2012 Election Night OpenThread. Updates!

Image courtesy of the Obama Diary

I am setting this up now to serve as our gathering place to share incoming information about election returns, voter fraud, and projections throughout the night.

I may also be tweeting which you can follow by clicking here.

I wish I could tell you all that I am not at all nervous, but that would be a lie.

However I will tell you that if this turns out to be a fair election, and there turns out to be minimal voter fraud, then President Obama has it in the bag. So let us hope that things go smoothly, and that any infractions are dealt with quickly and competently.

Hang on kids, there is NO way this is not going to be a bumpy ride.

Update: Gabby Giffords votes in Tucson.

Update 2: Early reports have Obama up by 3 in Ohio.

Update 3:  This should make you feel pretty good tonight, our pal Geoffrey Dunn has weighed in, and the news is good from his perspective:

Unless Republicans are able to suppress voting across the country, it is now mathematically impossible for Romney to win the election. While many polls are, indeed, close and within the statistical margin of error, the Obama dominance in the significant swing states--Nevada, New Hampshire, Colorado, Iowa, Wisconsin, Virginia and, most importantly Ohio and Pennsylvania--renders it all but statistically impossible for Romney to win the Electoral College vote. (It would be like the very best baseball team winning 150 games in a season; not gonna happen). 49 of the 50 states are virtual locks. Anyone can pick 'em. The only real toss-up is Florida, where I predict Obama wins, unless the GOP thugs in the Sunshine State suppress enough voters to pull off yet another coup there. 

In other words, it's all over but the whining and finger-pointing for the Repugs. Obama wins either 303 or 332 electoral votes, depending on the outcome in Florida.

Wow! Well that is certainly some good news to hear.  Let's hope he is right.

Update 4: Oh let's all hope that these are some very disappointed one percenters by the end of the night.  

Private jets were streaming into Boston’s Logan International Airport Tuesday afternoon, officials said, as Mitt Romney’s well-heeled supporters arrived for his post-election party in the Seaport District.

I would LOVE to see the looks on their over fed faces when Romney loses to our President.

Update 5: Gotta love this tweet from political correspondent Tim Dickinson.

FL under-30 vote actually slightly up over 08, breaking 67-31 Obama (better than 61-37 over McCain) #wow
— Tim Dickinson (@7im) November 7, 2012

Update 6: MSNBC calling Wisconsin, Paul Ryan's home state, for Obama! Oh that is awesome!

Ryan did not do ANYTHING for Romney in the long run except connect him to radical anti-choice Republicans and double the number of lies the campaign was able to tell in any given day.

And they knew it too!  That is why they sent him off to campaign in the sticks and kept him away from reporters for these last few weeks. The guy turned out to be a never ending source of embarrassment. And that was one area where Mitt the Twit did not really need any help.

They say that the first decision by which you can judge a presidential candidate is their choice of a running mate. And it has probably never been more true than it was in this case.

Update 7: Here is Fox contributor Dick Morris desperately clinging to his last shred of hope. 

#election2012can afford to lose Col and NH and still win if we win Fla, Va, NC, and Ohio
— Dick Morris (@DickMorrisTweet) November 7, 2012

By the way Morris is the one who just recently predicted a landslide for Romney.

Oh damn, am I loving this!

Update 8: Damn things are moving fast! Dick Morris JUST changed his tune completely and told Newsmax that it is “more likely Obama will win than Romney." And I am watching a number of other conservative pundits pulling back from their previously optimistic opinions of a Romney victory as well.

Screen cap from Buzzfeed with caption that says "Sarah Palin's new hair."

Update 9: Okay I KNOW I said I would not talk about "She Who Must Not be Named" tonight, but I think we can categorize this under the heading of "Republicans freaking out over Obama victory." So I think it's allowable.

Here is Politico covering the lunatic's interview with Greta tonight: 

“I’m crossing my fingers, Greta, and hoping things can turn around in the remaining hours of the evening,” she said, striking a resigned tone. 

Later in the interview, Palin ran through a litany of problems that, she suggested, are associated with Obama— and expressed disbelief that voters would go down that path. 

“I just cannot believe, though, that the majority of Americans would believe that incurring more debt is good for our economy, for our children’s futures, for job creators,” she said. “I cannot believe that the majority of Americans would believe it’s OK not to follow the Constitution and not have a budget. And I can’t believe the majority of Americans say it’s OK to rely on foreign sources of energy instead of drilling and mining our own resources. 

“It’s a perplexing time for many of us right now, if things continue in this trend that we have seen earlier tonight,” she added. 

Oh yeah! Now THAT'S entertainment!

You have to admit THAT was worth me breaking my word just a little. Right?

Update 10: Obama projected to win Ohio! Obama wins Ohio!

 And that my friends is the election!

Obama just won four more years!

We did it!