Over 60 million voters and still counting. What a country!

Wow!! Wine….I can feel your excitment by just reading your comments! Its going to be a good night, a real good night!!

Just got back from a quick coffee break with some friends, and just about fell over when I turned on CNN. Things are certainly looking a whole lot different now! My husband just told me not to allow myself to get too excited just yet, so I’m going to go soothe my nerves with a tall Crown and coke.

We are enjoying champagne and praying that we didn’t open the bottle too soon. My friends have to go home so we just HAD to open it.

Here are electoral college results going back to 1972: 1972: Nixon 520, McGovern 17 1976: Carter 297, Ford 240 1980: Reagan 489, Carter 49 1984: Reagan 525, Mondale 13 1988: Bush-I 426, Dukakis 111 1992: Clinton 370, Bush-I 168 1996: Clinton 379, Dole 159 2000: Bush-II 271, Gore 266 2004: Bush-II 286, Kerry 251