Uncle Money Bags would just like to visit his life partner, Scrooge McDuck, in the hospital. Once the McCain camp realized it needed something to run on besides “Hey, at least our guy didn’t serve on some board with a washed up old terrorist,” they decided to brand Obama as…
The Seminole Casino is the older, smoke-filled joint across the street from the Hard Rock in Hollywood. When a slot or poker player is in the zone, it seems like gambling is their only care in the world. Not even one of the most exciting presidential elections in history could…
It’s late, so I’ll save the rant on Amendment 2. (Dear Florida, we are not friends anymore…) No, really, it’s only CIVIL RIGHTS we’re talking about, no need to get upset or anything. Numbers are still sketchy, but CNN and The Miami Herald have already projected Florida’s Ammendment 2 will…
10:30 PM “Oh, it’s going to be a landslide,” Mayor Manny Diaz declared to Riptide at the official Democratic results watch party at a ballroom in Parrot Jungle. At this point it wasn’t much of a newsflash: Pennsylvania had just been called for Obama, sparking chants of “Yes We Did”…
Jose D. Duran People gathered at PS14, located on the fringes of downtown Miami, to watch the election results. “I’m nervous,” says a young woman with an Obama sticker carefully placed in the middle of her shirt. We asked if she voted. “No, I can’t. I’m not a citizen,” she…
Tim Elfrink Sarah Palin sheds a single tear, then melts away forever. 11:04 p.m. The TV’s may have had electoral maps instead of ESPN, but it was just another South Beach party atop the swank Gansevoort Hotel until 11 p.m. — bass thumped from the speakers, beautiful people lounged in…
After nearly two years of campaigning, tonight things change. Join Riptide all night as we bring you nonstop coverage of not only the main event but also the heated congressional races as well as the state and local races. Up top we’ll have the latest status of all the major…
Our sister paper Phoenix New Times is live blogging directly from John McCain’s rally at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona, the senator’s home state. As things are looking now, the party might not be much of a party at all. Still, we are going to remain conservative in our…
Tim Elfrink The general feeling at McCain HQ, as summed up by a pickup truck in the parking lot. 7:45 p.m. The crowd is still small — maybe 20 or 30, wrapped in blue and gold McCain-Palin signs, plastered with ‘Joe the Plumber’ stickers, waving American flags. But clustered around…
Want a broader perspective of what’s happening across the nation with the general election? Well, our 14 sister papers are doing plenty of their own coverage as well. Here are some of the highlights: Westword tries to find problems at the polls but encounters nothing but smooth sailin’. Also, sad…
Vote for the Emperor of the Galaxy. Who is this guy? 5:15 p.m. You’ve got to give Elian Misael credit for bringing something different to Election Day. “No Obama! No McCain!” Miseal screams, dressed head-to-toe in black and pacing the sidewalk in front of Versailles as rush-hour traffic hums past…
We’ve been working hard all day to bring you the scene at the polls, but a bit before 7 p.m., we’ll switch into Election Night mode with a special emphasis on local results. Check back often for the latest updates on not only the epic Obama v. McCain battle, but…
Gus Garcia-Roberts At Sunny Isles Beach, the lines are long but calm. Given Florida’s penchant for pandemonium at the polls, and the unprecedented turnout during early voting, we were expecting rabid voting-card-armed mobs attacking our libraries, schools, and churches today. Instead we’ve encountered what everybody but a reporter wants to…
Standing in a civilized, orderly voting line isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. The downside: There’s no talk-show-style drama to keep you entertained while you wait. Fortunately for Riptide 2.0 — and the nearly 100 voters at the Miami Beach fire station on Jefferson Avenue around noon — one…
Jose D. Duran Downtown Miami voters wait in line to cast their ballots at the voting precinct at Unity on the Bay church. When news outlets cover any given election, most tend to focus on pro-Republican areas such Little Havana, Coral Gables, and far-flung parts of West Miami-Dade, or heavily…
For anyone familiar with the leafy, lockjawed recesses of Coral Gables, the scene this morning at the historic Coral Gables Golf and Country Club — the polling place for Precinct 608 — was hardly a surprise. A drive down the tree-canopied Alhambra Circle, on the way to the country club,…
By 6:45 a.m., the line curled around the block at a precinct in downtown Miami Shores, one of the liberal districts that gay activists targeted as likely to vote against the anti-gay marriage amendment to the state constitution. Steve Hagen was there on behalf of the pro-gay-rights group, Save Dade,…
This past Sunday –- the last day for early voting in Florida –- the line at the Kendall Branch Library wrapped around the building and stretched down the street, almost all the way to Kendall Drive. This morning at 7:45, traffic was remarkably subdued. Where were the lawn-parking hordes that…
It is Election Day! It’s like Christmas morning for political junkies, except they have to wait until nighttime to open their gifts of exit polling and voter breakdown, but there’s nothing like a bit of present-shaking and guesstimation. It is almost eerie how no one is calling it for McCain…
Apparently there is some sort of election going on today. You really wish they would let people know a bit more about these in advance. [Herald] Krispy Kreme, Starbucks, and Ben & Jerry’s will give you things if you wear your “I Voted” sticker. [NBC6] Prosecutors say an ex-FBI agent…
An exit poll of early voters in Miami-Dade shows that 61 percent voted for Obama, to only 31 percent for McCain, according to Alternet. Matt Drudge reminded us all today that exit polling tends to favor Democrats, but the breakdowns seem about right. 69 percent of Cuban-born voters went to…
Some very sad election eve news: Barack Obama’s grandmother Madelyn Dunham, has died of cancer at age 86. Dunham helped raise Obama and put him through school. She also worked as a vice president at The Bank of Hawaii. Two weeks ago, Obama took time away from the campaign trail…
