CNN just announced their (grain of salt) exit polling asking voters "what was the most important issue" influencing your vote?
42% — corruption in Washington
40% — terrorism
39% — the economy
37% — Iraq (57% disapprove, 41% approve)
They also asked what mattered more to your vote — national or local issues? 62% said national, 33% said local, 5% others. So it looks like the Democrats' attempts to nationalize the election and make it a referendum on Bush rule may have been successful. The only good news for the GOP would be that terrorism still charts, but the majority of the people polled felt that either party was qualified to deal with the problem, so it really didn't swing Republican. Finally, the issue that the GOP was really pimping — "Nancy Pelosi will raise your taxes" — didn't seem to have much traction.
Christy and TRex are on CNN right now at Tryst Cafe in DC (above), along with Atrios, Jeralyn Merritt and others. Atrios says that Glenn Reynolds will be joining by webcam. Feel the excitement.
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well go figure!!!!!
Hey, my lovely wife did an exit poll for CNN right here in Philly. Who knew? Guess we’re part of their sample after all.
well – when i think of this administration and it’s merry band of perps, corruption does come to mind (be it stemming from iraq, pages, contracts, or whatever..)
Wolf Blitzer is asking Bill Bennett if he feels that corruption is going to be an issue. Bill says he’d like to double down.
I don’t imagine Unca Karl is happy to see corruption on the minds of so many voters. I’m surprised it’s that big a deal.
Department of D’oh: I looked at the picture and realized that it’s Tryst, a coffee shop not four blocks from where I live!
How did CNN smuggle the exit poll information out of the Quarentine Room? Or are they part of the exit poll consortium?
terrorism ranking so high is a repub issue, but everything else there would appear to bode well for dems…!
please, let me break out the wine early tonight!!!
Reminder to everyone:
1. Vote.
2. After you vote, fill up your gas tank. I’m not saying gas prices are going to skyrocket as soon as the polls close, but I sure as hell don’t think they’re going to go down, so you may as well be on the safe side.
Um, those numbers add up to well over 100%. Are the Republicans fixing the exit polls, too?
omg TRex, please say hi to Pam Spaulding for me, I’m such a fanboi of hers!!
Hey, what happened to the Republicans’ “hot button” issues like abortion, gay marriage, flag burning, jaywalking, etc. What about them “family values.” Have the voters abandoned these very important matters to worry about petty stuff like war, corruption, etc. I can’t believe it.
Carville thought the question was phrased differently. “Do you think corruption is a major issue?”
The results to that question would be interpreted entirely differently.
The Beard is saying CNN isn’t going to release specific race exit polling, just these aggregate issue questions.
scory @ 6
The quarantine was lifted at 5PM EST. They and the other networks still are operating under their pledge not to call a race before the polls close, but they can talk about issues all they want.
ROFLMAO.
Exit polling on Senate (from America Votes):
Virginia (52-47)
Rhode Island (53-46)
Pennsylvania (57-42)
Ohio (57-43)
New Jersey (52-45)
Montana (53-46)
Missouri (50-48)
Maryland (53-46)
Republicans leading:
Tennessee (51-48)
Arizona (50-46)
JCWatts is the cutest Black GOPer. I know it’s a small pool to choose from, but there it is.
Jane Hamsher @
4
Jane FTW. As usual.
I saw today, for the first time in a few months, gas prices rising. I said to myself that today is the start of the price hikes. They couldn’t even wait until the elections were over.
Jane Hamsher @
4
I say “Throw that card counter outta the joint, Luigi!” Oops. If Bennett were smart enough to be a card counter, he could make a more honest living than the one he’s making.
BTW, Jane and crew – GOOD JOB keeping the toobz unclogged today!
Jane Hamsher @ 4
Late afternoon sip of latte almost–almost–lost. FDL has improved my spew control reflex!
Oh I am so nervous and I love those numbers Ms. Jane!
Jane at 16 – Holy Shit! Anything on Connecticut?
Take the AZ exit polling with a grain of salt, but don’t drink the whole margarita. AZ has had an very high percentage of early voting, and Pederson is leading in that.
Bennett: if Dems take the House narrowly (19-20) it’s a disappointment.
NOT TO ME, Bill !!
Here comes the expectations management game, bigtime.
“Everything is good for Republicans!”
JC Watts is the cutest Teddy.
Jane Hamsher @ 16
Tears in my eyes. Please be real.
Richmond @
23
Nyet.
