Webb declares victory in advance of the recount. Well done. He won, as I expect final review will confirm.
Meanwhile, I guarantee you Lieberman was rooting for Webb, or for any configuration of final race results that will make him a critical swing vote for control of the Senate. Whether the Republicans need him as a crossover for control or just as an extra vote to make 51, he will leverage his position in a bidding war between the Dems and the White House. Bet on it.
Joe promised during his campaign his seniority would be there for him, and I'm sure it will be, no matter who offers it to him. It's hustler time in Connecticut. Joe will milk a bidding war for time and attention and the best personal deal he can get, because for Joe, it's all about Joe.
I guarantee you one of the first congratulatory calls he got was from Rove tonight, and that Cheney called him, too. On the news, people are talking about Joe as if he is a secure vote for Reid as Leader, but Joe's a cheap street corner rentboy retread waving a yellow hanky now.
It's going to be quite the ghastly show. I hope Harry Reid is into water sports.
On the House side, we're pitching a shutout so far. All holds or pickups. Nyah nyah nyeh nyah nyaaah!
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Thanks for the heads up on the new thread! Yeah Webb declaring is a good thing…
Lieberloser is disgusting, but I’m going to worry about him later. Right now I’m watching these last three Senate seats. It’s an amazing night.
This is the best night since Nov. 7th, 2000!
Webb!
and props to Jane and Christy, the Lake CT contingent, and all the other good folks working for Ned.
THE ENTIRE US CONGRESS IS IN OUR HANDS.
Amazing night folks. Class of 1994 is history. The new century starts now. It was delayed by 6 years.
Pach!
LA-Times is projecting Senate for the Dems Independents (upper right; not a headline yet)
waw waw wee wow.
joe be damned.
we finally f&%#*ing won.
NED !!
Bill @ 8
Dems up in all three contested races.
what Pach said… amen
Geez… webb BY LESS THAN 1500
Question to Wolf Blitzer: “How is being up 6% only a ’slight’ lead?” Tester is STOMPING.
From MO site:
Precincts Reporting 3138 of 3746
Talent, Jim REP 833,979 47.8%
McCaskill, Claire DEM 853,384 48.9%
correction:1524 votes
EEK
Yeah, Webb claims victory in advance of the recount. Of course he does. Until there is a recount, he is the presumptive winner.
But CNN probably refuses to call a winner who has won the “winner”?
Considering that there are 99.47% reporting last time I looked, when it gets to 100%, will CNN call it?
Actually, I can imagine them delaying until the provisional ballots are counted. But not until the recount, surely. They wouldn’t stoop that low . . . . would they?
Where is Aquaria? Need his/her thoughts…. still pacing?
testaroo @ 14
Yes, but the votes that are still out are going to skew Democratic. And those provisional ballots? I’ll bet you most of those are from people who were trying to vote while black.
Is anyone else falling asleep on the keyboard but too excited to turn off the computer and tv and just go to bed?
So sleepy…
Montana
Tester 97402
Burns 82165
mods: open italics tag on the last thread at 254.
(It was mine . . .
Preview is my friend.
Preview is my friend. . . )
Small MO update again:
Precincts Reporting 3149 of 3746
Talent, Jim REP 834,744 47.7%
McCaskill, Claire DEM 858,109 49.0%
The DNC better have lawyers in every freaking Va. district NOW.
Prof @ 18
No, cause George’s brother said he won. Woo! Bummer of a flashback.
The only way for RGJoe to prove his principled bipartisanship is to keep his word to his party. If he decides to make Cheney’s job easier by changing parties and becoming a GOPer, everyone will know the blogosphere is right: RGJoe has no moral center.
The only way for “the last honest man” to maintain his integrity and bi-partisanship is to caucus with the Democrats. Otherwise, we’d all know that GOP money that got him re-elected was the price to pay for him changing parties.
RGJoe: A Democrat forever, or a Turncoat
========
Who’s Next?
========
Top two heartbeats we could hope never happen, in order, in short order in late January. Bush; Cheney. Welcome, President Pelosi.
Not to suggest anything; just hoping natural causes go there. Don’t send the goons after a 65-year-old Vietnam veteran.
I hate Joe. BOOBOO BOOO BOOOOOOO
After he replaces Rummy, we will have one more chance to vote him out a second time
K
Oh, God. McCain is a whore.
CNN:
Tester 114351
Burns 103918
Saint McCain on CNN. Yech.
kristine @ 21
half hour under the covers, back up again…
not recommended, little makes sense, but glad to see Webb declared himself victor
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES: CLAIM VICTORY AND GO TO BED !!
ick, st john of mccain is on cnn… such garbage coming out of his mouth
TeddySanFran @ 27
Keep repeating this: If he jumps ship, he’ll be the Linda Tripp of the new millenium.
