Live From Fitzgerald’s, It’s Election Night

Tuesday, Nov 04, 2008 7:46pm  |  COMMENTS (15)

7:43 pm. (DG): Mob scene at Fitzgerald’s restaurant. Dribs and dribs of election news coming in on TV. So far, Obama has Vermont, McCain has Kentucky. You can see that we’ve installed an electoral count widget in the top-right corner of our page. At 8, polls close locally and Fitzgerald’s brings out the free pizza.
7:58: (LG): McCain adds South Carolina, West Virginia and Oklahoma. Obama takes unreal America — Massachusetts, Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, Maine and New Hampshire. Obama, 81; McCain, 39.
8:17 (LG) Lautenberg projected winner.
8:35: 102, Obama; 54, McCain. McCain adds Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee; Obama adds Illinois.
8:42: (LG) Crowd roars as Pennsylvania gets called for Obama. Not everyone agrees.
9:02: (LG) McCain takes North Dakota; Obama takes Minnesta, Michigan and Wisconsin. Arizona too close to call.
9:15 (LG): North Carolina goes to Obama. Obama, 174; McCain, 100.
9:20: Georgia goes to McCain.
9:23: (LG) And the crowd goes WILD: Ohio is in the house for Obama!!!!!!!!!!
9:26: (LG) McCain takes Louisiana. Obama, 195; McCain, 85.
9:30: Bob Russo calls in from Democratic headquarters in Bloomfield. All Democrats in Bloomfield win for council.
9:53: (LG) Obama, 199; McCain, 124. In Glen RIdge, Yvonne Provost is leading the GR council race as a write-in; second is incumbent Art Dawson. Glen Ridge town manager Michael Rohal says numbers are not official because absentees, provisionals and emergency ballots have not been counted, which could put victory in reach of Kelly Conklin.
10:00 (LG) Iowa for Obama; Utah for McCain.
10:48 (LG): Bloomfield council — clean sweep for Democrats. Winners are Janice Maly, Nick Joanou and Robert Ruane. In Bloomfield, Barack Obama got 11,841 votes; John McCain had 6,783 votes.

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15 Comments

  1. POSTED BY Iceman  |  November 04, 2008 @ 9:13 pm

    Hi Madam Barista,
    Me and mrs Ice are watching the returns here in our bunker and send out best wishes to all of the Barista community.

  2. POSTED BY Right of Center‚Ñ¢  |  November 04, 2008 @ 9:26 pm

    Fox news show Ohio for Obama.
    Well, congratulations to President Elect Obama. I hope his presidency is successful and I’ll pray for him and the nation.

  3. POSTED BY Right of Center‚Ñ¢  |  November 04, 2008 @ 9:28 pm

    Also congratulations to all his supporters and volunteers who worked for his campaign.

  4. POSTED BY jimmytown  |  November 04, 2008 @ 9:33 pm

    9:28.. Obama Wins!!!!! jimmytown projects Obama! No worries, we are still a country at whole, and we will do fine for the next 4 years. I was at Fitzgeralds before. There was no pizza. Had a beer and left

  5. POSTED BY Liz  |  November 04, 2008 @ 9:38 pm

    Jimmy — we are all here eating pizza — you should have stayed — or introduced yourself.

  6. POSTED BY nocity4me  |  November 04, 2008 @ 9:42 pm

    For those GR residents in the audience. These are the latest stats from the Essex County Clerk. It’s looking pretty good for the write in candidates! Go Kelly and Yvonne….
    Borough Council Glen Ridge
    6/7 85.71%
    Under Votes 4008
    Over Votes 0
    Vote Count Percent
    - Arthur D. DAWSON 718 33.30%
    Write-In 1,438 66.70%
    Total 2,156 100.00%

  7. POSTED BY RealHawker  |  November 04, 2008 @ 9:44 pm

    Looks like Florida is gone too.
    - one of the worst things about this? Hollywood celebrities get an unneeded ego boost for thinking they shaped this election in Obama’s favor. Well perhaps they did, but do they need any more pats on the back considering the amount of award shows?

  8. POSTED BY SirGadfly  |  November 04, 2008 @ 10:02 pm

    I had major problems with both candidates, but to see America elect an African American president is still awesome and something I never thought I would witness in my lifetime. This is truly an historic, amazing night in our history.

  9. POSTED BY PAZ  |  November 04, 2008 @ 10:11 pm

    2 pints of Blue Moon and 1 Festivus with pizza at Fitzgerald’s and my nerves have finally settled down! My prayers are with Barack tonight. he’ll have a hell of a 4 years to come….”Lux in tenebris” finally. Sorry to see none of the McCainer’s showed up to hoist a pint to Democracy.

  10. POSTED BY Carl Bergmanson  |  November 04, 2008 @ 10:35 pm

    Just stopped by GR Borough Hall -
    GR Council race is too close to call because it does not include Absentee Votes and Provisional Ballots, and because the vote totals must be certified (especially important with write-ins).
    Current unofficial GR Council tally – All districts reporting (2 seats):
    Provost – 907
    (i)Dawson – 865
    Conklin – 819
    Considering that the County is swamped with Absentee Votes and Provisional Ballots, we might have to wait a while for final results, although they might do us earlier than others because most of the others won’t affect outcomes.

  11. POSTED BY Frankgg  |  November 04, 2008 @ 10:42 pm

    Best Wishes & Love….I wish I could be there for the Historic Moment!…(I’m at home by the fireside and fortunately my new furnace will be installed on Friday!)

  12. POSTED BY Frankgg  |  November 04, 2008 @ 11:21 pm

    OBAMA ELECTED!!!!!

  13. POSTED BY surprise  |  November 04, 2008 @ 11:26 pm

    Should have been Hillary! However, this is historic and exciting. What will happen next? Who will his cablinet be?
    Mc Cain is giving a decent conciliatory speech.

  14. POSTED BY gfindura  |  November 05, 2008 @ 12:48 am

    Good to meet some of you people at Fitzgerald’s 1928 tonight. It’s nice to put a face to some of the names on here. And, it was fun to watch Paul whirl around taking care of business.
    As I predicted, Obama won. Now, the GOP has four years to produce another stinker and eight years to get Jeb Bush ready.

  15. POSTED BY jimmytown  |  November 05, 2008 @ 9:18 am

    @Liz-
    I DID want to meet some Baristanet people, although I didnt want to walk around the pub asking people if they blog on barista! Also, my girlfriend is a McCain supporter and as soon as we got the Fitzgeralds, she was on edge watching the map turn blue.
    Now that Obama is president, there will be plenty of occasions to celebrate at Fitz!

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