Starting this up.

Heard this on Hardball.

According to the Secretary of State in Tennessee, they expect 1.8 million votes for the senate race between Ford and Corker. 867,000 of those votes have already been cast via absentee.

Big number.

[Edited on November 6, 2006 at 8:56 PM. Reason : /]

11/6/2006 8:52:48 PM

I'm actually more entertained by three races outside my district this year.

The NC 13th,

The Florida senate race, where Katherine Harris will go down in flames and James Dobson is bringing up the Terri Schiavo bullshit in order to try to get at Bill Nelson,

and the Florida Governor race, which is between Jim Davis and George Hamilton on Methamphetamines.

[Edited on November 6, 2006 at 9:56 PM. Reason : .]

11/6/2006 9:53:14 PM

For those of you that don't like Hillary (myself included), she will definitely win re-election to the Senate, but it may knock her out of the running for the 2008 presidential race. The New York Republican Party is matching the Ohio Republican Party in being in absolute shambles. The Democratic slate is pretty much going to sweep the ballot, and this presents problems for Hillary cause she might get less percentage of the vote than other Democratic candidates on the ballot statewide. If she trails the party ticket, it shows that there is less enthusiasm for her than for a general Democrat.

11/6/2006 10:27:08 PM

For those of you who don't like Katherine Harris (myself included), rest assured that she's at a 1-3 disadvantage right now (20% to 60% among decided voters).

what a moron.

[Edited on November 6, 2006 at 10:31 PM. Reason : .]

11/6/2006 10:30:58 PM

^ Good, I don't like her either, and she's fugly.

11/6/2006 10:34:49 PM

she never had a chance

out the gate she was the horse that was still asleep in it's stall

jean schmidt is uglier^...and she has a twin sister *SHUDDER*

[Edited on November 6, 2006 at 10:51 PM. Reason : .]

11/6/2006 10:51:15 PM

green party picks up 45 seats

11/6/2006 10:53:26 PM

the gap in the polls is closing, and the kerry comments are the reason for the change.

i predict that the dems will pick up a couple of seats, but not gain control. at least, i hope they dont. i could mind some conservative dems coming in, like heath shuler. your far-left dems, your nancy pelosis, thats who needs to be kept out. her reign hangs in the balance, so its more important to assure party lines than values now. we cant have her take the lead.

11/6/2006 11:05:54 PM

im voting a straight democrate ticket because i want to destroy the country

11/7/2006 1:01:50 AM

I hope to God ultra liberal democrats don't come to power.

11/7/2006 2:03:28 AM

Quote :

"the gap in the polls is closing, and the kerry comments are the reason for the change. "

uhhh...the gaps are closing because it was a day before the election when you made that comment...

11/7/2006 8:25:00 AM

http://www.electoral-vote.com:2006/

some interesting poll numbers there for us

Missouri Claire McCaskill Jim Talent* Nov 05 1 48% 49% Rasmussen
Missouri Claire McCaskill Jim Talent* Nov 06 3 50% 44% SurveyUSA
Missouri Claire McCaskill Jim Talent* Nov 05 3 51% 42% SurveyUSA
Missouri Claire McCaskill Jim Talent* Nov 04 4 49% 45% Gallup
Missouri Claire McCaskill Jim Talent* Nov 05 10 57% 39% Polimetrix

Virginia Jim Webb George Allen* Nov 05 3 52% 44% SurveyUSA
Virginia Jim Webb George Allen* Nov 04 4 46% 49% Gallup
Virginia Jim Webb George Allen* Nov 05 10 50% 50% Polimetrix

11/7/2006 8:25:41 AM

I voted
SC Mount Pleasant District 17 in the House bitches!

11/7/2006 8:37:57 AM

Lets have some predictions:


D49+1Lieberman - R50 Senate
D235 - R200 House

11/7/2006 8:42:36 AM

house - 228D, 207R
senate - 48D, 48R, 2I

11/7/2006 8:53:58 AM

It's going to be a banner night for third party/independent support, and has been predicted as highest vote total for such candidates nationally since 1914. (even if you take out Lieberman).

