« Obama Wins Ohio, Networks Say -- And Quite Likely, The Presidency | Home | Christopher Shays, New England's Last House Republican, Goes Down »
Obama Snatches New Mexico, Networks Say
Fox and MSNBC call New Mexico for Obama.
It's an important piece of the puzzle -- another Bush 2004 state snatched away from McCain, delivering Obama five Electoral Votes from the Republican column -- but it feels almost anti-climatic after the Ohio win.
The demographic changes in the west were always going to be key to an Obama victory, and the polls suggested early on in the race that New Mexico was going to be one battleground where he'd succeed.
Every additional Bush state that's snatched makes the possibility of some bizarre and freakish turnaround that much more remote, and makes a landslide loom as a real possibility.
Advertisement
We win! We win! We win!!!
November 4, 2008 9:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Fuck Racist. Fuck Fox. Fuck Matt Drudge.
November 4, 2008 9:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
I agree, and here's my salute:
....................../´¯/)
....................,/¯../
.................../..../
............./´¯/'...'/´¯¯`•¸
........../'/.../..../......./¨¯\
........('(...´...´.... ¯~/'...')
.........\.................'...../
..........''...\.......... _.•´
............\..............(
..............\.............\...
November 4, 2008 9:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Damn icon got in the way:
....................../´¯/)
....................,/¯../
.................../..../
............./´¯/'...'/´¯¯`•¸
........../'/.../..../......./¨¯\
........('(...´...´.... ¯~/'...')
.........\.................'...../
..........''...\.......... _.•´
............\..............(
..............\.............\...
November 4, 2008 9:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
If I may add a few:
Fuck "pro-America", Fuck fear, Fuck GWB and awwwlll dat sheeee-it!
A collective vomiting was heard across the land...
Hallelujia.
November 4, 2008 9:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
"The Bush Puke," as Sullivan has been calling it.
November 4, 2008 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
If I may, FUCK MOOSEOLINI.
November 4, 2008 9:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Aw, HELL yeah.
I'm loving this night.
We made history tonight. I'm glad I lived long enough to see this day.
Congratulations, President-Elect Obama.
November 4, 2008 9:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is a beat down. There will be a new POTUS before 10:30 pm est.
November 4, 2008 9:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Now I can focus on the Senate.
President Barack Obama (I never said until this day, didn't want to jinx it)
November 4, 2008 9:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's over, it's over, it's over, and it's fucking OVER. McCain's ass is officially kicked.
November 4, 2008 9:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
VA 71% of precincts:
M: 49.52
O: 49.41
3,000 votes, was 100k+ for McCain an hour ago.
November 4, 2008 9:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
We can win VA. Blue counties still reporting!
November 4, 2008 9:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
!!!!!!!!Yes!!!!!!!
November 4, 2008 9:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Flippity-flip! It's raining pancakes!
November 4, 2008 9:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
CNN: McCain party has turned off the news. They're listening music instead.
State of denial, anyone?
Today, the GOP as we know it, has passed away.
It won't be missed at all. In fact, FUCK YOU GOP!
November 4, 2008 9:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yesyesyes. Fuck them! Fuck them all!!!!
November 4, 2008 9:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
O is the gift that keeps on giving. I fucking love him.
November 4, 2008 9:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
The champagne is coming out of my fridge!
November 4, 2008 9:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain's racist campaign pushed away the Latino voters. You have to believe Latino Americans saw the campaign McCain would have ran against a Latino American candidate and rejected him.
November 4, 2008 9:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obama wins IOWA!!!!!!!!!
November 4, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
David Gregory to Chuck Todd on MSNBC: Let's talk about McCain's "narrow path" to victory.
Narrow path. Sheesh.
November 4, 2008 9:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
John King tried to find one on his board.
Nope, Naught, nada!
This is fucking it! Counting the minutes to history!
November 4, 2008 9:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
It would be nice if Obama has it in the bag before the Daily Show/Colbert Report concludes. See how far I've moved toward the outer loops? I cannot believe this day is real. I'm so tired, but I can't imagine going to sleep later, either.
