As a closing note – I have to say that I am both impressed, and appalled, by how the American feel the need to jazz up the elections.

Other than the over-the-top CGI and poll monitoring (very reminiscent of Brass Eye parodies of such graphics), It thought the most ridiculous tool to illustrate the vote count was the “ice-rink map” at Election Plaza (a stupid name in itself).  Behold…

Really – is there any need to represent an electoral map on ice, with real water dyes?!?

That is, indeed, an angry hand gesture being made to express the, well, complete wank-job that this map is.

Right – it is now 5.35am.  Having spent the last 6.5 hours in front of various streams from the web covering the election, I am now officially pooped.  See you when I recover from the alcohol poisoning!