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Tuesday, November 4, 2008 12:00 AM

Election Day blogging (6 p.m. EST thread)

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  • Tuesday, November 4, 2008 04:15 PM

    lifelong republican votes for Obama in Va.

    My dad, a lifelong Republican who voted for Goldwater and every GOP presidential candidate since, voted a split ticket in Virginia today: Obama for president and GOP for everyone else.

    That does not bode well for McCain - My dad said he had the "personality of a block of wood"...

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