…headed out to fill my tank.
Peterr @ 14 — thanks!
Frank Probst @
8
it’s already happening, and please forgive me for no cites, but i saw a few hours ago in some district (PAABA 2) that the price rose from $1.89 to $2.16.
Jane said:
Hmmm…they don’t list TRex over at CNN. The shame of it all. Downright discrimination against therapods!
The truth comes out – the MSM has an anti-therapod bias.
even those tennessee numbers are good if the early lead ford, jr. is supposed to have is true…
New GOP meme (courtesy Bennett): “2006 is a nationalized election, and it should be a nationalized election.”
They don’t want to talk about the districts where disgraced, resigned, rehabbed, wife- and mistress-beater, pedophile GOPers are on the ballot.
National election = W’s fault.
Watch this one grow this evening.
TeddySanFran @ 25
Yeah, thanks Adam Nagourney, ghostwriting for Republicans.
“For Democrats, Even a Gain May Feel Like a Failure
By ADAM NAGOURNEY”
I love those numbers too, Jane! I wish I were in the US to feel the energy… thanks for the updates – I hope lots of people check in!
You nailed that, Teddy.
angie @ 26
Are we looking at the same person?
I turn on CNN – wolfie – hoping to catch Christy and what do I see but the evil 4-some – Begala, Carville, Bennett and Watts. And below the picture of them is the banner “Democrats Lose?”
I need some meds.
Teddy:
So, given the new GOP meme (and your logical extension of it): when will rethugs begin calling for impeachment of our accidental president? ;)
You should have seen him run the option.
Sparkles the Iguana @ 38
Jane’s post
reminds me of the joke about the sports reporter giving the baseball scores without mentioning which team had how many runs. She must have been so happy that she forgot to put in the “Dems leading” header. Hopefully, the TN race is still margin of error. Can’t stand the thought of listening to nasal Bob Corker for 6 years, like corn-pone Fred Thompson for 6 years.
GrandmaJ @ 39
GrandmaJ, stop with the bad news….you’re KILLING ME!!
Still nothing up on the polls at Dredge. Must be really bad news for them!
From CNN:
Chelsea Clinton runs into voting problems
NEW YORK (CNN) — A famous political name does not guarantee hassle-free voting, as former “first daughter” Chelsea Clinton discovered Tuesday.
She turned up shortly after 6 a.m. at her polling site on West 20th Street — in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan — only to be told her name was not in the voter registration books there, a voting official said.
It turned out the registration book for her district had been mistakenly sent to the wrong location, said New York City Board of Elections Executive Director John Ravitz.
She filed an affidavit vote — a paper ballot that allows election workers to confirm that a voter is properly registered after their vote is cast. If the voter is not registered, the vote is not accepted.
Teddy’s Proposed TradMed Talking Points for 11/7/06:
GOP keeps the House & the Senate = “Miracle, total endorsement of the GOP and Lord Bush’s War.”
GOP loses the House narrowly & keeps the Senate = “structural,” “nationalized” election. Noron spoke about this earlier, “since FDR (except Clinton) President’s party has lost seats in the midsecondterm election….”
GOP loses the House middling & Senate tie = same as above, plus some calls for bipartisanship (from Dems). Lotsa talk about how Cheney’s job suddenly got harder.
GOP loses the House big & loses the Senate = “Can Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid shed their partisan rhetoric to work constructively with the Preznit? Will liberal leaders now tack to the right to appease their new conservative base?”
Sorry Sparkles – will not grumble anymore. I WILL be positive, I WILL be positive, I KNOW that there are good people doing their best, and ….[repeat]
They replaced terrorism with social security a few minutes ago. Iraq war last on the list? I call BULLSHIT!
Jane Hamsher @
16
Oh hizell yeah! Macacawitz is goin’ down!
Does it seriously look like we’re going to pick up MT as well? whoa.
My sister was so proud to be able to vote against Santorum. “A vote for vaginas everywhere,” as she put it.
Well Sparkles, the few other ones are pretty lame in the looks department.
They all need re- education, though.
Those numbers look great overall. Kyl is probally leading Pederson here in AZ but I wouldn’t discount Pederson just yet, he picked up a lot of momentum in the last couple weeks. J.D. Hayworth could definatly be going down to D-Harry Mitchell. That one would feel VERY good.
Blogger bash comin up!
