Live Blog: Obama vs. Romney

Live Blog: Obama vs. Romney - Election Night

Updates of from the 2012 Presidential Election - on cable, broadcast news, and social media.

Contributing editor Tina Daunt and THR's staffers are liveblogging the latest news as the votes are tallied in the 2012 Presidential Election. President Barack Obama's headquarters are set up in Chicago, while Gov. Mitt Romney

MSNBC commentators love the Chris Christie-Romney controversy. Whoever thought you'd hear Chris lionized on that network? Politics and hurricanes make strange. .

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 1:43:07 AM
Alabama goes for Romney. First shock of the night.

by jordan.zakarin 11/7/2012 1:43:24 AM
CNN calls Alabama for Romney.

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 1:43:30 AM
Let's go Obama..... God give us strength

by Obamanation 11/7/2012 1:44:59 AM
With about 30% of the vote counted in each state, Obama leads by narrowly in Florida and substantially in Ohio; Romney narrowly ahead in Virginia.

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 1:45:42 AM
"Florida bellwether alert: Obama leading by 5 in Tampa-based Hillsborough County (61.4% in) and by 3 statewide (38.4% in)" from WaPost

by jordan.zakarin 11/7/2012 1:47:58 AM
Of course, it's hard to get a real handle on what that means with the state's voting issues, especially in Miami-Dade

by jordan.zakarin 11/7/2012 1:48:48 AM
Top Obama surrogate Chris Christie delivers New Jersey for the President.

by jonlovett via twitter 11/7/2012 1:48:50 AM
Dem. Chris Murphy wins Connecticut

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 1:49:32 AM
Fox News has Elizabeth Warren up 5k votes on Scott Brown with 5% of the vote in. Close Mass senate race that many in LA have paid attention to -- including Mass. natives Ben Affleck and Sarah Silverman -- and a priority race for progressives.

by jordan.zakarin 11/7/2012 1:49:53 AM
Obama running strongly in the south Florida counties around Miami that he needs to win to carry the state.

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 1:49:59 AM
If current trends continue, we could be looking at a record national turnout. So much for the enthusiasm gap.

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 1:50:19 AM
More on black turnout boosting Obama: Mitt only up 3 pts w 75 pct in Duval Co, FL (Jax). McCain carried by 2 in '08. (via Politico)

by jordan.zakarin 11/7/2012 1:51:27 AM
Voting hours extended in Virginia due to heavy turnout.

by jordan.zakarin 11/7/2012 1:51:51 AM
62% of the vote counted in Florida. Obama leads with 50%

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 1:52:47 AM
People are standing in lines for more than two hours to vote in Florida, Virginia and New Hampshire.

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 1:53:24 AM
A little levity from The Onion

by jordan.zakarin 11/7/2012 1:54:27 AM
Bill O'Reilly is catching flak for this:

by jordan.zakarin 11/7/2012 1:55:53 AM
“It’s a changing country, the demographics are changing,” O’Reilly said. “It’s not a traditional America anymore, and there are 50 percent of the voting public who want stuff. They want things. And who is going to give them things? President Obama.”

by jordan.zakarin 11/7/2012 1:55:59 AM
Fox has more blonde talking heads than any other network. . .cable or broadcast.

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 1:56:35 AM
New poll closings: 156 electoral votes at stake.

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 1:57:30 AM
Polls close in Colorado and Wisconsin in less than two minutes.

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 1:59:36 AM
Fox News calls PA for Sen. Casey. He was running against Tea Party challenger Tom Smith. Polls were closer than expected. Will late attention to the state help is numbers, or hurt?

by jordan.zakarin 11/7/2012 1:59:37 AM
Romney wins Texas, as expected.

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 2:01:16 AM
CNN projections: Obama wins Michigan, New York & New Jersey.

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 2:02:11 AM
Obama leading in New Mexico and Wisconsin, according to exit polls.

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 2:04:37 AM
CNN has Obama with 52% in both WI and Colorado

by jordan.zakarin 11/7/2012 2:04:52 AM
MSNBC: All swing states are still in contest.

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 2:05:57 AM
Auto bailout looks to have had a substantial impact in the upper Midwest. That's good news for Obama in Ohio, which is looking more important by the minute.

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 2:07:58 AM
Linda McMahon, the losing GOP senatorial candidate in Connecticut spent $50 million of her own money on the race. Same abount she spent in her last attempt to win the seat. She's the World Wrestling mogul.

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 2:09:46 AM
Everyone now believes the GOP will hold control of the House. No surprise there.

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 2:10:04 AM
Sen. Bob Casey wins Pennsylvania

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 2:10:53 AM
With 74% reporting in FLA, Obama is up by 16k votes in Florida.

by jordan.zakarin 11/7/2012 2:11:15 AM
MSNBC: It's key that the southern battleground states are still in play.

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 2:11:41 AM
And just like that, Romney is 1,200 ahead with 76% in.

by jordan.zakarin 11/7/2012 2:11:49 AM
Fashion Note-- Fox correspondent uniforms: blue pin stripes and rep ties.

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 2:12:57 AM
Obama up by 15 points as actual votes are counted in Ohio's Hamilton County, a bellweather county in that key state.

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 2:13:50 AM
Obama leading in Colorado.

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 2:14:48 AM
PA called for Obama by CNN and Fox

by jordan.zakarin 11/7/2012 2:15:59 AM
MSNBC is calling Pennsylvania for Obama. If that holds, it's major blow to Romney.

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 2:16:47 AM
Heidi Heitkamp, the Democratic underdog, is leading in the North Dakota senate race. If she holds on, that's a big win for the Dems.

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 2:17:56 AM
Obama has a big lead over Romney in PA -- obviously, he won it, but the size of the lead will show whether making a late play for PA was all bluster from the GOP, or an earnest attempt to expand the map.

by jordan.zakarin 11/7/2012 2:19:31 AM
And Michigan has been called for Obama

by jordan.zakarin 11/7/2012 2:24:12 AM
Elizabeth Warren is up by 30,000 votes in Massachusetts

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 2:25:40 AM
Fashion note: MSNBC commentators way out front in number of unpressed sport coats. . .Looks like a young Dem meeting at a small New England college.

by tinadaunt 11/7/2012 2:26:35 AM