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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust remember in 2008
Obama wasnt doing great in the early hours. It wasnt until later in the evening that he started to pull ahead and was declared the winner by 11. So everyone needs to calm down a bit.
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Just remember in 2008 (Original Post)
Trumpocalypse
Nov 2020
OP
Yeah. I think we set our hopes too high. We wanted every state but we also know it's impossible.
Claustrum
Nov 2020
#2
It's only 7:25 CST. I don't know if I can stand a whole evening of this.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Nov 2020
#5
GoCubsGo
(32,747 posts)1. Also remember 2018.
The expected "Blue Wave" took almost a week to realize.
Claustrum
(4,956 posts)2. Yeah. I think we set our hopes too high. We wanted every state but we also know it's impossible.
I get the importance of FL but it wasn't looking good for a while, when Miami Dade mail in and early vote numbers were lacking.
kwolf68
(7,564 posts)4. Good point
But Obama was running against a reasonably sane public servent. Biden is running against a pile of flaming dog shit.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(119,067 posts)5. It's only 7:25 CST. I don't know if I can stand a whole evening of this.
D23MIURG23
(2,992 posts)6. Biden isn't even doing bad yet.
I think the major angst is really coming from one or two counties in one state that hasn't even been called yet.