I have great hope. I thought of so many today when I voted, my beloved late mother, our lost Military heros, Andrew Breitbart and of course, Joshua Goldberg. God Bless America.

Early exit polls don't mean much. I prefer to see real results.

While I'm nervous as this is a critical fight for the future of America, I'm heartened by some important observations made by smart people over the past week (Barone, Rove and to a lesser extent Morris - he's smart but too much of a cheerleader).

Let's hope Obama's crowd is disenchanted enough to stay home. I know Romney supporters will do anything to cast their vote!

Just heard Billy Cunningham (WLW Ohio) plead with his listeners to stay in line even if it is an hour wait.

Overall results may be close but early returns seem to be trending 2:1 in favor of one candidate or the other.

I read the Drudge headline and burst into tears! I'm on the edge-been guzzling chocoloate all day and about to start guzzling the cabernet. I truly weep for my children and grandchildren in this hedonistic society which votes by how many sleezy 'stars' O can put on stage! I've prayed hard that the Lord will help us and wake up these people who think this election is just another of their inane reality shows.

I have NEVER been this frazzled.

Hi everybody. I am so so glad to spend another Election night with Ldotters. Hope everybody is well, cozy, warm. Thanks Ms. Lucianne and marvelous staff!!!!

DO NOT BELIEVE ANY EXIT POLLS

Some early results

http://www.wlwt.com/news/politics/election-map/-/12016366/-/g5cln1/-/index.html

Romney 64% to Obama 34%

Believe that

My faith is strong, but OTOH I did just see Lucifer walking down the street with an "I voted" sticker.

Good map. Last election I had a nice map site like that cut I lost the link.

Kevin at hillbuzz advised avoid Drudge tonight. I agree. He said Drudge is like a scamp who likes to scare us at these times, and also it means huge traffic if we keep checking all night.
I do find that Drudge does that occasionally.

I'm headed out to have dinner somewhere without a TV. Exit polls are useless as Republicans don't talk to news people/pollsters. It will probably be a very long night as no one will want to call it for Romney early. I plan to tune in just as the first polls close. I will have a few fine cigars, some single malt switch and enough electronics to dim the lights. Keep the faith, Romney has a good run at the end and the numbers look good for our side.

Rock Steady folks! We are going to win this one!

HEH HEH everybody, settle down. Exit polls are crap--results were from much earlier in the day. On the ground reports are VERY encouraging! It's President Romney- and maybe even the Senate, too! Yee haw!

In a sane world, it wouldn't be close. I simply cannot believe that almost 50% of Americans would vote for four more years of utter failure.

#77 me too. Our God has heard the cries of His people. We trust Him completely.

I did what I could to GOTV in my area. Hoping, praying, trying to keep perspective. I have a gut feeling that the night won't end well but am hoping that is just anxiety. If Romney wins I will jump up and do the craziest victory dance ever. Thanks LDot for this community thread tonight. We've got to stick together.

I'd like to suggest that at the top of each hour and at the half hour, we all stop for a minute and offer a prayer to our God.

Hubby has to work late and I'm a grouch. Maybe if I do some homework with the kiddo it will help take my mind off it.

Thanks for the thread, LCom. I was hoping you would do this. We all need each other right now no matter what happens.

Ignore the Exit polls form NH. I was at the polls with a Romney sign all day and was watching who the exit poll people were polling. My town is about 2% non white and the exit polling people were polling about 25% of the people of color. They were ignoring white males over 50 and were targeting openly gay couples. Do the math, it was clear who they were targeting.

No worries here in NH.

What is shameful is that our military, who are risking so much, election after election seem to get dumped on when it comes to them getting ballots and getting ballots returned in time to vote.

We know this to be the game plan of the Democrats.

Somehow the Republicans have to correct this, not as much for the party as for the military.

It looks like we need to do an internal poll here to see which beverage wins as the most used to sustain our hopes and spirits. (heh, heh). We also hope and pray for a celebration tonight or tomorrow, if it is a really, really long night.

Do not look at or believe exit or opinion polls. Watch for real results.

God help us!

It's good to be in the best of company tonight. Love the comments about wine poured and candles burning. Here in NC, I've opened the vino, lit the candles and have a wonderful dinner cooking for the hubby and me. I only hope I can eat it...and as the night goes on I can keep it down.