FIRST SET OF RAW DATA
Exit polls so far. All indicate DEMS in front.
va: 5
tn: tied
pa: 13
ri: 13
oh: 12
mt: 6
md: 10
nj: 6
Caveat: This is first round data. Numbers WILL change. Your results will vary. REMEMBER 2004.
That said, this is extremely good news and a good way to start the evening. I’m waiting for Connecticut.
GrandmaJ @ 39
Here dear Grandma – have a couple of Xanax from me to thee. xo
Caoimhin Laochdha @ 53
Source? link?
Just back from the court house. I didn’t get put on the jury, yay! Medical malpractice, civil case. This will be about a two week trial too according to the judge, whew! : )
GO DEMS!
Here’s hoping Christy gets a chance to show Mary Katherine Ham what a real redhead looks like (also Kyra Philips, but she may be too far into the hairdye for hope….)
I am so sorry that the “bigtime” lady rightwingnuts didn’t show. What’s a blogstock without Annthrax and Michelle?
Sorry folks,
I was at the bottom of the page. Just heard Jane’s numbers too.
Nevermind.
Will check to see if they were already posted next time.
cl
am i right in saying the polls close in kentucky in less than 10 minutes?
2 important house races there…
I would really rather not have the words “feel” and “excitement” in the same galaxy as “Glenn Reynolds,” thank you.
nice work on the tech so far, FDL backstage and technowizards. Much better than August 8th!
And never mind the part about webcams in that collection.
or three races in KY…
Peterr @
55
Mole at media consortium.
cl
TREX in the house!
If they’d asked me, I would have said I wanted to throw the dumbasses out of DC.
Guess they’d put that under the “corruption” column.
Check this out:
From NBC’s Mike Viqueira
NBC News received an unsolicited call today from an aide to a Senate Democrat who says that there is a movement afoot to deny Sen. Joe Lieberman the chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee should Democrats take control of the Senate. The aide, who works for a Democratic senator now sitting on that same committee, cites Lieberman’s party apostasy, as well as his public consorting with known Republicans such as GOP Sen. Susan Collins, the current chair.
The aide says that there are others who share this sentiment, but calls to the Democratic leadership and another Democratic committee member yielded no insight into the insurgency. They hadn’t heard a thing about it. Lieberman, as top Democrat on the committee, would be in line to be chairman if Democrats take control and if Lieberman remains a Democrat — which he has said he’ll be if he wins tonight.
***UPDATE at 4:15pm ET*** Per NBC’s Ken Strickland, Democratic sources say there is no discussion of removing Lieberman for his current post on the Homeland Security Committee. “I don’t think the caucus would support it” even if there was a serious suggestion to do so, a source said.
[ http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/ ]
I spied a sauropod !
p-rex @
59
some, not all polls in KY close early.
CNN has live video of the Blog party coming up right after the commericial.
FDL’s grumpy Uncle Jack Cafferty sure has a twinkle in his eye on CNN. Wonder if he’s seen the exit polls?
I posted this comment earlier today. I thought it might be helpful. Election Day Republican memes to be aware of and to beware of. All of these I have heard at least once and some have already appeared several times in the media. See how many of these show up this evening in commentaries on the “meaning” of this election.
1) If Republicans lose, Democrats will become responsible for “Republican” failures.
Answer: Democrats will be able to exercise oversight. They should investigate Republican failures and stop Bush Administration excesses and overreach but they will not be able to clean up Bush’s messes as long as Bush is in power and can veto and obstruct their actions.
2) If Democrats win, it will be due to Rahm Emanuel, Chuck Schumer, and Establishment Democrats.
Answer: It was Howard Dean who pursued and put in place the 50 State Strategy of challenging the Republicans across the board. Schumer and Emanuel ignored many contestable races, came late to others, and recruited candidates who were far more conservative than they needed to be to win the race.
3) If Democrats don’t win big, they lose and the Republicans win by default.
Answer: If the Democrats win, they win, period. As with meme 1, this is the idea that everything is good for the Republicans: If they win, they win. Yet even if they lose, we are supposed to believe they win.
4) Both parties over read their mandate. So if Democrats win, they won’t have a “real” mandate. A variant of this is that voters are voting against Republicans but are not voting for Democrats so again, no mandate.
Answer: This is a restatement of memes 1 and 3 and contains the idea that if Democrats win it doesn’t count. How many times have you heard the media challenge the claim of a Republican mandate, real or imagined? I thought so. None of this stopped Reagan in 1980 from claiming a mandate even though the election was widely seen as a rejection of Jimmy Carter or George Bush behaving in a similar way in 2000 even though he lost the popular vote (and should have lost the electoral one as well).
