Some conservatives had a really hard time watching John McCain lose. That’s okay. Liberals, after losing two elections to George W. Bush, can relate. But some people are having a harder time coping than others. For example, before the election, Bill O’Reilly was clinging desperately to the faint hope that every poll showing Obama ahead in a particular state was subject to about a ten point Bradley Effect:
This looks absurd now, but it did even then, and Kos had a great time making fun of it. But hey, predictions are predictions, and everyone’s wrong sometimes. But you really get the impression O’Reilly is having some closure issues looking at the map that’s currently on his website, via Spencer Ackerman:
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Basically, in the alternate universe known as “The No Spin Zone” North Carolina, Florida, Missouri, Ohio, Indiana and Nevada haven’t been called yet. I believe this is the stage of grief known as “denial”.
–A. Serwer
