I've been hearing rumors of expected 65% turnout in CT, but it turns out that may be low. From the Danbury Times:
Some 70 percent of the registered voters will go to the polls today, according to Connecticut Secretary Susan Bysiewicz.
By comparison, 56 percent of the state’s voters cast ballots four years ago, Bysiewicz said."We only had 5 hours of voting this morning and we’ve already at nearly 30 percent in some cities," she said.
Those cities include Danbury, where almost 30 percent of registered voters turned out by noon. Towns in greater Danbury are also reporting large voter turn out. Brookfield had 20 percent turn out by 10 a.m. Newtown had almost 20 percent by 11 a.m.
Bysiewicz said the state registered 86,000 people to vote between May 1 and Oct. 31. She attributed that to huge interest in the federal House and Senate races.
The 86,000 new voters break down as 38% Democrat, 15% Republican and 47% unafilliated. As one Lamont staffer noted when asked how the "unaffiliateds" would swing, "Newly registered people did so to vote for change. Why would they register to vote for an 18 year entrenched incumbent?"
(photo thanks to RevDeb)
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GOTV!
Go Webb!
HAHAHAHAHA That is the funniest thing I have seen all day!
70% is unbelievable! Go Ned!
This is great news
What will the talking heads say if JoMo goes down?
quick legal question;
ingrim telling everyone to jam the dem hot lines
isn’t this voter suppression and isn’t this prosecutable?
Boy, it’s taking every bit of my self control not to openly snarl at every Reich Wing blogger here.
TRex @
7
Hey TRex, is Malkin wearing her Old Navy twinset? What did the outlet mall cough up for tonight?
I guess Joe is not too comfortable with the Independent label. Then again that could mean your an ass if you vote for Joe. The huge turnout in CT can only be good for the Lamont side and Dems in general. People are voting for change because they have had enough!
Maybe the 70% is due to Joe’s vaunted
payget-out-the-vote network./snark
“a vote for Joe is a vote for putting an ass back in Washington”
“asses for Joe 2006″
I mean really, who thought this was a good idea?
That must be one even-tempered donkey.
Heya gang. Back from dinner. Gearing up for a busy night.
I don’t have a TV here. Have Christy or TRex been on?
Doesn’t the clown in the picture know having that image is just reminding all of us what an ASS Joe really is?
Exit poll data gets released to the networks in about 7 minutes. Expect the first leaks to occur about sixty seconds later.
Important point:
In Maryland, Repugs are busing in homeless from Philadelphia (at $100 per head) and distributing misleading “Democratic” endorsements, that tout Erlich for Governor and Steele for Senate.
So, the question — is there any sign of this tactic in Connecticut? After all, Joe is sitting on a big slush fund. I can see his campaign rounding up homeless from NYC or Boston for similar trickery…
Oh jane, you bad. Poor Michelle. If Trex starts a fight will we be able to watch it on TeeVee?
Well, since Joe’s not running as a Dem, the picture makes it clear that he’s running as an ass.
Just caught a glimpse of Christy on CNN. They said they’d check in with blogger pundits shortly.
Hey TRex, ask some of those Reich Wing bloggers for me, if “we’re a nation at war,” how come the GOP never reinstituted the draft?”
OT, some low information Lieberman4Lieberman voters might take the live donkey as a suggestion to vote a straight Dem ticket.
Pachacutec @
13
Christy, a brief shot of her walking towards the camera, during a quick WolfiePreview of BlogParty.
Twin Planets @ 16
CT bloggers would have been all over a stunt like that by now if it was happening.
Local CT TV-3 Hartford scrolling flash-flood warning for southern CT soon.
GOTV NOW!
Go Ned, and CT Dems!
you know what?
if lamont pulls this off, we need to use this as a direct insult to cheney, bush, rove and hannity
they put their credibility on the line and we have to say;
“Joe would have won if they didn’t endorse him, this is an indictment of the idiots in the republican party and what Americans think they have done to our country”
I want to hit them right where it hurts and continue to punnish at every single oportunity
TRex, Christy — we need a link to you guys. Isn’t there a live CNN feed?
Seems fitting that Joe’s name appears next to the donkey’s ass.
As per AmericaBlog:
Harry Reid thanks the netroots, via YouTube. :)
http://americablog.blogspot.co…..eid-d.html
By 1:30 today my precinct in the MI-8 was already at 33%. I was voter 500 of 1500 registered. And more were behind me. Plus I know of many absentee ballots cast which do not go toward precinct totals, but are counted as a virtual precinct. The polling place seemed more busy than in 2004
I was just at Atlas Shrugs (don’t ask) and saw that Pammy is blogging live from Hartford at the Lieberman campaign party.