Americans think Republicans and Democrats both suck. Yay!

As far as results tonight, does anyone find it ironic that Republicans may be counting on Lincoln Chafee, considering how his own party has treated him in the past?

[Edited on November 7, 2006 at 9:17 AM. Reason : .]

11/7/2006 9:16:12 AM

im not even counting chafee in my independent count

i think sanders and lieberman win and give the dems control by two votes

11/7/2006 9:55:05 AM

Quote :

"Lets have some predictions:"

More Big Government.
Less Liberty.

11/7/2006 11:39:50 AM

Quote :

"Lets have some predictions:"

A bunch of spics and queers voting for Brad Miller.

11/7/2006 11:42:35 AM

dont forget the towel heads!!!

11/7/2006 11:46:34 AM

i'm only voting for brad because i like the idea of illegal immigrants coming here just to burn the american flag.

it happens all the time, but i just can't get enough of it.

11/7/2006 11:59:38 AM

I just voted for more Democrats than Republicans.

And if I believed in vote fraud, I would go over to the next district and vote five times for Brad Miller.

Oh, and according to CNN, the Governor of South Carolina and several congressmen have been turned away from the voting place for improper identification, and two precincts in Kansas can't vote yet because a squirrel knocked out their power.

Forget Islamofascists and liberals, nobody hates freedom more than those fucking tree rats.

[Edited on November 7, 2006 at 1:23 PM. Reason : ]

11/7/2006 1:21:53 PM

improper identification?
No one even asked to see any kind of ID when I voted this morning

11/7/2006 1:44:30 PM

Well, here in SC, you have to have another form of ID (or a utility bill) if you registered by mail and its your first time voting. Maybe the Governor switched districts (I know he has a house on Sullivan's Island now, so he might have switched)

11/7/2006 2:10:12 PM

Quote :

"D49+1Lieberman - R50 Senate"

Actually, it would be more like D48+1Lieberman+1Bernie Saunders (Independent from Vermont) - R50

11/7/2006 2:14:14 PM

Quote :

"No one even asked to see any kind of ID when I voted this morning"

Same here. Anybody with a phone book and an alarm clock could have easily voted in my stead just by showing up first.

[Edited on November 7, 2006 at 3:13 PM. Reason : ]

11/7/2006 3:12:54 PM

They didn't ask for a voter registration card?

11/7/2006 3:21:11 PM

Don't they ask your name and look it up in a book?

11/7/2006 3:46:14 PM

all they did was ask me to state my name and verify my address

i already had my license out on the table, so i dunno if they even ask for that or not

i haven't used a voter registration card in forever

11/7/2006 3:50:28 PM

They have all the stickers in a book for you already.

11/7/2006 3:53:37 PM

Quote :

"They didn't ask for a voter registration card?"

She asked me for my name, then opened up a book to find my sticker (which had my address printed on it). She then asked for my address. That's it.

11/7/2006 3:59:11 PM

correct ^^

but what they're wondering is if all you can do is go in there and state a name and an address and vote in that person's stay

because frankly, if i had sent another male in there with my info, i'm fairly certain they could have voted for me

[Edited on November 7, 2006 at 3:59 PM. Reason : +]

11/7/2006 3:59:25 PM

As a Libertarian a good stalemate is as close as we can get, if we can't actually have libertarians in office. The best government is the one that governs least. (And look at the great government we have built in Iraq ) Now if we could just let get troops out so the Iraqis could get on with their lives their own way.


[Edited on November 7, 2006 at 4:17 PM. Reason : add]

11/7/2006 4:16:31 PM

Voted for the Republican in District 2, although Bob Etheridge the Democrat will win easily. As a third party supporter of sorts a bit bummed there was not a single non-Republicrat on the ballot.

[Edited on November 7, 2006 at 5:23 PM. Reason : .]

