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CNN is calling NJ for Menendez, Ohio for Brown and Pennsylvania for Casey.
Harold Ford, the hand-picked Chuck Schumer candidate running in Tennessee, is getting his ass kicked. I guess that Newsweek cover talking about the triumph of the New Conservative Democrat was a bit premature.
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come on, Ned!
Lamont!
Scarborough and Matthews are arguing.
go dems! please give the world back a sane america. go ned!
Four more to go, motherfuckers.
I, for one, am NOT happy that Ford is getting his ass kicked.
Senator Lamont. That is.
Scarborough V. Matthews
You can’t write this stuff!
Tweety is such a pipsqueak, it’s a damn disgrace.
immanentize @
6
Nobody is happy that Ford is getting his ass kicked, but he was a bad candidate.
top-of-thread courtesy reminder:
1. let’s try to avoid looming ziggurats (i.e. don’t requote a comment more than once or twice - remove blockquotes if necessary - this helps the toobz)
2. do not quote a troll, ’cause then it gets perpetuated and can’t be scrubbed. in fact, ignore trolls…if any show up
3. Go Ned!
Looks like he’s down for The Count
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US House - IN
District 2
Precincts Reporting: 279 Of 528 52%
Winner Candidate Incumbent Votes Vote %
Joe Donnelly D 52,184 52%
Chris Chocola R (I) X 47,340 48%
check out the “What’s with all the hand jive?” video on www.msnbc.msn.com (under NBC News Highlights on right side)
Something MUST be in the air, they’re talking about Bill Clinton ADMIRINGLY (and mention an extremity too, but not the one you’d expect)
Considering how easily Rickie andWine folded, I am pissed we weren’t permitted to run progressives.
But sweeeeeeeet anyway.
I do not like Schumer.
raw story says fox predicts 6 senate seats for dem
holy crow
MSNBC:
Winners on some races we have watched:
Michigan
Minnesota
Jeez, I keep getting EPU’d. Can’t keep up.
Any-hoo –
Schumer said on CNN live that the votes in Northern Virginia had yet to be counted.
Sounds good to me!
immanentize @
6
I’m not happy about it either, but Ford was one of the “Democrats” who wanted to help Bush dismantle Social Security.
So if any Democrats have to lose I’d rather it be ones like Ford and Lieberman.
Lieberman, Joe CTL 3,801 47.07
Lamont, Ned Dem 3,352 41.51
Schlesinger, Alan GOP 846 10.48
Knibbs, Timothy CC 41 .51
Ferrucci, Ralph Grn 36 .45
Courant.
9/778
Here in Minnesota the local TV station picked Klobuchar (Democrat) over Mark Kennedy (Republican). This is to replace Democrat Mark Dayton, so it is a seat that we are keeping. (Kobuchar was way ahead the last few weeks).
Mike Hatch (Democrat) is leading over incumbant Republican but it is not yet called.
TeddySanFran @ 20
ouch
Oklahoma kiddo @
3
Tweety seems to be picking a fight with everyone he talks to this evening. Is he wearing barbed wire underwear, or what?
OHIO REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS RULE:
Polls close even though there are long lines in Democratic districts.
Waits up to 2 hours.
Two hours of people kicked in the balls and spit on. Call the authorities.
me to me @
16
eh…they’d be the last. mebbe trying to reframe whatever we do gain as a “disappointment” for us, I’d say.
I’m sorry but I don’t need all that Jesus stuff either. Live it but leave ame alone.
Riesz Fischer @ 19
Riesz Fischer @ 19
He wanted to join the Gang of 14(15) too
gleex @ 24
man oh man oh man
CNN briliiance from bennet: you will see a movement to draft rick santorum for president.
Thank you for the Mike Hatch update in Minnesota.
Demo Gov’s are doing well.
Brad Henry, Democrat Gov., Oklahoma, is winning
re-election.
Hmmm, seems Webb just picked up 0.5 point…
66 Hodes - 32 Bass!!!
in NH
Its early returns
Granholm is predicted winner! The relief may be pouring out of me in tears soon. God, it feels good to win!
Jane Hamsher @ 10
Anyone who says “god” or “jesus” out loud more than once a day except in anger is a bad candidate. I am just sorry we are missing such a fabulous pick-up opportunity.
The really good news I figured out today is –
Out of the 33 Senate seats up in 2008 21 will be republicans trying to defend.
TeddySanFran @ 29
Jesus doesn’t love us that much.
raven: I’m sorry but I don’t need all that Jesus stuff either. Live it but leave ame alone.
Amen.
Harold Ford . . . is getting his ass kicked.
Looks like that “where de white wimmens at?” ad the GOP ran worked, huh?
Marion in Savannah @ 23
No. A hair-shirt. He’s doing penance for his many sins, but seems to be confused about how to do it properly. It’s not supposed to turn you into Crabby Appleton.
Teddy … yeah, the we love Rick segment is going a bit long for my taste!
but at least he’s gone!
NPR calls Ohio for Sherrod Brown — DeWine is in DeTank!!!
Marion in Savannah @ 23
He (Matthews) is putting my teeth on edge.
