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No he won through the electoral college and citizens that voted for him.

Obama won this Election thru the PRESS and the News Channels and Cable Channels. They anotined him

To any and all of the hangers on to that piss poor d-bag republican pundit posturing: (clear of the throat).....(deep breath)....AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not that i'm trying to be mean, but it is such vindication. Oh, oh god, just the thought that Sarah Palin will never sniff the air of 1600 Penn. Ave., it just makes me smile. Good bye GWB, bye Johnny Mac, bye Cindy, bye Sarah, Todd, Bristol, Piper, Track, Willow, and Trig. I wish you all luck.... but stay the fock out of D.C., save for you J Mac, come back and be the man you used to be in the senate; after all, you used to have lots of respect being that guy.

WITH INSURMOUNTABLE LEADS IN ALL THE POLLS, THE QUESTION IS NO LONGER WHO WILL WIN, BUT HOW BIG OF A LANDSLIDE OBAMA WILL WIN BY: 90%? 80%? 70%? HENCE, IT CAN ALREADY BE DECLARED THAT OUR SAVIOR, BARACK OBAMA, HAS WON AND WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF OUR NEW OBAMACA NATION.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND DEDICATION. WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SMITED THE UNBELIEVERS AND OPENED THE ONE AND ONLY GATE TO HEAVEN. GOD BLESS US, GOD BLESS US ALL.

THE ONLY THING LEFT IS FOR MCCAIN TO DROP DEAD OR CONCEDE ALREADY. WE HAVE WON FOR THE GOOD OF THE WHOLE WORLD!

sorry I meant 26. hope i didn't age you!

Time to fire up the grill and make some Maguaritas. Before I do, I'd like to award the first state. the state of Confusion goes to the GOP. They are confused as to why hate didn't work this time.

Tomorrow, hannity, Limbaugh, Matelin, Morris and the rest will tell you not to blame hate. Hate is good. Hate works. It was McCain, he screwed up from the first. you know we never liked him.

In 2012 you'll see, we'll be ready with Wright, Ayers, kalidi, we can even use Ted Stevens , we have photos of obama and him together. HATE! HATE! HATE! Repeat after us, HATE! HATE! HATE! THAT;S IT, hATE! HATE! HATE, NOW YOU'VE GOT IT!

There should be early voting for all states and it is sad to see such long lines due to poor planning and inadequate polling devices to handle the many thousands in one day. I would not be surprised to see some polls close 8 hours past normal closing from the sheer volume going through that location. It seems that Roanoke VA has 1 machine per 350 voters, say @ 12 per hr is 350/12 = 29+ hours. I read Ohio has 1 in 175.
Add record turnout and maybe one day more if people are hardy enough to wait that long...

How funny! I've actually been at the Rabbit Hash General Store and I'm a Brooklyn Girl!!!

It's sad to see that lines are still ridiculously long to vote. In WA we have gone to mail in ballot system and are expecting an %85 percent turnout. I still went to a polling station to vote but there was no line to wait in. It was very convenient.

I've always been quite disappointed in voter turnout percentages. I've been voting for 30 years, in all the presidential elections and quite a few other races and it's always amazed me that more citizens don't exercise their right to be heard and cast their vote! After a voting lifetime, I may finally get my wish for an astounding, record breaking turnout . Fingers crossed! I even went so far this election season to become a deputized registar of voters. And my special needs son, who this year became of legal age to vote, cast his first ballot during eartly voting. Be counted, be heard, VOTE like it means something because it really does.

One final remark: I just don't get how or why anybody, any citizen protected by our Bill of Rights and Constitution, could or would interfere with the process! Dirty trickers beware, this is very bad mojo!

Let's hope that "dunnarchitect" learns to spell before he or she submits their ballot.

Comment: So you never would have thought ... well, yes. Obama has changed the landscape of U.S. politics and the Obama machine will be analyzed and dissected for generations to come;. We need

All elections are historic.

The election of 1908, in which 68% of eligible voters participated, was not a record as your piece indicates. It was the record for the twentieth century. In 1840 and in 1880, roughly 80% of eligible voters participated, and in 1876 an estimated 82.1% eligible voters participated. Indeed, voter turnout in presidential as well as in state elections normally exceeded 70% in elections held in between 1838 and 1896.

Voter turnout declined in the early twentieth century as poll taxes, literacy tests, and onerous registration requirements effectively disfranchised African Americans and poor whites in the South, as well as many immigrants in the North. Ironically, woman suffrage led to a decline in turnout as well, as at first only native-born middle and upper class white women exercised their right to vote in large numbers.

The politics of the Great Depressiona dn the New Deal re-ignited voter interest for a time, but turnout declined again in the 1950s. Despite the recent resurgence, we are nowhere near the record turnout levels of the nineteenth century.

The election of 1908, in which 68% of eligible voters participated, was not a record as your piece indicates. It was the record for the twentieth century. In 1840 and in 1880, roughly 80% of eligible voters participated, and in 1876 an estimated 82.1% eligible voters participated. Indeed, voter turnout in presidential as well as in state elections normally exceeded 70% in elections held in between 1838 and 1896.

Voter turnout declined in the early twentieth century as poll taxes, literacy tests, and onerous registration requirements effectively disfranchised African Americans and poor whites in the South, as well as many immigrants in the North. Ironically, woman suffrage led to a decline in turnout as well, as at first only native-born middle and upper class white women exercised their right to vote in large numbers.

The politics of the Great Depressiona and the New Deal re-ignited voter interest for a time, but turnout declined again in the 1950s. Despite the recent resurgence, we are nowhere near the record turnout levels of the nineteenth century.