I am up and down. This morning I felt more confident than ever. By lunch, one glance at the voter fraud reports on Drudge knocked me down. Still, I can't escape the fact that the voters are more motivated than I've ever seen. I ask myself what has Obama done to inspire such enthusiasm? The answer is nothing. I have to believe that people are turning out in droves to get him out.

I saved several thousand dollars for a camera body purchase, but didn't want to spend it before the election, out of principle (don't stimulate the Obama economy).

If zero wins I'm probably going to spend the entire amount on guns and ammo, and a new safe -- at least one gun will be an assault weapon, before they are outlawed again. I don't want to have to reconsider my priorities but it would be the responsible thing to do. Look after the family first, pleasurable hobbies a distant priority.

Forget the exit polls! Be ye of good cheer.

Party at our house tonight. Two round eye roast in the oven. Loads of appetizers coming in. You're all welcome.

Sure hope it's a party.

I heard that the exit pollers for the MSN were told not to poll many whites. Makes sense considering their push for the left.

I have three children ages four, two and two months. I am petrified of what will happen to this country if Obama is reelected. I grew up in the Reagan era and it sickens me to think that my beautiful gifts from God might not enjoy those same freedoms.

Ughhhhhh, the anxiety. Where is my Prozac?

I sure as hell ain't a muslim, but I've been praying at least 5 times a day for the past month for Mr. Romney to carry it with a margin that would prevent all the dimocrat 'sharks' from taking it to court, or the dead voters making a difference...

Ever notice how it is always dimocraps pulling the 'funny stuff' at the polls....??

I feel entirely different than in 2008.

I despised the jerk mcvain that I had to vote for and I knew he was going to lose.

He forced himself upon us because of his arrogance and did not care about working to get a candidate that could have kept the commie punk out of office.

Having said all that, I have a positive feeling this year.

Let us pray!! :-)

Red wine doing the trick here but champagne on ice for the win!

I'm eating popcorn, watching a tv show (not the news), and hanging out here for help keeping my emotions under control. Thanks, Lucianne, for giving us back our Mutual self-help thread. You are all the best here. Let's keep the faith. It's early yet for doom and gloom, but not for nerves.

Did I miss a turn and stumble into an Eeyore Convention? Good grief! Buck up, gang!

Hey, I'm not worried, and I'm in Calisocialistfornia!

Exit polls mean absolutely nothing. We have a lot of time to wait before anything substantial comes up.

Our neice in Birmingham, England, who is studying to be a solicitor, is staying up late to catch the vote results.

Of course, Europe wants Obama to win.

Feeling kinda a calm dread here on the Left coast. I know G-d has all in control, and praying for mercy... God bless you all, keep your eyes and eagles up! Please keep praying for our country as we are nearing poll closing times on the right coast.

Prescription for tonight.

1. Find a nice bottle of wine or your favorite 6-pak!

2. Start drinking and nurse that bad boy carefully through the evening.

3. Be prepared for the MSM to jerk us around.

4. Keep drinking.

5. Continue reading this Roundtable and gain support from the crowd.

6. Watch the tide turn RED later tonight.

8. Drink 2 glasses of water tonight Before you go to sleep.

9. Close your eyes and get a good night’s sleep.

10. No matter who wins, we continue our assault on Progressivism.


P. S. It will be with Romney/Ryan!

70 pm. Please God, take a hand in these elections and guide our country back to Your Wishes.

Here we go. KY for R, IND,GA,

Not sure how up to date this is, but www.realclearpolitics.com has results / percentage of vote...

So far no surprises... but I can't tell if these are exit polls or actual counts...

I just hope and pray that I can see Chris Matthews head explode tonight. Got my popcorn ready and fingers crossed.

So happy to still have my L-dotter friends to hang with on such an important night. Been a long time here - since the beginning almost.

This site has asuaged me through so many hard times when I felt like the world had gone mad. But always finding like-minded folk here is such comforting reassurance. Thank you Ms. L - we love ya and thank you!

Hoping right prevails tonight and that my State doesn't let us all down. We'll keep the faith together!

Lines at our Orlando, Florida precinct were longer than back in '80 with Reagan - Carter. That's saying something. Folks are resolute! Determined! Angered! They've had enough. C'mon Romney/Ryan! All night long.

So nervous. I am nursing a glass of wine, watching the news and trolling the different websites. I am praying those states turn red.

Looks like Mourdock is leading in Indiana.

