Posted by Jed Lewison on Thu Nov 27, 2008 at 12:42 PM Pacific

Thanksgiving By The Numbers, 2008 Edition

Thanksgiving is always a wonderful time of year, but this year for the first time in a long time we've got a lot to be thankful for on the political level.

Here's just some of the things worth celebrating today:

67 million: The number of votes cast for Barack Obama
Less than 8: The number of weeks left in the Bush Presidency
140,000: The number of American troops serving in Iraq who can begin looking towards the day they will return home.
$700 billlion: The size of the FDR-style stimulus plan being considered by some Senate Democrats
66%: Percentage of young voters who supported Obama
42: The maximum number of Republican Senators
255: The minimum number of Democratic Representatives
29: The number of Democratic governorships
6.5 million: The number of donations made online to Barack Obama's campaign
$80: The average size of those donations.
Half a billion dollars: The amount of money raised by the Obama fundraising juggernaut
At least 6: The number of solo national TV interviews conducated by Sarah Palin since the election.
3: The number of solo national TV interviews conducted by Palin before the election.
0: The number of press conferences held by Sarah Palin during the campaign.
More than 0 but less than 1: The number of press conferences held by Sarah Palin since the campaign ended.
4: My favorite excuse in Dave's top 10 list of Sarah Palin's turkey slaughter excuses.
Infinite: The amount of laughter Sarah Palin's post-election foibles have brought to America.
35%: Percentage of CT voters who say they would re-elect Joe Lieberman in 2012.
4 out of the last 5: Presidential elections in which the popular vote was won by the Democratic candidate.
4 out of last 4: Days in which the stock market has gone up
4 out of last 4: Days in which Barack Obama has made a major economic policy announcement.
13 out of 24: Seats held by women in New Hampshire's state senate
27: Number of state legislatures in which Democrats control both chambers
0: The number of turkeys pardoned by this post.
0: The number of turkeys slaughtered by this post.
54: The number of days until Barack Obama is President of the United States Of America

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving is always a wonderful time of year, but this year for the first time in a long time we've got a lot to be thankful for on the political level.

Here's just some of the things worth celebrating today:

67 million: The number of votes cast for Barack Obama
Less than 8: The number of weeks left in the Bush Presidency
140,000: The number of American troops serving in Iraq who can begin looking towards the day they will return home.
$700 billlion: The size of the FDR-style stimulus plan being considered by some Senate Democrats
66%: Percentage of young voters who supported Obama
42: The maximum number of Republican Senators
255: The minimum number of Democratic Representatives
29: The number of Democratic governorships
6.5 million: The number of donations made online to Barack Obama's campaign
$80: The average size of those donations.
Half a billion dollars: The amount of money raised by the Obama fundraising juggernaut
At least 6: The number of solo national TV interviews conducated by Sarah Palin since the election.
3: The number of solo national TV interviews conducted by Palin before the election.
0: The number of press conferences held by Sarah Palin during the campaign.
More than 0 but less than 1: The number of press conferences held by Sarah Palin since the campaign ended.
4: My favorite excuse in Dave's top 10 list of Sarah Palin's turkey slaughter excuses.
Infinite: The amount of laughter Sarah Palin's post-election foibles have brought to America.
35%: Percentage of CT voters who say they would re-elect Joe Lieberman in 2012.
4 out of the last 5: Presidential elections in which the popular vote was won by the Democratic candidate.
4 out of last 4: Days in which the stock market has gone up
4 out of last 4: Days in which Barack Obama has made a major economic policy announcement.
13 out of 24: Seats held by women in New Hampshire's state senate
27: Number of state legislatures in which Democrats control both chambers
0: The number of turkeys pardoned by this post.
0: The number of turkeys slaughtered by this post.
54: The number of days until Barack Obama is President of the United States Of America

Happy Thanksgiving!