Opinion: For Obama, Clinton, McCain, Palin, ’08 seems a bit longer

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In some ways, this year has seemed unusually long. And we weren’t even running for any office.

Fact is, that’s exactly right. As with every presidential election year, 2008 was a leap year. So we got an extra entire day on Feb. 29.

But additionally because of the Earth’s rotation and minor adjustments needed for precise timekeeping equipment every few years, 2008 will be one entire extra second longer. A little bit longer for Barack Obama to remain president-elect before his Jan. 20 inauguration.

You might not feel it until Thursday morning. When it’ll hit your head hard. But surely we’ll all notice the countdown tonight just before midnight:

10....9....8....7....6....5....4....3....2....1....1....0

See the video below. More time for Ticket reading.

--Andrew Malcolm

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