American Views Abroad

 
Just received from a friend in Dayton, Ohio on this election day:

Well, I done it. I voted already; just walked in, signed up immediately (but DID have to show my driver's license to some old right winger, the cad) and waited for two people ahead of me to get to their voting machine before finally getting to mine.

It was a joy to punch in for Obama. It was a thrill not to punch in for McCain...

Today Rove (who was thoroughly wrong in all respects in 2006 and carries his record in with him into 2008) said that he expected Obama to win in a landslide, taking all the "toss-up"
states. That was probably a deliberate move on his part to spook right wingers into voting instead of thinking they didn't have to worry in those "toss-up" states. (Do you toss up in a "toss-up" state when you lose? I do anyway...)

Here's hoping!

It'll be a long night way into tomorrow morning for those of us abroad. As he said in Ohio, so it is in Hamburg and around the world: Here's hoping!

PS: My son just voted in Philadelphia and reported no lines and was in and out in 10 minutes.
- posted by Gloria @ 4:58 PM