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UpdateVII: Wynn concedes
Update VI: WaPo calls it for Donna.
Update V: With 51% precincts reporting:
Donna Edwards 28,398 59%
Al Wynn 17,750 37%
Update IV: With 38 of 68 precincts in Montgomery County reporting:
Edwards, Donna 11384 67.25%
Wynn, Albert R. 4598 27.16%
Update III: Blue America raised $61,861.38 early money for Donna. For everyone who contributed to her campaign when she was here at FDL or during the fundraiser...well, you can feel pretty good about that.
Update II: With 46% reporting, Edwards up 60-36. Can you say "rout?"
Update I: With 31 precincts reporting in Montgomery County (Donna's stronghold), Donna is thumping Wynn:
Edwards, Donna 9226 66.78%
Wynn, Albert R. 3800 27.50%
In Prince George county (Wynn's stronghold), with 39 of 110 precincts reporting, Donna's lead is 12.5%:
Edwards, Donna 13472 54.47%
Wynn, Albert R. 10398 42.04%
39% reporting -- Donna Edwards 59%, Al Wynn 36%.
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Donna!
Wow, what a night!
me too.
Donna!
And Jane!
Obama’s bringing a movement that’s going to bring a lot more wins like Edwards’
We’ll finally be able to hold dems accountable.
hurrah! leaving my sickbed for a bit to check in, this makes me feel better *g* *ndfg goes back to coughing*
Looks like the fundraising letter I got from Donna today will come in handy after all!
(still a little apprehension….Wynn seems as slimy as they come and he’s got Steny helping out)
Top 10?
Anyone going to inform downstairs?!
FunnyD
Revdeb, YHM.
I got the same snail-mail. Handy.
Personally I like to think that Donna won this one. She’s been working really hard the last three years and I know the people working for her. They are seasoned activists working for an outstanding and incredibly motivated candidate.
feel better ndfg -
and I can’t think of anything else to say since the “Me too’s” have all been taken.
gimme a minute….
Donna to Wynn: I. Stomp. You. OUT!!!!!
OK. I’ve been undecided and what I decide doesn’t really matter because my state didn’t have a primary. But anyway, I decided tonight that i like BO better? Why did I decide that? I listened to BO & HRC. Damn, Obama’s good. But anyway, remember how people have been sayin’ they both been sucking up to Edwards for his endorsement? And when Edwards suspended his campaign he said he wants the candidates to talk about poverty and Hillary said john is a fighter who was so good talking about poverty? Hillary didn’t talk about poverty, did she? BO mentioned it. Hillary really is fulla shit. I’ll vote for her, though in what seems every day like a more unlikely event that she gets the nomination.
Bill Kristol on TDS. Jon in his element. No spoilers but worth watching.
Some night indeed!
Hi Jane!
Donna and Obama: a twofer…
I’m looking for the vote counts (not just the candidate percentages) to compare the number of dem voters vs repub voters. Not on the front page of any of the news websites. Anything being said on teevee?
True.. I don’t want to take anything away from her. I’ve been saying this whole primary season: It’s the Candidate Stupid… The citizenry is becoming more involved and knowledgeable. Incumbents aren’t as solid as they used to be.
I guess Donna winning (hopefilly) takes abit of the edge off the FISA debacle today. Which reminds me. I have to write Senator Spaceman and tell him he’s an asshole.
Hey there. You must be happy tonight, eh?
Crap! But thanks for the reminder. I’ll record the later one - and get, unfortunately, all of the sleazy commercials which come with the later recording..
Oh well, that’s why “fast forward’ was invented…
It’s a New Progressive Day… and a New American Majority
New math:
Great candidate + grass/net roots + Obama coattails = more and better Dems
I listened to a speech she gave tonight, and she did talk about poverty. Hillary and Obama both talked about it.
Hi…Saw your comment on earlier thread about MN FDLer meetup… Thanks!
Can Jon Stewart just go ahead and marry Bill Kristol?
I lost a lot of respect for him when he karate chopped Chris Matthews and he still has Kristol on for fawning talk and gentle proddings.
Kristol is one of the architects of mass death Mr. Stewar.
-G
Bush Dogs OUT! Go Donna!
Now we need to take out the Senate DINOs who voted for telecom immunity w/ the RePuke National Security State today.