Looking better, but not great:
U.S. House – District 4 – 527 of 786 Precincts Reporting
Rocklin
Name Party Votes Pct
Doolittle, John (i) GOP 82,447 49.70
Brown, Charlie Dem 75,078 45.26
Warren, Dan Lib 8,355 5.04
testaroo @
19
Got stuck trying to load Missouri’s site. What a piece of shite.
Whatcha wanna know?
ABC (on-line) says they are about to project winner in MO
(no link; don’t know how to point inside their Java scripts; but it is on http://www.abcnews.com)
sonate @
30
Anybody know MT enough to know what remaining counties would swing which ways? Be nice, all y’all who swing all kinds of ways!
Virginia
Precincts Reporting: 2430 of 2443 (99.47%)
J H Webb Jr Democratic 1,152,600__49.43%
G F Allen Republican 1,151,076____49.36%
Webb by 1523.
Whoa. Even McCain is saying they blew Iraq.
the Mosher in Maxwell/Mosher @ 29
Hey, just before I nod off, I have to say “big welcome”. You did great. Many many thanks.
You know, I always thought it would be a red hankie…
Shorter McCain: More war, war, war.
Sweet, sugarland went dem, according to cnn.
Man, MO is a lot more volatile than VA. What a turnaround!
McCain is mumbling on CNN, says he lost a lot of good friends tonight. Hasn’t thought of the presidency yet. The fact that most of America doesn’t support the war and he does…brings up a non-answer, blah blah blah, we can develop a strategy (WTF? NOW?) And it’s frustrating, says he. Oh Goddess I hope they run him.
Yeah, well, Harry Reid deserves anything he gets from Joey Two Times. I thought it was incredibly ballsy of him to plant his big wet kiss on Left Blogostan over at Kos today. Or yesterday. Whatever.
Nick Lampson takes the bugman’s seat!
WOO!
Frank Probst @ 40
I Thought I heard that…
njr @ 32
depends on what you were doing under the covers
Shelly Dracula-Gibbs got over 50,000 write-in votes for Tom DeLay’s old seat. But still lost. :)
LA Times:
U.S. HOUSE U.S. SENATE
233 0 202 current trend 49 2 49
Dem Ind Rep Dem Ind Rep
31 -1 -30 potential net change 5 1 -6
Ken at 29 — luv you, man. Thanks much for that “throw him out a second time” line — my fave of the whole election cycle. :)
Suzanne @
45
sweet squared!
CNN called AK for Don Young, despite all the efforts of egregious and Ed*ard Teller to get Diane Benson elected.
punaise @ 50
*LOL*
Oh, that Mosher guy… please give him a real FDL welcome.
Sounded to me like StJohn threw rummy under the bus with his last words about “turns out the military was asking for more troops”, which he sort of muttered under his breath.
Suzanne @ 45
As soon as they had to do a write-in for Suckula-Pigs, I knew they were in trouble.
A lot of people over there haven’t figured out walking upright yet, and they expected them to spell out a name on a cumpyuter?
Aquaria, MO is this:
Talent, Jim REP 834,744 47.7%
McCaskill, Claire DEM 858,109 49.0%
The Dems have 221 House seats (a majority), and there’s STILL over 30 seats in play. Woo hoo!
MO site update:
Precincts Reporting 3183 of 3746
Talent, Jim REP 842,170 47.7%
McCaskill, Claire DEM 867,295 49.1%
Patrick 4/4 @ 36
Geez, that amazes me. Doolittle’s gonna go to jail, eventually (his wife’ll turn him to keep out of jail herself), and people are still voting for him like he was honest and upstanding. I’ll bet there are plenty of gated communities in Doolittle’s district….
Hall in NY WINS
Walz in MN WINS
testaroo @ 61
Yah, anyone know what’s left in MO, how they trend?
Could someone explain this to me? I saw that there were TWO non-Democrats and non-Republicans. One is Bernie Sanders, who is the other one? And how can they consider the GOP in charge with 2 independents voting against them?
what was that about TRex on cnn?
Question for Green voters in Virginia: After the 2000 election, do you honestly believe that there’s no difference between the Democrats and the Republicans?
The Sugarland write it got 40% which is more writing that I thought she would get what with her being hyphenated and all.
I say let him flip. The Senate will be/would be icing on the cake anyway. Let the Republicans have it, and Joe, but make him say it out loud.
Treat him like a freshman. Give him nothing.
montag @ 64
Lots of “Low-info” voters, too.
I do NOT understand the concept of voting for a Green candidate in a close election(virginia) 25K votes in the virgina senate race. I love lite rail as much as the next guy, (green candidate’s issue) but man webb could use those votes. Didn’t people learn from 2000? 2004? I hope the lead holds. As do most of us here.
