1. What will Obama's popular vote margin be? 4 percentage points

2. How many Electoral College votes will Obama win? 311

3. How many seats will the Democrats gain (net) in the House? 6

4. How many seats will the Democrats gain (net) in the Senate? 26

Pick the winner in the following races:

5. Pa.-12 -- Jack Murtha (D)

6. Minn.-6 -- Elwyn Tinklenberg (D)

7. Ga. Sen. -- Jim Martin (D)

8. Minn. Sen. -- Norm Coleman (R)

9. N.C. Sen. -- Kay Hagan (D)

TIE-BREAKER:

What time (EST) will the presidential race be called? 10:51pm

1. +4% for obama

2. 338

3. +23 net gain in the house for democrats

4. +7 net gain in the senate for democrats

5. PA-12: Russell (R)

6. MINN-6: Tinklenberg (D)

7. GA-Senate: Martin (D)

8. MINN-Senate: Coleman (R)

9. NC-Senate: Hagan (D)

10. 10pm

1. +3

2. 325

3. 13

4. 7

5. Russell

6. Tinklenberg

7. Chambliss

8. Coleman

9. Hagen

Tie-Breaker: 11:00 PM EST

I already slog through all the advertisements with ease. How about a T-shirt? Or a signed photo of Tracy Clark-Flory?

1. 3 percentage points

2. 308

3. 23

4. 7

5. Murtha (D)

6. Bachmann (R)

7. Chambliss (R)

8. Franken (D)

9. Hagan (D)

TIE-BREAKER: 11:22EST

1. 6.2%

2. 365

3. 34

4. 9

5. Murtha

6. Tinklenburg

7. Martin (in a runoff)

8. Franken

9. Hagan

10. 11:35 pm on November 4, 2008

Let's try this again...

1. What will Obama's popular vote margin be? 4 percentage points

2. How many Electoral College votes will Obama win? 311

3. How many seats will the Democrats gain (net) in the House? 26

4. How many seats will the Democrats gain (net) in the Senate? 6

Pick the winner in the following races:

5. Pa.-12 -- Jack Murtha (D)

6. Minn.-6 -- Elwyn Tinklenberg (D)

7. Ga. Sen. -- Jim Martin (D)

8. Minn. Sen. -- Norm Coleman (R)

9. N.C. Sen. -- Kay Hagan (D)

TIE-BREAKER:

What time (EST) will the presidential race be called? 10:51pm

I predict...that I will continue to eat obsessively until we have an outcome!

...that I will finish off yesterday's ribs and mac&cheese for lunch today.

I suspect I will have cheetos (the corn-nuts are gone) some time around 4:00.

I'm fairly certain that I will have some of Saturday's casserole and some asparagus for dinner.

I expect that I will snack on something disgusting before bed.

I think for breakfast tomorrow I will probably have waffles and sausage, 'cause it's election day and it will be good to start the day with comfort food. And there are all those blueberries in the freezer that need to be used...

I'll probably chew my fingernails as a mid-morning snack while I flip channels and websites.

For lunch and dinner, well I just haven't got that far yet.

But I'll be eating.

YOU BETCHA!

AND FINALLY...my prediction for Wednesday morning:

Catamitebastard EXPLODES! (Regardless of who wins but pleeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaassse let it be BO)

(except I also had a can of Vienna Sausages and some sweet pickles. Damn I want this over.)

1. 8 points

2. 371

3. 15

4. 9

5. Murtha

6. Tinklenburg

7. Martin

8. Coleman

9. Hagan

10. 10:59 pm

I believed a landslide would occur until a yesterday, now in the reactive mode.

