The shape of things to come
OK, here's sort of a rough guideline of how things are going to go down today (all times EST):
5:00 or 5:30: Exit polls are being done, but they will be held back for a while. Expect the first exit polls to start leaking out around now. DO NOT TRUST EXIT POLLS. Remember 2004. Wonkette usually has some exit polls numbers, and I bet Talking Points Memo will too.
6:00 PM: Indiana and Kentucky both end voting, which is totally retarded, but there you are. However, as both states straddle two time zones, that probably means that they won't start giving results until 7:00.
7:00 PM: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, New Hampshire & Vermont close their polls. Results should come out quickly after that.
7:30 PM: Ohio, North Carolina and West Virginia close.
After that, it'll all start rushing in fast & furious.
To keep up online, I would check all the usual places, but be aware that the major sites like Daily Kos will most likely be v e r y s l o w.
News-wise, we'll probaby be going with MSNBC, which is doing joint coverage anchored by Tweety (Chris Matthews) & Keith (Olbermann) beginning at 6:00 or 7:00. I think we're going to take a Veronica Mars pause (9:00! The CW!), and then into the special one hour Daily Show/Colbert Report live Midterm Midtacular at 11:00.
At that point, I expect things to degenerate into drunken incoherence.
5:00 or 5:30: Exit polls are being done, but they will be held back for a while. Expect the first exit polls to start leaking out around now. DO NOT TRUST EXIT POLLS. Remember 2004. Wonkette usually has some exit polls numbers, and I bet Talking Points Memo will too.
6:00 PM: Indiana and Kentucky both end voting, which is totally retarded, but there you are. However, as both states straddle two time zones, that probably means that they won't start giving results until 7:00.
7:00 PM: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, New Hampshire & Vermont close their polls. Results should come out quickly after that.
7:30 PM: Ohio, North Carolina and West Virginia close.
After that, it'll all start rushing in fast & furious.
To keep up online, I would check all the usual places, but be aware that the major sites like Daily Kos will most likely be v e r y s l o w.
News-wise, we'll probaby be going with MSNBC, which is doing joint coverage anchored by Tweety (Chris Matthews) & Keith (Olbermann) beginning at 6:00 or 7:00. I think we're going to take a Veronica Mars pause (9:00! The CW!), and then into the special one hour Daily Show/Colbert Report live Midterm Midtacular at 11:00.
At that point, I expect things to degenerate into drunken incoherence.
posted by chiniqua at 12:12 PM
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