Oh man…Now I’m getting all wound up.
WOOT - DeWine is down
dr. bloor @ 36
Would that be The Gambler Bill Bennett making that call?
this is teh fastest post rate of any blog
EVAH !!!
Colleen @ 34
Yeah. I live in Michigan too, and I was a little worried about Amway Boy becoming our governor.
And Ford is a Christo-fascist homophobe to boot. I agree with Jane…a bad candidate altogether.
Nice catch!
Menendez retains, this time elected in NJ
Harold Ford, the hand-picked Chuck Schumer candidate running in Tennessee, is getting his ass kicked.
Taylor made some interesting observations about him Saturday. In general, she’s been more supportive than I’d be inclined to. Any Democrat who feels the need to put the Ten Commandments on the back of his business card would get me to wondering “Who are the Greens running this year?”:
http://www.taylormarsh.com/arc.....p?id=24782
TeddySanFran @ 29
Bennett (sotto voce): “There better be… I’ve got two million bucks on him.”
kemo @ 32
Northern Virginia has yet to be counted. That makes it look good, IMO.
Mrs. K8 @
18
Much as I wish it, Webb is not closing the gap, and the precincts uncounted are shrinking fast.
Precincts Reporting: 1771 of 2443 (72.49%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,778 Total Voting: 1,598,051 Voter Turnout: 35.08 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
G F Allen Republican 805,944 50.43%
J H Webb Jr Democratic 772,957 48.37%
gleex @ 24
If you’re on line you can vote. Isn’t that the law everywhere? And if not, WHY THE F*CK NOT?
NBC calls Lieberman.
ap just called CT for Loserman…
SHIIIIIIIIT!
MSNBC just predicted Liberman4Lieberman.
Allen
(Incumbent)
754,173 50%
Webb
747,828 49%
68% reporting
holy crap, matthews predicting lieberman win…
Craaaaaaap. Lieberman the projected winner on MSNBC.
raven @ 56
Ouch. That hurts. :(
What?!?
Tweety announced MSNBC’s projection of Lieberman as winning.
Yuck.
Say it ain’t so!
it’s very early in CT… let’s not give it up yet…
I live in Memphis and have never been a Ford fan. I voted for him, but wished there had been a better choice. I’m really pulling for Lamont.
Mrs. K8 @ 39
Just called for Holy Joe MSNBC
wtf! they are saying 45% votes in in CT while their graphic shows 2% and callling it for loserman.
NPR also declares Lieberman the winner.
I’m still feeling glad for Dan Savage. No sitting (ooops!) Senator could survive that insult, man-on-dog, bringing-home-not-a-baby, and taking on HillDog “straight-on” with a book.
Remember when we thought we’d need a “float” for Little Rickie?
damn - NPR calling CT for Lieberman.
Oh well, they’re wrong a lot……
Precincts Reporting: 1797 of 2443 (73.56%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,778 Total Voting: 1,622,238 Voter Turnout: 35.61 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
G F Allen Republican 819,892 50.54%
J H Webb Jr Democratic 782,930 48.26%
He’s actually playing p0ker online with that laptop they planted in front of him.
Lieberman, what a loser.
CNN calling CT for RGJoe.
Allen 799,526 50.4%
Webb 767,945 48.4%
Northern Virginia better start kicking in soon. I do remember from last year when Kaine was elected Governor, that he ran behind for a long, long, time, but ended up winning by 5%.
Mathews “Lieberman will have to give the Republicans a nod on occassion”
Because he got most of their votes.
I hurt.
…. I can’t believe its true… yet.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics.....p;state=ct
OldCoastie @ 64
Agree, it ain’t over until it’s over.
LJ –
Just caught your stats. Disturbing. But I’m gonna keep hoping for now.
TeddySanFran @ 29
By whom? Santorum’s getting his butt handed to him by a mediocre candidate. That’s not what I’d be looking for in a Presidential candidate, and Republicans are, shall we say, considerably more results-oriented than I am politically.
CNN calls it for lieberman.
fuck.
Hill lead growing with more precincts in.
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US House
District 9
Precincts Reporting: 347 Of 611 56%
Winner Candidate Incumbent Votes Vote %
Baron Hill 57,392 49%
Mike Sodrel (I) X 55,566 47%
Eric Schansberg 5,073 4%
I am still biting my nails and cuticles.
Never give up!
NED and WEBB!
Liberman f’in won
I’m with OldCoastie. Let’s hang on a little longer in the Lamont race.
FBI investigates attack on Bouchard Web site
Paul Egan / The Detroit News
The FBI is investigating an apparent attack by hackers that today shut down the Internet Web site of U.S. Senate candidate Mike Bouchard.
Anyone trying to log on to MikeforMichigan.com gets a message saying the site was shut down as a result of an attack by hackers.
http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.d...../611070420
Weep thoughts heard online:
And when he does we should all send a thank you letter to Rush Limbaugh telling him how much we appreciated him kicking Kean, Jr. just a few days ago at the close of his program. I hope Rush is proud of himself.