Shell — the other independent would be Lieberman.
kristine @
21
Yes, I hated to see Ford concede, but he gave a good speech. As a resident of East Tennessee, I can’t say I’m surprised, though.
I’m holding out for some more good news on the Senate, but it is almost 2:00 AM here, and I’m getting sleepy, too.
Shell @ 67
Jim Jeffords?
ekppp @ 71
What? No ATOMIC WEDGIE?!!!
Concerning my US Senate scenario, here would be the Republican game plan:
Challenge not only Webb’s victory, but also the victories in other “close” states: Missouri? maybe some other one.
Just enough to keep a Republican majority for the purpose of organizing the Senate in early January.
Billmon said it well on Oct. 25:
http://billmon.org/archives/002880.html
(Thanks, whoever pointed to billmon’s article in the last thread; don’t want to go back and look.)
Meanwhile, do existing Senators get to keep their seats until replaced. No. Although the U.S. Senate is, unlike the House, a “continuing body,” a Senator keeps his or her seat until the 6-year term is up, and no longer. The seat itself is not a “continuing seat,” so to speak.
(I don’t have citations here, so hope I haven’t got something a bit wrong here.)
Did McCain say, “We Republicans blew Iraq” or “We [Americans] blew Iraq” or “They [Bush/Cheney] blew Iraq”?
Christy: Thanks — that explains it — one Dem and one GOP.
egregious @ 65
Awsome! Glad you found that info.
per daily kos: John Hall NY-19 wins!!!! (no nukes! no nukes!)
and in CO:
Musgrave (R) 46 75,867
Paccione (D) 43 69,473
(around 47% reporting)
someone earlier said they were at the McCaskill headquarters, and that the remainder were the urban centers… but who knows.
If anybody remembers who said this say it with me:
The sound an incumbent makes hitting the windshield – Pombo!
U.S. House – District 11 – 245 of 870 Precincts Reporting
Tracy
Name Party Votes Pct
McNerney, Jerry Dem 36,556 51.03
Pombo, Richard (i) GOP 35,078 48.97
There are only 16 counties left in MT. I think that’s a little more than 1/4 of them. Tester’s staying steady about 15K. They don’t do wild swings in MT, from what I remember. I think it’s his for the losing.
Yeah, what happened to TRex coming up on CNN, Christy? (getting demanding now – way overtired)
LJ/Aquaria @ 66
A good part of metro KC is still out, as are a couple of rural counties. It’s a toss up.
punaise @ 51
I thought I was doing my best. Now I must reconsider.
Considering the dirty trick of Republicans that challenge voters to suppress the vote you would think the provisional ballots in VA would be overwhelming for Webb.
Maybe its just wishful thinking.
Iowa 2nd…30 year repub incumb. Really close. no nails left.
335 of 338 (99 %) Precincts Reporting
Dave Loebsack (D) 97,148 50 %
Jim Leach (R) (i) 96,506 50 %
Frank Probst @ 76
Lieberman!
I have obscene things to say about Candy Crowley, but I’ve said enough already.
montag @ 64
Ya gotta visit Eastern California and the Central Valley to really “get” how knee-jerk right wing they can be. It’s amazing. Head in the sand and all that. Don’t bother me with facts or realities, I’ve got my gun and my views and screw you lib’rals. This is Raygun country.
Hi All… At Charlie’s party. He’s still behind but there is still a lot to go. He’s not even thinking about conceding yet. The place is ablaze as he’s closed the gap significantly in the last hour. The remaining districts are strongly swinging his way. Now I need to run before the owner of this laptop kicks my ass for using it without permission.
GO CHARLIE!
Patrick 4/4 @ 83
…and what a sweeeeeet sound it is! *muttering under breath about Radanovich*
Please please please let TRex be on CNN before The Daily Show starts here on the left coast.
Patrick 4/4 @ 84
I believe Valley Girl gets props for that
Hugh @ 79
Nah. Mistakes were made. The war was blown. Always the passive voice. Nobody’s actually responsible for mistakes. Those nasty dink-dink elves just sneak them in on you.
Patrick 4/4 @ 84
This one is “sweet” cubed!
Prof @ 78
Missouri isn’t close enough, I don’t think, unless it tightens up a lot more soon. Momentum has been heavily with McCaskill.
Dear Senator Lieberman:
I am an out-of-state supporter of the Democratic candidate you defeated yesterday. I hope you will organize with the Democrats, as you promised us and them in your campaign. It would dishearten me to know you had again misled your consituents and party members for your own benefit. I will look forward to your bipartisan solutions to serious problems that face our country. I am especially hopeful that you have an inside track with the now-minority West Wing which might enable peace with honor.
Please be sure not to fulfill the expectations of those whose dollars you took while proclaiming your independence and bipartisanship. You have an opportunity to lead by example, and Democrats across the country are looking to you for hope.
ps [dangerstein] sux
Meanwhile, in Wyoming . . .
with 98% precincts reporting . . .
