Ethics

Random Thoughts: The Morning After

By Ed Brayton

A few isolated thoughts on last night's election. I am relieved by the fact that it was not a close election. If it had been, we could have quite a mess on our hands. The votes in several states are astonishingly close and if Obama's lead were within the range where those states could swing the election, we would be having 2000 all over again -- only worse.

In North Carolina, Obama won by only 12,000 votes. In Indiana, his lead is only 23,000 votes. In Missouri, McCain leads by a mere 6,000 votes. If Obama was sitting on 298 electoral votes rather than 338 (without those states included in the tally), we would no doubt be hearing a demand for recounts that would throw the outcome of the election in doubt and we would be facing Florida times three.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on November 05, 2008 (boomark / email).