Election Night at Blog for Iowaby 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.