I only have OTA where I am, so don’t judge me, but all I had available was ABC, and the dramatic shift from the early evening where they were going on and on about how Hillary had so many paths to 270, while Trump had only the barest outside chance that depended on some ridiculously complex set of circumstances. Then just a few hours later Trump is easily pulling in the states he needs, and everyone on the set has this bewildered, shell-shocked look, like their puppy died, and talking about how Hillary has this ever-narrowing chance.
While Florida was in play, they kept going back to Broward, and how there were so many Dem votes there that it was going to be difficult for Trump’s votes up in the Panhandle to overcome. And then, once it became obvious that Hillary wasn’t going to get the surge she needed in Wisconsin or Arizona, they started in on backbiting and reassuring themselves about how horrible Trump was, and how everyone had failed to see this coming. The snappish tempers as they lit into each other, while steadfastly refusing to call either the WI or AZ races, despite wide leads for Trump with substantial percentages of the vote already in, was the pinnacle of the night.
I did also enjoy the dispirited pffft that the Hillary election party ended with, as Podesta came out and told them all that there wouldn’t be any more to see that night but that it wasn’t over, so everyone had to sort of just wander off. Especially since the race was called less than an hour later, including Hillary’s concession call.
It was ridiculous. Everyone else knew Wisconsin was in Trump’s column and they would not post it.
I predicted Wisconsin could be flipped after Hillary sided with the BLM rioters when a Milwaukee police officer shot a criminal who was carrying a pistol.