It's a weird I can handle.
November 4, 2008 9:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Folks, I am going to a party! I'm signing off for the night, it has been awesome. This site and it's contributors have been my lifeblood for the past year. Thank you for that and let's go get drunk!!!
November 4, 2008 9:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Cheers!
November 4, 2008 9:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wait until after the Obama speech to get drunk - you'll want to be of clear state of mind to remember it.
November 4, 2008 9:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Too late for me. But that's why God invented youtube!
November 4, 2008 9:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thank You!
November 4, 2008 9:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
John King just ran through the entire map and showed that it's impossible for McCain to win. He'd have to win either WA, OR, CA, or HI and uh, EVERYTHING else.
November 4, 2008 9:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
yes we did.
i love new mexico.
home sweet home.
November 4, 2008 9:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm so lucky to get to spend as much time here as I do and that so It's a very special place. I'd love to stay here all the time - but I'm grateful for what I have.
November 4, 2008 9:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Love you Tena.
November 4, 2008 9:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
John King just gave McCain every state except the West Coast and Missouri - and he still can't get to 270.
Your reckoning has arrived, McCain. Choke on it.
November 4, 2008 9:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
I don't think CNN has called NM for Obama yet, either. So another nail in that coffin.
November 4, 2008 9:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
They just did.
Now I want Freakin' Arizona.
Like Rendell said - I don't want to win. I want to crush them.
November 4, 2008 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
They did.
November 4, 2008 9:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
I've already broken out the cab! I'm tipsy and halfway to ecstatically drunk! haha
November 4, 2008 9:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
C'mon Florida!!
November 4, 2008 9:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Florida as an after-thought. What a wonderful situation to be in.
November 4, 2008 9:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
I know, but as a Floridian, I just want it to happen.
Plus, I want a landslide!
November 4, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Finally I am released by the campaign, and I am back here.
NM: That's where I put my 8 days into. What a day !
This is the happiest day of my life.
November 4, 2008 9:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Welcome back and thank you for your efforts... beautifully paid off!
November 4, 2008 9:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
welcome to the land of enchantment!
November 4, 2008 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Meanwhile... MN-06,
Tinklenberg 43.2%
Bachmann 46.3%
10.5% reporting.
November 4, 2008 9:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
AMERICA FUCK YEAH!!!
November 4, 2008 9:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Damn it, you beat me on that one.
Well played, worthy adversary!
November 4, 2008 9:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
WooooooHooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so fucking happy right now! Come on Indiana, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida.
November 4, 2008 9:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Would it be greedy to have New Mexico's neighboring state, Arizona, turn blue? Come on Arizona!!!
November 4, 2008 9:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Come on Missouri, we have a reputation to uphold. Still and all, glad to see that Ohio did its job and gave us an Obama presidency. Good job, all.
November 4, 2008 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Happies day in the life of this 28 year old white new yorker. Best day of my life.
Oh...by the way...second happiest thing about this other than Obama win...
Palin is disposed to dark corners.
Fuck You McCain. Fuck You Palin.
Yes. Liberal Black Militant Terrorists From Fake America Rule This Country. Fuck. I'm Happy. I called my friends in CA and they were worried I'd die of an heart attack.
November 4, 2008 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ok, McLame ought to concede.
Then he can wander off and look for Puddles -
November 4, 2008 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think Mr. Puddles prefers the taste of victory to those loosery snausages McInVain keeps trying to feed him.
He's gone and so is the GOP.
Yes!
November 4, 2008 10:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Halperin has called the race:
THE NETWORKS WON'T TELL YOU, BUT THE PAGE WILL:
BARACK OBAMA WILL BE THE 44TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
DEMOCRAT WINS OHIO AND BREAKS MCCAIN'S POLITICAL BACK.
November 4, 2008 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Apparently McCain is in conference with Gov. Palin.
