Apparently there's trouble at the Onion today, even the link on their front page isn't working. This link seems to be working.

Unfortunately, I can't watch at work (or more specifically, I can't LISTEN at work). But I WILL have to catch this later simply because the headline caught my attention:


That looks funny

It's moot, but NBC is calling North Carolina for Obama.

Oh, and currently the popular vote stands at 52.4% to 46.3%. fivethirtyeight.com's final projection was 52.3% to 46.2%. Pffft, he got it wrong.

Nebraska and Maine are the only two states that don't award their electoral votes in an all or nothing block.

Apparently it is looking like the slowly counted provisional and early mail ballots in Nebraska's Omaha district will be enough to tip that electoral vote to Obama. I blame name confusion, the locals thought they were checking where they lived.

So I know it's only one election and all, but damn if fivethirtyeight.com didn't nail it! Within fractions of a percent on the popular vote, and called every electoral vote right except for Indiana and the Omaha district in Nebraska. Dude knows his statistics!

The video.

LOL:

"The nation is preparing for the onslaught of obnxious kids with the first name 'Barak'"


eta: oops. That was CP's 2nd link.

An interesting commentary on CNN.com
 

Which shows that polls are indeed meaningful, if you know how to read them.

I was amazed as well. I admit fully to mousepod that, yes I should have had more than just a glimmer of hope when looking at the 538 stats before the 4th.
:)