New York, 4 November 2008, 8:00 am:
We moved to our friend Robert’s place last night. This morning my partner and traveling companion just said it was the first good night’s sleep he’s had in this town, despite the building shaking with the subway. It had been too noisy previously — and I finally get it about why New York is “the town that never sleeps”.
Today’s the day, the voting lines are forming — started before 6 am — and the talk shows are getting wired up. They sound like they’ve been talking about the same stuff for, like, months. They’re going to be so fused in 12 hours.
Rudy Giulliani on CBS just said that all the polls are wrong and the American people — the “American people” is going to be very overworked today — will make up their own minds.
The fundamentals of this election are strong: Obama comes in ahead today on an average of +7 points.
And by yesterday 24% of votes had already been cast. And all the undecideds have shut up, God love ‘em.
The street outside looks empty. Maybe the American people have taken the day off to stand in a 5 hour long democracy queue?
Onwards.
