OK, MAKE YOUR CALL: At exactly what time will the race be called?

[WilliamPitt]

Leave aside predicting the winner, pick the moment when the curtain comes down. Hour and minutes.

I say 9:34pm EST.

Winner gets a parade Wednesday through the DU town square.

:)

[mzmolly]

1. 10:47 CST

On MSNBC - :)

[WilliamPitt]

4. CBS is the better bet

They've already signalled ther intention to call it early if the numbers are so ridiculous as to demand reporting.

[mzmolly]

23. Ahhhhhhhhhh, I may have to flip around a bit?

I have been glued to MSNBC for election coverage. :hi:

[kestrel91316]

2. 9:13 PM EST

[Old Codger]

3. 8:49 Pacific n/t

[Viva_La_Revolution]

5. 4:20 am

pacific time

:smoke:

[proud patriot]

12. Oh man .. LOL

:hangover:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

17. VivaDad calls 9:11pm pacific time

:rofl:

[Kurovski]

59. Hi Vivala!

:loveya: :hug:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

66. My love!

[maxsolomon]

57. that is what i am talking about

4:20 PM PST.

:smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke:

[ColbertWatcher]

6. 1:00 a.m. EST November 5, 2008. n/t

[2Design]

7. one to two weeks from now n/t

[lpbk2713]

8. 9:12 Eastern

[Riverman]

9. 7:01 P.M. EST Just after Virgina Polls close. The networks will

have been holding back the exit interviews and when Virginia goes fairly big (for Virginia), there will be an avalanche of netwroks scrambling to be first to make the historic call. If will be 4:00 PM out here in Calif and I fear it will again discourage our people from going to the polls and the bigots will go out anyway and vote for Prop 8.

CALIFORNIA _ VOTE ANYWAY -- NO ON 8 - Don't be a bigot!

[mainegreen]

43. My bet as well. Virginia will end it right at the beginning.

[Virginia Dare]

47. Ohio closes at 7:30...

so I think it could be over by 8:00. I'm going to go with 8:16.

[Ellipsis]

10. 9:22 central

[givemebackmycountry]

11. They are going to milk this thing all night long -

11:32 pm.

Bank it.

[arthritisR_US]

13. 45 mins after Indiana's polls close. n/t

[bridgit]

14. ASAP, but no sooner

[Mind_your_head]

15. 8:07 CST n/t

[Ediacara]

16. 10:14 Eastern

Although as soon as PA and VA are called (probably sometime in the eight oclock hour) it'll be a foregone conclusion.

[roamer65]

18. 11:01 pm EST

1 minute after the polls close on the Left Coast.

[sandnsea]

21. I hope so

I hope they let everybody vote before they end it.

[David Zephyr]

52. I think you are right. Or 10:59.

But that's when the networks will call it. Not before.

[Solly Mack]

19. 8:49 EST

[rainbow4321]

20. 8:30 pm EST n/t

[Mind_your_head]

22. What does the "winner' of this poll get anyway?

(I suggest a free "donor star" that one can either "gift" or keep for oneself?)

If that would be "alright" with skinner, et al.

[southernleftylady]

24. How about a new prez? nt

[Mind_your_head]

29. Yeah, that ALONE is a "gift" n/t

[WilliamPitt]

26. I forgot to say!

They get a parade Wednesday through the DU town square. Of course.

:)

[bridgit]

30. hahahaha, i've already predicted the future thus far and strikingly so and it was suggested...

by the OP that i go outside and fucking swing a dead cat over my head in some spooky :scared: NH graveyard or other but SPIT! is my point and knock on shrieking wood for *my* efforts; a free donor star seems like a round of high-bar limbo on a pre-heated cruise ship passing by Alaskan ice flows at this point in time

:spray:

[WilliamPitt]

32. Dead cat? No. Spit? Indeed.

But not until you turn around three times.

These aren't my rules.

:)

[Buns_of_Fire]

35. I think you have to recite something about "stumpwater," too.

Tricky things, these charms.