Dem Trauner is trailing by just 653 votes to the Republican incumbent.
(from CNN)
marksb @ 92
Oh gods yes…coming from the hills near Yosemite here…seen my share…
Frank Probst @ 76
Sanders replaced Jeffords.
Go Nate – give us some hope!
Nate @ 94
Fingers crossed.
Peterr @ 103
WHOA!
Frank Probst @ 99
Except for “I blame Clinton.” That’s always in the active voice, and usually a loud one.
Pachacutec @ 92
Our imaginations will have to suffice. *g*
Talent, Jim REP 842,170 47.7%
McCaskill, Claire DEM 867,295 49.1%
I got bumped off CNN. We’re packing it in to head back to the hotel and then I’m off to the suburbs.
iowa democrat @ 90
YAY! My district’s guy (Spencer) didn’t win, so I’ll cheer for yours. And Gov. Culver, of course!
CBS Projects McCaskill!
TRex @ 112
how dare they!
testaroo @ 108
That’s amazing! He was up earlier, but still–for him to pull this out.
Anyone heard about Kleeb yet?
Stem Cell Initiative in Missouri:
Precincts Reporting 3075 of 3734
Yes 856,509___50.1%
No 853,097____49.9%
This is a squeaker.
Ed Gillispie at Allen campaign — love the image of them closing up behind him.
Nate @ 94
DECLARE VICTORY… go to sleep, wake up tomorrow and call the lawyers.
http://election.cbsnews.com/ca…..l?state=MO
Fuck! TRex, I was so looking forward to seeing you on CNN.
Bastoids!
who took Crowley’s neck?
Nice little update at the VA site:
99.59% reporting
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
J H Webb Jr Democratic 1,162,004 49.50%
G F Allen Republican 1,157,259 49.30%
testaroo @ 114
YAHOO!!
punaise @ 122
Now, boys…
Don’t make me have to stop this car and spank the both of you!
I remember Candy Crowley as being a halfway decent journalist. When did she become such a partisan weasel?
Dang. Kleeb will probably lose. What a shame…
Web up almost 5000 votes at of 1:51am EST!
TRex @ 112
Probably didn’t fit into the green room, what with that tail and all.
Looks like McCaskill still waiting on 40% of precincts in St. Louis COUNTY, not city proper. Not guaranteed to help her. Eek.
To think they cut TRex to put CC on. Dayam!
Frank Probst 99 and Peterr 109,
LOL!
Pachacutec @ 92
Who is her fashion icon, Andrea Dworkin?
Okay, I’m crunching data here for MT, to see if Tester can declare victory…
Peterr @ 103
Holy crap. Cheney can’t shoot that many old guys can he?
I just came from the Machinists Union Hall in Rancho Cordova, CA. My faith in the human community has been restored. Dr. Bill Durston ran against Dan Lungren, a major repug d_ _ kh _ _ d for Congress.Dr. Bill is honest, smart, and courageous. He ran a clean race. Lungren is a parsamonious prick. (I know my spelling sucks tonite)The hall was filled with the kind of people that will move this country back to a sane, healthy orientation. Dr. Durston did not win. But he will the next time. Mark my tired words.
I have to get up at 0630. I really should be in bed…in a few minutes, Mom. Really.
Tweety a bit testy with Keith!
“do you want to get out and walk?”
I am totally sick of pundants and cable news in general. But I have begun watching FOX and they are so glum and down that it’s really perking me up. I highly recomend it…
Pachacutec @ 92
what Pach says, amen
Did I say that already?
punaise @ 121
6 years of nothing but Repug cocktail weenies will do that to you.
Looks like Prop 85 (Parental notification) here in CA is going down…interesting, thought this would pass…yes 1,336,952 48.4%no 1,422,208 51.6%
Agree w/ Andy: Webb is up by about 5000 now.
link
Precincts Reporting: 2433 of 2443 (99.59%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,672 Total Voting: 2,347,541 Voter Turnout: 51.53 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
J H Webb Jr Democratic 1,162,004 49.50%
G F Allen Republican 1,157,259 49.30%
G G Parker Independent Green 25,968 1.11%
Write Ins 2,310 0.10%
View Results by District Locality Total: 2,347,541
St. Louis County should help McCaskill–she should be up about 54% here.
nicemonster @ 130
McCaskill’s pulled 55% of the vote in St. Louis county so far. The big question mark for me is the part of KC that has not yet reported anything (Clay county). KC is known for being slow to report, but I had hoped they had gotten their act together more.
KQED just had a DiFi blurb – she was gurgling about supporting “women’s right to choose”.
DiFi shafted Ned, and luuuved Rape Gurney Joe.
