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</html><description>12:47AM This concludes the regularly scheduled portion of our live blog. As of this hour, we don't know the vote totals, and Romney has not yet scheduled his concession speech. However, the political class seems united in it view that Obama is the once and future President, and although I might wake up tomorrow and find the whole landscape changed, I don't think so, for reasons stated below in "From the Barcalounger." Thank you for participating, and good night. If you have additional comments to make, please feel free, but I am heading off to bead.  12:09AM Best results for Jill Stein and the Greens as of this hour: 1.4% in the great state of ME (Hat tip SFR).  11:50PM From the Barcalounger: The networks having called the election for Obama, the remaining unanswered question is whether the Republican brains trust will attempt to delegitimize the election through court challenges. I'm guessing no and here's why:</description><thumbnail_url>http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/memeorandum.jpg</thumbnail_url></oembed>

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