Bwahahahahahaha!!!
Notice that the donkey and Joemomentum share key features in common: both are short, stubborn, have disharmonious brays, and they earn their keep as PAC(k), bearing goods for others.
You know, just doing phone calls now (again), and it seems that everyone’s already voted in the VA race on the MoveOn.org registry rolls. Either that, or they’re not home.
Just an added note, OT to CT.
Christy and Jeralyn on CNN
I gotta say this one is at the top of my wish list. Joe kicked to the curb TWICE!! Followed by Macaca, Melhman, Mean Jean, Kathy Harris, that harpy in CO, ugh, too many to mention, but above all – JOE MUST GO!
Apparently a huge turnout in VA, too.
Hey Aquaria, did you get any sleep? I just got back from Austin. Everyone was wearing those little “I voted” stickers. I haven’t been out and about in my little town here yet. Gotta check to see if hubby has voted yet.
Cujo359 @
12
Looks like it’s a nice ass.
(reposting here cause I made a boo boo and posting on the wrong thread!)
Hi all, back from working the polls and I see this cheery news! Historic turnout in CT– go NED!
Then checked Kos and georgia10 says historic turnout in VA! Go WEBB!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/11/7/ 161533/841
A little highlight on blogger party on CNN, Christy spotlighted but without saying who she was, just seeing her talking in profile. Totally radiant.
OK it is 5:00 – polls soon????
angie -
You may need to repost the link you just posted.
(I miss the edit feature…)
here’s the proper link wrt Va turnout.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/11/7/161533/841
me to me @
24
Never fear, me2me, Karl will most definitely see this. And he will most definitely hurt hard.
_MattYoung2006 @ 29
Were you looking for some good porn Matt?
Got my purple (middle) finger this morning, straight Democratic. Won’t do any good, being awash in an Indiana sea of red, but if we take the House, I’m hoping that fucker Dan Burton retires. Good luck tonight Christy and TRex!
Good article on Salon today –
How to watch Elections by Walter Shapiro
http://www.salon.com/opinion/f…..ion_watch/
You’ll just need to watch the advertising sponsor first.
Somehow I don’t really trust exit polling anymore. Especially not with so many reported absentee ballots filed.
Richmond @
30
Yup. They are not kept for their looks, speed, or good temper, but only for their utility. And they are fed thistles.
But I figure this little guy would vote for Lamont if he understood the issues.
Folks, the best pollers in the business are pulling their hair out on this election. How do you properly account for early voting – a much bigger percentage of the voters than in the past? How do you handle the oddity of Lieberman’s Joe-for-Joe campaign (no history to help shape the model)?
Take the early polling results with a grain of salt, and sprinkle them on your popcorn. Just wait a few more hours, and the actual returns will start to come in.
Will there be a petty cash voucher for payment to the ass?
Stopping by between classes hoping for good news – my fingers are getting numb from being crossed since midnight….
Knocking on every piece of wood I pass too.
My dog would be jealous of Kobe with his own keyboard and headset, so I won’t show him when I get home.
Voting wasn’t real heavy when I voted in my precinct at 0915. But looking at signatures on my page, they were mostly people i know, which is good.
I don’t trust exit polling either, after 2004.
Wonder if we’ll be hearing any exit polling today about values voters.
Ed*ard Teller @
49
Kobe is one spoiled little bastard but he does not have his own headset. That isn’t Kobe actually — cbl provided the photo.
Is this thing on?
TV-3 will have CT exit polling ‘talking-heads’ segment coming up 5:$% EST.
Hey gang,long time no see.Here’s quick note from my section of MD.Voting went smooth for me,talking with the election official,in an area of less than 1000 people 525 had already voted and there were more people than I’ve ever seen at the voting area.Keeping my fingers crossed.Go Dems!
That’s 5:45 EST (darn Shifty-key…)
I also miss the ‘edit’ button.
CNN: multi-issues on exit polling with corruption and national issues paramount.
Schneider giving exit polling info now.
“All politics is national in this election”
Corruption is number 1.
Iraq is number 4.
I live in a working class neighborhood in Madison. I usually vote around 10 a.m. when the polling place is empty. Today I had to wait in line for a few minutes, which has never happened before, not even in 2004. The little old ladies running the place were really enjoying the action. They said this was the heaviest turnout they’d ever experienced.
We have some crazy right-wingers running for Governor and Attorney General this year, so a big Madison and Milwaukee turnout is needed to defeat them. I think we have the big MO going.
