WOO-HOO!
The Black guy won!
Can you say President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama!
Say It Baby!
SAY IT!!!!!
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Hot Damn! The Black Guy Won!!!!
Happy Dance Ya'll?
Ok.
I'm waiting for North Carolina or Florida to be called for Barack Obama before I do my Happy Dance.
But it's looking good.
It's looking real good.
Polls: Vermont, Kentucky, Indiana and Virginia
Vermont
Obama - W
McCain - L
Kentucky
Obama - L
McCain - W
Indiana - 12%
Obama - 52
McCain - 47
Virginia - 3%
Obama - 44
McCain - 56
So What If The O-Man Doesn Win? Part 2
So what if the O-Man doen's win?
I asked this question once before. But since it is election day I'm asking again.
I know I've been quite critical of Obama these last few months and with good reason, but I do recognize that if he loses a lot of hopes and dreams of a lot of people will be dashed. And not like they were in 2004 when Kerry lost.
Obama has become a repository for all the hope and change many people feel is desperately needed for this country to get back on track. And I just don't see how folk recover from that kind of blow.
An Obama loss would be a blow I don't think the country would recover from. My friend predicts riots. I don't think their will be violence, but instead a real sense of defeat and hopelessness that can send a country already disillusioned and pessimistic into a downward spiral it cant get out of.
Here's hoping for an Obama victory.
Latest State Polls
-- In Virginia, FOX News/Rasmussen has Obama up by 4%, 51% to 47%, Zogby/Reuters has Obama up 6%, 51% to 45%, and Public Policy has Obama up by 6%, 52% to 46%.
-- In Pennsylvania, Quinnipiac has Obama up 10%, 52% to 42%, Morning Call has Obama up 6%, 52% to 46%, Zogby/Reuters has Obama up by 14%, 54% to 40%, Strategic Vision has Obama up by 7%, 51% to 44%, and Public Policy has Obama up by 8%, 53% to 45%.
-- In Ohio, Quinnipiac has Obama up by 7%, 50% to 43%, the Ohio Poll has Obama up by 6%, 52% to 46%, Zogby/Reuters has Obama up by 6%, 50% to 44%, SurveyUSA has Obama up by 2%, 48% to 46%, Public Policy has Obama up by 2%, 50% to 48%, FOX News/Rasmussen has the race tied at 49%, and Strategic Vision has McCain up by 2%, 48% to 46%.
-- In Florida, Public Policy has Obama up by 2%, 50% to 48%, Quinnipiac has Obama up by 2%, 47% to 45%, Strategic Vision has Obama up by 2%, 49% to 47%, Zogby/Reuters has Obama up by 2%, 48% to 46%, and FOX News/Rasmussen has McCain up by 1%, 50% to 49%.
-- In Colorado, FOX News/Rasmussen has Obama up by 4%, 51% to 47%.
-- In Missouri, FOX News/Rasmussen has the race tied 49%, SurveyUSA has the race tied at 48%, and Zogby/Reuters has Obama up by 1%, 47% to 46%.
-- In Nevada, Zogby/Reuters has Obama up by 8%, 51% to 43%, and Public Policy has Obama up by 4%, 51% to 47%.
-- In North Carolina, SurveyUSA has McCain up by 1%, 49% to 48%, Zogby/Reuters has McCain up by 1%, 49% to 48%, Public Policy has Obama up by 1%, 50% to 49%, and FOX News/Rasmussen has McCain up by 1%, 50% to 49%.
-- In Georgia, Public Policy has McCain up by 2%, 50% to 48%, Strategic Vision has McCain up by 4%, 50% to 46%, and SurveyUSA has McCain up by 7%, 53% to 46%.
Latest National Polls
* USA Today/Gallup: Obama 55%, McCain 44% (Obama +11%)
* Marist: Obama 53%, McCain 44% (Obama +9%)
* ABC News: Obama 53%, McCain 44% (Obama +9%)
* CBS News: Obama 51%, McCain 42% (Obama +9%)
* NBC/WSJ: Obama 51%, McCain 43% (Obama +8%)
* FOX News: Obama 50%, McCain 43% (Obama +7%)
* McClatchy: Obama 53%, McCain 46% (Obama +7%)
* CNN/Public Opinion: Obama 53%, McCain 46% (Obama +7%)
* Pew Research: Obama 52%, McCain 46% (Obama +6%)
Obama Brings the Hood Out to Vote
So I early voted last week and while I was standing in a long (but fast moving) line at the courthouse, I noticed some folk standing in line to vote that I was pretty positive had never voted before.
For lack of better phrasing - The Hood was out in full force.
Yes, I know I'm stereotyping, but I don't feel bad about that, especially sense dude turned around and when he opened his mouth and all I saw was gold. Not even pullouts. But permanents.
At that moment I felt safe enough to say that he had never voluntarily gone to the courthouse to do anything, let alone vote.
Now his group was filled with the usual suspects: dreads, big braids, weave, blue eye contacts and babies on hips.
And while I may be stereotyping, once I was inside to vote one of the young ladies from the Hood Crew was in front of me and the poll worker yelled out "First time voter!," and everyone cheered.
See. I told you.
So while everyone else tonight will be looking at the youth vote and African-American turnout, I'm looking at the hood vote. I'm curious about how some of the more "rough" counties in this country turned out to the polls. How many of them actually braved courthouses and other unfamiliar precint settings (libraries anyone) to vote for the first time.
Feel free to let me know if you live in one of said counties.
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