Well, I think that was some of the most hectic 24 hours of my life thus far.

From visiting a slew of city polling places with Commissioner of Accounts John Franck yesterday evening, feverishly waiting for the returns to start coming in, weaving my way through the cheering masses of Democrats at the Gideon Putnam, to desperately banging away on my keyboard in a desperate attempt to make deadline, to watching hour after hour of news coverage with broadcasts from Washington D.C., Chicago, and Pheonix. It was quite a night.

Word on the street is that an excited group of Skidmore students who spontaneously paraded down Broadway to Caroline Street, where one witness had them suddenly break out into a rendition of "Star Spangled Banner," before trundling back to campus. Another witness had students in the trees on Caroline, stripping.

I don't know which to believe, but speaking as a Skidmore alum, I have to admit that the later seems more plausible. Today's police blotter did make note of the Skidmore parade, but did not say anything about songs or nudity.

So, now we know. President-elect Obama, and expanded Democratic control in the house and Senate. Locally, most of the races went as I suspected, with the sole exception being the City Court Judge race.

Although it seems unlikely that absentee ballots will change the results of that race, it is too close to be ruled out entirely.

And now the election cycle begins anew. Palin 2012 anyone?