Election night tick-tock

8:27 p.m. The boy falls asleep. Election obsessing begins in earnest. Neil has chosen CBS on the TV, though we are muting judiciously.

9:00 p.m. I compare nytimes.com and washingtonpost.com for coverage of Maryland election results. I can't find Maryland results on the Post site, even after clicking "Latest election news from Md." On the Times site, I found it fairly quickly by going through the Senate link on the home page. Looks pretty.

9:05 p.m. Neil and I independently check to see when "The Daily Show" starts its coverage. Not till 11. Argh.

9:10 p.m. I suggest we switch to CNN. Neil says, "Really?" Well, people on Twitter have suggested CNN had surprisingly good coverage.

9:15 p.m. Neil says he's changing the channel. I can't dispute the choice. On to NBC and Chuck Todd.

9:17 p.m. Warming up bake-sale brownies (proceeds went to Red Cross for Sandy) for brownie a la mode.

9:29 p.m. I finally found the Maryland election results page on the Post site. It's in that "In the news" banner, which I completely ignored because it was above a banner ad. Took too many clicks for my taste. Also, the link said "Md. polls," though someone just smartly changed it to "Md. results."

9:31 p.m. Okay, I'm loving the live camera on the Post newsroom. So much drama. Who's gonna take the last cupcake?

9:35 p.m. Chuck Todd says, "It's now just Ohio away for the president." Toe tapping.

9:37 p.m. Cat is not amused by the coverage (photo at left).

9:52 p.m. Catching up on Twitter on my phone. As Romney's path to victory continues to tighten. Highlight, retweeted by Patton Oswalt, by @anylaurie16: "Romney keeps winning states he would never own a house in."

10:05 p.m. Marcus Brauchli and Liz Spayd standing with others in the hub on the Post live cam. Also, the cupcakes appear to have been replaced with chocolate cake or brownies.


10:07 p.m. Pleased that my home state, Indiana, didn't pick Richard Mourdock. Still feel bad for Richard Lugar. Also happy that Missourians appear to have rejected Todd Akin. The world is making sense for once!

10:10 p.m. The boy stirs on the monitor. "Too excited to go to sleep," says Neil.

10:30 p.m. Reassured myself that Obama doesn't need Florida, Ohio and Virginia to win. Same-sex marriage referendum in Maryland too close for my taste: 52 to 48 percent with 8 percent reporting.

10:35 p.m. Popcorn and juice time. It's getting wild up in here.

11:03 p.m. Oh, thank goodness for "The Daily Show." "And me, Patrick Stewart. ... Make it so!"

11:11 p.m. Ooh, some sort of American flag dessert now on table by Post's hub. Also potato chips. Fuel for the final stretch! Gotta say, so glad I'm here in my pajamas on our couch.

11:16 p.m. Okay, switching to NBC to see confirmation of Ohio and the election going to Obama. He just tweeted a thank-you to his followers.

11:24 p.m. Still on pins and needles over Maryland's Question 6, marriage equality. COME ON.

11:42 p.m. Switched to Fox News out of curiosity. Rove is still hanging on to hope, anchors are calling him cuckoo.

11:45 p.m. Switched away from Fox News. That's all we could take.

11:56 p.m. Still no Question 6 results, though someone on Facebook said it passed, without citing a source. Fingers crossed.

12:01 a.m. Cat approves of Obama win.

12:05 a.m. Sigh of relief. Marriage equality approved in Maryland! Now I can sleep easy.