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...which are numbers that I don't think will ever be seen again in any of our lifetimes. It was a bad economic environment throughout the election, where people were angry at the incumbent party. At the end of the day, I don't think there is another Republican that the party could have nominated that could have made this a competitive race the way that John McCain did." "It's one thing we know for sure is that at a congressional level, the Senate Democratic majorities and the House Democratic majorities will expand," Schmidt said. "The party has been...
...results are announced. In front of the art deco landmark, a gigantic TV screens display footage of the past 20 months of the campaign as The Today Show ticker streams news updates across the street. Tourists mill about in campaign buttons and patriotic outfits, posing for photos with the Republican donkey and Democratic elephant as if they were Disney World characters at the Magic Kingdom. Both animals seem to be equally popular, although based on the number of campaign pins, the crowd leans heavily toward Obama. Several teenagers even took photos lying down on the bright blue carpet that...
...Earlier in the day, for example, several Republican poll workers were asked to leave their polling places. Reports varied as to why - either they lacked proper credentials or the polling place was too crowded to accommodate them. In either case, a city judge promptly ordered them returned to the polling places, according to state party officials...
...Panthers - berets, dark shades, military-style jackets, pants and boots - appeared in front of a polling place in a predominantly black area of north Philadelphia around midday. One man was reportedly armed with a nightstick, but he was asked to leave by police, who had been summoned by a Republican poll watcher. By mid-afternoon, as media began to gather, one uniformed but unarmed man remained, handing out literature to voters, but he angrily refused to answer any questions. A credentialed Obama poll worker, who identified himself as James Orman, said the uniformed man was a representative of the Obama...
...situation drew the attention of conservative media like Fox News, as well as Republican attorney Lovida H. Coleman Jr., a member of Lawyers for McCain, who showed up on the scene to observe. The mens' dress - particularly the nightstick - "was very militaristic and could have been very intimidating," she said. "I don't think someone would be wearing that garb in front of a voting machine without the intent to send a message...