Election Night at Blog for Iowa
by Linda Thieman
I know a
lot of our dear activist readers will be getting home late on November 2, Election Day.
Some of you will be in the trenches, turning in the final vote tallies
for your precincts. Others will have had a long day of driving
Dems to the polls. You’ll need to relax and unwind as you watch
the returns come in.
So, why
not come to a friendly forum – Blog for Iowa? Carry on a
conversation in the comments section, if you are so inclined. I
plan to stay up most of Election night, following the returns for the
candidates DFIA supports. I’ll post frequent updates, so all
you’ll have to do to get the updates is to reload the blog. I’ve
already checked with the Secretary of State’s office and there is no
way for me to hook up an automatic feed, so I’ll be doing it all by
hand.
Mind
you, the election results will not be official until November 29,
according to Iowa law, but we can at least watch the November chaos
begin.
Election
Night will be my swan song. Blog for Iowa will likely hit 200,000
page views
today – not bad for just under 7 months old. I’ve spent the last
several weeks weaning Blog for Iowa, and am pleased to report that BFIA
is now eating solid foods. I am also in negotiations with Blog
for Iowa’s new daddy, a devoted Iowa Dean Dem, to take over some time
soon. (And by negotiations, I mean I'm begging and he's
considering saying yes.) Yes, dear readers, Blog for Iowa’s mommy
is skipping town, metaphorically-speaking. I may be gone
for a couple of months or I may be gone forever. I haven’t quite
made up my mind. Like everyone else, I’m completely burnt out.
In one
form or another, Blog for Iowa will exist after the November
Election. Keep tuning in for coverage of the post-election
national nightmare.
Blog For Iowa 
Linda,
I'm certainly sorry to hear of our impending loss. But I understand the burnout! This project has been a herculean effort on your part.
I hope that BFIA will remain afloat. It's a terrific tool and a valuable asset to DFIA!
Good luck.
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Thank you. I hope it will remain afloat, too. I had expected traffic to fall off during the last two weeks of October, since everyone is so busy, but it hasn't. We've been averaging over 1000 readers per day these last two weeks.
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Gee was it something I didn't say. :o)
It aint gonna be no nightmare on election night Kerry is going to win in a walk. 55 percent of the national vote and 300 + electorial votes. Cuz we's gonna drag kicking and screaming every loose Democrat and Independent for Kerry in the nation to their polling place so we can take our country back.
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Oh, I agree with you there. I was referring to the long string of lawsuits that will inevitably follow.
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