I think the commentators who believe it’s nearly over between Obama & SHillary are being overly optimistic, but I sure hope it pans out that way. (Speaking of the telecom immunity bill, I note Obama voted against, the Corporate SHillary was absent)
Beyond! Very impressive. (Thanks).
This is so cool. Finally, a candidate I gave money to is winning. Thanks for the report, Jane.
Yes, my small portion of wit, bestowed upon me by the gods and I am left with this: enjoy…..yahoo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNaKWXqXkhw
I hereby move that Noron be henceforth required to wear that black leather suit that she had on the other night.
As a member of the relatively small straight male contingent, - at least that would spare me the annoying effort to have to try to keep track of both of her eyes at the same time…
MSNBC Alert WGA reports writers’ strike is over.
And, Kristol on once again The Daily Show. He truly is sleazy smarmy scum….
thanks, actually i am feeling much better, but the cough remains, its a tickling annoyance. But having heard via the threads how sick some folk have been, i feel like i got off light.
woohoo! I hope this trend continues with Edwards. My 21-yr-old daughter & her best friends, all huge Obama supporters, don’t read political blogs (yet … i’m workin on ‘em *g* ) so they have listened with enthusiasm here in Minneapolis to my info on people like Donna Edwards. The ripples from the Lake spread wide …
Bitter sweet night in truth. Sad about FISA and all those GM employees, happy about Edwards, Obama, and the writers.
grrr edit
Yes, my small portion of wit, bestowed upon me by the gods has failed me, and I am left with this: enjoy…..yahoo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNaKWXqXkhw
got it up on the news ticker! woohoo!
707!
And correct!
Virginia (formerly a red state)
Dem Votes-over 950,000
Repub Votes-less than 500,000
speaking of $$ I wonder what happened to all of that walking around money that Wynn got hold of in the last few days?
Seems to be a long stall at 39% reporting to the AP/WaPo site.
I’m not popping any cork until it’s official. Wynn and Hoyer worry me.
that long stall reminds me of one up in WA state, teddy
I also have to pinch myself when I hear people like Obama speak about how we never should have gone into Iraq. I think the tide is turning on this too. Not so long ago, politicians couldn’t speak publicly in that way.
From the WaPo:
as I mentioned downstairs - Pat Buchanan’s hair is crazy tonight, which makes me wonder whether his brain is exploding from the inside-out…
Prairie Sunshine, Biodun & i’d like to have a Firepups meetup, it’d be great if you could make it down to twincities
tis just his inner ugly escaping again, jayt
I wonder if Pat Buchanan knows that Rachel is a lesbo-American.
If Donna pulls this out, I’m going to mail the results to Hoyer, Pelosi, Reid, and a few other Dems I don’t like at the moment.
Eevening, all.
IIRC, Plame is never off topic-
I got to go see Valerie Wilson tonight-she is in Tampa on a speaking tour. What an incredible, inspirational woman. Got to ask her a question and all. She was very gracious-and spoke very highly of FDL.
Speaking of pundits, what’s going on with JoeScar? He’s still on assignment? Is he off licking his wounds? Having a nervous breakdown? Anyone know?
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like any true fundy, if he does, he knows it is a test from g*d because he knows, deep down inside, he is just the man to convert her but his marriage vows prevent him from doing so.
A:
She’s very open about it. How could he not know?
How does that Beach Boys song go again…the one CrazyTrain likes so much?
Obama bama bama…bama bama McCain.
Oh yea. That’s it.
Kewl, man!
Glad to hear she still regards FDL highly. Nice to know that SOME PEOPLE don’t toss the netroots aside when no longer needed (Darcy Burner, I’m talking to YOU!).
FunnyD
Oh CNN Election center has the vote totals. you have to click through to the results by state. There is a page for the state primary with both Rethug and Dem vote totals.
U.S. HOUSE, DISTRICT 4 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY RESULTS
Candidate Votes %
Donna Edwards 22,716 59%
Al Wynn * 14,216 37%
George Mitchell 517 1%
Michael Babula 422 1%
Jason Jennings 398 1%
George McDermott 319 1%
Key: Winner
Precincts: 42% | Updated: 11:34 PM ET | Source: AP
Than I stand corrected. I heard her speech but my 10 year old was asking me questions about the election non-stop. Thought it was great that he was asking. So I probably missed it. My bad. Hillary’s less fulla shit than I thought. Thanks for settin’ me straight on that Margot.
