[Publib] The Day After

[Karen Schneider]

Over in Australia the press had called the election basically 8 hours before
the polls closed... financial analysts were happily predicting working with
President Obama. This morning the Daily Telegraph has a huge picture of
Barack and Michelle in a passionate embrace over the headline, "A NEW DAWN."
;)

Karen / PUBLIB (in Sydney)

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Diedre Conkling <diedrec at charter.net> wrote:

> By the way, it was also always clear the Oregon would go for Obama.  I
> think they did basically the same thing on every network, the slight pause
> before 8 p.m. and the 3 networks I watched did not call Florida until close
> to midnight Pacific Time so it was not just on FOX News that these things
> occured.
>
>
> ---- Walt Crawford <waltcrawford at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> =============
>  (Basically, even though it was always clear
> California and Washington would go for Obama, TV had agreed never to call a
> state until its polls closed.)
>
> That flicker was really interesting...well, that and Fox News'
> intransigence
> on Florida until considerably later in the evening, keeping it in the
> Undecided column for a couple of extra hours.
>
> -walt crawford, who needs to go check on a key state issue-
>
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 5:12 AM, Karen Mahnk <kmahnk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > `Got up this morning @ 5:30 am - made my vital cup of java & turned on
> the
> > TV..
> > Then I opened up the back patio door & listened to the peacock family
> > making their rounds to the pond. No primal scream here - just tears of
> joy
> > ;-)
> > Barack Obama just accomplished what no one else has before - I have
> > absolutely no doubts that he can deliver on what this country needs.
> >
> > Karen Mahnk,
> > Reference Librarian
> > Lake Park Public Library
> > 529 Park Avenue
> > Lake Park, Fl., 33403
> > 561 881-3330 Fax: 561881-3336
> > kmahnk at lakeparkflorida.gov
> > www.lakepark-fl.gov
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Melissa K. Davidson <
> > DavidsonMK at ci.staunton.va.us> wrote:
> >
> >>  Interesting thought!
> >>
> >> I am intrigued that the voter turnout rate is expected to be 85%. A
> trend
> >> for more participation in our democracy? Let's hope it continues.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Melissa Davidson
> >>
> >> Adult Services Librarian
> >>
> >> Staunton Public Library
> >>
> >> 1 Churchville Ave.
> >>
> >> Staunton, VA 24401
> >>
> >> 540.332.3902
> >>
> >> www.stauntonlibrary.org<
> http://www.staunton.va.us/default.asp?pageid=48BD7E6B-787C-49EE-A7C1-8DD714653A32
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> *From:* publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:
> >> publib-bounces at webjunction.org] *On Behalf Of *Michelle Gobert
> >> *Sent:* Monday, November 03, 2008 11:17 AM
> >> *To:* publib at webjunction.org
> >> *Subject:* Re: [Publib] The Day After
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I appreciate everyone's optimism that we will in fact have a president
> >> Wednesday morning.  I have my doubts that vote counting will go that
> well.
> >> Am I the only one has this concern?  I'm forecasting that we won't know
> who
> >> is president until November 11th.
> >>
> >> Or maybe I'm wrong.  Maybe ABC, CBS, FOX NEWS, & all the other networks
> >> will call the election before the polls have closed...
> >>
> >> Michelle Gobert
> >> Director
> >> Demmer Memorial Library
> >> Three Lakes, Wisconsin
> >> www.demmerlibrary.org
> >>
> >>
> >>
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