The runoff will be a margin call on whatever she has left invested in the Party.

Well, right... I thought that's how I arranged the words above. :-)

But seriously, I don't think any of us have fully contemplated what life with two Presidents will be like.

I was gonna go with 'insufferable' ... but yours is better.

Although, if I'm reading the Senate races correctly... it's at least a little bit of a pause to think everything will hinge on Kelly Loeffler in the run-off. That kinda has Greek Tragedy (or Comedy) written all over it.

Yeah, from my perspective it's not a horrible outcome. I'm a little concerned that the tightness of the race will keep Trump viable as a sort of "Shadow President" that will retard the reckoning/rebuild/realign. But the work must continue either way... probably better with these results for the next 4 years... but I do think it delays real improvements in a weird hanged state.

Keep telling y'all... first party to the Upper Left wins.

Could be Dems, could be Republicans, could be other.

Sings Nessun Dorma and carries 'Vincero' like Pavarotti?

I probably should've paid closer attention to West Wing when it was on.

I want to imagine that Biden upon reaching his final tally of 270 EC votes pumps his fist and yells, "Nailed it!" while his aides politely look at their shoes.

At least that's how I imagine Sorkin would've written it.

Let's see if this embeds:

According to the exit poll, Trump did better in 2020 with every race and gender except white men.

Change from 2016:

White Men -5
White Women +2
Black Men +4
Black Women +4
Latino Men +3
Latino Women +3
Other +5 pic.twitter.com/hUc17Iy1ip

— Matt Bruenig (@MattBruenig) November 4, 2020

The only demographic that didn't increase their support for Trump. He lost 5% in that single demographic.

[Posted by Matt Bruenig, noted leftist...assuming the data from Bruenig isn't made-up or all that]

Closing in on Mid-night I thought I saw Karl Rove running around Fox without his shirt on...

Heh, there's Stare Decisis and there's No Backsies. Both are equally hallowed traditions.

Yep.

If you go to NYT Biden's path the victory is paved with 0.2% leads, while Trump's undecideds are sitting at +6% and +11%... but you have to understand.

Oh yeah, I almost had a send tweet moment with that too.

But this is a safe space, right?

Except for Brandon, he's getting everything he wanted in 2020.
~The Fates

One of the networks (forget which) put up a graphic *before* polls closed that showed voter motivation.

Repubs:
Voting FOR Trump: 79%
Voting AGAINST Biden: 21%

Dems
Voting FOR Biden: 51%
Voting AGAINST Trump: 49%

That was my first, "huh" moment of many.

Whelp... this being 2020 I'm just going to stop fighting the fates and assume the results will be disappointing to everyone... Biden skulks into the White House and the Senate remains Republican. But at this point that's based on nothing but pure augury, by which I mean 538.

If that happens, looking forward the the love and gratitude that will be showered on White Men for saving the union.

Whelp... I'm calling it a night... 207 Biden to 148 Trump.

I think the post-mortems are a bit early, and I expect to wake up to a Biden lead... but I'm concerned that the underperformance of Biden will leave the gate open for challenges in a state or two. Needed a clean win (one way or another) and this doesn't look like that. Dang.

PBS is getting that Hillary Supporter on the convention floor look. Soldiering on, but voices quavering and confidence shaken. Everyone seems pre-occupied and missing marks/talking points. Earpieces must be buzzing.

Is it weird yet?

If Trump wins because of the two-fist-two-step to YMCA I'm going to have to turn in my Time Capsule Prognostication Card.

They let Karl Rove back on Fox on Election night?

Never had that before, looks like something I'd like.

Yeah, it's probably mostly FL... I bought high on FL when polling was showing a big Biden spread among seniors. Looks like I bought peak FL.

Ok, I know it's *very* early... but I keep saying "huh" a lot. Like about as often as I said "huh" in 2016.