Election 2008 recap

I was home sick, but I had my Obama “Progress” t-shirt on and was ready to watch the results obsessively.

I wrote down the cable numbers for the local and cable news station. We probably ended up watching MSNBC most, but I thought CNN had the best screen graphics and “interface.” BBC America was also quite good, tackling the whole thing from an outsider’s perspective (politely puzzled about some of the zanier aspects of Election Day).

(We did watch the Comedy Central “Indecision 2008” special with Colbert and Stewart — oddly enough, it wasn’t nearly as funny as their nightly election coverage has been.)

Margie hugged the computer, monitoring results at various sites she tended to visit. Her favorite during the season has been 538, for all its geeky-stats goodness.

Kitten manned her map blanket, with piles of red- and blue-labeled candy to mark off states.

Margie also served us up a very nice home made onion soup for dinner.

When Ohio went with Obama, we broke out the champagne. There’s a nice irony there. We poured some for the three of us, adding a bit of mango nectar to Kitten’s (though she still didn’t like it).

I stayed up through McCain’s concession speech (well said, and certainly better than the rude audience in Phoenix warrented), and through Obama’s victory speech.

It’s hard to believe it’s over. It’s even harder to believe that My Guy won.