Bill Schneider on CNN reporting their exit polls showing the the issue of most concern to voters today was….
CORRUPTION.
Whodathunkit?
Sparkles the Iguana @
50
the exit polls were 100 percent accurate in 2004
there was voter fraud, more votes then voters and flipped votes
we are under seige
CNN exit polls cite corruption as big issue. 2:1 say national issues predominate for them. Looks good for our team.
CNN heads calling this a “national election,” not a Tip O’Neill style local election.
Jane Hamsher @
51
one more cherished image crushed……darn.
From CNN Exit Polls
What drove your vote?
62% National Issues My take, this = Dem
33% Local Issues My take, this = Republican
angie @ 57
You mean every single pundit who has uttered anything about this election has been wrong??
Zogby has just downgraded our Senate pickups to 3. Color me worried. Altho it was always a longshot to take the Senate and probably more than we could ask for, but please, please to all Gods listening, Hatch must win MN Gov., Tester has to win Montana, let us keep New Jersey, and Joe goes out with the bell.
Standing outside local district 15 in Stamford– as of now (5pm) they have 55% with the after work rush just starting!
Getting lots of Ned love here!!!
Corruption…hmmm…you mean like rethug corruption? Like Halliburton and its many subsidiaries and Enron and Exxon and…
Shocking I say, just shocking…
*evil g*
RFKJunior @ 67
YAY! Thank you.
John Casper @ 64
I think in Ohio those are both Dem. OK, that’s my hope, too.
Jane Hamsher @ 8
She cancelled, I heard, but Ann Althouse has been doing tequila shots already. She’s dancing on a table with her skirt over her head. I went up to her and introduced myself and asked if we could take another look at her breasts.
carolyn urban @
38
Concur! Go, Christy!
I want a live feed from Tryst!
Ed*ard, even if that wasn’t Kobe, that is a dog with his own headset. I have four pups carrying on behind me. They know something is up and they want in on the excitement. I won’t show them that picture, nor tell them about pumpkin muffins.
heh, I would dearly love to see the traditional pundits unmasked and our people take the country back!
If corruption really is the #1 issue with voters, then Karl Rove is going to need a big box of Depends before this night is through.
Drudge has no exit poll stuff up. That can’t be good for him.
Log of voting problems.
http://www.votersunite.org/electionproblems.asp
You to should email Laura Ingrahm and tell her she will be joining the GOP phone jamming criminals from the last election in the penitentiary, where she belongs. Maybe she wont sleep well tonight.
http://www.lauraingraham.com/ ask…9A9D1D85198BED0
FCC COMPLAINT FORM …GO FILL ONE OUT. http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cib/f…cib/ fcc475B.cfm
TRex at 71 — Breasts? Did you say breasts? Shocked I am…
Has MSM started spinning is as BI-partisan corruption yet?
Peterr @
15
Do you really think it’ll take that long? Bummer.
Gnome de Plume @ 35
I got a couple of hours, then I had to get the husband from work.
I know me. I won’t sleep until sometime tomorrow morning. Elections always do this to me…
I voted early, but it looked like things are kinda quiet in my heavily Republican area. No lines, but I’m going out in a bit to check out a few polling places for activity.
Grandma,
Link? Or is it proprietary/subscription-only?
Thanks.
GrandmaJ @ 66
GrandmaJ @ 66
Hang tight GranmaJ, there is an apparent wave that makes Zogby’s numbers less meaningful.
Kemopolls, Inc. says it ain’t good for the pugs…
TRex @ 71
Pictures man! We need pictures!
Gnome de Plume @ 79
Yes. About a year ago, in fact, when the Abramoff scandal was first coming to light.
angie @
57
If that’s true, doesn’t it mean that rejecting Joe in the primary was not about Iraq, but about corruption? Ie, that the kiss float worked, but also that the initial Democratic party line that the primary victory was a rejection of politics as usual was also correct?
Zogby. Please. This is the guy who predicted a Kerry win.
Trust him as far as you can throw him.
I don’t dare dream of a Lamont win. Holy Joe so wanted this to come out 50/50, so he could torture the entire nation.
Sparkles the Iguana @ 65
And blogUrchinz were right?
I know….
No ziggarauts.
;P
Did not read it, it was on T.V. Zogby was on the ‘republican financial channel’ with that idiot who looooves these republicans. Everyone was mewing about how the republicans are coming back strong. I ‘heard’ Zogby say he had just downgraded his senate picks to 3. He says Montana is going for Burns.
