Inauguration aftermath video on BBC

View it here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/7843635.stm

According to Wikipedia (okay, okay -- maybe not the most reliable source) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landslide_victory], a landslide win in the U.S. would be 60% of the electoral votes, or 55.5% of the popular vote.

I haven't seen any numbers yet on the popular count, but if 60% of 538 total votes in the electoral college constitutes a landslide victory, Obama's 338 (so far) has already beat the minimum of 323 by 15 votes.

Missouri (11) and North Carolina (15) have yet to be weighed in, and it would be excellent if he gained one or both of those.

I've been living and voting at the same address in Manhattan for 25 years, and in all that time I have never encountered a line at the polls -- any line at all -- before today. It wasn't nearly as long as the ones being reported in states other than New York during early voting, but if my neighborhood is any indication, this is promising to be a record year for ballots cast. Fortunately, the process was pretty efficient and it took no more than 20-30 minutes to get to the voting booth. Now, there's just the wait to see how it all ends.

Assuming Obama wins, and I do assume he will, has McCain damaged his own reputation enough in this dirty campaign to have damaged his chances of getting re-elected senator in the next round?

The Wikipedia entry for Electoral College reminds us that the fateful 2000 election was stolen by Bush despite the majority popular vote that went to Gore. "Candidates can fail to get the most votes in the nationwide popular vote in a presidential election and still win that election. This occurred in 1876, 1888 and 2000."