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I flipped from channel to channel, as time and commercials permitted. I saw little bits of several channels, including both C-SPANs and Fox "News". Fox was easily the worst, pandering to "McCain advisors" (or whatever). They complained about Fox calling Ohio for Obama... and this was a big story for almost an hour: Not that Obama won Ohio, but that McCain's people whined. No other network mentioned this, nor should they have.
Of the people I saw, David Gergen (on CNN) was the best. Calm and articulate and (pay attention now) correct. On a night that went more-or-less how it has been playing out since the Biden/Palin debate, Gergen offered useful commentary on what was actually happening.
CNN was more mediocre than usual. For all the fun toys, John King was more of a distraction than an illuminator. He kept saying "well, IF this happens, let's put this state in the red column...". But I digress.
Now, we have to worry about Bush stealing the US in the next 2 1/2 months. I predict Obama's first term will be spent cleaning up the mess of the conservatives.
