Hi Jane, thanks again.

I liked the first numbers. The trend lines, not so much.

Zed. the top three are sure closing together

Senator John Edwards : 34.05%
Senator Hillary Clinton : 32.09%
Senator Barack Obama : 30.86%
Governor Bill Richardson : 1.81%
Senator Joe Biden : 0.98%
Senator Chris Dodd : 0.12%

Hi Jane. I am pleased so far.

I’m gonna make popcorn. Who wants some?

Oh, no, Noron coming up to lend her “wisdom” to KO’s show.

Does anyone have an idea of how long the process may take in larger precincts/towns/cities? Will this drag on into the wee smalls?

On CSPAN: Jane is standing right behind the people who are urging the non-viables to switch to their favorites. What did they decide, Jane
??

I agree ! this sure is nailbiting

[hand waving wildly] Me, ME, MEEEE!!!!

Our room:

clinton 107
edwards 132
Obama 237

Well now, wouldn’t it be interesting if it’s Edwards, Clinton, Obama at the end of the night.

Hey Bob,

I’ve got chocolate. Come on over!

Ah, memories of primary night in CT . . . . .

Thanks CTBob. I’ll have a bowl.

Senator John Edwards : 34.13%
Senator Hillary Clinton : 31.89%
Senator Barack Obama : 31.01%
Governor Bill Richardson : 1.94%
Senator Joe Biden : 0.87%
Senator Chris Dodd : 0.10%
Uncommitted : 0.07%
Precincts Reporting: 279 of 1781

At the HS where Jane is, one group of “non-viable” people are debating whether to go to Edwards or Obama.

Rev Deb - can you watch this on CSpan - fascinating and Jane is in the caucus room. Edwards been in the lead since the get go.

Is it just me, or did FDL just go constructively dead in the water?

Results: Edwards : 33.30%
Clinton : 32.31%
Obama : 31.66%
Richardson : 1.87%
Biden : 0.76%
Dodd : 0.06%
Uncommitted : 0.05%
Precincts Reporting: 390/1781

Results:
Edwards : 33.25%
Clinton : 32.19%
Obama : 31.93%
Richardson : 1.79%
Biden : 0.71%
Dodd : 0.08%
Uncommitted : 0.04%
Precincts Reporting: 415/1781

Senator John Edwards : 33.06%
Senator Barack Obama : 32.20%
Senator Hillary Clinton : 32.14%
Governor Bill Richardson : 1.78%
Senator Joe Biden : 0.70%
Senator Chris Dodd : 0.08%
Uncommitted : 0.04%
Precincts Reporting: 433 of 1781

it weren’t dead for at least five minutes here in the bay area. Maybe it’s the damn NSA again!

Clinton in third!

Clearly, it’s a nailbiter at the moment

Results:

Edwards : 32.62%
Clinton : 32.30%
Obama : 32.30%
Richardson : 1.89%
Biden : 0.75%
Dodd : 0.11%
Uncommitted : 0.04%
Precincts Reporting: 461/1781

Still no counties complete

Watching both—switching back and forth. Haven’t had a Jane sighting yet. I guess my timing is off.

Again, I don’t like the trend lines.

Edwards seems to be leading in actual results. Why does Olbermann keep repeating entrance polls, which had Obama ahead.

KO: “We were expecting a closer race than this. We’re sorry to disappoint you.” About the Dems.

Jane,

Thanks for live blogging this. Is Warren County in yet? I tried to look at the county results online and I am getting a bad link.

Fred’s alive — who’d'a thunk it?

Huckster has a commanding lead on the Repug side…

Excuse me????????????

Senator John Edwards : 32.53%
Senator Barack Obama : 32.47%
Senator Hillary Clinton : 32.25%
Governor Bill Richardson : 1.85%
Senator Joe Biden : 0.76%
Senator Chris Dodd : 0.10%
Uncommitted : 0.03%
Precincts Reporting: 486 of 1781

Woohoo! Popcorn for everyone!

Between the live coverage on C-SPAN2 and the results being posted immediately on http://www.iowacaucusresults.com/, I’m having a great time!

Too bad Dodd and Kucinich aren’t putting on much of a show…sadly, the MSM had more to do with who’s leading than the candidate’s words and actions.

I think what he said was “if you were expecting a closer race than this…”

Senator John Edwards : 32.52%
Senator Barack Obama : 32.41%
Senator Hillary Clinton : 32.15%
Governor Bill Richardson : 1.91%
Senator Joe Biden : 0.84%
Senator Chris Dodd : 0.10%
Uncommitted : 0.07%
Precincts Reporting: 503 of 1781

I’m guessing if these numbers stay as close as they are - NOTHING is decided…

Because *entrance* polls were for the whole state, not just the precincts with small turnout, which probably make up the majority of the early *real* returns we’re seeing.

Results:
Edwards : 32.52%
Obama : 32.41%
Clinton : 32.15%
Richardson : 1.91%
Biden : 0.84%
Dodd : 0.10%
Uncommitted : 0.07%
Precincts Reporting: 503/1781

Fred’s alive — who’d’a thunk it?

