What is the absolute soonest we could know the results?

Forgive me if this has already been asked. I did a search.

And yes, I have no patience when it comes to this particular election.

I live out here in California so we have a way to go yet. Damn!

We'll know if Obama is President-Elect.

Hmmmm...dunno if I can go.

Luckily, there's a Democratic election watch going on in a nearby building at the college. :) I COULD pop in and out.

and I'll write a note excusing you if you'd rather get right to the celebrating

I spent all week practicing for a vocal audition, so I'm kind of tired, anyway. No one else tried out for the alto part, so that's a fairly good indicator I probably got it. :)

I'm ahead of the other students in piano (which isn't saying all that much), so I get completely different assignments. I could simply e-mail her and ask her what to work on next.

I spent all week practicing for a vocal audition, so I'm kind of tired, anyway. No one else tried out for the alto part, so that's a fairly good indicator I probably got it. :)

I'm ahead of the other students in piano (which isn't saying all that much), so I get completely different assignments. I could simply e-mail her and ask her what to work on next.

Meanwhile, I want to eat too much.

doesn't say where that's coming from. Rather like a DU post I think.

close at 6pm EST, so if IN looks too close to call or goes Obama then it should be a good night for Obama. VA is the one to watch. Those polls close 7pm EST.

they won't say anything about them until the western parts finish at 7PM EST.

It gives poll closings, # EVs, etc
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G08/closing.phtml?format=ec

That "a major network" was planning to declare a winner as soon as 7:00.

The difficulty right now is that it just so happens those two states are the ones experiencing the most problems with machines, lines, etc. Some of it is simply high turn out and no opportunity to vote early. Other parts of it are incompetence on the part of the organizers. Whatever the reason, there's issues.

If they get them sorted out enough to start delivering returns shortly after the polls close, and if both those states go Obama, it's over.

8 o'clock EDT at the earliest.

This of course doesn't consider some idiot editor calling it before any returns at all start coming in. But, still, 8 is the earliest. I'm personally thinking around 10 or 11 EDT if things go well.

CNN has a vote map up... as does dKos...

http://www.cnn.com/

http://scoreboard.dailykos.com/map/

The Kos map has a countdown clock to when the first polls close... I may start biting my nails today! LOL!

My mind is all over the place on this election. Pulling the lever felt great, the repubs with their MSM can be scary. But if we thought that, then they would win, and we know they are not going to win this one if for certain they didn't EVEN win the last one and the 2000 election.

watch this video. It simulates how and when the results will come in.
Warning: even watching it in condensed version like this is a bit of torture.

http://www.the-numbers.com/thecrunch/?p=42