by Farai Chideya

Farai Chideya

So I'm signing off from politics-watchers central. Plenty of the races have been called tonight, including Clinton in California and, surprise surprise, New York; Obama in Alaska(!) and, duh, Illinois; McCain in New York and, yeppers, Arizona; Huckabee in Georgia and Alabama; and Romney in Minnesota and, double duh, Utah.

It ain't over 'til it's over but I'm over for now. I'm-a find out the rest tomorrow.

Meanwhile, in my class we did a really fun live blogging exercise. Live blogging is the equivalent of time trials, when you have to get out as much information as fast as you can and stay up on the news.

In class, each of us (including me) did timed blog posts while watching results come in. Some lasted a mere minute; some lasted ten. We also had to do them in in different styles. (This is on a non-public student learning blog, BTW, so you can't see it.)

We did a pretty good job, I think. I even found and embedded a photo into one of my posts in the alotted time (she said, blowing knuckles proudly).

It was just fun and exuberant to watch the returns come in and test our skills. It reminds me that blogging doesn't have to be some long or even spell-checked compendium.

I can come in here, hit up a couple of quickies (no untoward puns intended) and hop back out ... and let you do the talking, too. (By the way, this is a great time to submit a "Speak Your Mind" essay to us — here's where to drop us a line — because folks are speaking VOLUMES.)

Meanwhile, this parody of live blogging cracked me up. Thank you Wonkette. (Remember this is a PARODY and was posted well before the actual results.)

California Liveblogging: No Sleep 'Til Guam

Hello friends of the West! Our polls just closed. It's time to hear Chris Matthews and Wolf Blitzer tell us about our new presidents of the Bear Republic of California. WHO WILL WIN???? Let's do the liveblogging, if Hillary will ever shut up over in New York City. Obama has Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Utah, Illinois, etc. Hillary got Tennessee, New Jersey, New York, etc., who cares, it's Californication Time!

11:02 PM — Mitt Romney won all seven GOP voters in North Dakota!
11:08 PM — No projections? WTF?
11:09 PM — Oh great, the real contest comes now, when we're all so sleepy (or drunk).
11:11 PM — Mitt Romney will win Minnesota. Suck it, Al Franken!
11:12 PM — Lou Dobbs is completely orange now. He bathes in TANG.
11:12 PM — Dobbs also appears to be high as a kite.
11:25 PM — Back to MSNBC: Tim Russert grumbly suggests that the Obamamentum didn't work.
11:26 PM — But is it so sad to win 10 states?
11:34 PM — Romney is far enough behind in California to suggest that at least a few California Republicans don't want to back a complete loser.

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