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Barack Obama Retains US Presidency

Posted by Soulskill on from the but-will-he-go-for-the-three-peat dept.

Fox News, NBC, and CNN have called the U.S. election for incumbent Barack Obama. Of the so-called 'battleground states,' Obama carried Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin, and New Hampshire, which, along with all of the solidly Democrat-leaning states, was enough to push him beyond the 270 required for victory. You can check this chart to see the full list of states that have currently been called, and by which news networks. The NY Times has an excellent interactive map showing all election results updated in real time, as does CNN. It's currently projected that the Republicans will retain control of the House of Representatives, and the Democrats will retain control of the Senate.

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  1. Excellent by isorox · · Score: 5, Funny

    No more

  2. But no fear! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't worry, Republican friends, Mitt will just claim he wasn't actually running for President anyway.

  3. Wait, What? by Greyfox · · Score: 5, Funny
    I go away for like FIVE MINUTES to make popcorn, open a beer and settle in for a long night of watching pundits say whatever comes into their heads, and Obama wins it? I made enough popcorn to last UNTIL DECEMBER!

    Oh well. I guess I'll go watch Fox News slip into a channel-wide suicidal depression.

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    1. Re:Wait, What? by Grayhand · · Score: 5, Funny

      I go away for like FIVE MINUTES to make popcorn, open a beer and settle in for a long night of watching pundits say whatever comes into their heads, and Obama wins it? I made enough popcorn to last UNTIL DECEMBER!

      Oh well. I guess I'll go watch Fox News slip into a channel-wide suicidal depression.

      Fox News just has a full screen banner running "The Mayans Were Right!"

  4. Re:well... by localman57 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Also, to repeat it, for no apparent reason, 11 weeks from now.

  5. Re:Look at who they appoint to the SCOTUS. by Young+Master+Ploppy · · Score: 5, Funny

    The only thing that differentiate America from the rest of the world is the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

    The only two things that differentiate America from the rest of the world are the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and an almost fanatical devotion to the gun.

    AMONGST THE THINGS that differentiate America from the rest of the world are the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, an almost fanatical devotion to the gun, and continued insistence on paying lipservice to the notion of personal freedoms while simultaneously supporting politicians who erode them.... oh sod it, I'll come in again!

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