Mourning in America: The After-Parties of Election 2010
Is there anything better on Election Night than watching campaign workers and fervent supporters freak out? It's like a thousand Superbowls, all attended only by total dorks and elderly people. Come check out some of the night's best reactions:
I wonder if anyone told this guy to wear his hat at a jaunty "angle." Get it? A jaunty... "Sharron Angle"! Right? Oh, never mind. [Photo via Getty]
These Asian ladies showing their support for Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle sure don't like something. Could be Angle, Harry Reid, Barack Obama, the health care bill, or Mexicans. Probably all of the above! [Photo via AP]
Overheard at New York Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo's victory party: "Bro? Hey, bro. I don't think the orgy has started yet." [Photo via Getty]
Like a Hewlett-Packard product, California Senate candidate Carly Fiorina's supporters were liable to break down at any time. (Carly Fiorina used to be the CEO of HP, so that's what the joke is.) [ Photo via Getty]
In the wake of the devastating loss of their candidate Carly Fiorina, Marcel and Regina were barely able to make small talk: "So... do you like flags?" [Photo via Getty]
California, where some peoples' entire lives are off-Broadway one-man cross-dressing shows. [Photo via Getty]
Oh, dear. I suppose it's best to just move on from this one without thinking about it too much. [Photo via Getty]
The great thing about the supporters of losing independent Colorado Gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo is that when they're crushing your windpipe with their cowboy boots on suspicion of you being Mexican, or at least Sicilian or something, at least you know exactly what country you're in. [Photo via AP]
These losing Democratic Pennsylvania Senate candidate Joe Sestak supporters have quite a, well, I guess I'd call that a range of emotion, wouldn't you? [Photo via Getty]
Former Ebay CEO Meg Whitman may have lost in her bid to become Governor of California, but these supporters would definitely give her an "A+++++++++++++." On Ebay. Where she used to be CEO. MINT CONDITION. Right? BUY NOW. Ebay! [Photo via Getty]
Guess what state this photo was taken in! No, not "advanced decay." Florida, dummy. [Photo via AP]
Anyone this excited by Republican Senator John McCain winning another Senate term in Arizona, well. Arizona is probably the right state for you, then. [Photo via AP]
Losing Wisconsin Senate Democrat Russ Feingold's vaunted "child turnout" strategy failed when it became clear that children were not legally allowed to vote, and also just didn't care about voting, and wanted to play with the balloons. [Photo via AP]