So now that this election has almost been called, I'm putting out a call to arms for your pure, unadulterated feedback. I want to hear what you think of the outcome and what you're looking forward to. What will these next four years bring? What did this election mean for our country? and what's next for nation united under, dare I say, President Obama?                                       

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Polling wunderkind Nate Silver wrote his take for Newsweek.com on what states you should be watching from 7 p.m. onward tonight. It was a schedule that many out there appreciated; there were a fair share of "Thanks" from readers, despite Silver's own political leanings. "I know you prefer Obama to win, but I think your analysis has been based on facts and the best knowledge and data you can gather," said one reader. "You got me through the election," wrote another of FiveThirtyEight.com. But despite these accolades, readers nationwide offered their own view from the ground. After Silver said that an early Obama lead may discourage conservatives to the polls in California, one reader responded: "What Mr. Silver doesn't realize is that most Prop 8 supporters will show up at the polls despite McCain's numbers in the early returns, since most Republicans already know that McCain will lose California." Expanding on the proposition related to gay marriage, the commenter said, "This is such a polarizing issue that many formerly apathetic conservatives will vote just to make sure that 8 passes!"

Indiana readers had similar criticisms, reporting from their home state that pundits have it all wrong when handing the race to Obama. "Its funny hearing all these pundits saying Indiana is in play," wrote one reader. "They clearly don't know Indiana. The deck is so stacked against the dems here that it is highly unlikely for Obama to pull it off - the only real hope is for some down ticket coattails...The dems really need to step up their game if they ever want any progress in this reddest of red states."

With polls in that state set to close in mere hours, perhaps that comment is just wishful thinking. But it comes at the helm of others accusing NEWSWEEK of our own delusions. Because the article focused on the route that would lead Obama to victory, one critic wrote: "This article is yet another example of the media lovefest with Obama. Although the polls are telling us change is around the corner, change is about all we'll have left in our bank accounts." Another reader responded, adding somewhat dramatically, that the piece was an attempt for McCain supporters to be discouraged from voting, a liberal attempt to keep the polls streaming toward Obama. "This race is a lot closer than people are being told by the media," offered up that comment. "Since Saturday, the media has been trying to discourage McCain voters from voting by showing polls and headlines saying Obama is ahead by more than he is."

McCain supporters like the ones above were also present on the message board in some decidedly more acerbic ways. The comments section  was overwhelmed by mentions of Obama's race, assertions that he doesn't have a U.S. birth certificate, and scores of socialism. As in, you know, "Obama is a socialist." Others on the right side drew criticism for admitting: "Sorry, not ready for a Black president." Strong words that had others fighting back about a topic having little to do with Silver's predictions: "It is SAD and unacceptable that Americans are racist today. Shame and disgust is what I have for our nation. We are Americans [and] American does not mean white and Christian. Those spewing racist crap as reasons for Barack not to be president are victims of their unfortunate close-minded and uncultured upbringing."

Them's fighting words. "The comments here amaze me," said one reader. "I see racism, ignorance, left, right, black, white, and everything else under the sun. [One reader's] comments are ignorant and racist and [another's] response that he must be LDS are just as sad." This point came up often, as people poured their passion into McCain or Obama in ways that only could be read as angry. "Are people so paranoid that they have to write terrible things about other people?" asked one reader. "Whether you want someone to win the presidential campaign or not is no reason to attack."

After a twenty-month campaign, everyone obviously has had some time to build up strong beliefs. In the end, Silver's piece will be a useful guide regardless of who you support.  And if you're sick of supporting either candidate, then I'll leave this comment as your go-to take-away point. "Honestly, I don't care who wins anymore as long as Americans live better." Happy watching. Let me know what you think.

In the midst of the campaigns' last days, Richard Wolffe and Holly Bailey used the McCain campaign's reported distancing from Bush to take a look at our current president and how he handles his attackers. The two reporters show him as a man with a surprising amount of equanimity toward his critics, but that doesn't mean the Bush Bashers didn't get heated themselves: "I seriously want to know what planet those who voted for W are from, because I'll be sure not to go there...What were they thinking?" asks one reader. "I understand that no president, like no human, is perfect. But we set ourselves up for this mess. And so it's time people start looking inward and STOP voting on party lines and letting labels dictate how they think and vote."

Comments attacking the President were numerous -- and expected. But this ire also brought out a surprising group of Americans: those that, despite the current executive's flat-lined approval ratings, still support him. Or, in the least, believe that these last years would be a challenge for any candidate. "I don't think President Bush is a perfect person or a perfect President" one comment said. "And I'm sure he'd say the same. But I also think no President since Abraham Lincoln has been the subject of such vicious attacks as he has been." Others added that the Liberal Media had doomed Bush's presidency from the start -- "portraying the guy as inept even before he got elected" -- before adding that W "went through stuff no other president aside from Roosevelt had to undergo." As he prepares for his January exit, and as tomorrow's election looms on our collective mind, this theme of looking back eight years predominated the comments as many also threw in their two cents on McCain or Obama.

Consider these words from rivaling readers: "I supported the President both elections. Disappointed and angry over the administration's failures of the last 8 years, I have been supporting Obama since the primaries. McCain, whom I used to admire, lost my vote not only because of his ties to the President, he also lost me because of his disloyalty to him. I am not surprised that McCain has 'thrown Bush under the bus." And then the other side: "You democrats have been trying to find something as scandalous as Clinton lying under oath so everything has been blown way out of proportion...Bush [has] done nothing wrong. If so, impeach him. Oh right, you can't."

Since many of the people who wrote these sorts of comments were GOP members, I was fascinated by the amount of people who don't just blame Bush for his lack of popularity, but also for potentially shifting the balance of power: "I am a Reagan Democrat and I believe GWB is a decent man but I am one of those who think his presidency is a disgrace," wrote a reader. "He stood with big business and watched the average families suffer. He stood over the destruction of the manufacturing sector, while CEOs made out like bandits. He forced unthinkable debt onto future generations and now the GOP will pay dearly. Because of him, the most liberal candidate ever will be elected and a ton of seats will be lost in Congress."