Please, somebody find the dirt on her hubby Blum or DiFi. The CA Senate seat is safe for Dems – why waste it on DiFi?
egregious @ 65
Hey, egregious – r ET – any news from AK t large?
I think the referenda in my township to impeach Bush and pull troops from Iraq passed about 60-40%.
DZ @ 143
as a CA parent, I welcome that result
I
heartConnecticutMcCaskill up 25,000 votes now. Just starting to count votes from St. Louis.
I don’t like the way that Tester’s margin is slipping in Montana, with nearly 40% of the votes not yet counted.
McCaskill on CNN now
dharmarific @ 140
It’s true, they are practically choking on their words and having a hard time acknowledging the dem wins. Their relevance has diminished by several factors and they know it!
McCaskill on ccc
McCaskill speaks on CNN.
punaise @ 150
agree
McCaskill declaring VICTORY!!!
McCaskill declaring victory!
err, cnn
Senator elect McCaskill just declared victory!
McCaskill about to declare victory!
Sounds like McCaskill is declaring victory! Has she had a phone call yet?
From CA
Bono, Mary (i) GOP 22,726 61.06
Roth, David Dem 14,496 38.94
U.S. House – District 46 – 49 of 537 Precincts Reporting
word on Massa?
Wulsin?
Braley?
Kissell?
kristine @ 113
Oooo, this would be such an upset! Also, yay, Chet!
McCaskil sounds like she’s declaring victory.
Yep, she is. Good guurrl.
Jinx!
She’s declaring victory.
McCaskill (D) MO declaring victory on MSNBC! Another huzzah!
Looks like Clare McCaskill is declaring Victory
Regarding Green candidate in Virginia…
I lived in Tampa in 2000. Now, I’m back in my home town, Fairfax county, (boo yah!).
We polled the candidates on their positions to develop some voting education. The Green candidate is a “Rail” candidate. We asked her position on Iraq, and she answers her solution is to run rail through Virginia.
Every question asked, she answered her solution is commuter rail.
What a joke. As Atrios says, lizard brains.
Oh yes, check another for the Senate?
Two to go: Montana and Virginia!
McCaskill giving a kick-ass speech. Best so far tonight.
OldCoastie @ 160
WOOHOO – the Dems have learned to fight!
As much as I hate Joe Lieberman, and it’s a lot (personally I think the man is a sack of wet garbage), I don’t see him caucusing with the Repukes — if only because he wouldn’t want to be remembered as the Judas Ascariot of modern US politics.
wondering if Tester will be on TV after McCaskill. What’s up with slow counting in Montana?
CNN cuts away from the Democrat AGAIN.
Live blogging Claire:
“The great State of Missouri has spoken!
“Missourians have said: ‘We want change.’
“They have said ‘We want accountability.’
etc.
Then CNN cuts away. and Larry is about to sign off.
McCaskill is still on MSNBC.
debunker @ 179
WAY. TOO. LATE.
I gotta say, y’all are so much more fun than those poophead-webdogs on the right…thanks =)
Lieberman will *never* switch. He’d lose the ability to keep squeezing Reid’s balls if he did. A threat loses its effectiveness once it’s actually used, and once Joe switches, he’s just another Republican. (And he’s not gonna trade 6 years of getting his salad tossed by the Dems for 2 years as SoD.)
OTOH, I’ll bet Joe had to give up something to get Reid, Schumer and Clinton to sell out Lamont.
So it’s just one big wet, happy Democratic daisy chain.
Hard to believe that winning the House and possibly the Senate would leave me feeling so…used.
Sigh. Just more incentive to build a real, functioning political process in this country…starting first thing tomorrow morning.
King says, rather snottily IMO, that McCaskill is saying she won but CNN hasn’t said it. Like CNN is the grand poobah of voting results or something.
Tester up 10,000 with 64 percent counted.
Iowa City Press citizen says Loebsack WINS!!!!!
That is Iowa 02, No help from DCCC. Just lots of good hard work by a lot of local people. Go DAVE. Hope for more good news from the west.
VA update again:
99.63% reporting
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
J H Webb Jr Democratic 1,167,037 49.56%
G F Allen Republican 1,159,226 49.23%
Bimbo gooper on CNN is talking about 2008. Guliani. Huh. That’s all she’s got? Talk about moving right along.
Hey! McCaskill is declaring! Man, will my daughter out there in the Ozarks be thrilled. WooHoo! Oh, CNN cuts from her great speech to go back to the bimbo. She says it isn’t a win for liberals, but many of the winners have a socially conservative agenda. I want whatever she’s smoking.
Whoa….Daniel Ortega is declaring victory too.
And Saddam is suddenly a uniter, not a divider! He’s asking for reconciliation among all the Iraqi peoples.
Bill Kristol looks like he just ate a big shit sandwich.
She is known for her freewheeling style–she should be a fun senator even if she isn’t as progressive as most of you would wish her to be.