5) If Democrats win and Bush reaches out to them, they should be willing to compromise. Variant: If Democrats win, it is time to be bipartisan.
Answer: The proof is in the pudding. Bush has spent the last 5 1/2 years rejecting any semblance of compromise and bipartisanship with Democrats. His basic philosophy remains “My way or the highway”, “You are either with me or with the terrorists”. Even those so-called compromises with Republican Senators: Arlen Specter on warrantless NSA wiretapping and Warner, McCain, and Graham on torture and military commissions have been essentially cave-ins to White House positions. They have been compromises in name only. If Bush wants compromise, he’ll have to do more than call for it. He will have to take the lead in actually doing it. Let him propose the compromises and let us see if they are real. OK, not holding my breath on this one.
Feel free to add other memes you have seen.
p-rex @ 58
nifty map here
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
Richmond @ 44
Nice catch!
Woo Hoo – CNN just showed a quick pan of our stellar bloggers and caught a glimpse of Christy’s fabulous red hair! Coming up any minute.
wow, Hugh, you so rock!
TeddySanFran @ 61
Absolutely! The site’s still rockin’ and rollin’! The home page and comments are quick.
All right, call me ignorant, but:
If people are giving one answer, why is there a total above 100%?
p-rex @ 59
Polls in KY close at 6 PM, but the eastern half of the state is eastern time zone, the western half central time zone.
blog party on now
Hugh, thank you and did I ever tell you how smart you are and that you are a treasure?
Hugh:
If I were a Dem on the TeeVee, and some bubblehead made any such assertion, however remotely, I would say, “Why is everything a win for Republicans with you people. We won. Get over it.”
Shots of Jeralyn, TRex, and Christy on CNN.
Mad Dogs @ 69
Just showed both Christy and TRex. Way to go!
grs at 77 – Everyone knows that the Repugs don’t do real math. Where have you been? :-0
BTW high turnout in very rural NY….which generally means lots of repubs but if they are thinking coruption…..
laura @ 48
When they start claiming it’s death taxes, we’ll really know something’s hinky.
Aw man… No TeeVee here…
TREX AND CHRISTY ON CNN! :)
TRex and Christy on CNN!
not a peep about fdl but nice shots of t and christy!
Yeah! Firedogs! Christy’s blue sweater and red hair are very photogenic.
smart reddhedd turns to CNN camera, neglecting to alert the theropod!
woohoo!!
Christy looking great! It’s no wonder “Ms. MM” didn’t show up.
Hi Christy and T-Rex! I see you!!
grs @ 77
They are too used to deficit spending.
Poopyman @
66
My guess would be a Levin aide. Nice to see someone is at least thinking about freezing out Joey Short Ride.
Olbermann on Tweety now.
when dems win:
“look, everyone deals with failure in different ways. republicans are choosing denial. the democrats won.”
Thanks newspaperbrat – I just might need them. Or a large bowl of popcorn with TONS of butter on it – not good for the diet for great for the nerves.
I just saw Christy and TRex on CNN. Wooo Hooo!
angie @ 89
Hopefully someone will post some screencaps for us non-cable folks?
Hey… Why does CNN have a linkee for live coverage of Lieberman’s campaign HQ?
From CNN”S blog page, no FDL
Don’t get left behind. Check out some of the most popular political blogs on the Web.
• Andrew Sullivan
• Best of the Web Today
• The Blogging of the President
• BostonParty (official dem. convention blog)
• Daily Kos
• Democratic Party blog
• The Daily Howler
• The Drudge Report
• Eschaton
• George W. Bush (official campaign blog)
• InstaPundit
• John Kerry (official campaign blog)
• Kausfiles
• The National Debate
• Political Animal
• PressThink
• Real Clear Politics
• Red State
• Republican Party blog
• SpinSanity
• Talking Points Memo
T-Rex, your forehead looked very relaxed.
I don’t know whether to watch bloggers on CNN, or Olbermann on MSNBC. Does anybody have an idea how much face time the bloggers might get?
Hey Siun,
We’re getting dissed here.
Eeeeeeek!
Keith is announcing on msnbc NOW
LJ/Aquaria @ 102
For the same reason Fox News blatantly helped Lieberman campaign this morning when he showed up to vote.
egregious @ 106
neurophius @ 104
I know I’m not much up on the tube, but isn’t there a picture-in-picture feature out there…?
