Post-Election

That was a fun election. With no exit poll info coming in to the news agencies, due to a computer problem, they did it the old fashioned way: waiting. That's so much more fun anyway. However beware: with no exit poll info (such as which regions or groups voted which way, or who turned out), everybody and his uncle Mort will be coming out with their theories as to why their candidate won/lost. Be prepared to hear radically different stories from Daschle, Bush, etc. And we're still waiting for final word in some places... South Dakota's Thune only leads by 180 votes. This is the time in the elections when Republicans are always glad they hold the edge in absentee votes, due to the military.

My Results
See below for my predictions in a few key races.

Mass Goober - Romney, fortunately, knocked Shannon O'Brien out; poor call on my part. It wasn't even that close; the 75,000 votes the Green Party got wouldn't even have been enough to put Obie over the top.

Florida Goober - Bush outpaced McBride. It wasn't particularly close, probably due to the President's efforts in the last week or two. This was a must-win for the GOP.

Maryland Goober - Ehrlich over Townsend. I'm wondering if sympathy for losing Connie Morella, who was redistricted out of her core support, brought out lots of Republicans yesterday...Anyway, I was wrong.

Minnesota Senate - Coleman has it! It was a tight race, but it appears that Norm has pulled off stealing a seat in a state that voted Gore in '00.

New Hampshire Senate - Sununu over Shaheen indeed - my boyz pulled through for me, and 18,500 more of them voted for Sununu.

North Carolina Senate - Dole bowls Bowles over. Even my super-democrat grandma was glad about that! Libby's a class act.

I was wrong on the 2-of-3 call for the democrats in Georgia (the dem incumbant lost), Colorado (dem attacker lost), and Arkansas (dem attacker won).