Election Day 2

3:30pm (CST) You know, it's apparent that the networks are preparing for an Obama win, and that almost everyone expects an Obama win, and that almost everyone wants an Obama win.

It's almost like we've been an occupied country and now help is on the way. I think most Americans -- liberal or conservative, Republican or Democrat -- don't want us to be a nation that embraces torture, that allows spying on its citizens, that has a strongman who ignores the legislature and the rule of law in general, that invades countries and starts wars without provocation.

It's an hour till the first polls close. Chris Matthews is saying "Americans want this election to happen, they want hope." So I guess he agrees. Now David Gregory is saying that America knows war but not prosperity, and Rachel adds it's the first time there has never been an inkling that the sitting VP would run. We want Obama.

Now MSNBC is recollecting, the first slaves brought here, the sense of history.

At Fox, no one looks happy. Karl Rove is forcing his smile. Perhaps the day is coming when he will be arrested. He should be. Crimes against the American Ideal.

4:17pm CNN now adds a Funnel of Drawers to its tech collection and, with the Movable Map, is close to becoming totally incomprehensible.

Back to MSNBC. I suppose I am not alone in being surprised to learn that this is not an "election", but an "election cycle".

Meanwhile, I get the cosmic view from the pets. The dog sleeps, the cat wants to eat and go outside. On the surface of the sun, on the pluperfect planet Wouldhavebeen, in the center of the Earth - this election is quite trivial.

5:56pm So I went outside and played with Sky for a long while, because we're surrounded by important things, and playing with a child is right at the top of the list.

But then it got dark.

Two happy things have happened: 1) the "Hateful Pastor" anti-Obama Wright ads are backfiring in Pennsylvania, according to Howard Fineman. Seems it's managed to get virtually every black person in Philadelphia riled up and out to vote.

NBC has given Kentucky to McCain, Vermont to Obama.

The 2nd good news: Elizabeth Dole is evidently going to lose her Senate seat. She ran that horrible, sleazy ad about her opponent's religious faith.

Please oh please let this be the end of negative advertising.

9:39pm Obama has 207 electoral votes projected), and California and a few other biggies in his pocket still aren't in. It's pretty much over.

Bye to everything George Bush is a symbol of: dividing, demonizing, bullying, arrogance, hate. America is free again.

Still, tomorrow's gonna be another working day, and I've got to get some rest.

That's a line from another great song. Hooray for us.