Hugh @ 70
Hugh, thanks for this. Its like going birding with somebody who really, really knows birds. Mr. HotFlash and I are going to a DemsAbroad election-watch here in Toronto at the Elephant and Castle (King and Simcoe). If you’re in TO, come on down. We will be on the lookout for these memes (such a fun word!), whenever we hear one we will holler out ‘Meme #4′ or whatever. A drink may also be quaffed (optional).
Remek @ 107
I know… I was being a smart ass. We really need an emoticon for that…
NJ GOP is setting the stage to protest Senate vote. They were just on the TV saying several polling paces had the new election machines woud not allow them to vote for kean. Also said Dems chained the door to their headquarters and broke keys in the locks.
must have very bad interal pols.
I have to choose between Keith and Christy/TRex. That is just cruel.
I have PIP and am online, it’ll drive you nuts. Ask my wife.
LJ/Aquaria @ 108
Just got home from work and every polling station was jamming. There is a church right down the street from work (Highlands County, Florida) and I have never seen so many cars, not even when they hold weekend services. It is a great sign.
I’m not happy with the rate of leakage from the exit polls. Hrrmph!
Hope
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune–without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I’ve heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
–Emily Dickinson
I need a glass of wine. Good luck to us all tonight.
Freaking Ron Silver is being called “star power,” for Lieberman by NYC news.
gotta go puke now
I just cannot deal with watching cable TV right now. Too stressful. *think of bunnies* *think of bunnies*
Updates from people watching TV are very much appreciated.
Hugh at #71:
Point number 2 seems likely to be confirmed early and in spectacular fashion in Indiana. Blood-red state where Schumer couldn’t find anyone at all to run for the Senate, and yet the Dems could pick up 3 or 4 House seats. Certainly if the Dems win seats in Nebraska, Kansas, Idaho, etc., that would show who was responsible for the big win.
Of course, if political ideas were influenced by logical disproof, we’d not have a guy with a hosueplant’s IQ in the White House.
ron silver is a first-class has-been
egregious @ 113
agreed. It’s a veritable feast.
“2) If Democrats win, it will be due to Rahm Emanuel, Chuck Schumer, and Establishment Democrats.”
I just saw the two of them, beaming, on CNN. Guess they think it’s all about them.
I’ve got my first break of the day, before I get to get locked in while the polling staff tabulate the counts. We definitely had heavy turnout in my Northern Virginia precinct, which is exactly what Webb needs. The State Board of Elections site is getting hammered, so I can’t compare directly to two or four years ago, but it’s looking good.
I also got to hear my Republican opposite numbers talking about how screwed up the GOP turnout operation is around here — there was only one Republican at the polls for several hours this morning, and only two for most of the day. One of them had come from a precinct where due to a scheduling error, no one had show up in the morning, because double staff had been scheduled for the afternoon. It appears that the stories of Allen having no ground game weren’t just a psych-out. We were getting along well, so I refrained from grinning like a fool.
keith just called allen “George Macaca Allen.” I heart you ko.
Shuster saying that Webb will finish strong.
GrandmaJ @ 98
Mmmmm – didn’t know that about popcorn & thank ye. I keep shelled edamane peas in my freezer (from trusty Trader Joe’s) that are tasty AND completely calm me down very much like Valium.
I hope everyone catches a glimpse of Christy in her stunning blue – does anyone have a linky to where ever the heck they are all posting?
Ryan Lizza has this little tidbit:
p-rex @ 120
And Joe is a second-class has-been. Good fit.
Redshift @ 124
Great update, thanks.
UptownNYChick @ 117
Yup, Ron Silver is just the sort of star power that Joe would attract….
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/20…..ield/blog/
newspaperbrat @ 126
[Mod Note; don’t y’all remember how much the spam filters don’t like some words that start with “V”?]
egregious @ 112
and inhumane!
Lou Dobbs just reported that “corruption” was a surprisingly strong issue influencing voters today.
I’m not surprised, are you?
Had Enough?
Rob Zuber @ 119
That is hysterical!
Redshift @ 123
Very good news, RedS.
No ground game… BWAHAHAHAHA.
However, double shifts/staff isn’t always a sign of no ground game. It is usually a sign of desperation.
