US Election Night 2008

Counting down to the big count.
by Simon McGarr at 10/31/2008 10:37:01 PM
Can you allow me acces Suzy please? I'll be in Arizona, so can give you a local view
by ellybabes at 11/3/2008 7:11:40 AM
Me too.. Have laptop, will join in
by Alexia Golez at 11/3/2008 10:47:46 AM
Suzy's made a bid for exclusivity on CNN.
by Simon McGarr at 11/3/2008 11:42:55 PM
Tribune had useful article on times polls will close across the USA
by Suzy Byrne at 11/3/2008 11:43:03 PM
Hmm... off to see what I can snag
by Alexia Golez at 11/3/2008 11:43:25 PM
I don't want exclusivity! Just one election without John Bowman :)
by Suzy Byrne at 11/3/2008 11:43:30 PM
Exclusivity would be good, give wider view
by Alexia Golez at 11/3/2008 11:44:19 PM
watching Obama's last hustings speech live on CNN at the moment. He looks tired.
by Suzy Byrne at 11/3/2008 11:44:29 PM
BBC and ITV are doing live coverage and there is SKY News :)
by Suzy Byrne at 11/3/2008 11:45:20 PM
I'll take BBC
by Alexia Golez at 11/3/2008 11:45:53 PM
Sorry, you think I'm going to accept being left with a choice of ITV or Sky news and just roll over and take it?|
by Simon McGarr at 11/3/2008 11:46:44 PM
You misunderstand the mettle of the liveblogger you are dealing with.
by Simon McGarr at 11/3/2008 11:46:57 PM
I want the non-traditional media. I intend to spend many happy hours reading the great right wing blog meltdown. The National Review are already saying that the problem is the GOP were'nt really conservative.
by Fergal Crehan at 11/3/2008 11:47:06 PM
Sky News usually have Dick Morris, who is an unerring predictor of elections. Only in reverse.
by Fergal Crehan at 11/3/2008 11:47:49 PM
If I could watch Fox, I would :)
by Alexia Golez at 11/3/2008 11:48:06 PM
Simon you could have John Bowman! Or MSNBC will be online. Also BBC Radio or NPR is on Newstalk.
by Suzy Byrne at 11/3/2008 11:48:56 PM
I couldn't watch Fox. My mind would bend trying to cope with the quantum flux of the parallel universes they'll have to create if Obama wins.
by Simon McGarr at 11/3/2008 11:49:30 PM
You'd need a second channel to check for actual facts.
by Fergal Crehan at 11/3/2008 11:50:27 PM
I'll relinquish BBC for any rightwing nuts I can find.. Perhaps a mixed media approach?
by Alexia Golez at 11/3/2008 11:50:42 PM
Radio for the US election! What do you take me for? Someone who just wants considered thought and analysis? Pshaw! I want ludicrous graphics and over made up bombast.
by Simon McGarr at 11/3/2008 11:50:51 PM
I think we have to take a leaf from Charlie Bird here.
by Simon McGarr at 11/3/2008 11:51:10 PM
Frank Luntz might be on Fox :)
by Suzy Byrne at 11/3/2008 11:51:27 PM
We must go to whatever channel has the story, no matter how far up the dial.
by Simon McGarr at 11/3/2008 11:51:30 PM
Anyone have Al Jazeera?
by Suzy Byrne at 11/3/2008 11:51:56 PM
Said Mr. Luntz apparently already advising the Republicans on where they went wrong.
by Simon McGarr at 11/3/2008 11:52:02 PM
I will miss Dan Rather's uber-folksy anchoring this time around. I recall he called the 2000 election "mean enough to make a buzzard choke"
by Fergal Crehan at 11/3/2008 11:52:09 PM
LOL
by Alexia Golez at 11/3/2008 11:52:11 PM
I'm NTL as well. Though I think the Euronews perspective is always worth a look.
by Simon McGarr at 11/3/2008 11:52:31 PM
It was also 'crackling hotter than a hickory fire'.
by Simon McGarr at 11/3/2008 11:52:53 PM
CNBC will probably stream MSNBC.
by Alexia Golez at 11/3/2008 11:53:57 PM
C-Span is available online, and has all the oatmealy worthiness of Euronews but without any of the continental style
by Simon McGarr at 11/3/2008 11:54:11 PM
Oh I hope they do Alexia - I would like the odd fix of Maddow to get me through the bad bits! (Swooning...)
by Suzy Byrne at 11/3/2008 11:54:51 PM
MSNBC stream live online for big nights I think.
by Fergal Crehan at 11/3/2008 11:55:21 PM
We've to go for a mirrorball effect. Showing everything in all directions to our reader.
by Simon McGarr at 11/3/2008 11:55:22 PM
I'll cover Sky News in the hope of some Fox tie ups and will trawl the Fox site for live bits
by Alexia Golez at 11/3/2008 11:55:34 PM
BBC is free
by Alexia Golez at 11/3/2008 11:55:40 PM
Does anyone know who we've decided our reader should be? We ought to ring them up and let them know their duty.
by Simon McGarr at 11/3/2008 11:55:52 PM
Waves at our reader - do you see how much trouble we are going to for you?
by Suzy Byrne at 11/3/2008 11:56:00 PM
Sky sometimes take a feed from a US network - not Fox, one of the big three
by Simon McGarr at 11/3/2008 11:56:10 PM
I'm sure they appreciate it. We wouldn't have given them the job otherwise.
by Simon McGarr at 11/3/2008 11:56:28 PM
Keith is going to join us from Virgina tomorrow night by the way.
by Suzy Byrne at 11/3/2008 11:56:47 PM
Sky has deals with Fox and CBS for rebroadcast.
by Simon McGarr at 11/3/2008 11:57:04 PM
Nice. Another US contributer
by Alexia Golez at 11/3/2008 11:57:16 PM
Also The Hag of Beara (Marie) is in Ohio and I hope to have some news from her tomorrow night.
by Suzy Byrne at 11/3/2008 11:58:29 PM