Election 2008

From Katie: Get out and VOTE. Gavin would if he could. Got one?

I feel pretty confident in saying that Obama’s going to win this thing tonight, and fucking A, I hope I’m right, because if he doesn’t… well, I’ll let my grandma, who is awesome, do the talking. She emailed me this on Sunday. We are about to elect our first black president. And if we don’t, […]

From Graham: How boring. Oregon blows. I don’t get to be all extra emotional and stand in line. I guess I did save 42 cents by dropping my ballot off at the library. That’s kind of the same. But really really boring. No “I voted” sticker for me. What’s yours?

From James: I just saw your blog post about the anticipation from young voters. I was dropping Kayla off this morning at Buckman and the halls were filled with kids wearing blue clothing, homemade Obama shirts, buttons and handing out pro-Obama fliers. This is from 3rd and 4th graders. It was pretty exciting to see. […]

From Kathryn: I have also had tears several times today. I don’t ever remember feeling like this on an election day–I can barely wait until this afternoon when the first results begin to come in–I should probably go buy some tissues! I sat at the breakfast table with my youngest daughter this morning and we […]

Seriously. It could land you in a lot of trouble. Update, 1:40pm: The story is acquiring momentum, making Politico this afternoon, and generating a lot of comments.

The kids at the Bus Project have taken over all four corners of this busy intersection, to remind people to get their ballots in.

It’s just 8 am, and already I’ve had tears in my eyes a few times. I’m trolling around the Internets, and finding dozens of stories: Long lines of excited people at polling places, Americans abroad awaiting the results, youth voting for the first time, etc. This one got to me, via Andrew Sullivan about Dartmouth […]

I filled out my ballot as soon as I got it and it was kind of an anti-climax, sitting alone in my kitchen penciling in bubbles I’d decided on long ago. After months of poll watching and blog reading, it felt like, “Finally, I can get this done.” I went through intense election turmoil a […]

I finally voted. I’ve known who and what I’d be voting for since our own endorsements came out, but I finally cast my ballot this weekend. I like to wait until the last minute, so I keep getting the campaign literature in my mail slot. After all of this time, it was hard to believe […]