332

[Skidmore]

Julian Epstein says this is the number of electoral college votes the President will have when the counting is finished. He's on Martin Bashir's show now.

332 makes this more than a landslide. It's a freaking 10.0 earthquake with an astroid to boot.

[Drunken Irishman]

1. Yes. 332 is 61% of the electoral college. It was a decisive majority.

To contrast, in '04, Bush only got 53% of the electoral college.

[ginnyinWI]

2. yeah and he called that a mandate!

So by dubya's standards, Obama has a mega-mandate!

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. He called it a mandate every damn chance he got, rubbing it in our faces, when we

knew he had nothing of the sort!

[formercia]

11. Some might call it a Mandate. n/t

[FSogol]

3. Mandate, mandate, mandate!

[Horse with no Name]

7. With an overabundance of political capital

We better use it! LOL

[robinlynne]

15. love it! Tell Obama, please!

[graywarrior]

4. So Bob was right!

[leftstreet]

5. 365 in 2008, but better turnout then

Not bad

[Skidmore]

9. It sure as heck is no razor thin majority.

[Hutzpa]

8. Landslide!

FORWARD

[skeewee08]

10. Well done Axelrod, Plouffe, Messina & Cutter

And a special Shout out to ALL my brother's & sister's who stood in long lines across the Nation & especially Florida, Virginia & NC(I know we didn't win but they still represented)

[phantom power]

12. Now, the interesting question is, when the GOP claims "no mandate!"

(and they're already doing it), will Obama and the congressional Dems tell them to sit down and STFU, because their boy Bush claimed he had a "mandate" when he lost the popular vote and won with 274(?) electoral votes?

[carolinayellowdog]

13. I've never been happier to be proven wrong

was predicting 303, but Rick Scott's shenanigans didn't manage to steal Florida!

[libdem4life]

14. On the West Coast, everyone goes to one of their neighborhood school auditorium/gymnasiums.

There are a couple of tables with 4-5 nice elderly folk to look you up and show you where to sign and give you a ballot. Then on to the cafeteria tables or a booth, vote and leave. In 2008 we still put the ballots in a padlocked box. No lines.

Why is it that the rest of the country doesn't have this...truly...there are schools everywhere and surely volunteeers willing to be there. Has it been lack of interest or are we just jaded???