[bridgit]

39. Oh boy, these guys are spit'in for the both of us no doubt...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4365197&mesg_id=4365197 :)

[Riverman]

49. My Favorite Place in Chicago!

This is near Grant Park where the celebration will be tonight, and the museums, the famous giant aluminum bean - my other favorite public art. My lovely daughter now lives and works near there and will be at the party tonight. Wish I could be there!

[Terry in Austin]

51. and pie, too!

mmm-mmmmmmm!

[Dogmudgeon]

25. And earlier today ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4362862">Pigwidgeon's poll.

Similar though not identical. Histogram vs. precise prediction. (I voted that it would be 9:30-10:00 PM; my exact guess is 9:41 PM.)

Great minds, etc.

:evilgrin:

--p!

[Fiendish Thingy]

27. They won't "officially" call the race until 8:01pm PST, after the polls close in CA...

but they'll be "hinting" at it from about 8pm EST, an hour after the polls close in Virginia.

[lpbk2713]

28. They can call it early if Pennsylvania and Florida go Blue.

It will be a done deal. Then it won't matter how the rest of the country votes.

[Skittles]

31. may I ask whose call makes it official?

:D

[Parker CA]

33. 11:45 ET CNN will make the call for Obama/Biden

[HubertHeaver]

34. The official call goes the minute the polls close in CA.

They will be dropping big juicy hints as the entire east coast goes blue. They will realize the extent of the shift when Texas goes blue.

[SammyWinstonJack]

65. You really think Texas will go blue? Wow, wouldn't that be great!

:bounce:

[norepubsin08]

36. 8:26 PM Pacific

[misanthrope]

37. What date?...

...I'm not so sure it will be settled on Nov. 4.

[Horse with no Name]

38. Do you really expect McCain to be gentlemanly and concede Will?

It won't be called tomorrow...I doubt it will be called until sometime next week.
Oh...and the republicans who told Gore and Kerry to concede "for the good of the country"?
Where will they be?
At the top of the pile with their megaphones screaming foul.

[WilliamPitt]

40. .

[semillama]

41. We aren't going to our election night party until 9, so I would like to say 10:52.

That way we can celebrate for a while then go home and get some sleep!

[Habibi]

42. 10:04 EST

They'll try to drag it out as long as possible, but will finally give up at that time.

[plaintiff]

44. sometime next week.

:shrug:

[SidDithers]

45. 8:35 EST...

Indiana closes at 7:00 EST, and once they call Indiana for Obama, it'll be all over but the cryin'.

Sid

[Virginia Dare]

48. I hope it's a long night of cryin for the repubs....

I'll stay up late just to watch that.

[PVnRT]

46. 10:05 pm

[Sparkly]

50. 10:02 EST

[JJ]

53. 7:31 pm EST

[peekaloo]

54. 10:17 pm EST

Brokaw shits his pants 10:17:03 pm EST

[arcadian]

55. December 15th, 2008 3:04 pm

Kidding, kidding. :evilgrin:

[Stinky The Clown]

56. 9.02 EST

[Kurovski]

58. Weds, 12:37AM EST.

[Alexander]

60. 10:03pm EST.

[Generic Other]

61. 8PM eastern time when the Bush soiree' starts

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4372306

[TahitiNut]

62. 9:11 EST ... it's only fair, you see.

:shrug:

[ProdigalJunkMail]

63. 01:23 on the 5th n/t

[yodoobo]

64. 11:22pm et

Oh..we'll know much earlier, but networks will try to drag it out.

[deadmessengers]

67. 10:45 EST. n/t

[Mari333]

68. 11:11 Eastern Standard Time n/t

[lonestarnot]

69. 10:07 p.m MST!

[4 t 4]

70. About 12:20 ct ? n/t

[proud patriot]

71. 11pm PST

[mzmolly]

72. So who will get the autographed book?

;)

[Mari333]

73. who won? :P