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...group, White House rookies tend to fall into three categories. First come the military heroes--Zachary Taylor, Ulysses Grant, Dwight Eisenhower--who ventured a leap into electoral politics only to produce lackluster administrations. (The great exception is George Washington, whose success in office remains uncontested but whose "rookie" status could hardly be helped...
Iowa: No Longer a Toss-Up? 8:00 a.m. E.T. Iowa appears to have lost its toss-up state status, according to a Sunday Des Moines Register poll showing Barack Obama has widened his lead to 17 points here, getting 54% of the vote compared to John McCain's 37%, up from his 12-point lead in September. The Register's Iowa Poll also shows Obama leading by 23 points among all-important independent voters, who make up 32% of Iowa's 2.1 million registered voters (Democrats are 32%; Republicans, 28%.) Other recent polls put Obama ahead...
...usual trickle of status updates, wall posts and random photos was overwhelmed today with a deluge of often pointed political messages on Facebook, where millions of social-networkers logged on and bubbled with Election Day excitement...
...more than 4 million people had clicked on a Facebook-sponsored banner to indicate that they had voted. About 2 million people had "donated" their online status to broadcast which candidate they supported. Other users posted links to a variety of "get out the vote" themed YouTube videos, including one featuring a group of dancing kids singing a buoyant song called "You Can Vote However You Like...
Meanwhile, back on Facebook, Steve Fox of San Francisco updated his status to tell friends that he let his 11-year-old son mark the ballot in the voting booth. "I think it left him feeling a lot more invested in the political process," Fox said. "He told me after we were done that he wished he were 18 so he could vote on his own." All day, the social-networking site's news feed twittered with users either complaining about the long lines or marveling at how quickly they got in and out. Many encouraged friends to vote, reminding...