I don't drink, smoke, do drugs . . . help. I guess I could bite my nails. I have high hopes but I must admit that the stupidity of some voters still surprises me.

Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina called for Romney.

Virginia: Too close to call.

Thank you, Ms Lucianne (and outstanding staff!) for this forum; without The Connection, I'm kinda lost but I'll hang out here and read what everyone has to say.

Eagles up, y'all!

By all means, STAY AWAY from Drudge tonight. He loves toying with your emotions.

For a fun, entertaining, and positive read, scoot on over to hillbuzz.org and check out Kevin's play by play of the insane MSNBC!

Most of all vote and stay positive!

I thought I remember reading that they were dropping quite a few states from the exit poll thing. I think I remember 13 states were being dropped. Something about saving money...right, as if I believe that one.

Great picture and caption on the site today.

Most inspiring.

Thank you, Lucianne.

Don't have to tell you how the vote out here in Wyoming will go and I know......who cares? But RR are going to win going away! Steady as she goes friends.

Didn't Drudge rightly predict a super duper gigantic bombshell from Donald Trump about Obama that would end the election.

I've visited Lucianne every single day since around the 2010 mid terms and, win or lose, I wouldn't choose to spend these last anxious hours in anyone else's company.

I've just come back from the polling place. I saw a couple of license plates from a neighboring state in the parking lot, but last year when I voted, I had an out-of-state plate on my car as well. I live in a red, red state now, so I know my vote for Romney will count.

Even Democrats here don't want to vote for Obama because they're afraid he'll take away their guns. They will, however, vote for the Senatorial candidate, even though she's supported by anti-fracking PACs.

Romney wins Indianna and Kentucky

Chris Matthews? What a vile, loathesome person he is. He looks at everything through the prism of race.

And then there is Howard Dean, who says that the only way Obama loses is if we cheat...

If only people could see through the hate and propaganda...

I'm celebrating with a very tall, stout, single malt scotch. Romney gets 330 EV.

Well, did what I could. Talked to a lot of people - always a little disheartening if you're promoting a conservative in MN. Made sure all my kids got out and voted. Hauled my white haired daddy to the polls. He met a liberal friend - one of the election judges - gave him a big smile, and said " Obama sucks!"

I've been chuckling since - whenever I think about it.

Praying, praying, praying...

At my son's elementary school the election results among the students were:

Obama 97 votes
Romney 1 vote
Barr 1 vote

I didn't know he went to a dictatorship.

P.S. This is an inner city Catholic school.

Romney--ID and Ky per Fox

We had to let him go.........

I don't want to watch MSNBC until Romney has a comfortable lead. Then, I'll switch channels so I can see Chris Matthews led away in a straight jacket.

Thanks, hershey. Nice page to keep up on a tab.

Dick Morris just tweeted that independents went +11 +11 for Romney in VA! Yee. Haw. INDEED!!!

No worries everyone! It will be Romney/Ryan. BELIEVE!

Proud to be a Tennessean. Proud to be an American. And proud to be an LDotter!!

Forget the exit polls and all the other predictions. All the networks and pollsters want is to maintain viewership so they've been faking us out, with this too close to call nonsense for weeks. This will be as much of a blowout as 2010.

As a member of the Nervous Nellie Club, I'm so happy to be able to come to this site and share in the moral support.

Please Dear Lord.....I am looking forward to enjoying a full night's sleep, something I have been missing these past 4 years....keep the faith all!

Thank you to all Ldotters. I do not post often but I visit this site daily. No place I'd rather be tonight. Eagle's up and God bless us all. My emotions are up and down but I have a good feeling about tonight!!

Obama just robo-called my house!! Hearing THAT voice on my telephone... I feel ill. As if!!

Hell could never, ever, be that frozen.

LOL! #162, give your daddy a big hug for me!
Love his sense of humor!

love the thread, thank you for having us again Lucianne, whatever is going to happen we still have all of us who think likewise. Why the other half of US wants another 4 yr of this communist is beyond me. My hopes are high since we had a momentum before Sandy... now after I voted w/ my 4 kids all I need is calm. Drudge is scary though, if O is taking FL, OH & PA than we lost. If that is the case time to buy a gun. Let's pray and hope. Cheers to you all!

I did the Divine Mercy this afternoon at 3 PM (I have tried to pray each day at 3 PM).
I am praying now.
Please Lord forgive me for all my sins (and those things I say about the democrats) and let Romney Ryan win tonight.
Please please please.

