
Polls are closing all over the country. We're still all anxiously waiting for any kind of results that we can use. It's trickling in at, well, a trickle.
The nice folks at Tryst have laid out a groaning board of delicious comestibles, but I can't even look at food right now.
I have a terrible crush on HuffPo's Bob Cesca, now. Nobody told me he was as tall as a water-tower. Jeez, Louise. I was watching him from across the room thinking that he looked familiar, but not wanting to go over and introduce myself in case he turned out to be someone from RedState or some brain donor farm like that. Fortunately, after a few minutes I was able to place him. I shoulda known. Too good looking to be a rightard.
And that's about as cogent and incisive an insight as I can offer right now. It's true what they say, you know. A Republican 10 is a Liberal 2. Nowhere is that more apparent than here.
Ann Althouse came by a few minutes ago and took photos of me and John Amato. Amato was nice to her. I just growled under my breath and kept typing. Comity is one thing, but I thought that her writing about the infamous Clinton lunch was inexcusable.
I got introduced to Mary Katherine Ham, who, it turns out, shares my alma mater, the University of Georgia. She went to journalism school there, which might explain her execrable writing. She's the blogger who viewed the infamous "Call me!" ad about Harold Ford, Jr. and pronounced that cries of racism were baseless and that the ad was cute and funny.
Yeah. Don't forget to take your Dramamine before you go floating down the River of Denial Mary Katherine.
Reasoning with Reich Wingers, methinks, is akin to wandering into the Day Room at a mental hospital and insisting to people, "You're NOT Napoleon Bonaparte, okay? And you're not Jesus Christ, either."
We've been having semi-spotty connection issues. Some guy named James Joyner from 'Outside the Beltway' was FREAKING THE FUCK OUT on someone from CNN earlier saying that if the connection was going to keep going down, he was going to JUST GO HOME. Ooooooh, please don't throw us in that Briar Patch, Br'er Fox, PLEEEEEASE.
Ick. It reminds me of a t-shirt I used to have and wore until it fell to bits that said, "Who invited all these tacky people?"
It's going to be a long night.
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Go Webb! Go NED!
TREX!
Precincts Reporting: 862 of 2443 (35.28%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,842 Total Voting: 795,389 Voter Turnout: 17.46 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
J H Webb Jr Democratic 392,854 49.39%
G F Allen Republican 392,816 49.39%
Hope it’s true about Webb finishing strong. This is gonna be close, but we thought it would be.
Where did Keith go?
Jennings is tanking in FL. Uh oh.
Oh, there he (Keith) is… :)
I was disappointed with what I have seen so far of you all on CNN. I’ve just been able to get online. I think they’re using youy guys to bump their numbers.
I pointed you out to my son Christy. Hope your ears burned! Waving to all there from up here in the Great White North.
Please let our world win.
GO WEBB and NED!
To hell with Joe and George!
Yarmuth is doing well in Kent., though. 81% of the vote in, and he’s holding onto that 51%.
Precincts Reporting: 997 of 2443 (40.81%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,837 Total Voting: 887,076 Voter Turnout: 19.47 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
G F Allen Republican 447,378 50.43%
J H Webb Jr Democratic 428,815 48.34%
Sic ‘em Dawgs. WOOF! WOOF! WOOF!
TRex… Did CNN pull you aside before this shindig and ask you not to eat any reich-wing bloggers?
If so, it’s prolly for the best anyways. I’m sure it’s nasty bitter meat. And the e-coli from their spew can ruin your whole day.
LJ/Aquaria @ 9
Yeah!
and in the 2nd district…I have Weaver-D (vurp) at 55.2% and Lewis-R (wuss) at 44.8% with 75% reporting.
cnn is all a twitter with jebby. No surprise there.
Bionic @
7
Ha! I did the same thing. Christy, my six-year old thinks you are geeee-orgeous.
CNN calls IN 08 for Ellsworth!
Ugh…
The see-saw of VA is killing me.
