Romney gave an understated, classy concession speech. The crowd greeted it with a dignified response.
Just ducked out for a bit of fresh air and from our office four blocks from the White House could hear car horns blaring and see Obama supporters streaming down 16th Street. A spontaneous celebration. Mostly 20somethings. Some younger. Many older. People taking pictures. Spirits high. Raucous and happy revelers. The crowd was packed tight on Pennsylvania between Lafayette Park and the north gates of the White House itself. Someone waving a rainbow flag. A light police presence. TV trucks on the street. More people converging on the scene, after midnight. For the decidedly pro-Obama District, an outpouring of relief as much as celebration.
Through today we asked you to send photos of your trips to vote. And we simply got some wonderful pictures. I don’t really know how else to describe it. It really made my day. We have links to them all after the jump. Take a look. You’ll be glad you did. Read More
We’re going to have a piece on this shortly. But in case you weren’t watching Fox News over the last 45 minutes or so, something for the ages just happened. Shortly after Fox and everyone else called Ohio and the election for President Obama, Rove staged a live TV mutiny. He insisted that the Ohio call had been premature and then forced Fox’s Megan Kelly to make an SNL like walk through the Fox building and confront the network’s official number counters with Rove’s objections. Read More
Only them so far. But NBC calls the election for President Barack Obama.
The Denver Post has called Colorado for President Obama. That’s not AP or the networks. But they know the state. Likely where this is going.
AP calls North Carolina for Romney. For the moment no more networks. But it looks quite possible that that could be the only swing state Romney wins. Virginia is still up for grabs. But it looks much better for Obama than it did an hour ago. Much better. And Florida, as I said, it just doesn’t look plausible that Romney can win there.