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Tuesday, November 4, 2008 12:00 AM

Election Day blogging (10 p.m. EST thread)

Join Joan Walsh, Glenn Greenwald, David Sirota, David Talbot, Digby, Paul Maslin, Rebecca Traister and Gary Kamiya as they follow the day's events.

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  • Tuesday, November 4, 2008 07:35 PM

    Silly ... exactly

    I agree, Joan, that it is silly not to acknowledge that which is patently obvious. I know that the networks have been burned in the past, but there are now hundreds of talking heads blathering on live TV networks as if this was not a done deal. Why don't they just broadcast a test pattern until they're ready to discuss the news?

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