Precincts Reporting: 1005 of 2443 (41.14%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,837 Total Voting: 895,361 Voter Turnout: 19.65 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
G F Allen Republican 453,055 50.60%
J H Webb Jr Democratic 431,308 48.17%
Deval Patrick wins in Mass. Yippee.
John Lynch wins in NH. Yahoo.
Ed Rendell wins in Penn. Ayuh.
-GSD
oharjo @ 16
Gee, he’s only up by 68 – 32 %! :D
Er, 62 – 38%
Dyslexic moment.
Who are the dweebs voting Green in VA? Are they nuts?
Virginia is killing me.
Go Mods!
Check out “I am a Fort Bend democrat” at http://www.brazosriver.com/index.html. Good stuff.
WTF?
Josh has Ford up in TN 54% – 45%?
0 precincts, but…. Are those the early/absentee voters?
Kentucky Woman @ 13
UptownNYChick @ 22
Me too.
I so want Webb to win.
Rob Zuber @
21
The GOP had a big Get-Out-The-Green vote in VA to try and act as a spoiler against Webb.
In other words… They were trying to Nader him!
TPM showing Ford with a lead but it says 0% reporting – which confuses me.
TN-SEN Ford: 54% Corker: 45% n/a n/a 0% 08:14 pm EST
MSNBC is at Little Ricky’s
clif @ 26
Sorry about that:
TPM Cafe
Yes, large kudos to the site for humming along – albeit without editing function. With deference to his feet, I accidentally referred to TRex en toto as a sauropod instead of a theropod.
So with the inability to correct that error, I humbly offer the classy taxonomic title of Titanosaur.
this alliance between the GOP and the greens is pure toxic sludge.
Dammit, we need to take Virginia!
Ricky’s claiming “HUNDREDS” of his votes were thrown out…
don’t think it’ll matter
NH’s 01/02 Congressional districts are looking very good…but it is too early.
Still, both Democrats are leading with around 20% in.
If it holds, that will be a 2 pick-up.
-GSD
Important counties in Virginia for Webb are Fairfax and Arlington. Also, City of Alexandria is one of his strongholds.
VA again…
Precincts Reporting: 1064 of 2443 (43.55%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,830 Total Voting: 969,547 Voter Turnout: 21.28 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
G F Allen Republican 489,985 50.54%
J H Webb Jr Democratic 467,609 48.23%
Slight breaking toward Baron Hill taking place, Libertarian Eric Shansberg stealing votes from Mike Sodrel.
————
US House – Indiana
District 9
Precincts Reporting: 206 Of 611 33%
Winner Candidate Incumbent Votes Vote %
Baron Hill D 31,809 49%
Mike Sodrel R (I) X 30,053 47%
Eric Schansberg L 2,668 4%
I meant Kentucky Woman’s numbers on the Weaver Lewis race
clif @ 26
http://electionresults.ky.gov/
It’s moving slow…but on occasions I’m getting updated.
hey all! oh mah gawd! they blocked fdl from work today! I thought I would simply die!!!!
but I’m home now and very glad to see everyone…
Santorum people are saying we are going to see an up-set. They’re right. Go quietly into the night. Rick.
Ah. Yeah, it’s not matching with Josh’s numbers, but that’s not a first.
CNN shows Corker over Ford 52-47% with 3% precincts reporting.
AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!! The Kentucky results are killing me! I really don’t like Weaver or Lucas, but they are better than the alternative. I’d really like to see Lewis and Northrup bumped out, too.
Lurker here for the nail bitting.
I’m not liking VA’s numbers at the moment. Someone make me feel better.
When will we hear something about Lamont you think?
Georgia – U.S. Representative, District 8
10% of precincts reporting Votes Percentage
Mac Collins (R) 4,659 47.3%
Jim Marshall (D) 5,191 52.7%
Oklahoma kiddo @ 43
Yeah, and it’s all gonna be little Rickie stamping his feet and pouting.
Deval Patrick YES!!!!!!
gregariousred @ 46
They are too damned close for my taste. I want a WAVE!!!!!
