Bob

1) you are a sore loser.
2) Capitalism pre-dates the USA by thousands of years – it's a lot older than 200 (so is the USA for that matter, so I'm not sure what you consider the birth point of capitalism).
3) Do you really think it's just the media that can convince that many people to vote for Obama, and has nothing to do with anything else? Of course you do... go back to Fox News and ask them why they wern't equally effective for McCain.
4) I don't recall Bin Laden wanting to destroy capitalism – after all, his Islamic Caliphate will rely on global capitalism to keep buying oil. You should You should figure out what you are talking about before you say things (or would that spoil it for you?)
5) If anyone is a threat to democracy and the American Way it's people like you who don't apparantly can't accept that the majority does not always think the same way you do, and that differences of opinion are somehow evil. Grow up, learn something, or crawl back under your rock and stop babbling like an idiot.

Unforunately – in this country – he was able to win because of the great system. The same one that let us vote for the first Africian American president yesterday. Congrats to Obama!!!

It is called FREEDOM! And I thank God we have the rights and freedoms that we do. Not every decision made is correct, but we do the best we can in the situations that we are given. If we see something that needs to be fixed – we need to speak up and work towards a change!

I am not sure who will come out a winner on the senate seat today - I am hoping it isn't the clown, but we need to work together no matter what!

Its really getting hard to take.

GOD BLESS AMERICA – THE UNITED STATES!

1. First...congratualtions President-elect Barack Obama.
2. Congratualtions to Sen. John Mccain...you are a hero.
3. Congratulations to the main stream media (cnn msnbc cbs abc)....you have finally through your propoganda and bias elected the candidate you wished to lead. Yes, you are risking millions of lives by serving your own self interest...but who cares about that.
4. Finally, congratulations to Osama Bin Laden. In a mere 8 years, your war against a 200 year old institution known as capatilism has been won. Well, really, the american people surrendered. I don't know if you are still alive or where you are, but what can you say, you were right...us Americans have no resolve to fight.

I was a little sad to see the people voting to deny gays equal rights but maybe in another 100 years Americans will finally learn people are just people and one is just as good as any other.

And what does it say about Alaska that they RE-ELECTED a convicted senator? I'll bet Palin gave him some tips on that one!!

Corruption is as corruption does, I guess.

GO OBAMA!! YES. WE. DID.!!!

The GOP (Grand OIL Party) needs to got the way of the Dodo bird.

We need the two parties to be Democrat and Green. THAT'S the way forward for the USA.

Any unhappy Republicans can move to Saudi Arabia, where they'll be with fellow fundamentalist nuts – just not of the same religion.

Alaskan voters are sending that Republican thug and criminal Stevens back to the Senate for another term. They really are THAT stOOpid up there... and I do mean stupid with TWO 'O's!!

Also amazing that Sarah Palin was found innocent by her own staff... because THEY were impartial and didn't have a vested interest in the outcome of the Troopergate investigation by the HR Board. And they have the nerve to say the Legislative investigation of 8 Repubs and 4 Dems WAS partial. Unbelievable corruption…

ALASKA IS TURNING OUT TO BE THE LAND OF OIL AND CORRUPTION... AND NOT EXACTLY IN THAT ORDER EITHER!!!

However, I think Alaskans voted for him because they have come to the conclusion that the trial was basically flawed. Prosecurial misconduct, the lying juror, the failure to hold it with a jury of his peers (in Alaska, where the "crimes" took place) – just to name a few. Good chance this will be overturned on appeal.

You elected Bachmann again! Shame, SHAME!

Stop drinking the neocon kool-aid of "fear, smear, mock and LIE", the rest of America did. In case you didn't get the memo – the "real" Americans think the "anti-American" rantings of Bachmann belong in the dust heap of fail ideas along with fascism, racism and McCarthyism (now-a-days known as Bachmannism)

Again, SHAME ON YOU 6th District voters. I'm sure you'll get the political hack you deserve with your votes...

I'm pretty sure it is the latter. They have replaced Florida.
So, get ready for Senator Sarah Palin. You betcha.

