Barack Obama Wins

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has been elected the next President of the United States, capping a historic campaign that makes him the first African American president in history.

Obama was the first Democrat since 1976 to win more than 50 percent of the popular vote, netting at least 62,748,399 to Sen. John McCain's 55,596,984.

Obama: CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, HI, IA, IL, IN, MD, MI, MN, NJ, NJ, NM, NY, NV, OH, OR, PA, RI, VA, VT, WA, WI
McCain: AL, AR, AZ, GA, KY, KS, LA, MT, MS, ND, NE, SC, SD TX, UT, WV, WY
Too close to call: MO, NC

McCain Foresees 100-year War

Republican presidential candidate John McCain has pretty much settled in as proxy for the "potential third term" of George W Bush.

At a town meeting in New Hampshire, McCain was told that President Bush had indicated the possibility of U.S. forces staying in Iraq for 50 years.

"Make it a hundred," McCain responded.

In an interview last Sunday with Fox News, Bush described McCain as a "true conservative," who is in lock-step with him on a strong defense, against abortion rights and in favor of making Bush's tax cuts permanent, with the biggest cuts for the richest.

Oh boy! This is the man who could be President of the United States? This is scary!

Read the full story from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Read the transcript of the question raised at the town meeting from thinkprogress.org.