Is it too early to think the word 'concession'?
November 4, 2008 9:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
I bet he'll wait till after midnight to concede. Because he's petty like that.
November 4, 2008 10:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
At this point, isn't it really just a question of the dimensions of Obama's victory (and, of course, ours)?
November 4, 2008 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Agreed, c'mon Florida. And Virginia.
I'm an alkie so can't get drunk. But boy, I'm eating tons of chocolate!
November 4, 2008 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'd send you ALL my Halloween leftovers if I could! (We're a very popular house amongst the parents as we treat kids to high-end chocolates. We think kids are the future, so might as well train their tastebuds well!) :-)
November 4, 2008 10:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
And Indiana, can we have that one too?
November 4, 2008 10:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Tim Pawlenty would have been a much, much better pick for McCain (I believe I called Pawlenty and Biden for the VP prediction picks) - He just has common sense and certain Republican vision.
November 4, 2008 9:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think I called Pawlenty too. It would've at least put McCain on the offensive in a state or two. Geez.
November 4, 2008 9:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bennett is saying Obama is almost a perfect storm
November 4, 2008 9:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Blowing the dust off of a lovely bottle of single malt...
November 4, 2008 9:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Virgina is a bitch...
77% and not closing.
About 6,200 votes @ 9:50 pm
November 4, 2008 9:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dang! Come on Virginia!!!
November 4, 2008 9:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
If they allowed early voting in VA then VA would of been called a long time ago.
November 4, 2008 9:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is KO is crying?
November 4, 2008 9:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Goodbye, Texas.
*sigh*
November 4, 2008 9:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Don't worry, Tena....it's only a matter of time. We'll get 'em in 4 years.
November 4, 2008 9:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yep. Texas will be blue in 2012.
November 4, 2008 10:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
VA @ 80% reporting and they're both at 50% !!!
November 4, 2008 9:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obama now has the lead in VA!!
November 4, 2008 9:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain takes Texas.
He can dip those electoral votes in bronze for all the good it'll do him.
November 4, 2008 9:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Looks to be 1600 vote difference at the moment
November 4, 2008 9:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
I bet he's telling Palin it's over and she's arguing it isn't.
November 4, 2008 9:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yep, the fall of the bitch is the greatest news thing next to Obama win.
November 4, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Just got back from driving people to the polls. My last voter, Bud, is an AA man, late 60s. The ramp to get in the polling place was on the opposite side of the building. So Bud and I recruited a couple more people to help us power up the grass berm.
Bud was able to sign the voter registration roll, but he asked me to fill out his ballot for him. He could not hold his hand steady enough to fill in the circles.
So he pointed, said the name, and I had the incredible honor of filling in his ballot. It was his moment; I was his servant; only now as I begin to write about this experience is the magnitude of this gift from the Universe coming into my awareness.
I have been forever changed by this experience. You had a hand in this, Tena. My trips to TPM Election Central accelerated the thawing of my heart. Thank you.
November 4, 2008 10:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
NV, MT, IA, and UT reporting soon. That should be interesting.
November 4, 2008 9:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain lead now down to 7,000 in INDIANA!!!
November 4, 2008 9:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obama is up in VA!!!!!!!
November 4, 2008 9:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sorry about Texas, Tena. But hey, we got New Mexico!
November 4, 2008 9:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Iowa!!
November 4, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Iowa is ours.
Concede McLame -
November 4, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Since Carter conceded early, the practice has been to wait until the last polls on the West Coast close.
Plus, we may be experiencing a "Reality Showdown" as the rehalucinatingpublicans' world view may hold for a few more hours until the undeniable Big Blue Wave sweeps their imaginary world down the growler.
Whooosh!
November 4, 2008 10:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
IOWA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 4, 2008 10:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Iowa for Obama, according to CNN. No projections in MT and NV.
November 4, 2008 10:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Io-way, baby!!!
And too close to call in Montana!!
November 4, 2008 10:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obama takes Iowa.
McCain takes Texas.