LJ – I responded late last thread. I am now off to avoid politics and TV till later.
oooh, I love the sound of light voting in Republican areas. Voting is light here, too, in a very RRRR place, according to hubby.
Gnome de Plume @
73
Actually, one of my cats seems to get what happens on computers more than the dog does. Mooch touches keys and watches the screen to see if there is a change. If so, he moves further back. If not, he punches another key. Rather cute to watch. The other cat sees computers as a heat source on which to sleep.
poor little donkey… to think he left a promising show biz career in Tijuana for this sort of humiliation.
Love the picture at top. I guess they’re saving the donkey show for the college republicans afterparty.
WaPo has a pic up of Santorum smiling. THAT can’t be good.
The Beard sez he’s got new exit poll info up next on CNN
Munson Thurd @ 95
I thought he was Juan Valdez’s donkey, carrying the coffee beans to Christy’s place.
Christy at 79: TRex at 71 — Breasts? Did you say breasts? Shocked I am…
Christy Hardin Yoda?
Santorum is heavily medicated now and the stuff makes him grin.
SChneider on CNN: 62% disapprove of Congress. 36% approve.
Did you catch Bill Schneider say that this seems to resemble a a “parliamentary” election? That sounds good for our side-but I’ve been let down so much the last three cycles I can’t bring myself to hope it might be true. God,I’m so NERVOUS!
new thread – early issue exit polling
No! I’ve been saving that line and you beat me to it!
“Newly registered people did so to vote for change. Why would they register to vote for an 18 year entrenched incumbent?”
Makes perfect sense to me. Here’s hoping today’s the day we start taking our country back.
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.
Frank, I meant today’s round of corruption reporting. MSM is so obsessed with appearing to be “balanced.” News is probably moving too fast today to try to kowtow to the old bosses.
Ed*ard Teller @ 94
Interesting that Schneider started his mini-segment with “President Bush….” then looked offstage and pivoted, verbally, to the Congress questions. Are they not going to tell us what today’s voters said about the pResident?
SChneider on CNN: 62% disapprove of Congress. 36% approve.
That tracks awfully close to the 62/36 Corruption v. local.
All corruption is local?
I feel a bit like the depths of Mordor and must find a way past the ‘bad’ guy – sorry can’t remember his name.
It is obvious that either I go watch a movie or someone give me a hand to hold onto.
GrandmaJ @ 91
Well tradesports probably is no worse a predictor. Webb just went 65 -> 70 -> 72.7, while Allen just went 35 -> 30
Montana is 62.8 to 40, Tester vs Burns
Ed*ard Teller @ 95
I actually had a cat type a bunch of random chars (while walking around on top of the laptop) and hit enter once, when the field in focus was for a blog post.
The odds of that are slim to none, but I was watching the whole freaking time in amazement.
Well tradesports probably is no worse a predictor. Webb just went 65 -> 70 -> 72.7, while Allen just went 35 -> 30
Montana is 62.8 to 40, Tester vs Burns
Thanks, back to reality.
Sparkles the Iguana @ 109
Iguanas have hands?
Tradesports also has Lieberman winning, which is what I said a few days ago. Democrat money would have been better spent ensuring a Webb victory, or in some more competitive House seats, than in the quixotic task of unseating a sitting Democrat Senator with a good amount of seniority.
bdu @ 114
My squirrel (of happy memory) once activated an I Ching program I had. Came up with the hexagram Hsiao Kuo (Chen over Ken)- Preponderence of the Small.
Can it possibly true that homeless Black people were bussed in to MD to distribute fradulent voter guides? This is the worst!
I personally received a voter guide in a Black neighborhood with the phrase “Had Enough” at the top. It proceeded to put Erlich and Steele among a number of democratic candidates. Further it had the pictures of the Blacks that endorsed them as if they were on the ballot.
Then they did a single sheet with all democrat candidates who support the NRA and then added their names at the bottom. Steele used a blue bumper sticker with the words “Steele Democrat”.
This is truly disgusting.
The Keith Olbermann and Tweety show is starting on MSNBC
Chris Bowers just reported these unconfirmed exit-polling numbers.
Democrats leading in:
VA: 52-47
RI: 53-46
PA: 57-42
OH: 57-43
NJ: 52-45
MT: 53-46
MO: 50-48
MD: 53-46
Dan Rather will join Colbert and Stewart tonight according to the Huffington Post.
Wonkette reports:
Where is this info coming from? Is it bogus?
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.
I don’t get that photo… is he saying Joe is an ASS???? ‘Cause that’s how I take it! And I hope the voters think: Donkey/Dem, vote straight Dem!!