11/7/2006 5:17:17 PM

yikes, fix that link. you fucked up your thread

11/7/2006 5:17:58 PM

^^Mansell will lose. People tend to not trust people that cheat on their taxes to the tune of $200,000.

11/7/2006 5:19:54 PM

^ Well...I knew that going in.

I saw a result saying Etheridge got 62% in 2004.

fyi, I was the 404th person to vote in my precinct at 4:30.

[Edited on November 7, 2006 at 5:42 PM. Reason : ,]

11/7/2006 5:23:40 PM

election results?

i'm already drinking at the prospect of my job peacing the fuck outta here in the next month

holla!

11/7/2006 5:42:00 PM

CNN generic exit polls, they can't give results early by law. From a Democrat post obviously:

Quote :

"CNN says ” a lot of surprises”; Top reasons why people voted: * corruption * terrorism * economy * Iraq - of these 57% disapprove; “What issues determine your vote?” 62% national 33% local When asked about which party could handle terrorism well, a majority said Dems AND Repubs - according to the exit polls, terrorism is not the winning issue for them they thought it was. The “national” vs “local” issues number is shocking and I think it bodes well for the good guys. "

FYI, there was no exit polling done in house races by the Voter News Service, aka the big networks and news organizations due to lack of reliability in them.

[Edited on November 7, 2006 at 5:47 PM. Reason : m]

11/7/2006 5:46:56 PM

Link? Did they really say "bodes well for the good guys?"

What kind of fucking journalistic integrity is that? And who the fuck are the "good guys."

I'm pisssed regardless of the answer.

11/7/2006 5:50:52 PM

It wasn't a journalist. It was a poster in a blog that was discussing turnout (like you and me).

http://www.myelectionanalysis.com/?p=1854

[Edited on November 7, 2006 at 5:55 PM. Reason : ,]

11/7/2006 5:54:03 PM

^^im guessing that wasnt from CNN, but rather "From a Democrat post" somewhere

so, you can relax dude

[Edited on November 7, 2006 at 5:55 PM. Reason : ^there ya go]

11/7/2006 5:54:41 PM

The poll attendance is reportedly reaching or even exceeding 2004's levels in VA.

GO MACACA!!!

11/7/2006 6:19:37 PM

Quote :

"Reports out of Asheville, NC, the largest city in the NC-11 district are reporting higher than usual turnout."

This is the Shuler-Taylor race.

11/7/2006 6:24:33 PM

Bernard Sanders (Indy) wins senator election in Vermont.
Dick Lugar (Rep) wins senator election in Indiana.

11/7/2006 7:03:09 PM

Ford is gonna be destroyed in Tenn...best case for Dems 50/50, likely GOP 51/49 looking to take control in 08.....most likely 52/48

11/7/2006 7:08:47 PM

THIS WILL STOP THE WAR IN IRAQ

11/7/2006 7:14:46 PM

^I'M DISALLUSIONED WITH THE POLITICAL SYSTEM SO I MOCK PEOPLE WHO VOTE...

11/7/2006 8:05:05 PM

Everyone should read this piece by Orson Scott Card:

Quote :

"I say this as a Democrat, for whom the Republican domination of government threatens many values that I hold to be important to America's role as a light among nations. But there are no values that matter to me that will not be gravely endangered if we lose this war. And since the Democratic Party seems hellbent on losing it – and in the most damaging possible way – I have no choice but to advocate that my party be kept from getting its hands on the reins of national power, until it proves itself once again to be capable of recognizing our core national interests instead of its own temporary partisan advantages. To all intents and purposes, when the Democratic Party jettisoned Joseph Lieberman over the issue of his support of this war, they kicked me out as well. The party of Harry Truman and Daniel Patrick Moynihan – the party I joined back in the 1970s – is dead. Of suicide."

http://greensboro.rhinotimes.com/1editorialbody.lasso?-token.folder=2006-11-02&-token.story=151378.112113&-token.subpub=

11/7/2006 8:16:20 PM

orson scott card is hardly a democrat.

have you ever read his columns?

11/7/2006 8:32:19 PM