November 4, 2008 10:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
BTW... I'm impressed with the TPM servers tonight. They've been holding up well.
November 4, 2008 10:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Agreed. I shall raise a toast to all of the nodes.
November 4, 2008 10:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Shh! You'll jinx it!
November 4, 2008 10:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obama looks to be 10,000+ in VA
November 4, 2008 10:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
May be they finally got the memo from Obama camp to keep up with them.
November 4, 2008 10:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Iowa goes to Obama (ABC).
November 4, 2008 10:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obama winning FL and NC narrowly!
Those two are going blue!
November 4, 2008 10:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
I wonder whats playing on McCain iPod right now.
November 4, 2008 10:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Love note from Nate:
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/11/obama-to-become-next-president.html
Gonna start celebrating now!
November 4, 2008 10:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
CNN International pundits are saying Obama has 300+...this is a done deal!
November 4, 2008 10:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
most likely 350+ easy
November 4, 2008 10:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
John, pick up the phone. Our next president is waiting for a call.
November 4, 2008 10:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, bay-bee! This is too awesome for words. Now we have to get my home state, Virginia, across the finish line!
November 4, 2008 10:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
CNN is saying a McCain insider is saying it's over.
November 4, 2008 10:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obama is down by a mere 4,300 votes in Indiana, with 83% reporting.
November 4, 2008 10:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
whew, Va. Finally-- MAJOR WIN for all of you who worked my old home state. AMAZING!
We Marylanders can finally stop looking south and shaking our heads.
November 4, 2008 10:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain will concede a little early to avoid the possible total embarrassment of losing his own home state.
Obama should get on stage before 10:40 pm to make the east coast news so the old fart needs to make the call soon.
November 4, 2008 10:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
You think he'll throw in the towel before Obama reaches 270?
November 4, 2008 10:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
The last two general elections neither candidate made an acceptance speech or a concession speech.
McCain needs to be gracious and let Obama enjoy this.
November 4, 2008 10:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is going to sound strange, but I'm looking forward to the old McCain in his concession speech. I think he'll be gracious and go for some unity.
November 4, 2008 10:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
This man is destined to be one of our great presidents. I'm ready!
November 4, 2008 10:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Arizona is STILL too close to call! Fuck yeah!!!
November 4, 2008 10:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
So is Nebraska!
November 4, 2008 10:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Has it sunk it yet?!?!
President Barack Obama
November 4, 2008 10:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Let's keep saying it until it does.
Barack Hussein Obama, the 44th president of the United States.
November 4, 2008 10:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
And don't forget Joseph Biden, the 47th Vice-President of the United States of America.
November 4, 2008 10:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
President Obama. Vice President Biden.
Doesn't that sound beautiful?
November 4, 2008 10:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
It looks like a Wake over at the Biltmore in Phoenix.
Wonnnnnnderful!
November 4, 2008 10:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Chris Shays the Joe Lieberman of the house finally gets the boot!
November 4, 2008 10:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
I can't stop listening to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe5p1BXNCQM
November 4, 2008 10:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dude. That's my favorite song in the whole world and you just made me cry. I never cry.
But thanks.
November 4, 2008 10:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
CNN's map sez Arizona is Obama 19.5K and McCain 15.5K.
November 4, 2008 10:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Looks like the Bradley Effect was really overpowering this time around, huh.
November 4, 2008 10:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
John Lewis is on ABC, invoking Dr. King and making me cry.
November 4, 2008 10:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
I cannot go to bed until every single state has been called. Also, I will watch the Grant Park celebration. Our polls aren't even closed here in WA State yet, not that they are unknown. I am so happy tonight and so happy to live in a Blue state. Please also let Indiana flip!
November 4, 2008 10:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
But what about those lunch pail, Rust Belt, hard-working, beer drinkers?
November 4, 2008 10:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
So there you have it, Barack Hussein Obama Jr is the 44th President of the United States
November 4, 2008 10:32 PM | Reply | Permalink