Amy Holmes trying to damndest to make lemonade out of lemons. She’s been the best shill for the Republicans tonight. McCain and Mehlman both looked like they’d just lost a bar fight.
J H Webb Jr Democratic 1,167,037 49.56%
G F Allen Republican 1,159,226 49.23%
A VERY SIZABLE BUMP HERE! up by almost 8000
Go McCaskill
Tester’s going to hold on, most likely.
It’s a lot (and I mean a LOT) tougher to overcome a 14K deficit in a state like Montana than it is in more populous states.
Gallatin county’s gonna be the one to watch. It has Bozeman, where a lot of votes are. I’m still digging through MT maps to find other areas to look for.
From the Montana state site:
Tester 108307
Burns 95880
Go Tester, One for the Kos.
Isn’t Bozeman a university town?
I checked with Louis le chat – he assures me he’s a Demo-cat
CA-50
23.5% reporting:
Candidate Votes Percent
Francine Busby (Dem) 23,892 39.7 %
Brian P. Bilbray (Rep) 34,482 57.3 %
Paul King (Lib) 1,040 1.8 %
Miriam E. Clark (NP) 769 1.2 %
TPM Cafe:
Wulsin (D): 49% Schmidt (R): 51% n/a n/a 94%
Frank Probst @ 195
They did.
JERRY BROWN elected AG in CA.
Baxter, my heartfelt Golden Retriever reminded me tonight that we
need to give thanks to all those across the nation who fought
to right the wrongs with electronic voting and the dirty Rovian
tricks to steal and suppress the votes. Kudos to Bradblog and all
those documentaries on vote fraud of 2000 and 2004. It is not over
yet and we need lawyers ready in the wings if the Rethugs contest
the close elections. Am sure they will be there.
jinny @ 204
No shit? This oughta be interesting!
It’s going to be SO MUCH FUN listening to Hannity and Limbaugh in the next few days. And those crazy kids at National Review Online. Hours and hours of amusement.
Maybe I’m tired and imagining things but it sure seems like most of the talking heads on CNN are attempting to downplay the Democrats’ wins.
Sore losers.
Bush is supposed to make a statement tomorrow. It’s the only time that I’ll listen to him because I want to see how well he can pretend he’s not throwing a tantrum.
Oh thank God, it’s time for The Daily Show/Colbert Report on the West Coast! Let it’s cleansing waters clean me of the sink of cable pundantry…
DZ @ 207
General Moonbeam!
Sparkles the Iguana @ 208
You’re made of sterner stuff than I.
Sparkles the Iguana @ 207
Free entertainment! Wonder if Rush’s hitting the Oxy yet…
Braley won (IA-01) 55%-43% (100% in)
punaise @ 211
“Dude, you are like SO under arrest.”
MO site update:
Precincts Reporting 3312 of 3746
Talent, Jim REP 869,294 47.3%
McCaskill, Claire DEM 908,386 49.5%
jinny @ 205
The same Jerry Brown from way back when?
Suzanne @ 199
I think it’s among the more liberal Montana towns…..I know a bunch of liberal east coasters who moved to Bozeman.
Joe Lieberman was my roommate at Yale. I liked him then and I’ve supported him since (he was actually a good environmental AG in Connecticut before he became a Senator). But his support for an attack on Saddam (before 9/11) and his calculated cheerleading for Bush and the bloody, expensive, and totally unnecessary War on Iraq made me sick to my stomach.
I’m sorry for our country that he won (based on bonhomie rather than character), because I fear that he will use his position as Senator to leverage his own personal power. I wouldn’t put it past him to accept Rumfeld’s position as Secretary of Defense and then allow CT. Governor Jodi Rell to appoint a real Republican in his place.
His “centrism” doesn’t surprise me. He was always a “Scoop” Jackson Democrat more than a JFK Democrat. It’s the outright hypocrisy and the unconscionable political thuggery that’s really disturbing. The Joe I knew at Yale wouldn’t have resorted to the smear-and-slime that the present-day Lieberman considers his bread-and-butter.
He may have won his seat, but I think he’s lost his soul in the process.
Can of whup – Apply directly to ass!
Can of whup – Apply directly to ass!
Can of whup – Apply directly to ass!
MayDaze @ 216
Yep! Recently Mayor of Oakland…
Information on legislation, Senate rules, etc., regarding seating new Senators:
And then there are some Standing Rules of the US Senate, including:
All this from Senate Election Law – A Guidebook, on the US Senate web site.
Of course I didn’t get to the part about challenging or deciding who is to be seated.
I’m going to bed.
MayDaze @ 217
yes, more recently the (mostly) failed mayor of Oakland
I think Ned did an admirable job and did shape the national discussion. It’s bad enough for Joe to forsake those values he claims he was promoting, but the names that got on his bandwagon that also should have heeded the primary voter’s will also deserve a big “Thanks a bunch, guys and gal. Heckuva job!