By now, Pat must have enormous professional respect for Rachel.
How and who she loves, probably not so much. He is Pat Buchanan, after all.
Keep this pair together. Great political teevee.
As a member of the relatively small straight male contingent,…
oops - forgot my soon-to-be-standard disclaimer: (in NUMBERS, goddammit!)
thank you - that is all.
Considering how bad he’s been at managing his country’s expenses, I’d guess it wasn’t spent very effectively.
From Open Left:
U.S. HOUSE, DISTRICT 4 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY RESULTS
Candidate Votes %
Donna Edwards 24,874 60%
Al Wynn * 15,014 36%
George Mitchell 548 1%
Michael Babula 473 1%
Jason Jennings 437 1%
George McDermott 355 1%
Key: Winner
Precincts: 46% | Updated: 11:39 PM ET | Source: AP
Might have put it in his pocket once he realized he was going to lose.
i agree, they are great tv. i was just giving a glimpse into my experience with fundy males and lesbians.
In your face, Nancy Keenan.
Check your inbox in a few…
U.S. HOUSE, DISTRICT 4 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY RESULTS
Candidate Votes %
Donna Edwards 24,874 60%
Al Wynn * 15,014 36%
George Mitchell 548 1%
Michael Babula 473 1%
Jason Jennings 437 1%
George McDermott 355 1%
Key: Winner
Precincts: 46% | Updated: 11:39 PM ET | Source: AP
w?
Virginia is 99% reported Dems 970,000 to 482,000 Republican.
Currently it’s running about 272,000 Democrat to 100,000 Republican in Maryland. But a lot of precincts still out, and hard to know which are urban vs. rural vs. suburban.
In DC it was ridiculous 103,000 Democrats to 5100 Republicans.
Amen.
wn
they should require ‘em to establish quorem for these primaries… 5100 can’t be a representative of anything other than their obsolescence.
where was she at? Maybe I missed her here in the City Beautiful. maybe nobody comes to this dump.
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Proud to say that I was one of those 970,000 Dems who hit the polling places today.
I am so loving that there have been more D’s voting than R’s voting this primary season. *based on memory
Good for you, LL.
Hope you’re staying warm.
FunnyD
McBush still needs to shore up the base so he’s gonna still keep beating the drums for the lunatic fringe.
He’s gotta keep telling people they are stupid if they want to pull out of Iraq.
Not the way to win that vaunted 70% of the electorate that doesn’t do Kool-Aid enemas.
Four more wars.
-G
Thanks for playing, LL! *g*
Hey Teddy
Just got this email from The Pen thought you might want to know
Shirley Golub “I’m On The Table” Video: http://www.shirley08.com
They’ve stalled again. Do they not know that I need to get some sleep?
U.S. HOUSE, DISTRICT 4 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY RESULTS
Candidate Votes %
Donna Edwards 28,398 59%
Al Wynn * 17,750 37%
George Mitchell 675 1%
Michael Babula 537 1%
Jason Jennings 483 1%
George McDermott 392 1%
Key: Winner
Precincts: 51% | Updated: 11:49 PM ET | Source: AP
Yeah, I came across Loudoun in my hunt through some of the sites reporting on the race. You did the Party proud! Was it chaos at your precinct? Any comments on the numbers of people?
Some bloggers mentioned such long lines and slow check ins that people left before voting. And I saw one report of a handicapped voter who couldn’t go down a ramp due to the crowd. Apparently things went slowly because they had to check to see if the person had voted absentee, or something.
Good Lord, she’s killing Wynn.
Phenomenal turnout tonight for Dems:
The math as of a few minutes ago, via CNN (w/o Ron Paul in the mix):
Virginia (99% reported):
Obama + Clinton = 962,159
McCain + Huck = 421,621
Maryland (38% reported):
O + C = 354, 345
Mc + H = 110,006
DC (98% reported):
O + C = 112,860
Mc + H = 4790
Percentage wise, that’s:
Virginia: ~ 69 % DEM turnout
Maryland ~ 76 % DEM
DC: ~ 96 % DEM
Good night.
Teddy ;-)
FunnyD, yes I’m all toasty here. Got everything done this morning so I didn’t have to navigate in the ice this afternoon and evening. Nasty out there!
This is great, Teddy.