Brian J. @ 119
as a former resident of the hoosier state (and not defending schumer here), running against lugar would be an insane exercise in futility of the highest order. he’s as respected a senator as there is anywhere.
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/20…..ield/blog/
Raw Story sez:
—–
Unconfirmed exit polls Dem Senate leads in VA (53-46), RI (53-46), PA (57-42), OH (57-43),
NJ (53-45), MT (53-46) and MO (50-48)…
—–
Pillars of salt, people…
I swear right now I don’t even care if gas goes up as long as Gop numbers stay down. Call me crazy. Please.
CNN satellite truck parked outside Tryst on 18th Street in Adams Morgan.
Steve from The Washington Note has dubbed this “BlogStock.”
Just below this blurb with the same picture we saw is the list of bloggers there. FDL rocks.
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Program…..room/blog/
oxide @ 138
Indeed. Missouri is a lot tighter than expected, and some of the others a lot further apart. I’m not putting any faith in anything but the vote counts.
siuya tucker.
oxide @ 137
Mon Dieu! Stop my pounding heart.
Current “breaking news” banner on the ABC web site
If the Dems don’t win with the deck stacked this way, then the voting public has serious cognitive dissonance (pretzel logic for brains).
I can’t even type rite now. TOOOOO tense and maybe
happy.
ccobb @ 127
so, this is an exit poll showing lamont leading? the page says totals are D/R…
Fake stats model:
Assume 6:4 ratio for all, and give #1, #3, and #4 to Dems, and #2 to Reps (not that they do better, but much of there base thinks so). Also note this does not include Religion issues (that Repubs have lost much of their majority on):
Note: Clearly this is for fun since I am no good in math and I used the overall pie as PIE (rather funny considering the real math constant PI):
42% — corruption in Washington
40% — terrorism
39% — the economy
37% — Iraq (57% disapprove, 41% approve)
42 39 37 = 118
39 = 39
R: (39 * .60) (118 * .40) = 23.4 47.2
R = 70.6
D: (118 * .60) (39 * .40) = 70.8 15.6
D = 86.4
PIE = 157
%R = 44.9%
%D = 55.0%
oxide @ 138
Hopefully the massive early voting will reinforce those #’s.
Big pillars, though.
I’ve decided to go with Keith for a while. (But I guess that means I also get stuck with Tucker and Tweety).
Somebody please tell me if CNN shifts to the blogger panel.
Above my plus signs were blasted.
[snicker]
Y’all don’t suppose that John Aravosis really doesn’t like Rick Santorum, do you?
I mean, he’s doing a countdown over there, of X hours, bitch.
A little levity is a good thing. Especially snarky levity.
Looks like Keith is done for now.
neurophius @ 146
I am so glad that the people are finally turning out to the polls! Yay!
Bush voted at his home district of Crawford, Tex., before returning to Washington to watch returns that will help shape his last months in office.
Good thing he flew out there and flew back at taxpayer expense before gas prices rise.
From CNN, Dobbs, Democrats in Columbus, OH demanding that polls be kept open beyond scheduled closing times, because of problems.
I feel so out of the loop. When are they on CNN? And where is Jane?
ccmask @ 140
Hey, I smell a Senate investigation…
MoveOn Offers $250,000 Reward for Evidence Leading to Voter Fraud Conviction
http://releases.usnewswire.com…..p?id=75874
driving back today, I heard rachel Maddow say that Jane would be on her show tonight. FWIW
It’s going to be very fluid with all the talking heads they have on board.
ccmask @ 153
Nice to see that CNN has decided that the camera loves Christy.
But this business looks really silly. I’ve seen two bits, both of the CNN internet reporter pointing at the bloggers, but no blogger interaction.
Oh shoot, Delay on Matthews now.
hilarious!
folks over at tnr are falling over themselves with the exit poll numbers.
http://www.tnr.com/blog/theplank
like they didn’t really believe all that “nonsense” about dems doing well tonight…
Sparkles the Iguana @ 153
And just how many millions of taxpayer dollars has he spent flying around the country for this election? (it’s not just AF-1, but additional cargo planes and fighter escorts, plus massive ground security costs… not to mention the civilian airport damages those planes tend to cause at smaller airports)
jayackroyd @ 161
Or Christy was smart enough to get in a good seat. ;)
I feel sorry for those flag pins on Delay. Imagine having to hang out with him all day?
