7:49 a.m.
It is election today in the US today, and we all paying close attention. We’re sitting right now in the dining room of the Huaxing hotel, eating breakfast, writing in our journals, and refreshing the CNN home page. Earlier this morning, we flipped through some English news programs on the Korean channel and the German channel. As Jessica pointed out, how global: Watching German TV, in English, in a Chinese hotel room, about the US election. It’s really early still , but Indiana and Kentucky have McCain ahead in about 10% of the polls that are reporting. I think I’ll barf if McCain gets elected.
12:49 p.m.
Things were a bit confusing for a bit. I was sitting in the classroom checking the CBC and CNN websites, and the polling stories seemed to indicate the race was still on. But then I checked a few stories, which had Obama as having won. I went onto Facebook: Katie was online in Baltimore and Delaney was online in Calgary, and both confirmed the media are reporting that Obama has won. A few of us went into the office and streamed his acceptance speech live. It’s interesting that the U.S. election hasn’t come up that much in our field studies or conversations with people here. The economic crisis is a big topic of conversation, but people seem less interested in the election.
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