I've got Hugh Hewitt on the radio and msnbc on muted. Body language tells a lot. They act cocky but I can see the flopsweat in hd.

If VA independents went Romney +11 Mitt wins by 4-5. Prince William County is a good barometer for VA.

#164

Here's hope for you.

The sooner our youth starts their journey from ..

Liberal to
Independent to
Conservative to
Libertarian (maybe)......

the sooner they will get to the "less government and more freedom" values of our Founding Fathers.

Time and reality will change their minds.

I know.

I have seen this evolution begin with my three daughters (38) (36) (29).

My youngest has already changed her vote from Obama to the Green Party.

My middle is not voting this time AT ALL AND VOTED FOR Obama in 2008..

My eldest is sick to vote for Obama and I think this is her last "fling" with Progressivism.

Keep the faith!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Romney/Ryan!

P.S.
I am a Libertarian voting for Romney!

Gonna be a looooonnnnngg night, but I'm not worried. I have faith in God, R & R, and the American people who have finally awakened to the evil in our WH. Eagles Up!

Cautiously optimistic. Have large bottle of Spumonti at the ready. We win - I toast. We lose - I drink the whole bottle.

Thanks for the roundtable, Lucianne.
AND the comforting words!!

Romney only prepared one speech for tonight...an "acceptance speech".
I'm with him...have a little faith, my dear friends.
The so-called 'exit polls' are just there to give the talking heads something to do. They are practically meaningless.
So, as our gracious Hostess said, relax.
I'm joining you in some adult refreshments. We've earned it!

#100, thanks for that map! Bottoms up!

Drudge has a headline:
R 53% 046%
Not sure what he means, but would love to see that be the final number! BTW, it would mean 1%of Romney's 47% also switched.

I'm spending part of my evening at our townhall helping to count any ballots that can't be scanned. This is a small midcoast Maine town so it shouldn't take long. At least it gives me something to do for a while - I already have butterflies!!

In the words of some obscure guy from Wisconsin...."WE CAN DO THIS."

Dick Morris is tweeting about every 5 min on his website. He says O is down on the women vote in VA.

2nd glass of red.

#17 Amen

So nervous, even with drinking a lovely cabernet. Hubby's beside himself, cannot bring himself to watch or listen to any coverage of the election at all. I have been glued to the news all day. Did I say I was nervous?? Please, Dear God, we are so ready for some R&R!! We need to save our country!

1 1/2 shots chocolate liqueur
1 1/2 shots creme de cacao
1/2 shot vodka
2 1/2 shots half-and-half
one bag malted milk balls

When you wake up, it will be over.

R53 O46 means Romney carried the precincts he needed to in the states already called. No great gain for Romney, but no surprises for Obama, either.

The 53-46 numbers will tighten up very quickly once more of O's states start reporting.

Rush boiled it down with some good questions today.

Do you think more people will vote for Obama than in '08? (no way)
Do you think fewer people will vote for Romney than voted for MCCain? (not a chance)
How many Republicans will vote for Obama? (Krauthammer guesses 1%. I say .4%)
How many Democrats will vote for Romney? (pundits including Dr. K say 5%)

Independents, who are largely disenchanted Republicans, will probably vote Romney two to one.

I jouin the nervous wreak crowd, had to move clopser to tv to see the actual vote totals, looks good in va for Romney and Senator Allen.

#96. Click on the circular arrow or X in the navigation bar and it will refresh the page. It reloads the entire page, but if you remember the last post, you scroll to it and read what was posted since the last time it was loaded.

Crap. Nervous.

I have been a nervous wreck all day.
What is the best alcohol to drink tonight to take away anxiety? Maybe just any alcohol. I don't normally drink but I am stressed.
I was hoping my big lib sister would see the light in time. She didn't. She only watches CNN so likely didn't even know about Libya.
If only the media was fair.........

Thanks Lucianne for this roundtable. I've been kept away by Hurricane Sandy, and providentially, power came back on today just in time for Rush!

Voting was very heavy at my local polling place, which is an accomplishment, because the polling place had to be relocated due to power problems. Nobody was saying whom they voted for, but several Democrat friends have said they just can't vote for Obama.

Three minutes after the polls closed here in VA, I removed my three Romney/Ryan yard signs so as not to be a target in the ensuing riots.

Holding our breath between sips of beer!