Courant:
Lieberman, Joe CTL 5,439 48.06
Lamont, Ned Dem 4,677 41.33
Schlesinger, Alan GOP 1,097 9.69
14/778 reporting.
Chins up, troops.
Martinis?
Statistics
Muzzy @ 68
Lieberman? There a political ways to deal with this most distasteful individual.
NPR just called the CT race for Sore Loserman. I’m going to go puke now.
I don’t think Webb is going to pull it out, without some huge, HUGE numbers from the last few precincts.
Still he sold out, but Allen really needs to lose.
Did Keith just say “Lieber-thall?” As in Neanderthal?
CT-SEN: MSNBC calls for Lieberman
by the way, what about that CNN not-so-oblique nod to hamsher and the “ultraliberal netroots” who “hate” liberman…?
pretty classic.
wear it proud.
only 26% dems voting for his slimy ass.
NPR calls it for Lieberman . . .
The News Hour ran a clip of the “Ned Lamont makes bad coffee” ad — if that was the kind of cutesy crap Lamont was running in the general, it’s obvious why he lost.
NECN (New England Cable News) has also called CT for Lieberman. I’m really, really, reeeeeelly hoping all of these calls are premature.
John Yarmuth D 117,212 50.9% 50.9% percent of the vote
Anne M. Northup R 110,378 47.9%
97.2% of prencints reporting, Northup seems gone.
Voter turnout to date in VA is 35.79%
WTF?
Speakout @ 95
Yes.
Cujo359 @ 81
Yeah, but his hair is perfect.
TeddySanFran @ 88
Well, sure. I’m an optimist. Hell, I still think Pederson might win.
clif @ 100
Wonderful! That’s a huge upset!
DO NOT CONCEDE NED
pour me one, Teddy…
(ziggurat cleanup)
motherlowman @ 104
Your mouth to God’s ear. I’m biting my nails here in AZ.
If you are ever going to watch Fox News - tonight’s the night. The long faces of Brit and Chris are a joy to behold.
Coyoteville @ 77
Seems 40% (if you assume 60% turnout) of the vote is yet to be tallied, and I assume this is from city (Webb) areas…
I’ve held my tongue but I’ll say it now: Lamont wasn’t up to the challenge of running a campaign to win the general election, and his decision to stop campaigning after the primary was his fatal error.
Too bad.
What happens if FEC finds Joe bought votes in the Primary?
TeddySanFran @ 88
They must have some kickass exit polling, then. Who calls it with 2% of the precincts in on a spread of 770 votes?
ouch looks like Joe Lierman wins in CT….
clif @ 100
Yessss!!! Jammed toobz, 21 month old with headcold fighting sleep, picking up toys ‘cus that’s what I do,…thanks for the update, clif.
All that money, energy and vitrol. What a waste.
And now we have an another alienated Senator. Nice.
WHOA.
What happened in VA?
Two minutes ago, Allen was up huge, and suddenly a huge spike shrunk that lead:
Precincts Reporting: 1885 of 2443 (77.16%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,769 Total Voting: 1,727,232 Voter Turnout: 37.91 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
G F Allen Republican 858,105 49.68%
J H Webb Jr Democratic 848,445 49.12%
Marky @ 112
Marky, you are way out of line.
Courant has a check mark by RGJoe’s name.
Lieberman, Joe CTL 7,873 48.71
Lamont, Ned Dem 6,482 40.11
Schlesinger, Alan GOP 1,640 10.15
18/778 precincts reporting
This CNN/MSNBC/Courant call could be based on exit polls.
Exit polls can be wrong.
Nice to see one of McConnell’s jackboot congress picks gone.
glad to see that KY can do something right.
Hey Firepups!
Just checking in. I am completely in the dark right now. I developed severe stomach cramps on a mountain bike ride today…very bad. I voted against Orrin Hatch today. Felt good. Not that he is going to lose. Voting in Utah is difficult.
Go Dems!
Tweety’s two-bit bully. I look forward to his being found dead in a Boston motel with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a crack pipe and a tweaked out hustler.
Clean up on aisle 117 please
Somebody needs to ask Lieberman now, before all the results are in and we know who controls the Senate–ask now who he’s going to caucus with. Pin him down before we know the balance.
TeddySanFran @
29
President of what? The Clean Plate club?
;>)
Cardin wins MD!!
Looking much better in VA!
Cardin in Maryland!
Cardin in Maryland..whoo ha…..
shooogarp @ 123
Yikes! take care of yourself, shoo!
Carden called winner!!!
Cardin called over Steele…
LJ –
That spike in VA is what I’ve been praying for. Let’s see more of that.
Cardin projected in MD.
Lieberman will be running again in four years. There will be plenty of time to deal with him. We have to do a better job of ridding ourselves of this individual.
What was that Steel/Cardin graphic on MSNBC??
TeddySanFran @ 105
Agreed!
LJ/Aquaria @ 118
This would be the move.
Excuse me for expressing my opinion, JC. Didn’t mean to get in the way of group think.
But Lamont was way too cutesy. The “ned lamont goes to WA” commercial was horrible in tone.
He didn’t have the killer instinct for Lieberman either.