Didn’t MO or IL once elect a deceased man to congress?

Not just you, Marion. Couldn’t get on for 5-10 minutes.

watch out for the stealth wave of support for Gravel…

Edwards seems to be leading in actual results. Why does Olbermann keep repeating entrance polls, which had Obama ahead.

Yeah, I turned on Keith [after returning from picking up college-age kid @ train station] and was panicked with the “Obama’s winning” meme. Then I came here & felt a LOT better!!

What’s decided is that it is a 3-person and not a 2-person race.

Freddie might have discovered the true art of non doing, directly contradicting my 21 years of research in yoga/meditation ! *g*

Outspent 8-1, Edwards is holding his own.

(spin alert)

Jasper county shows Edwards ahead

the MSM is entranced by polls.

Results:
Obama : 32.70%
Edwards : 32.38%
Clinton : 32.02%
Richardson : 1.79%
Biden : 0.96%
Dodd : 0.09%
Uncommitted : 0.06%
Precincts Reporting: 530/1781

Yeah, but he only had to beat a Republican… I forget which Neocon it was…

i like the way a group of people are self-counting = all put up their hands, one starts the count with “one!” and points to another person with hand up, puts down hand. Pointed-to person counts, points, puts down hand..

And inevitability–for now–is third.

Senator Barack Obama : 32.70%
Senator John Edwards : 32.38%
Senator Hillary Clinton : 32.02%
Governor Bill Richardson : 1.79%
Senator Joe Biden : 0.96%
Senator Chris Dodd : 0.09%
Uncommitted : 0.06%
Precincts Reporting: 530 of 1781

How many of Obama’s supporters are repubs? Is there a way to determine that?

yup, Tex - that sounds right…

Oh Keith, quit asking Tweety for his “opinion.” He doesn’t know shit.

That was MO. They preferred the dead dem to the live repig. Smart people.

We’re nearly @ the 1/3rd mark…

Have you seen results for Warren? I am getting a failure notice when I try to check online.

Results:
Obama : 32.79%
Edwards : 32.35%
Clinton : 32.02%
Richardson : 1.73%
Biden : 0.97%
Dodd : 0.09%
Uncommitted : 0.06%
Precincts Reporting: 554/1781

MSM=poll dancers.

I had no idea he was so into Zen… So what we thought was napping was actually meditating?

Senator Barack Obama : 32.79%
Senator John Edwards : 32.35%
Senator Hillary Clinton : 32.02%
Governor Bill Richardson : 1.73%
Senator Joe Biden : 0.97%
Senator Chris Dodd : 0.09%
Uncommitted : 0.06%
Precincts Reporting: 554 of 1781

Teddy San Fran who is watching the bandwidth on the site?
Looks like it needs to be increased. Too many glitches.

Darn. My smile just turned into a frown.

Stranger! Vas Los?

Lahoma suggests we go down to the basement and that she beats me at a few games of pool. Then we go upstairs and watch a movie she rented. And then go to bed. She feels the “results” are making me nervous. So I say, that’s perhaps a good idea. Besides I know there are two laptops in the bedroom. And long about 2 or three am she will awake and find me on the internet and say something like kiddo, “come to bed”. And I’ll say in a minute. Mr. and Mrs. America. That’s us.

Tweety finally shows his cards: “Edwards is a guy like Hubert Humphrey, who wants to redistribute wealth in America.” DFHs gonna move into your house on Martha’s Vineyard, Tweety. Remember that scene in Dr Zhivago??

We may see numbers slow as we get into larger precincts where they need to repoll on viability issues.

Results:
Obama : 32.98%
Edwards : 32.29%
Clinton : 31.88%
Richardson : 1.70%
Biden : 1.01%
Dodd : 0.08%
Uncommitted : 0.06%
Precincts Reporting: 586/1781

Who knew ?!! *g*

That is so beautiful!

Everyone who attended a caucus was a Democrat — whether they registered tonite or twenty years ago.

Anti-war sentiments killing Hillary where I am.

Guess that Lieberman allegiance didn’t work out so well.

Results:
Obama : 33.20%
Edwards : 32.09%
Clinton : 31.77%
Richardson : 1.79%
Biden : 1.02%
Dodd : 0.07%
Uncommitted : 0.05%
Precincts Reporting: 630/1781

Went into another room — Obama got 3 delegates, Edwards 2, Clinton 1.

Hey Buddy, how’s life in Paradise ?

Tech krewe is on it! Thanks!

Good news, she deserves all the ill will she gets on that front, IMO.

Des Moines Precinct #53 reporting 3 delegates alloted to Obama, 2 to Edwards, 1 to Clinton. [via C-SPAN]

excellent news.

Dang, Huckster is being called the victor…

Hate to sound stupid but what does that mean?

where on-line can i see the results for the republicans? i’ve got the site up for the dems.

solai: officially the answer is that zero of Obama’s caucus supporters are Republicans, since you have to be a registered Democrat to caucus. However, you can register or switch your party affiliation on-site AFAIK, so some of them might have been Republicans before.