Thank you!
it’s happenin’ again, suze. make it stop.
“Four more wars.”
Maybe IranShrub will oblige with some rhetorical antics or something. And of course we have the Khalid Mohamed show trial (um, sorry, illegal military commission) coming up…
SWEET!
I just got home, it’s nice to see some good news.
Sounds fun–let’s plan for when the weather’s better. ReneND would likely join in, too.
You are CORRECT, Madame! I think the only state where the Republicans polled more than Democrats was Utah….possibly Missouri.
Oh…and maybe (though I can’t really recall since they didn’t count for the Democrats Michigan and Florida).
No doubt this has been observed on earlier threads (that I haven’t had time to read yet), but one of the most hilarious contrasts I’ve ever seen is McCain (and his pallbearers) following the Obama festival of life. Even more hilarious was the MSM treatment of McCain’s appearance as if it was anything more than strikingly pathetic. A rousing and inspiring statement of hope and optimism followed by a weak and tinny voice saying ”hope is a platitude my friends.” Laughable. Laughable. Laughable. And in the best way possible.
Apparently, if I’ve heard it correctly, Obama won the white vote in VA - 50% to 49%.Which is a terribly annoying statistic, but - there it is…
I fervently hope that this statistic will soon be a non-story, and not reported… *s*
C’ape, matter of fact I was in and out of my polling station in about 5 minutes today. There was one person ahead of me, and one waiting behind me, while I was there. I was there in between the early morning and lunchtime rush periods; and I imagine it got busier as the day went on.
Noron sez Hillary has to win the remaining states by more than 60% to re-capture the pledged delegate lead.
good, Biodun & I wanted to include ReneND, i don’t know how to get in touch with her other than lurking in the threads. If you’re in touch with her, let her know. Ya, no blizzards works for me, you betcha.
G’nite all.
An odd day all in all. Intense!
Thank you!
Thank YOU Jane, Christy and FDL!
And looks like Obama alone beat all Repubs combined.
Chuck Todd developed that estimate earlier.
Per Markos, another Maryland Congressman may lose his primary, too: a GOP one, Wayne Gilcrest. That takes the retiring GOP House number to 30.
OK, report from the field, as it were:
My 17-year-old son just left my place after a visit (he lives with his mom a few blocks from me). He said all his friends’s parents are voting for Obama, including rightists who don’t even believe in gun control. His 19-year-old sister, a college sophomore, ditto.
(Disclosure: They’re both biracial and have tons of white friends and live in MN.)
He strongly thinks that Obama has this sown up for general…
It seemed like very complicated math for Noron.
heh. Noron refers to Pat Buchanan as “Pat Robertson” - twice.
Paging Dr. Freud once again, somebody just slipped….
Yes,and yes
BFL, listening to your 10-year-old is probably more important. My older son, age 25, likes Obama; I like Hillary (but Obama gave a wonderful speech tonight, and I like him too) and my younger son likes the Beatles. And Quentin Tarentino movies.
Nice work. I think I’ll spend my lunch hour tomorrow checking on the other states. This should be a topic for the pundits.
Donna up 59 to 37 percent with 51% reporting
Who doesn’t get this?
The message that “100 years” of war is better than “hope.”
duh.
Hey LL, Snowy and freezing rain here today, and of course, no voting until March. So glad to hear from you, and see you soon. Thanks for FB contact (I’m such a novice).
It’s getting past time for the MD-04 Democratic establishment to report their cheatin’ precincts to put Al over the top.
I’m starting to think I need to consider switching horses. You Obamakins seem to have so much more fun.
wtf? ‘they send us to washington to fight our real enemies’? did mccain just call the d’s the real enemy in the war on terrah?
Finally - some good news, this is where we need to do it - get better Dems in Congress in the first place.
McCain on tv again. Makes me sick. Makes me sad. I admired the old John McCain at least a little for things like McCain Feingold. That was then this is now. We have to beat this guy.
*waving and smiling at Chris*
Fantastic news!
Shitty weather here in jersey too, but staying up late to get some payback on today’s disappointments with FISA.
GO DONNA !
McBush’s speech is full of the same tired nebulous platitudes. “We are the makers of history; not the victims.”
He looks tepid.
I think the hard right is voting him out because he turned against the Bush/McBush Permanant Occupation and Great Patriotic War.
-G
Now for the police state incident of the day.
watching the