Nov. 5- The Aftermath

Of course we all know by now that Barack Obama is going to be the new president of the United States. George Bush already addressed the nation by saying it will be a smooth transition for Obama coming in. Whatever that means.

The electoral vote count was 349 for Obama and 162 for McCain.

As for California propositions:

Prop 1A- is still not fully counted but it looks like we're going to have a high speed rail as the vote so far is at 52% yes. Umm.. great??

Prop 2- won by 62% I wrote a story on this so I will gladly take credit for this victory... unless it goes bad in the future. In that case I will blame George Bush for it.

Prop 3- passed at 54%. So we finally get to pay higher taxes for money that won't be used properly... Yet again.

Prop 4- Looks like is not going to pass with 52% of the vote saying no. Hoorah! Young confused girls can finally make their own decisions without the consent of their parents, in a time where they probably aren't thinking things through and are vulnerable to rash decisions.

Prop 5- will not pass with 59% saying no... You gave it a shot Prop 5. Maybe some other time.

Prop 6- Really? so unnecessary... Lost! with 69% of the vote going no.

Prop 7- 64% say no... What a waste of tons of commercials between every inning of the baseball playoffs.

Prop 8- 52% said yes... Should have taken down 7% more of the signs guys.

Prop 9- 53% said yes.

Prop 10- 59% said no... Alternative fuels? what do you think we live in the future??

Prop 11- Is barely winning with 50.5%!!!! how much closer can you cut it?

Prop 12- 63% said yes, we do want to give loans to veterans.

Measure RR- I have no idea. I can't find results anywhere, but who wouldn't want to help Mt. SAC?? I'm going to put an Isai Rocha prediction. I say it passed with 67%

Prop. 8 - 11:15

It is 11:15 and we have voted for our president, but cannot determine Prop. 8.

It has been the most controversial Prop of this election, and I guess it is fitting that it is the dramatic point of the election down to the very end of the night.

It is too close to call at this point, but as of this moment, 52.8% have voted yes as 47.2 have voted no.

Personally I hope this conflict is over as soon as possible.

I think it is ridiculous how worked up people have gotten over this proposition. This proposition is something that as soon as you read it, you know right away whether you're going to say yes or no.

People have held rallies, protested at Mt. SAC, and openly shown outrage toward the gay community.

I don't support homosexuality. I have a Christian upbringing and don't believe it is right, but even in saying this, I'm not going to go out and publicly disrespect a group of people.

All the protests and all the rallies weren't set up to persuade people to vote Yes on Prop 8, they were set up to cause attention and make a scene. They were successful in this, but in the end didn't prove anything other than they are willing to openly show hatred.

If you're against something, go ahead and be heard through your vote, but it really made me mad that people made unnecessary scenes.

I feel a bit embarrassed that a group of people decide to do this and now Christians are seen as crazy hateful fanatics.

I refuse to be associated in this way.

I do not condone homosexuality, but I will not show passionate hatred like some of the opposer's. There are plenty of things that people do that I do not support, but I will still show them the same respect that I would want them to show me.

Obama speaks 9:10 p.m.

Obama addresses the nation for the first time as elected president. He said all the right things of course. He said he's going to help the economy, he said he's going to help with our health care, he addressed the troops over seas and showed support, told a heart warming story about a 114 year old black woman who voted and has seen numerous historic events in her life, and promised his daughters a new puppy.

So it seems that Barack Obama is going to be the best president ever. If anything, he is one damn good and convincing speaker.

If there's anything that I think we can expect, it is Obama seeking acceptance from those who doubt him. I hope that means he will fight to do great things right away.

I hope this speech won't be his last good speech, and I hope that he doesn't lose steam in the down time between now and January.

You can hear passion in his voice. Passion for good change, and I hope that in holding this position he doesn't lose this passion.

He was chosen to lead for a reason. It is no coincidence that Obama is in this position.

When Jackie Robinson changed the way things work in baseball, he wasn't chosen just because of his skills and abilities, he was chosen because he had IT.

What is IT?

Jackie Robinson had IT. He had the positive mindset to take criticism. He had the strength to accept being in a difficult position and still succeeding. He had IT, and Obama has IT as well.

If Obama doesn't lose IT, our country should be in good hands. However, if he loses IT there might be a reason for worry.

New U.S. President Breaking Barriers

This is going to be interesting. Half the country is celebrating, and the other half is in agony. What kind of president is Barack Obama going to be?

It's the start of a new era. This is pretty exciting!

What will happen in the next four years? Every time there is a new president there's no knowing what will come. I want to see what will happen.

How will the world view us now that we've shaken up the system. We've had pure white men up to this point, and all that is changed now.

How much will things change under Obama? Will things get better? Will they get worse? We'll find out very soon.

All polls are closed, New president announced - 8:00

As the state of California closed its polls, it has been announced that Barack Obama won the electoral votes in California, and is going to be the 44th president of the United States of America.

Looks bad for McCain- 7:55

No Republican has ever won without winning Ohio, and it appears that Obama is projected a victory in the good ol' O-H-10. The McCain campaign is not in high spirits as even though McCain is winning the popular vote, Obama is winning the electoral college.

Election update- 7:40 p.m.

Obama has 207 electoral votes and McCain has 141 according to abc news.

McCain has quite a hill to climb in order to make things interesting, but there's a lot of states to go. Anything can happen. Will McCain's last minute west coast campaigning pay off, or will Obama stay consistent? We'll find out soon.