Results:
Obama : 33.29%
Edwards : 32.11%
Clinton : 31.71%
Richardson : 1.74%
Biden : 1.03%
Dodd : 0.07%
Uncommitted : 0.05%
Precincts Reporting: 659/1781

Tweety making fun of Huckabee’s last name, as KO calls it for Mike.

Is Jane in the room with the blue stripe around it?

Obama 33.33
Edwards 32.10
Clinton 31.75

687/1781

Edwards outspent many times over yet still has a chance to win. Obviously the best candidate. Can you say “campaign finance reform?”

I’d like to redistribute Tweety for saying that about Edwards…

Senator Barack Obama : 33.33%
Senator John Edwards : 32.10%
Senator Hillary Clinton : 31.75%
Governor Bill Richardson : 1.72%
Senator Joe Biden : 0.99%
Senator Chris Dodd : 0.07%
Uncommitted : 0.05%
Precincts Reporting: 687 of 1781

Since when is non-suburban a crime? Yikes!

Apparently the warmest of everyone, to include Florida…! But, I’m freezing tho… ;-)

Hah ! Excellent snark as usual, Jane !

Oh, he’ll be grand to run against! Even Tweety knows he’s a moron.

Restoring wealth to the middle class pillaged by the robber baron elites.

Tweety says Huckabee needs to start reading the newspaper regularly.

Still no counties close to complete:

Obama : 33.30%
Edwards : 32.12%
Clinton : 31.80%
Richardson : 1.72%
Biden : 0.95%
Dodd : 0.06%
Uncommitted : 0.04%
Precincts Reporting: 717/1781

TPM has a semi up to date Repube scorecard

… sending you a wee dram ( or 10 *g*) through teh toobz …

Obama : 33.48%
Edwards : 31.97%
Clinton : 31.76%
Richardson : 1.73%
Biden : 0.96%
Dodd : 0.06%
Uncommitted : 0.04%
Precincts Reporting: 750/1781

Aren’t folks just super-energized over her stance on violent video games, though?

Just back from West point township caucus
Clinton 4
Edwards 3
Obama 3

Hillary only gained 1 nonviable most went to Edwards Obama got maybe 3.

Obama 33.50
Edwards 32.04
Clinton 31.71

784/1781

Results:
Obama : 33.65%
Edwards : 31.99%
Clinton : 31.63%
Richardson : 1.69%
Biden : 0.94%
Dodd : 0.05%
Uncommitted : 0.04%
Precincts Reporting: 809/1781

Thanks so much for reporting in — and, evern more so, thanks so much for participating. Good on ya!

Any details you can share about how things worked in your precinct? Surprises about the process? Any talking points you found memorable — either from your candidate (which I think was Edwards wasn’t it?) or the others?

Thanks for your report, Colleen. How does it feel to not have to pay attention to the election until November?

Anyone who is even *aware* of her stance on video games probably feels negative about it. It’s just not a winning move.

Nearing the halfway mark, Edwards still in it, barely.

Senator Barack Obama : 34.00%
Senator John Edwards : 31.86%
Senator Hillary Clinton : 31.47%
Governor Bill Richardson : 1.65%
Senator Joe Biden : 0.93%
Senator Chris Dodd : 0.05%
Uncommitted : 0.04%
Precincts Reporting: 835 of 1781

Fuckin Kuchinup and Richardson might be giving just enough “umpf” to Obama to put him over Edwards. Shows they’re more concerned about political opportunism than the issues they talk about Obviously Edwards is the closest to those two, or at least what they say they are. Pathetic.

Obama 34.00
Edwards 31.86
Clinton 31.47

835/1781

this is tense

Noron: 60% of the GOP attendees were born again evangelicals.

Who’s riding the tiger now, CorpCons?

CNN & ABC project Huckabee win

crap.

Can someone explain whether if Obama, Clinton, and Edwards end up within a couple percentage points of each other, the exact order means anything for the ultimate nomination?

Tweety says Huckabee needs to start reading the newspaper regularly.

Is that not freaking pathetic?? He should have said that someone who does not read the newspaper (except the articles about the pregnant Spears) has NO business even considering running for president. WT?, Is this going to be round 2 of ‘we want a guy you can share a beer with”?

Obama 33.88
Edwards 31.84
Clinton 31.60

889/1781

Results:
Obama : 33.88%
Edwards : 31.84%
Clinton : 31.60%
Richardson : 1.68%
Biden : 0.93%
Dodd : 0.05%
Uncommitted : 0.03%
Precincts Reporting: 889/1781

I would have to concur with your assessment …

The reports regarding Richardson throwing his support were quite thoroughly denied by the campaign and the candidate, fwiw

With the top 3 inside a 2.00% range, is there any way the MSM can deny Edwards the coverage he deserves?

thanks b.

Well.. since y’all are busy posting the results for the side of the angels, I thought I’d throw in the latest results for the dark side:

Huckabee 35%
Romney 24%
Thompson 14%
McCain 12%
Paul 11%
Giuliani 4%
Hunter 0%

Long live the theocracy…