Bloggers Converge On NPR HQ

The professional journalists in Studio 4A aren't the only ones tracking the news at NPR HQ as it rolls in from across the country. About 20 bloggers not affiliated with NPR met up just a few floors below Robert Siegel and gang.

Aldon Hynes of the Orient Lodge put together a list of bloggers who may -- or may not -- have been in the house. Some of the people on hand:

• Kevin Anderson at The Guardian declares this "the first election the Internet won"
• Vivian Paige called Virginia early
• Aldon Hynes at Prometheus 6 looks beyond the results to question how we vote
• The folks at Collazo Projects take a look inside NPR at closed captioning for radio
• Terrance Heath, Cheryl Taragin and Kaitlin Foley were among many live blogging the night
• And, of course, a the group has produced a lot of tweets on the night

-- Wright Bryan

11:08 PM ET | 11- 4-2008 | permalink

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California For Obama

NPR projects that Barack Obama has won California's 55 electoral votes.

-- Evie Stone

11:05 PM ET | 11- 4-2008 | permalink

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Former Hillary Spokesman: Don't Blame McCain Staff

Phil "Psychotic Fireman" Singer blogs that the rest of the GOP shouldn't blame the McCain campaign for the state of the race:

So while it's frustrating to lose and tempting to point fingers (I am an expert loser so heed my words), I urge my GOP brothers and sisters to pause before they do so and really think about whether they could have done better. The fact is that the working on a presidential campaign is draining beyond belief and takes a huge personal toll - Considering the climate, GOP insiders should be thanking the McCain team for sticking with it, not slamming them. They did what they could but it's a different kind of year.

What's the opposite of schadenfreude?

-- Evie Stone

11:55 AM ET | 10-24-2008 | permalink

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Krauthammer's Hopes For McCain Dim

In today's WP, conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer says Barack Obama is likely to win the election. He compares Obama's political strategy to that of conservative hero Ronald Reagan in 1980 and says John McCain has thrown one too many Hail Marys.

You can't blame McCain. In an election in which all the fundamentals are working for the opposition, he feels he has to keep throwing long in order to keep hope alive. Nonetheless, his frenetic improvisation has perversely (for him) framed the rookie challenger favorably as calm, steady and cool.

Maybe Krauthammer was stung by McCain's recent comments to the Des Moines Register ed board about Georgetown cocktail party-goers? (Though, as the WP was quick to point out, that whole notion of schmoozy DC is really pretty dated.

-- Evie Stone

1:19 PM ET | 10- 3-2008 | permalink

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