And this is it. This is the end of a long campaign, and the beginning of what I hope- what we all must hope- to be 4 years of change. Yes, Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States. And he will be the first black president.
But what we all need to understand is that 52% of the nation voted for Obama. And we can't forget the other 46% who voted for a man just as honorable and vital to our nation. I hope our nation won't be divided. We can't be divided.
And we have to remember that we live in the United States of America. The United States- not the Obama states and not the McCain states- will prosper. United as One, United under a common purpose to make America great. We have chosen our leader, and by doing that we have chosen a purposeful and hopeful future that wouldn't have been any different had we chosen any other candidate.

8:02 in the West Coast, 11:02 in the East, and Barack Obama is the next president of the United States of America.

Villagers are gathered around an enormous flat screen TV in Obama's father's hometown of Kogelo, Kenya (pop. 5000).
They have been cheering the whole night as each gray state on the TV turns blue for Obama.
They love Obama so much that they have even produced a musical, appropriately named "Obama".

OBAMA HAS TAKEN OHIO, THE MAJOR KEY STATE. HILLARY CLINTON WON THE PRIMARY IN OHIO AND PUNDITS WORRIED OBAMA MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO VOTERS AS WELL AS HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN. THE LAGGING ECONOMY, HOWEVER, SEEMS TO HAVE PERSUADED VOTERS TO GO FOR HIM. MCCAIN REALLY IS GOING TO NEED A MIRACLE. FAST.

Let's hope those Kenyans keep cheering.

Obama: 200
McCain: 130

ps. check out Grant Park in Chicago. Police say that over 500,000 people will be there to watch, what they hope, Obama's acceptance speech.

McCain needs to win 5 out of the 6 battleground states to have a definite run for the White House.
If Obama holds on to Pennsylvania and wins just one more state, John McCain will need a miracle to get to the White House.

for anyone who doesn't know about Hagan vs. Dole in North Carolina:

Elizabeth Dole (wife of Bob Dole) seemed to be favorable for re-election, BUT THEN a little known Democrat by the name of Kay Hagan decided to run for the Senate seat. However, TV ads sponsored by Dole announced Hagan as "godless", tying her with an "anti-religious" group. It soon turned into a nasty race when Hagan fired back. Voters were smarter than that.

Hagan is officially the new North Carolinian Senator.


NEW YORK to OBAMA, along with Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, D.C.

GEORGIA to McCAIN, along with Wyoming, North Dakota, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tenesee, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina

Electoral Votes:
174: Obama
76: McCain

Some swing states still up for grabs, but it doesn't look like McCain can take 'em all.

electoral votes:

Obama: 102
McCain: 34

John McCain desperately needed Pennsylvania, but Obama snatched it. 85.7% of Pennsylvania is white. Over half a century later,it could be that America may have gotten over the "race" factor.

After losing Pennsylvania, McCain needs to win almost all of the battleground states.

3% of the Total Nation Reporting
And it's lookin' good.

And so it begins. I've waited 2 years for this.

As of right now: 1% of the nation has reported their votes so far.
Obama is winning the popular vote by about 200,000 votes. He, however, has 3 out of 270 electoral votes to win by picking up Vermont.

McCain has picked up South Carolina and Kentucky, and therefore has 16 electoral votes.

As I have said before, only 1% of national precincts have been reported.

like falling

You can see the sailboats in Newport Harbor out of a window in my friend’s room. She has lavender curtains and a door which opens out to a balcony with no railings. It’s tempting to walk onto the platform and watch the sunset. I was there yesterday night. I was falling in love. And now I am falling out. It is so much easier, but so much more terrifying.

And I wanted you.
I remembered all the conversations we used to have.
How no one wanted you, only me, how no one cared.
How it hurt to have you never answer my emails, never think twice about my replies.
I spent hours thinking of what I would say to you tomorrow, and never saw you the next day.
I hated looking at you. That was not where your soul was. It was hard to find, who you really were. Still don’t know. Who you are.
Wanted to jump. Wanted to fall. Find you. Find who you really were, staring out into the black water of Newport Harbor.
No ripples. Just black, smooth water.
Wanted to jump in. Crack the icy black glass, shatter the perfect and find the flaw. Dive into the upside down glass ceiling, break the surface. No point in coming back up. And find out who you were. Are. Who you are.
To part the lavender curtains, to fall, out of the platform, tumble down beautifully, in circles, break the perfection. Flying blissfully downward. And hitting shame and deception. Lies.

I want you like falling.