Correspondent JP Pagán was out early this morning in Carroll Gardens to do his civic duty and take part in this day on which history is likely to be made. Here is his report: This was the scene about 6:45 this morning at PS 58. A poll worker said they got started at 5:30 and […]

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[Via CNN.com; click to enlarge] This is the final Electoral Vote project map on what is likely to be the most historic day in American political history that any of us will visit in our lifetimes. Go out to vote.

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[Map courtesy of CNN;click to enlarge] One notes that Sen. Obama’s presumed Electoral count stands at 291 with states that are sold and leaning. Sen. McCain’s count has gone down a bit. Also note that his own Arizona is now simply noted as “leaning” McCain rather than being solid. Most of the tossup states are […]

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We don’t print many of the press releases that come from the Borough President’s office as many are simply to self-serving and of little interest. Even this one, involves exhortations from local officials like Council Member David Yassky, whose recent vote on term limits we found both sleazy and morally corrupt. But we digress, this […]

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[Courtesy of CNN.Com; click to enlarge] Illinois Sen. Barack Obama’s Electoral Vote lead over Sen. John McCain continues to grow based on state polling results. Since yesterday, the Illinois Sen. has picked up another 5 electoral votes, as Nevada has switched from being a tossup state to “leaning” Obama. Mr. Obama now has a possible […]

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[Map from CNN; click to enlarge] This electoral map from CNN has been static for a few days, but today shows Barack Obama widening his Electoral Vote lead over Sen. John McCain. His edge in Colorado polling has doubled, changing the state from being rated a “tossup” to “leaning” toward Mr. Obama. With 270 Electoral […]

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Is there any spot in Park Slope that isn’t hosting a Barack Obama phone bank this weekend? Well, they’re key in helping to get out the vote and in tossup states. So, here’s another option at Flatbush Farm on Saturday from 12PM-4PM. The email says: Feeling nervous about the election? Get to work: the Farm, […]

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Brooklyn City Council Member Bill de Blasio, who was a leader in the fight to defeat the extension of term limits and had his sights set on succeeding Marty Markowitz as Brooklyn Borough President, has had a change of plans and will run for Pubic Advocate. Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum is not running for re-election […]

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[Courtesy of the New York Times; Click to Enlarge] We’ve been featuring CNN’s electoral map since Monday, but we’re changing up today and using the New York Times map, which show Sen. Barack Obama with a slightly larger Electoral Vote lead than CNN. The Times map ranks a couple of more states as “solid” for […]

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Given the verbal disembowelment that we directed at Council Member David Yassky last week for what we saw as a revolting betrayal of the public trust by calling for a public referendum on extending terms limits, but ultimately voting with the Mayor, we found it fascinating that the Council Member has been sending out email […]

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We’ve had plenty of pics of people selling Barack Obama shirts and other things in the Slope and the Burg. Here’s a shot from Dowtnown Brookyn on Flatbush Avenue.

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[Courtesy CNN.Com/click to enlarge] The vote estimate and map remain the same. Some polls and organizations show Sen. Obama with an even more solid lead over Sen. McCain.

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You have to admit that it’s both a political statement and a great advertising gimmick. Brooklyn Industries has decorated all its window displays with mannequins (both male and female) wearing Barack Obama masks. (We don’t understand the lack of Sarah Palin masks on the females, we must say.) This is the store at the corner […]

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[Map from cnn.com; click to enlarge] GL readers know we generally stick to Brooklyn and tend to avoid politics. The latter part is due to having covered politics in Washington for longer than we care to remember. (We recoil in horror at the October we watched 1,000 political ads for an in-depth story determining the […]

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Our friends at Park Slope Parents may be censoring political emails, but a couple have made it through The Committee and it involves the little ones (excited by Obama) and the election. We’re not certain if it would have made it past The Committee if the little ones got giddy when seeing Sen. McCain and […]

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A bunch of Park Slope businesses are holding phone banks for the Obama-Biden campaign. A GL Correspondent hit us up with a photo of the sign for the cell phone bank Al Di La is hosting on Carroll Street. The Lyceum and Proteus Gowanus are also welcoming people to bring in their cells and ring […]

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While the fact that there are John McCain voters in Park Slope was so amusing to the Times that it made the paper, there may be more than we think. This, in fact, could be behind Park Slope Parents censorship of political discussion, because the Brookynian board is where some of the pro-McCain sentiment is […]

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There is irony today in the aftermath of yesterday’s outrageous and appalling approval of the term limit extension that will allow Mayor Bloomberg and others like Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz to run for new terms in office. America is poised on the brink of a paradigm shift and one of the most historic electoral […]

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Here’s a list of how the City Council Members from Brooklyn voted on extending term limits which, of course, passed the City Council yesterday. There were 11 that voted “yes” and only 5 that voted “no”: Charles Barron: no; Bill de Blasio: no; Erik Martin Dilan: yes; Mathieu Eugene: no; Simcha Felder: yes; Lewis A. […]

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“The people will long remember what we have done here today, and the people will be unforgiving. We are stealing like a thief in the night their right to decide the shape of their democracy. We are forgetting who we work for.” Council Member Bill de Blasio, speaking about the effort to extend term limits.

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[Photo courtesy of Miss Heather] Well, it’s not the best Barack mask we’ve ever seen, but it’s from Manhattan Avenue and shows that they’re in the Obama spirit in Greenpoint too.

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[Photo courtesy of supervivette/flickr] Of course, our favorite Barack Obama thing is the photo of the Williamsburg sign that Noah Kalina hit Curbed up with this week. But this pic is pretty cool too. Signs of Barack are everywhere, even if brave souls, here and there, show their McCain-Palin preferences. Even in Park Slope.

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Here’s another sign of love for Barack Obama from Williamsburg. Maybe we’re just not looking in the right places, but we’re seeing a lot more signs of support for Sen. Obama in the Burg than we are in supposed Democratic strongholds like Park Slope. Interesting.

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In recent weeks we’ve been impressed, but not surprised, at all the Barack Obama bake sales, posters and graffiti in Williamsburg. Yesterday, we came across this table set up on Bedford Avenue offering homemade Obama t-shirts with all proceeds going to the Obama campaign. This sort of enthusiasm could be one of the reasons that […]

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