More Heart Pounding from Wonkette (via the rec’d Exit Poll Thread at Kos). I’m pretty sure this is biased. Total Sodium folks:
—–
From Lamont’s exit-polling: Lamont 47%, Lieberman 43%. That seems way the hell off from what we’ve been hearing from Official Polls over the weekend, but whatever.
And from the NY Observer’s stolen exit-poll numbers:
* Casey 61 – Santorum 38
* Cardin 51 – Steele 48
* McCaskill 53 – Talent 46
* Webb 55 – Allen 45
——–
This can’t be right — where are they getting this from? Was Kerry doing this well in 2004?
nobody answered my question on the other thread, I was wondering f ingrims telling everyone to overload the dnc’s phone lines constituted voter supression and if it’s prosecutalle
LJ/Aquaria @ 150
Ha ha! I love that. I’m saving screenshots of that. I voted against that jackass today. I really hope he’s gone.
Thanks for all the TV updates.
raven @ 161
If I recall correctly Jane is in NYC.
Tom Delay on MSNBC, saying, “losing is the best thing that could happen to the GOP.”
p-rex @
147
It reads to me that they have Lieberman as the R, so Ned is ahead at the moment.
tee hee, ccmask at 167!
I wish they would let KO jump in and ask Delay some questions.
At chez egregious we have two overnight houseguests to help celebrate our elections. One is the man who brokered the peace treaty in El Salvador, who was trusted by the US because of his professional status and by the El Salvador people because he grew up there in a missionary family. The other worked in OMB for a number of years and knows how government really works. This is gonna be fun.
DeLay’s lost weight. Depression?
Smug, chuckly Jeff Greenfield at CNN yukking it up about Steele possibly stealing the MD Senate seat. He smiles from ear to ear. Gawd.
John Casper @ 172
Losing is second best for the GOP…behind being convicted and sent to prison.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..73_pf.html
partay on, egregious!
Did anyone else hear Matthews call DeLay a gentleman??
Robert Zimmerman on CNN calling for public financing for national campaigns. Yeah!
grs @ 175
Ummm, “Signatures” closed when Abramoff was indicted. No free eats any more….
It felt great voing against Kathrine Harris today. I hope it let the air out of her boobs.
yep– two ole pros stroking one another.
and Nancy Pelosi is a “nice lady”.
Sparkles the Iguana @ 154
Air Force 1 is staying in the air until they can find a safe place to land…
montag @ 185
Good one.
Yeah Thunderdon’tgetya!
wini @ 182
Actually Matthews said DeLay was not very gentlemanly when DeLay was speaking about Pelosi. I would have called him a dick.
I remain calm. I am now putting nail polish on my toenails and thinking calm thoughts. Calm.
after 1 precinct reporting…I know this is waaaay early…
R – Anne Northup 18%
D – John Yarmuth 81%
egregious @ 173
Wow, that sounds great!
Please keep us updated with comments!
montag @
185
No more free meals now that Signatures has closed.
And why am I not surprised??? He’s afraid he’ll land back in a country that will be run by dems..lol
Thanks very much ccobb:
CT: 47.6/44.5 (Lieberman[!])
Pillars of salt, but be still my beating heart.
grs @ 174
More $$$ for lawyers, less $$$ for food.
Kentucky Woman @ 193
Everyone is saying that’s this (KY-03) is one of the bellwethers.
ccmask @ 185
Diet Coke out the nose!
Kentucky Woman @ 190
If this is the way the rest of the country goes, Shrub is gonna beat Rove like a red-headed stepchild.
I really want him to be interviewed tomorrow with welts all over him….
Now that’s a precinct I could live in.
post 200
time for a new thread
Congrats to the FDL tech folks – the site is doing great under what must be huge pressure. Those of us far away from CNN et al are depending on you and are most grateful.
me to me @ 170
Probably depends on who is doing the prosecution. Abu Gonzales and DoJ – not much chance. State Attorneys General – If blue, yes please.
Saw it at Wonkette (Similar to above result.):
“From Lamont’s exit-polling: Lamont 47%, Lieberman 43%. That seems way the hell off from what we’ve been hearing from Official Polls over the weekend, but whatever.”
?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!!??
John Casper @ 196
OMG THANK YOU MESSRS. COBB & CASPER. woo hoo!
petedownunder @ 204
this is the fastest I’ve ever seen the site, nicely done
perhaps the hackers have too many sites to handle tonights night, how’s c and l doing?
John Casper @ 173
And an orange jumpsuit would fit the Bugman just fine.
