Oh, oh, oh, oh, Ohio.

[adderslj]

So, we're down to Ohio. Whomever wins Ohio wins America (a divided one, but still the most powerful nation on Earth). And there's less votes in it than the absentee, postal and provisional votes.

Fun, fun, fun.

Update Mind you, the White House has just announced victory, so maybe not.

Comments

[zamiel.livejournal.com]

That much is truly simple.

They denigrated the Wal-Mart shopping, Country-music listening, plaid-shirt-wearing berk on the street, Joe Average. At every turn, they've used Joe Average's iconic image as an insult, or a cypher for that which they think is wrong with America. Unfortunately, you can't create Us vs Them in the heartland when both are the same guy.

I've maintained for quite a while that the Presidential election, at least is domestic terms, is a smoke screen. The real place to look for the mood of the nation is Congress. And the Republicans seemed to actually pick up seats in an already strong Congress. Because the Republicans put on plaid and denim shirts, drove a truck out to Wal-Mart, and game a speech while "God Bless the USA" played in the background.

They made a mistake. They pushed too hard to get out the vote. Their supporters always vote, because they feel disenfranchised and voting gives them a synthetic voice. But Joe Average ... he ain't their friend and he doesn't usually feel the need to go vote.

Until they pushed him to.

QED.

[byzantine-ruins.livejournal.com]

They denigrated the Wal-Mart shopping, Country-music listening, plaid-shirt-wearing berk on the street, Joe Average. At every turn, they've used Joe Average's iconic image as an insult, or a cypher for that which they think is wrong with America. Unfortunately, you can't create Us vs Them in the heartland when both are the same guy.

Alex is pretty much dead on in this post and I think the foot-kicking fist-pounding tantrum that followed among Kerry supporters that "those people" would be running things was solid proof of it (and amused me to no end). They're not pissed because they think the country is being run by extremists, they're pissed because the country is being run by extremists they don't agree with.