Miscellaneous, etc.

“The Kerry campaign strategy right now is that they think the ballots will bring them to within 50,000. They think there are 200,000 provisional ballots out there — they think if you count those ballots, they’ll make up the 50,000 margin.”
Oh God help us, not again.
I mean, good luck to Kerry, I hope he [...]

NBC projects both Alaska and Ohio for Bush, giving him 269.
CNN projects Alaska, but not yet Ohio, giving Bush 249.
For Kerry to stand a chance, he must carry all of the Gore states, plus New Hampshire and Nevada. Then it’ll tie, and go to the House of Representatives.
Republican corks are popping, all across the [...]

Irony: Ambien commercials running during election coverage at 12:50 in the morning. Is there really any greater sleep aid than political coverage in the middle of the night?
Ambien, when there isn’t an election to put your bored ass to sleep.
Nobody has anything to say that doesn’t include the word “Ohio” in it, though [...]

Things that, if Kerry loses Ohio, they can’t blame their loss on this time:

Low voter turnout
Ralph Nader
Florida
The electoral college system

I’m sure there are a lot things they can blame, and I’m sure we’ll hear about quite a few of them if they should lose tonight, but I gotta tell you, the reasons above have been [...]

David Gregory was definitely drinking. He’s got that tired, breathless look that you get when you’re five or six cocktails in, but where you’re still trying to focus seriously on what you’re supposed to be doing.
Look at that hurt look in his eyes when he thought Tom Brokaw was correcting him, instead of just [...]