Reminder to have short posts and at most one embedded quote.
Remek @ 198
Niiice.
Sparkles the Iguana @ 189
Signatures has been replaced. Now it’s a Jack in the Box.
me to me @ 3:22 pm -
Although I am not a lawyer, my best guess (and others can add to my response as they see fit) is that her conduct appeared to obstruct reporting of
interference with voting.
There is a hilarious pic in December Fanity Fair of GWB giving some important Rose Garden speech, and Katherine Harris right behind him wrinkling her nose and checking her Treo phone.
Isn’t it quite significant that the Goopers are talking about a Repub loss in positive terms…before the polls are closed?
They’re discouraging GOP voters who haven’t voted yet.
For shame!!
Also if you are posting the latest results for especially Lamont, but also other favorite candidates, take a look at the previous few comments, maybe the info is already up.
Oilfieldguy @ 212
Ouch!! Double Niiice.
Oh man, I’d sure love to believe that CT polling, but I also recall the early returns from the primary that showed Lamont up by like 12 points.
Keep your fingers crossed, but don’t start celebrating yet. Remember 2004, the crash after elation is murder.
John Casper @ 173
And Ted Haggard didn’t do the meth or have sex with the male hooker either.
grs @ 191
Thanks for clarifying! I only caught the tail end…
Marky @ 215
this is the only thing that gives me hope…if the fix was in they wouldn’t be putting a positive spin on a loss, they would be denying the loss
I have to tell you I have not been this optimistic since 2004
holding breath
me to me @ 200
here ya go.
http://www.firedoglake.com/200…../#comments
I wonder how Joey’s blog is holding up? And where in the hell is *ilson?
Jeff Greenfield and Lou Dobbs both mentioned the House race in Kansas. The feeling here is that the Democratic challenger, Nancy Boyda, does have a chance of an upset over incumbent Jim Ryan. Bush was here on Ryun’s behalf this weekend, he must have thought the seat was in danger.
Oilfieldguy @ 212
Snarkalicious!
new thread – CHS sends greetings from Tryst
Market is up, housing numbers for mansions and modest homes revenues are down 10%, and orders down about 1/2.
The betting sites on the races are giving major odds on Dem wins. The little bit on HuffPo shows Webb at about 72% to win. Granted people do like to count chickens.
I am just pumped Allen is going down, and your man Ned has a good chance.
I don’t know if I can take the stress. I’m about to hurl. Please God, let Ned win.
*ilson is working on a campaign in Indiana.
Tom Delay has lost weight so he looks svelte for the big house and his new cellmate. He’ll say his relationship with “Knuckles” Johnson is the best thing that ever happened to him. And he’d be right.
Moderator(s) – could you please reformat my comment (number 213 at 3:34 pm)? Thank you very much for your help.
ccmask @
186
Dark Black where are you?
ifthethunderdontgetya @ 180
Wonderful. This needs to be repeated a lot. :)
OK, starting to be a lot of breathless early exit poll chatter about how good things are starting to look for ousting the GOPervs and the Bush criminal lackeys. High turnouts, lots of change-the-course anger, etc.
But I still can’t shake that bad feeling that tomorrow it’ll once again be a wailing of “how could the exit polls have been so wrong?”
We know how.
_
…gas up ten cents in my town since yesterday…
Hey Firepups!
Popping in to say you guys are the absolute greatest! Thanks for every single thing y’all have done for this election.
I’ll probably only be able to be on here sporadically tonight, but my heart is here at the Lake.
Here’s to taking this country back from the “thieves and thugs”! [That’s what my uncle/godfather (a WWII vet) called the Republican Party on his deathbed (literally) — I’m thinking of him today a lot. I believe he’s smiling down on us today.] I’m still holding my breath, but thinking positively.
What a day! Hugs to you and thumbs up all around.
If the Republicans think losing this election is good for them then they’re really gonna love being bossed around by Nancy Pelosi or being impeached and kicked out of office or by being indicted, convicted and fined or sent to jail.
Their rationale is a crazy for this as their re-definition of ‘torture’.
It appears at this time that Dems are winning much bigger than we ever imagined. I hope it holds up through the night and across the country. Wouldn’t it be sweet to win all the eastern Senate races AND Montana AND Arizona? Woo hoo!
just went to ned’s web and read comments re ‘two hours left’. very democratic, yah.
ned’s political fortunes are primed to go nationwide.
good!
peas!