RedJet @ 47
Sorry. The only hope is the late counting in NoVA. That might be where Webb gets some help.
When did their polls close? Numbers should be coming in by now if it were 8.
Bob Casey Pennsylvania win, Tweety says!!!
Calm. Calm. Calm.
Think of bunnies. Little happy furry bunnies. :)
MSNBC calls Casey the winner of Little Ricky.
Boooo Hooooo!
Precincts Reporting: 1193 of 2443 (48.83%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,825 Total Voting: 1,085,230 Voter Turnout: 23.82 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
G F Allen Republican 549,441 50.63%
J H Webb Jr Democratic 522,451 48.14%
This isn’t good…
Do we have any idea how Virginia votes come in? Do the smaller precincts come in first?
Further bad news for Julia Carson in IN-07. Negative mailers from Carson backfiring according to local punditocracy.
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US House
District 7
Precincts Reporting: 142 Of 803 17%
Winner Candidate Incumbent Votes Vote %
Eric Dickerson R 13,656 52%
Julia Carson D (I) X 12,608 48%
Kentucky Woman @
51
Either Andrea Mitchell just ate 12 sour gummy bears at once or things are not going too well for her tonite….she’s on tweety now!!
CNN calling Ellsworth – D in Indiana
NoVA comes in last
Keep it going, guys! Powder that forehead TR!
Here in AZ we are still open, but I think a very big turnout. Here’s hoping Kyl rides out into the sunset.
I am preternaturally calm: Trex’s call is still working for me; but then, as a physically disabled person, being able to actually get out to vote is a high, and I left my cane at home! I’m psyched, hopeful, and prayerful. And I thank you all for this wonderful place.
LJ/Aquaria @ 56
I just saw Webb with an edge with 40% of the votes in on cnn before the commercial. Anyone else?
This would be a gop pickup.
Georgia – U.S. Representative, District 12
12% of precincts reporting Votes Percentage
Max Burns (R) 2,770 51.2%
John Barrow (D) 2,636 48.8%
TREX- The bunnies are alive & kicking…
Is tweety writing off sanitarium this early?
I just don’t get how Allen could hang in there. It boggles the mind.
OK, Northern VA is our hope…
Howard Fineman from Newsweek just said:
“Santorum is a thinker.”
You can’t make this stuff up, you know… (Well, maybe TRex can, but I sure can’t…)
Howard Fineman, a Penn. native says in effect Santorum is going down.
ccmask @ 53
As Americablog said above a picture of Ricky:
Time’s Up, B*tch.
Diebold!!
Speakout @ 65
Mine are coming from VA’s website. The networks are behind.
last I saw on VA, Webb was down about 600 votes and I thought it was with about 50% reporting, but I just turned on the tv and I can’t be sure…
Bet Mitt Romney’s gonna have some ’splaining to do at Temple this weekend, letting that Deval Patrick take the reins of government.
I was in Virginia when we elected the FIRST African-American governor in this country. That seems long ago, and yet Deval Patrick is only our second.
Why is that?
Fineman is colorbind
UptownNYChick @ 72
707 awesome!
How you doin tonite Uptown? How’s the city?
No sooner do I get through praising the state of Virginia for their efficient but minimalist website than they get delusions of grandeur. They added a graphic to the top, and two menus to select localities, etc. Now the thing doesn’t load before the next refresh starts.
UptownNYChick @ 57
Looks like 50% of Alexandria reported – none of Arlington reported (this is a positive) – 75% of Fairfax reported.
The VA link is here; it updates every 2 minutes.
Precincts Reporting: 1283 of 2443 (52.52%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,812 Total Voting: 1,146,792 Voter Turnout: 25.17 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
G F Allen Republican 583,153 50.85%
J H Webb Jr Democratic 549,673 47.93%
ccmask @ 79
I am nervous, you?
