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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow do you plan to spend Tuesday night?
Me? I'm going to be sure I have on comfy clothes .....probably pjs. Relaxing in my recliner. TV on MSNBC, unless they annoy me. Snacks. I'm still deciding what to have but it will probably be a mix of salty/sweet. Oh, and something alcoholic and bubbly to drink! I am anticipating a BIG REASON to have a toast when the returns start coming in and Obama's numbers go up, up and up!
I'm so tired of the campaign and figure we all owe it to ourselves to have a great night when we celebrate the re-election of Barack Obama!!
Obama/Biden 2012
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)I'll be going to bed before the polls close
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)since I'm visiting my daughter and she doesn't have regular TV.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)and drinking heavily.
Grammy23
(5,810 posts)Lots of things looking good. Nate Silver, Sam Wang, and lots of polls. I still worry about them stealing the election, but am holding on to hope for a good night.
Don't bite your nails to the quick! It hurts too much the next day. Try chewing on a pencil.
As for the booze, guess it can't hurt if things don't go our way. But we'll need a whole lot more AFTER the election if that happens.
shanti
(21,675 posts)as well as my 80 year old mother!
Kingofalldems
(38,459 posts)Speck Tater
(10,618 posts)Wednesday morning is soon enough for me. No point in staying up and getting heartburn and high blood pressure.
GETTINGTIRED
(330 posts)With...A Good stiff one......Ah drink that is....
Nevilledog
(51,122 posts)Which brew (if it's a brew) is going to get you there?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021698631
tanyev
(42,571 posts)potatoslayer
(36 posts)I'll be drinking and with the wife while our toddler will is in bed. We don't have cable so most likely NBC plus online. Maybe I'll stream online but have the tv with the sound off.
I'll probably wake the whole neighborhood at 11pm est.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)until the election is called!
I have a low dose ambien just in case. I really don't want to pace the floor at 3 a.m.
txdemsftw
(461 posts)(and Saturdays and Mondays) for football...
Beer, snacks, and a lot of yelling!
Beaverhausen
(24,470 posts)and hanging with DU, of course!
FORWARD
KelleyD
(277 posts)Can't wait to salute our President Obama's next four years! WooHoo!
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)rock
(13,218 posts)Including the extra hour I pick up for DST ! Hey what's the rush, it's gonna be Obama.
Indpndnt
(2,391 posts)I plan to record MSNBC, but channel hop between Faux and CNN. I can't wait to see them spontaneously combust on-screen as the results come in from around the country. I'm fairly certain the Faux set will actually melt from the heat.
Grammy23
(5,810 posts)Fox should make for some comic relief from the tension of waiting for the polls to close on the west coast!! I can't stand it for more than a minute or two at a time, but that ought to be enough to break the tension and make it easier to go back to the real world.
Indpndnt
(2,391 posts)Knowing that Faux already has the exact same news, but will never reveal it, turn to Faux and watch the flaming insanity dancing behind their eyes. Combustion will be building. [url=http://www.cosgan.de/smilie.php][img][/img][/url]
renate
(13,776 posts)I will do exactly that!
Indpndnt
(2,391 posts)Should be a great night!
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)A friend of a friend is a conservative who is having an election night party. I am sure he and his guests think they are in for a good night.
Our mutual friend is a liberal and feels that since he is invited he should make an appearance and does not want to go alone.
I don't think it is a good idea but I might get talked into it.
Summer Hathaway
(2,770 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)pnwest
(3,266 posts)comfy clothes, probably my fave Superbowl snack - homemade nachos - one Tecate big boy, TV on MSNBC, smartphone in hand to Facebook and DU, and flipping over to Faux occasionally to watch the meltdown as well. I won't go to bed until the Romney concession speech. I really can't wait to see him dazed, confused, stuttering and stammering as it slowly dawns on him that he's in fact NOT the prophesied chosen one.
Also gonna watch closely for vote tallies flipping, nd I will take to the streets in protest if this election is stolen.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)Brickbat
(19,339 posts)Autumn
(45,108 posts)Been a long time coming and may romney slink off into the sunset quickly.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Near Welwyn , Hertfordshire , UK.
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)Traveling to England and singing in an English pub is on my bucket list.
DavidDvorkin
(19,479 posts)That's my nature.
nolabear
(41,987 posts)I plan to be very, very happy and savor it as long as possible.
Quiet_Dem_Mom
(599 posts)Siwsan
(26,269 posts)Plan B, if the virus still has me in its nasty grip, is to buy a bottle of cheap scotch and a bottle of good bubbly. Hopefully the cheap scotch will remain unopened.
