This is a screenshot of the three most recent emails in my “Politics” inbox (that I never look at anymore, now that the election is over).

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Renda, Andrew and I watched administrations change on the 6th floor at a special brunch hosted by Swiss Miss.
Andy Pressman captured this historic moment in DC this morning. Received just now, but sent via iPhone around 9:31am.

Meanwhile Andrew Sloat dropped another video yesterday.
Article 2 (for BHO) from Andrew Sloat on Vimeo.

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Top 5 problems
As reported by city residents to the Citizens Committee for New York City:
1. Traffic congestion
2. Dangerous intersections
3. Street noise
4. Lack of affordable housing
5. Potholes
POTHOLES???

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via Andy Pressman. One of the most brilliant and culturally appropriate things I’ve seen in a long time. Yes We Can Has (cheezburgers)
See ya later, hunkz. It’s an election year.

Update: New LolObama blogs:
i can has nomination?

and Lol Obama

and, potentially the weirdest one, cats for obama
last but not least, people keep fainting at obama rallies
what the [...]

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Unlike most people, I’ve been looking forward to jury duty for my whole life. Something about the formality, the sense of civic obligation, and the potentially bus-terminalish humiliation of it has called my name since I first said the pledge of allegiance.
I have only been here for four hours, and it has not let me [...]

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My favorite part of the night was when Diane Sawyer told Bill Richardson he was having some sort of Justin Timberlake moment.
Also, the term “lunch-pail Democrats.”

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…the voting fever! But not the Obama fever, I’m afraid.

Nothing interesting happened today at my polling place, mostly because we still have the same voting machines that we’ve had since New York became a state. (Fuck HAVA!) So instead I’ll share with you my experience from voting in the 2004 primary. (Sharpton ‘04, totally not [...]

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Guys check this out. I was watching CNN Election Center tonight, and a Mike Huckabee ad came on. He said he wanted to ‘be the President who nails the “going out of business” sign on the door of the IRS.’ I have not really been following the Republican race, but Huckabee is zanier than I [...]

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Polling places are open tomorrow from 6am to 9pm. Don’t know where your polling place is? Ask this website. If you’re polling place is around battery park or city hall, I advice that you try to vote early in the morning or late in the evening to avoid the crowds from the ny giants ticker-tape [...]

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