The city? very quiet and very, very deep, deep blue. :-)
I know this race isn’t major but U.S. Congressional race in VA:
Congressional District 004
Precincts Reporting: 91 of 237 (38.40%)
Registered Voters: 424,585 Total Voting: 76,903 Voter Turnout: 18.11 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
J R Forbes Republican 59,194 76.97%
A P Burckard Jr Independent Green 17,300 22.50%
Burckard had NO PLATFORM what-so-ever. The only thing people know about him is that he wants to bring mass transit (high speed train) to VA. I don’t think he even spent any money on his campaign.
Ah..I just put a bottle of champagne on ice.
I’m getting thirsty but I can wait ; )
Perhaps Howard Fineman’s old lisp thing is acting up again (thinker=sinker):-)
marily @ 64
I’m with you. Had to take my cane today and my husband had to help me along but the lines in CA were non existant and the poll workers jumped up to help me when they saw I was uh…struggling. Very helpful. Or they were bored to tears and just happy someone was there to vote.
We had paper not buggered machines. Thankfully.
Virginia results here:
http://sbe.virginiainteractive.org/index.htm
Marion in Savannah @ 70
Santorum is about to get wiped out, so to speak.
Dean on MSNBC.
Here’s a toast to Dan Savage, who certainly gets some credit for Little Rickie’s demise.
*clinks ice cubes*
I’m getting a martini. can I get anbody one?
Good buys going on at ebay right now. Getting some good stuff while the rest of the world is watching the elections. I just got a brand new leather black Prada bag for $99.99 from a powerseller!
Macacca-doodle-do… Pouring a drink and tipping my glass to the hopes for blue dawn tomorrow in VA.
T- @ 66
Actually not a spit’s worth of difference between them at all. Barrow is my congresscritter and he voted to pound a stake into the heart of habeus corpus. Max Burns is just MUCH more odious.
I’ll have one, gin please with 2 olives
Dean just spanked Tweety! I love that guy!
CNN just put up numbers for LAMONT 59% – 30% – 10%
OK, it’s pizza and rum for our election party, and I’m off to pick it up.
Hold the for while I’m gone. Kill any Lieber trolls who may saunter in. :-D
wini @ 6
Tweety’s getting way too much of the airtime on MSNBC. We want Keith.
I’m singing the BLUES tonite…
Frist is such a uniter.
Menendez called for NJ on MSNBC
Menendez winning, the GOP must be slightly less than enthused their dirty campaign there FAILED
Oh shit, Tweety. “Are you mad at me?”
oharjo @ 97
How many precincts?
npr says santorum has lost. makes the steelers season easier to take.
congrats to menedez!!
Buh bye Kean Jr.!
YES!!!!!!!!
NJ!
Menendez is the projected winner in NJ acc. to Lou.
CNN Dobbs calls Menendez in New Jersey: our hold.
a href=”#comment-368389″>oharjo @ 97
What?
Oh oh OH!
motherlowman @ 15
My husband thought Jerilyn was pretty hot! I just might convert him to blog reading if he realizes just how many attractive women there are here. lol But he’ll only lurk because he is a complete luddite with computers.
LJ/Aquaria @ 82
The Virginians are voting for the Marriage Ammendment, too. I presume this is the anti-gay marriage ammendment. And they say Virginia is for lovers! Who are they kidding?
Nate @ 96
details please!
Marion in Savannah @ 70
Fineman has a lithp.
Dean should challenge Tweety to a duel!
Okay, some movement Webb’s way, although he’s still behind:
Precincts Reporting: 1404 of 2443 (57.47%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,802 Total Voting: 1,253,690 Voter Turnout: 27.52 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
G F Allen Republican 629,330 50.20%
J H Webb Jr Democratic 609,220 48.59%
RedJet @ 69
There and the Norfolk/Hampton Roads area, I think. Webb should have quite a bit of support there.
Why is Dean getting blamed for the 1992 DNC Convention.?
TeddySanFran @ 91
That would be delightful – thanks!
Cheers on this foggy election day …
TV-3 running scroll numbers…early numbers show NED in lead. 50/30/other.
Murphy leads Johnson.