Go Al Franken – We need someone good to replace Wellsone's seat, not a Bush hand picked clone!

Also, while we are at it, let's get a new Gov in MN – Our current one is also a discrase (anyone see him on Fox "not really the" News? He needs to go too!

Al, if the recount does not go your way, run for Gov!

Tomkat

McCain/Palin you two are leaving in a totally diffrent world then the average american. And the bottome line is you just don't get it.
And that is the main reason you lost, you tried to divided and conquer and it back fired. I never not once saw McCain/Pailn in black communities or lation communitites, he didn't want the black vote because him and his party hate black people and blame us for the failures of their own party. I am so glad a change came, I am just so happy.

There are more than 130,000 votes, or nearly 5% of the vote, which has a vote recorded for president but doesn't have a vote recorded for senate.

There's no other race that has anywhere near that level "no vote" for the senate, and GA was a tossup senate seat – implying it would have generated more interest than average, not less.

Where are the other 130,000 votes?

"All the Obama supporters crying about Ted Stevens. Where were you when Alcee Hastings was elected?"

Maybe its because Alcee Hastings was acquitted in crimal court... So far as Marion Barry, why should D.C. care what anybody thinks... they don't have any rights as far as the US Government is concerned.

The problem with some people, from both sides, is that they would rather fight over something from 20 or 30 years ago than recognize the reality of what's happening today. It adds nothing to the current debate and is a distraction to progress.

As far as Stevens goes – No matter the outcome of his trial the facts remain that the prosecution handled themselves very poorly and that has cast doubt in the mind of many Alaskan voters as to the validity of his conviction. This coupled with the fact that he is appealing the verdict means that to many Alaskans he is not a convicted felon as such, but rather a wrongfully prosecuted man who deserves the opportunity to explore his options. Another thing to consider is that many individuals don't believe that a filibuster-proof majority would be a good thing, I certainly don't. This more than any other reason I think is why Alaska voted to keep Stevens in office. Even if he is replaced, it keeps at least *one* of the checks and balances in place and keeps America from getting steamrolled by a new party.

As for Begich – He is a truly awesome man. If he were a Republican I would have voted for him over Stevens in a heartbeat. My biggest reason for voting Republican on a personal level is because I am concerned for my second amendment rights. Begich supports those rights and that is good, however historically speaking the rest of the Democratic party has not.

As for Palin – Most of America does not know about or has conveniently forgotten about the corruption and scandal that erupted up here in Alaska before she was elected Governor. She ran on a platform of "Openness and Honesty" which got her elected. She has stood up to the entrenched GOP leadership and told them "This is not the way." and if the Republican party is going to reinvent itself then it will come as no surprise if Palin is in the middle of it all.

She has been an able Governor and many Alaskans feel nothing but pride for her. She has received quite a bit of negativity locally since she joined the McCain ticket, and I think it probably harmed her politically because her policy of openness and honesty was hobbled by her "handlers" in the party. Now that she is coming back to Alaska I hope that she will return to her old ways of doing business and that both Alaska and American can move forward.

I hope you run again in 2012 so that Barack will win again.

Your brand of divisive, mean spiritied, LYING, "Us – versus -them",, Pro-American vs Anti-American, Real Americans -vs-fake Americans, .... politics has been rejected by the American people.

With the influx of young people into the political process this year and with the continuing "browning" of the American population, your sort of subtle racial appeals will continue to fail. We are one nation and the GOP will no longer win by stoking fear and division. Have a brain and bring some detailed solutions.

You are done. Stay in Alaska. We don't want you on the national scence anymore.

To Mr. McCain, your concession speech was wonderful. You showed grace in defeat, and I hope that you will work with our new president in order to solve the problems we face as a nation, and not as some suggest, simply work against him for no other reason than to hinder his progress.

To all of you, the progress made by our new leaders will be the progress made by yourselves over the next 4 years. If all you want to do is get in the way, you hurt yourselves as much as anyone else. And that too will be remembered come November 2012.