UPDATE! - Exit Polls 2008: See The Full Results

The head to head exit polls just were sent to the Huffington Post by a Democratic source. These are traditionally unreliable and should be taken with a grain of salt (see: Kerry's winning margins in 2004). For what it's worth, they project a big night for Obama in several of the key swing states.....

The states looking good for Obama:

Florida: 52 percent to 44 percent
Iowa: 52 percent to 48 percent
Missouri: 52 percent to 48 percent
North Carolina: 52 percent to 48 percent
New Hampshire: 57 percent to 43 percent
Nevada: 55 percent to 45 percent
Pennsylvania: 57 percent to 42 percent
Ohio: 54 percent to 45 percent
Wisconsin: 58 percent to 42 percent
Indiana: 52 percent to 48 percent
New Mexico: 56 percent to 43 percent
Minnesota: 60 percent to 39 percent
Michigan: 60 percent to 39 percent

The states where McCain is leading in exit polls:

Georgia: 51 percent to 47 percent
West Virginia: 45 percent to 55 percent

Read more Exit Polls 2008: See The Full Results


Source: huffington post

Bush Named A Sponsor Of Global Terrorism

Iran's leader flashed a thumbs-down Tuesday as U.S. President George W. Bush denounced Tehran as a sponsor of global terrorism in his farewell address to the U.N.

Then Bush got less than 10 seconds of polite applause at the end of a speech in which he urged world leaders to take ‘'an unequivocal moral stand'' against suicide bombings, hostage taking and other terror tactics...

Read more America and Iran trade barbs at UN


Source: the moscow mews

WINNER! - Maps Predict Obama Blowout

The final Rove & Co. electoral map of the 2008 election cycle points to a 338-200Barack Obama electoral vote victory over John McCain tomorrow, the largest electoral margin since 1996...

Read more We Have Us A Winner? Maps Predict Obama Blowout


Source: huffington post

Its On: Obama Wins Dixville Notch, NH, The First Place To Vote

Democrat Obama defeated Republican John McCain by a count of 15 to 6 in Dixville Notch, where a loud whoop accompanied the announcement in Tuesday's first minutes...

Read more Obama Wins Dixville Notch


Source: huffington post

Gallup: Obama 52%, McCain 42% Likely Among Voters

Barack Obama leads John McCain in Gallup Poll Daily tracking interviewing conducted Wednesday through Friday by an identical 52% to 42% margin among both traditional likely voters and expanded likely voters. Obama leads by a similar 52% to 41% margin among all registered voters...

Read more Obama 52% McCain 42% Likely


Source: gallup poll

American Express: 7,000 Layoffs

More job loss.

In a stark acknowledgment of the tough times ahead in the credit card industry, American Express Co. said Thursday that it plans to cut 7,000 jobs, or about 10 percent of its worldwide work force, in an effort to slash costs by $1.8 billion in 2009.

The New York-based credit card issuer said it is also suspending management level salary increases next year and instituting a hiring freeze....

Read more Amex to cut 7,000 jobs


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Economy Shrinks: Consumers Cut Back on Spending

The classic definition of a recession is two consecutive quarters of negative GDP. Many analysts believe the GDP will decline in the current October-December period by an even larger amount and they are forecasting a negative GDP figure in the first three months of next year...

Read more Economy Shrinks :Consumers Cut Back on Spending


Source: abc news