I took Wednesday off, because one way or the other, I'll be up late celebrating and/or drinking.
All in all, a repeat of 4 years ago.
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)I'm not sure my nerves could stand the hyperbole & anxiety of MSNBC
DFW
(54,410 posts)My wife is having a medical procedure Wednesday morning, so we are heading over there Tuesday and spending the night.
West German news radio is calling me at 7 AM (1 AM Eastern time) for an interview as a Democrat Abroad, so I sure as hell hope Rolls-Ryan's concession speech has come before that (and that Ryan has had to make two of them!!!).
renate
(13,776 posts)I hope it's nothing serious and that everything goes well.
Have fun with your interview!
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)[url=http://www.cosgan.de/smilie.php][img][/img][/url]
My hope is for Al Gore to imitate Cenk Uygur!
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)and I'm taking Wednesday off so I can stay up all night if necessary.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,640 posts)argiel1234
(390 posts)also probably lurking and reading, but have to work the next morning so probably wont get too lurking
Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)Maybe help senior citizens get to the polls or something.
forestpath
(3,102 posts)Grammy23
(5,810 posts)I have plans to Skype with my niece who is in Cary, NC. Also with a friend who lives in Greensboro, NC. It should be a great night!
On election night 2008, my niece was in South Africa on business and couldn't get a good internet connection to find out what was happening. She called me on her cell phone about 10 p.m., as I recall. I was telling her that things for Obama were looking really good and not so good for McCain/Palin. In the middle of our conversation, they called it for Obama/Biden. I screamed into the phone what had happened and we started laughing, crying and cheering & jumping up and down. I will never forget that moment when we were connected by sheer joy even though we were thousands of miles apart. I hope we can share the same celebratory moment this time!! Skype is a wonderful technology, eh? This time we'll be able to see each other when we cheer, cry and laugh!!
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)trying to get updates on the Bachmann, Cantor, Ryan and Warren races, among others. Nothing of interest locally (the Republicans are a shoe-in). Also on the California propositions, particularly 37. I'll try to tune into TVPC but it will probably be a heavy night so service might be intermittent.
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)Bringing my own champagne and hanging with the 20 or 30 Democrats in that county. I'm serious. No county org there or in my county either.
renate
(13,776 posts)And with bloody stumps for nailbeds.
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)I have 6 weeks of Dexter, Homeland, The Walking Dead, Boss, and others DVR'd and ready to go after the celebration. I will be in TV marathon mode.......
ChazII
(6,205 posts)as I have gall bladder surgery that afternoon. Hopefully I will be lucid enough to be watching Obama crush Mitt.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)When I had mine out I was in in the morning and out in the afternoon.
ChazII
(6,205 posts)but due to me having a two grand mal seizures in late August I will be kept over night. Plus my surgeon likes to keep his patients for the 23 hours to make sure everything is okay.
I have heard this seizure has a quick recovery time.
Jennicut
(25,415 posts)That is their bedtime. And then hanging out at DU after that.
Tree-Hugger
(3,370 posts)As soon as I get home, I'll be taking off my bra and parking in front of my computer. I plan to hang on DU for the night.
-LOKI -BAD FOR YA
(308 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)ashtonelijah
(340 posts)I'm the President of the Political Society at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, and we'll be having a bipartisan election night watch party at a local bar. I expect about 40-50 people to show up. Not sure how I'll handle the reaction of our conservative members when Obama wins. Luckily, there will be plenty of alcohol and beer.
pa28
(6,145 posts)In that case I'll just save everybody a lot of trouble and switch to Night Train straight out of the bottle.
It's a mean wine.
Kath1
(4,309 posts)My daughter and some of her friends are coming, also. The champagne is on ice. We'll all smile, laugh, hug and toast after Obama wins!!!
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)marlakay
(11,476 posts)I do sales on phone so will have computer on to check news.
Stopping at local bar on way home to watch results.
If I am home I will be nervous. I am west coast so all polls will close when I get off.
JI7
(89,252 posts)arranged to leave work early .
am trying to see if i could or should also try to come in later the next day . but i think it should be ok.
Zorra
(27,670 posts)If Obama loses, I will try to drown my sorrows with some red wine wine, and probably get drunk.
ThomThom
(1,486 posts)I'm sure it won't be over before I go to bed so I'll find out in the morning what happened. If romney cheats and wins (his only way to victory) I can wait to know that the country is doomed.
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)I wish I still drank.