Barack Obama may have captured the Presidency, but there are still a lot of unanswered questions here at 3:15am New York time...

1) Did Al Franken pull it off or lose by inches? Here's the latest from our friends in Minnesota:

With 92 percent of the precincts reporting, Coleman held 42 percent to Franken's 41 percent. Independence candidate Dean Barkley captured 15 percent of the vote. [UPI]

As Minnesota generally has the highest turnout rate in the nation, it's likely to be undecided by the time you're reading this. This also begs the question: how close will the Democrats come to their 60-seat majority? Obviously, they fell short (as was expected by most pollsters), but how short? And will it even matter now, with Democrats in charge of the government at every level except the dreaded Supreme Court, or will the Republicans once again use divisive tactics to drag the Senate down with them?

2) Did Prop 8 pass, as it appears to have? Last time we checked, 54% of Californians somehow thought this insanely stupid proposal should disgrace our historic day for civil rights. Great timing, assholes. (Kate Halper wrote: "Fuck you, California." We can't hope to top that.)

3) Did Obama pull it off in either Montana or North Carolina... or both? (We're in suspense here, mainly just to keep the thrill ride going a little longer now that the Election has been decided.) For another thing, the stronger the victory, the stronger the mandate. Checking in on the Real Clear Politics electoral map, we see that...

In North Carolina, with 100% of the vote in:

2,101,986 for Obama

2,089,826 for McCain in North Carolina

+12,160 votes for Obama

In Missouri, with 99% of the vote in:

1,440,756 for McCain

1,435,839 for Obama

+4,917 for McCain

...both nail-biters that look to be over. But we... just... can't... let them die.