Very early returns.
Menendez projected winner in NJ!
ruffian @ 115
Tweety was repeating a wingnut divisive talking point of one of his wingnut guests and Dean called him on it. Said he’s intentionally pushing divisive issues as some sort of them vs. us mindset.
hackworth @ 114
Lovers of haters, I guess. I can’t judge them. Texas had one of these things, too, and it got passed.
I don’t like it, either, but the Old Confederacy can’t give up the ghost of hate.
Tweety, ya maroon. He can’t believe that someone would actually say what he means. Smack him, Howard.
Tweety is a complete fucking jackass.
hackworth @ 114
It was an amendment to define the word marriage as that between one woman and one man, even though same sex marriage is already illegal here. I swear I’m surrounded by hillbillies.
hackworth @ 114
The Virginians in Northern Virginia are voting against it – by a large margin. This (and for other reasons) is why we wish we could cecede from the rest of the state.
Blank Kludge @ 122
only 1% of returns so far
Baron Hill picking up momentum.
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US House – IN
District 9
Precincts Reporting: 271 Of 611 44%
Winner Candidate Incumbent Votes Vote %
Baron Hill D 47,510 50%
Mike Sodrel R(I) X 44,038 46%
Eric Schansberg L 4,122 4%
Hartford Courant reporting:
NED 290 votes
RGJoe 148
Alan 49
1 of 778 precincts reporting
Am I a Firepup if I am mostly a lurker?
I’ve been lurking for months and this site is my first stop every morning with my coffee.
Ford is down now. Bummer.
TN-SEN Ford: 47% Corker: 52% n/a n/a 3% 08:26 pm EST
I know you’re all going crazy trying to read the entrails of the earliest upon earliest results, and i don’t want to distract you. But here’s a result that might be classified under “instant karma.”
In KY, a woman died today handling snakes at one of them fundamentalist churches, which even though embraced by the bibble, is illegal.
Portent Blue is how i read it. Go Snakes! (Forgetting for just a moment my Gandhi upbringing. sorry, really.) How this obvious message from Dog will be analyzed by the cultural physicists at Fox is beyond me.
Sherrod Brown sinks Dewines ship.
Brown projected winner in Ohio.
Why are people pronouncing it “Missour-a“?
Talking quickly over someone, is not hardball, it’s just rude.
RedJet @ 133
You are DEFINITELY a Firepup if you are a loyal FDL fan and a BlueAmerica believer!
2 down. 4 to go. Senate.
LJ/Aquaria @ 125
Lovers of haters, I guess. I can’t judge them. Texas had one of these things, too, and it got passed.
I don’t like it, either, but the Old Confederacy can’t give up the ghost of hate.
They had one in Ohio in 2004. It’s a wedge issue that gets the Republican wingnut base all fired up about ‘defending families’. (So that a lot of closeted Republicans can go to D.C., and send wingnut children off to Iraq.)
Eight tons of dishonesty and stupid, all rolled up into one ball of hate.
If VA elects George Felix Allen (Racist) then we have too many hillbillies everywhere.
dammit.
Such a stoopid democracy we have if George Allen wins.
Lots of work to do.
NPR calling IN-8 for Ellsworth
RJ:
All are ‘pups, whether they’ve yet commented.
I like to call “lurkers” voyagers, alongside the lovely ‘lake (and a much prettier word).
raven @ 127
And yet another on my “Toast their Obit” list. You might as well put Timmeh on that list too. Cokie Roberts, David Brooks, Ol’ 20-grit, Every, single Faux news talking head, Wolfie, Fatty Crowley, Andrea Mitchell, Norah O’Donnell, Rita Cosby, Nancy Grace, Paula Zahn. ..my list is long and ignominious.
CNN now has Dem incumbent Carson back up:
House Indiana 07
Carson(Incumbent) 23,269 51%
Dickerson 22,281 49%
32% of precincts reporting
What about absentee ballots in VA? When are they counted?
Nate @ 139
Thank you Nate.
I am that.