Did Joe ever cop to where his big chunk of petty cash came to and went? Why wasn’t this investigated in a timely fashion? Oh yeah, that’s right. I forgot. It’s not a crime when reThugs (or their wannabes) do it or don’t get caught till after it matters…like robo-calling. Wasn’t it by crew connected with the GoPuke operatives that got jailed for a previous vote suppression phone scam? Why is Bev Harris of Black Box Voting the only one that seems to be interested in the hackable nature of the electronic voting machines…oh yeah…that’s right…
Anyway, I’m grateful to you and all who worked so hard to achieve the victory that has been anything but a “sure thing”. You should all be proud whether volunteers, those donating money, or helped work or drive people to the polls (I thanked my poll people – lots of smiles!! and drove a co-worker who was gonna skip it). I agree with Andrew Sullivan in that this wasn’t an election but an intervention. I am really looking for some committee oversight of the preceding corruption of Constitutional law. I hope they don’t let us down (plenty of time to rethink that pursuit of nefarious activity by the shRub misAdmin Speaker Pelosi).
MayDaze @ 217
yup, ‘cept he’s an old fart now…
punaise @ 210
Thank god it’s not Poochigian! I grew up in Fresno. Blech.
I have no clue what’s in Bozeman. I’ve been to a couple of the corners of MT. Man, they’re making this tough to figure out.
Bozeman is one of the bigger towns, though. Make of that what you will.
Cascade Co. (Great Falls) went Dem, and that’s a surprise. A military base is near there, or was, so lots of military/defense types.
“The votes are in and we won.”
Best victory speech ever.
Frank Probst @ 180
Old habits die hard
;>)
radlib1 @ 218
Thanks very much radlib1.
Talent’s speaking.
kristinejoy @ 225
Oh gods, shoulda heard the “Pooch-pushin’” around here lately…made me sick!
Talent is conceding in Missouri to McCaskill
Sounds like he’s conceding.
Thanks for the insight radlib1.
I worry most about the Lieberman to DOD scenario.
Well, after worrying about Allen cheating somewhere in VA tonight.
MayDaze @ 216
Yup, and Arnold had better pay those traffic tickets or else!
How long will they dstay with talent??
A house that is 235 dems to 200 repugs,
and a senate in the dems hands 51 to 49
Can we all say tsunami, democratic victory, and Rove and Melhman eating CROW for days.
It will end up being blamed ON Bush by the repugs, because as a lame duck he is NOW expendable.
Talent, like Santorum, is thanking God in his concession speech. And again, I’m doing exactly the same thing.
new thread: McCaskill
Frank Probst @ 239
In Rick’s case, I’m thanking dog.
DZ @ 213
He’s probably on the Fentanyl lollipop by now.
iowa democrat @ 237
Just long enough.
But Anderson won’t call the race yet. Darn it, the candidates just won’t consult with CNN on the results!
Ravalli Co is another one to watch. Hamilton seems to be a decent sized city (for MT).
Hugh @ 79
Somebody blew somebody, that’s for sure.
Where is katymine?
“Country votes against the war”
The look on Candy’s face, it was like someone just beat her dog. She looked like she swallowed a bad oyster or something.
Was that a subdued Crowley who just said it was a strong rebuke to Bush?
We at FDL have all been worried about the Rumsfeld Rell possibilities you raised since Jane posted about the rumors. We tried to Spotlight the rumor to CT media outlets so that they could pin Joe down, before the election, by asking him, but I don’t think it ever was asked.
O’ Darkthirty comin’soon.
Thanks to everyone involved tonight.
Let the ass beatin’s begin.
Goodnight.
nicemonster @ 193
Sure hoped he shared it with Grover Norquist….
clif @ 238
Mehlman’s a goner. The Foley investigation is going to hit Foley and Kolbe and a number of high level gay staffers. Mehlman’s going become more and more of a liability with their base. And he just lost both houses of Congress.
Good night and it has been a real pleasure spending this evening with you, Lakers.
radlib1 #218,
Time does change people and not always for the better as Lieberman has shown us.
anotherpawn @ 174
“lizard brains” seems an apt description for anyone who gave the same answer to every question….
“lizard brians” also seems an apt description for anyone so ignorant of statistics as to conclude a single candidate’s answers somehow represented a national party.
Of course, if I were Rahm and the other pro-corporate DINO’s, I’d be conflating Greens’ missteps (real or DLC-invented) with Rethugs’ success.
This intellectually dishonest rhetorical trick (apologies for repetition) diverts attention away from the DLC’s abject failure, and hence serves the DLC’s corporate owners.
Surely more successful diversions may be contrived.
The DLC sells out a far larger slice of the electorate to corporate interests than the Greens ever gain.