1. What will Obama's popular vote margin be? 2 percentage points (538 (+5.5) - bradley effect (-5) plus cell phone factor (+1.5)

2. How many Electoral College votes will Obama win? 273 Kerry States plus Iowa

3. How many seats will the Democrats gain (net) in the House? 30

4. How many seats will the Democrats gain (net) in the Senate? 8

Pick the winner in the following races:

5. Pa.-12 -- Rep. Jack Murtha (D) vs. William Russell (R) Murtha

6. Minn.-6 -- Rep. Michele Bachmann (R) vs. Elwyn Tinklenberg (D) Tinklenberg

7. Ga. Sen. -- Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R) vs. Jim Martin (D) Martin

8. Minn. Sen. -- Sen. Norm Coleman (R) vs. Al Franken (D) Franken

9. N.C. Sen. -- Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R) vs. Kay Hagan (D)Hagan, wishful thinking

1. What will Obama's popular vote margin be? (This should be expressed not as "52-48," but as "4 percentage points." Or, if you think McCain will win 52-48, "-4 percentage points.")

A: Obama by 9 points

2. How many Electoral College votes will Obama win?

A: 354

3. How many seats will the Democrats gain (net) in the House?

A: 26

4. How many seats will the Democrats gain (net) in the Senate?

A: 8

Pick the winner in the following races:

5. Pa.-12 -- Rep. Jack Murtha (D) vs. William Russell (R)

Murtha

6. Minn.-6 -- Rep. Michele Bachmann (R) vs. Elwyn Tinklenberg (D)

Tinklenberg

7. Ga. Sen. -- Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R) vs. Jim Martin (D)

Martin

8. Minn. Sen. -- Sen. Norm Coleman (R) vs. Al Franken (D)

Franken

9. N.C. Sen. -- Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R) vs. Kay Hagan (D)

Hagan

TIE-BREAKER:

What time (EST) will the presidential race be called? (For the purposes of the pool, we'll consider it called when any one of the three big cable networks or the Associated Press makes the announcement, whatever comes first.)

10:47 p.m.

1. What will Obama's popular vote margin be? 7 percentage points

2. How many Electoral College votes will Obama win? 364

3. How many seats will the Democrats gain (net) in the House? 9

4. How many seats will the Democrats gain (net) in the Senate? 35

Pick the winner in the following races:

5. Pa.-12 -- Jack Murtha (D)

6. Minn.-6 -- Elwyn Tinklenberg (D)

7. Ga. Sen. -- Jim Martin (D)

8. Minn. Sen. -- Al Franken (d)

9. N.C. Sen. -- Kay Hagan (D)

Tie Braker- 9:30 eastern

273 kerry plus iowa, colorado and n.m.

1. What will Obama's popular vote margin be? 3%

2. How many Electoral College votes will Obama win? 286

3. How many seats will the Democrats gain (net) in the House? 19

4. How many seats will the Democrats gain (net) in the Senate? 5

Pick the winner in the following races:

5. Pa.-12 -- Rep. Jack Murtha (D)

6. Minn.-6 -- Elwyn Tinklenberg (D)

7. Ga. Sen. -- Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R)

8. Minn. Sen. -- Al Franken (D)

9. N.C. Sen. -- Kay Hagan (D)

TIE-BREAKER: Not until 2 a.m. on 11/5

1. Obama +5.5%

2. 353

3. 28

4. 8

5. Russell

6. Tinklenberg

7. Chambliss

8. Franken

9. Hagen

10. 11:02 pm

1. 2%

2. 329

3. 15

4. 6

5. Murtha

6. Tinklenberg

7. Martin

8. Coleman

9. Dole

Tiebreaker: 11:30EST

1) Popular Vote Obama +2

2) Electoral Vote Obama 382

3) Democrats gain 28 in House

4) Democrats gain 8 in Senate

5) Murtha (D) loses to Russell (R)

6) Tinklenberg (D) over Bachmann (R)

7) Martin (D) over Chambliss (R)

8) Franken (D) over Coleman (R)

9) Hagan (D) over Dole (R)

Tie-Breaker

Race called at 10:49 PM

1. 6 percentage points

2. 353

3. 22

4. 7

5. Jack Murtha (D)

6. Elwyn Tinklenberg (D)

7. Saxby Chambliss (R)

8. Al Franken (D)

9. Kay Hagan (D)

TIE-BREAKER:

10:16PM

1. 5, 2. 296, 3. 29, 4. 6, 5. Murtha, 6. Tinklenberg, 7. Chambliss, 8. Franken, 9. Hagen, 10. 8:01.