I’ve been sweating the Lamont fight along with you all and have donated what I can. I respect what you all have been doing and accomplished very much. Impressive.
……….
I’m sorry – Frist on MSNBC trying to say “racism” is not much of an issue from that ad in Tenn? Oh puhleease!
fyi new twine
http://www.firedoglake.com/200…..na-update/
Schumer taking credit now on CNN.
clif @
135
Guitar_Playing_Bastard @ 136
YAY!
Can’t stand that facsist-in-training. His repartee w/Gonzo (alleged US/AG) during the last SenJudCo hearings (under oath, even) was basically, “C’mon, Alberto, I’ll help ya shred the Fourth Amendment — just say the word.’
grs @ 137
It’s a local pronounciation. Kind of a sign that sets the natives apart from the fer’ners.
Media folks adopt it from time to time as if to say “Yes, we know how the locals really say it.”
grs @ 137
Apparently that’s how the natives say it. My Grandfather used to say Miam-uh- He said that old-timers there called it miam-uh instead of Miam-ee.
Ssshhh, real numbers:
Lamont: 59728
Lieberman: 73916
Schlesinger: 13876
I have no idea what percentage this includes.
Rob Zuber @ 146
Good to hear but this race has me eyeing the Maalox. My local source shows the same stats.
could someone give me a synopsis please?
how are we doing in the senate?…any chance we get the majority there too?
ifthethunderdontgetya @ 141
Even out here in WA, I think such an initiative would have a lot of support. It might not pass, but it would be close. Unfortunately, there’s just not quite enough support for gay marriage yet.
RedJet @ 112
WHAT!!!!!!
OH BABY!!!!
AN INCICTMENT OF THE PRESIDEN, CHENEY, ROVE AND LIMBURGER!!!!
CT-SEN Lamont: 44% Schlesinger: 12% Lieberman (CFL): 42% n/a 0% 08:49 pm EST
TPM.com
me to me @
156
Up two so far – Casey in PA., Brown in Ohio. Losing in Va.
me to me @ 156
Too early to tell, really. One Senate seat that the Republicans were hoping to pick up, NJ, appears to not be going their way. OH is projected to go to Brown, the Dem. Other than that, nothing’s been determined.
me to me @ 158
I want us to BLAME the loss on the president’s endoresement!
BLAME the loss on the vice president’s endoresement!!!
BLAME the loss on hannity and, rove and rush
EMBARRASS THE SHIT OUT OF THOSE MAGGOTS!
me to me @ 156
Menendez holds NJ
Santorum goes down in PA
Brown takes OH
Harris loses in FL
and then some obvious winners like Kennedy, Lugar, Byrd, etc.
Right now, Dems up two.
Any one have a CT update web site?
RedJet @ 87
No lines here either (small town in NJ), and recovered from showering well; and I knew the friend who drove me would help, in case I was too optimistic in leaving the cane at home…Isn’t it just great to express your opinion in a vote that really matters? My hope for wellness for us, as much as possible; and may our hopes for our democracy be realized.
Peterr @ 163
Sherrod Brown! YAY!
Lamont: 89440
Lieberman: 111618
Schlesinger: 20880
SharonW @ 168
eckk
Damn, I hope these get better and I sure wish I knew what percentage this was based on:
Lamont: 90272
Lieberman: 113076
Schlesinger: 21075
Joe Scarborough acting like Tucker Carlson!
What a whiny bastard.
You can’t write this stuff!
FOX EXITS SEE DEMS WIN 6 SENATE RACES
that’s from raq!
I mean from raw storyoddball @ 171
I don’t know, i’ve seen him a few times look pretty even handed, actually said he thought the current crop of repukelicans were idiots and we needed the dems to win to save us
new thread
quick expanded link
ccmask @ 159
Oh, just YES!!!
Tweety projects a Lieberliar win. Hope it’s not true.
CNN projects for Lieberman.
Anybody from CT want to express an opinion about how valid MSNBC’s projection of Lieberman winning is?
*crickets*