When DLC candidates lose, they divert attention to the Greens.
Neat trick – when it works, it serves the corporations.
Bad news for the DINO’s – good news for people and communities – the trick stopped working.
But the tricks are still working for Shrub and the goopers.
(Jeff Gannon’s replacement is?)
More to come…..so to speak.
WOW.
What a night!!!!
Pa 08? Lois Murphy? I want to keep score on Howie’s Blue Americas.
I don’t want to here any more come together with the Repugs. They are all fucking criminals and I hope Conyers, Waxman et al start the process to send them to the federal pen.
Tweety just said it woud be so much like Joe Lieberman to switch sides
But wait… we still have Rover to kick around!
{And oh the darkblack artistry that it will require… :~}
Had enough Karl?
Wonder how many lawyers have already booked their tickets to VA tonight?
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Haven’t finished counting votes and already, Brian Williams is slobbering all over Rahm Emanuel for his “great, visionary strategy”. Man, do they go out of their way to get shit wrong??
webb up by 12K!!!!
So Webb is now ahead by either 6,000 or 8,000 votes. How much more does he have to pull out before talk of recount disappears? Jeff Toobin was mumbling something about Virginia definitely having a contested race no matter what and that provisional ballots have to be counted before a winner is declared. But no-one knows how many provisionals there are. This sounds incredibly shady. Incredibly shady.
What the heck?
RossK @ 260
They better be there already. We were supposed to be prepared this time.
Jenny from the Blog @ 263
webb needs 11,000 to make it so Allen has to pay for the recount.
SixStringSlingr @ 260
no they go out of their way to suck up to power.
for ambition whores like Brian and Hillary, power is always right.
Uptown,
so Allen can demand a recount no matter how wide the margin of Webb’s victory? Trying to understand here…
Jenny from the Blog @ 263
6-8K votes isn’t anything close to a 1% lead necessary to take it out of recount range of a multimillion vote race, and the provisional/absentees would have to break almost entirely for one candidate or the other to do the trick. That there will be a recount is about the only thing anyone can be sure of in VA tonight.
Jenny from the Blog @ 267
I believe so
And why haven’t any of the news organizations called it for Webb yet? They called it for Lieberman after 2% of the votes had been counted, fer chrissakes!
Jenny from the Blog @ 266
My understaning is that a recount is automatic and paid for by the state of Va if the margin is under 1%. if it is greater Allen would have to pay for it. 1% of 2 million some votes. It is all in the provos tomorrow.
Dr. Bloor/Uptown -
OK. I get why Allen has the right to contest and pay for a recount, since 12,000 votes is a comparatively small margin, given the population of Virginia. Do you think it’s odd that the MSM isn’t calling it for Webb though?
Webb’s up almost 8,000 now
Jenny from the Blog @ 272
I don’t think they want to look like idiots as they have in the past. The early calls on the CT race, etc., were because they had good numbers to work with and a fairly substantial margin of victory. One of Ned’s pollworkers dropped by earlier and explained how the Lamont camp knew the final results very quickly even while we were stuck with partial reports that made it look like he had a chance.
can’t see Lieberman leaving a 6 year seat for a 2 year gig in a lost war.
Jenny from the Blog @ 272
i think that Allen getting out and making that announcement was smart and forced the MSM’s hand — along with earlier reports of the FBI investigating voter problems
Dr. Bloor, all, thanks. Ack, I’ll just go to sleep and try not to worry. I DON’T TRUST THESE PEOPLE!
;)
‘night.
Uptown Chick –
Good point. I loved seeing Webb tonight, what a guy. Too bad they cut him off — but that 10 seconds was delicious anyway…
half hour for Montana to be called
Claire McCASKELL (sp) has won.
Loebsack won IA 02 time to go to bed. ROOTZ! Congrats to all who worked for blue candidates everywhere.
TeddySanFran @
166
Sadly, Massa lost. NY-29 Massa (D): 49% Kuhl (R): 51% – 92% counted
Wulsin 49% _ schmidt 51% (but TPM has winner n/a)
Braley 55% – Whaley 43% Braley declared winner
Kissell 49% – Hayes 51% no winner declared though 99% counted
kemo @ 274
But I could see him saying make me Senate leader or I’m out of here.
snip…….
“America has spoken
Martin Kettle
November 8, 2006 05:18 AM
http://commentisfree.guardian……e/2006/11/
America has spoken, George Bush told the nation this morning two years ago, and it had given him its trust and his confidence. He would continue his policies at home and abroad, buoyed by the public’s endorsement. Now, two years further on, America has spoken again – but this time in a very different tone and with the opposite conclusion, issuing a direct warning to the leader it re-elected 24 months ago to change his policy in Iraq. The cheering can be heard not just in America itself but around the planet.”………
Goodnight and sweet dreams.