Election Night

Ahhhhh, Election Night…it’s like prom night for us nerds!  [And my date is Rachel Maddow.]  That’s  right – a whole night of seeing which poll was right and trying to get retweeted by Maggie Haberman.  [Nobody else knows who Maggie Haberman is, do they?  Please see previous nerd disclaimer.]  An evening full of twitter, blogs and MSNBC.  That’s right...I said MSNBC…. After all, if Democrats are doing well, I want to revel in it.  If we’re losing, I want to delude myself as long as possible [which is where Chris Matthews comes in].

Nights like this may be why I moved to California [I mean in addition to Blondie, of course.]  Election results start coming in at 5 p.m. out here.  Which means I can watch history being made and still be in bed by 9 p.m.  I have the whole evening mapped out according to poll closing times.  Did you know you can vote until 10 pm in Iowa??!  [Of course you didn’t know that, because you have legitimate hobbies – like human interaction.]  Iowa’s plan may be great for democracy, but it is very inconvenient for those of us trying to declare the next President of the United States!

In order to pass the time, I will spend the evening rooting for Senate races until the networks call the presidential race in Ohio - which may very well be a week from Wednesday.  [Although I read that Fox News plans to call it at 10 pm…and wait for the supreme court to reverse it.]  Seriously, I’ll be spending the evening playing big ballot bingo with 33 senate races. 

The existential question for the evening:  If Richard Mourdock loses, will he think it's God's will?