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I just voted and the people running the place said there were more people in the first half hour than they had the entire day in the last election. Progress?
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Go America!
I just voted and the people running the place said there were more people in the first half hour than they had the entire day in the last election. Progress?
IMHO, this election is anybody's call and I call the democrats win the House but miss taking the Senate.
Progress or anger? Perhaps a bit of both. Turnout will be up, but it still won't crack 40% which is kinda sad.
My predictions for the day: 230 House seats for the Democrats. In the Senate, I think it will be 51-49 for the Democrats. Tennessee goes to the Republicans, but they sweep Virginia, Montana, and Missouri while holding onto NJ and Maryland. I don't believe they will be in play in Arizona regardless of how much they want to dream.
I'm excited, I love election day every time it comes around.
Some links for you guys to use if you need them:
Texas Election info including results later tonight:
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/index.shtml
Great site for monitoring nationwide election news:
http://www.electoral-vote.com:2006/
IMHO, it will rain cats and dogs today.
I'm calling it now, Tennessee goes to Harold Ford by slightly under 1 percentage point.
I have never seen more conservatives disenchanted with a candidate than I do now with Corker. The tough guys view him as weak for sitting back with lame pot-shots, and the other conservatives hate him for the rumors of using illegal immigrants. He is just not well supported here.
Missouri is such a coin toss. They are even in the polls (within the margin of error) and Republicans seem to have a better ground game in the state. If McCaskill wins, it will be an upset and the Dems may end up winning the Senate.
In my very unofficial polling over the last week, I haven't run into one single person out of perhaps eighty to ninety that's voting for Strayhorn. I drive eighty or so miles a day and see plenty of Kinky, Bell, and Perry bumper stickers every time I'm on the road. I saw my first Grandma one at the pharmacy yesterday.
It's pretty obvious who my horse in this race is - I just can't believe that the polls list her either ahead of or neck and neck with Kinky.
Oh yeah, I love election day too. I always think of March Madness when trying to compare the entertainment value of it to some other event.
There are some rumors that perhaps 40% of the people voted via absentee and early voting before Ford started taking a drop in the polls. If thats the case, then perhaps he can pull it off or at least make it closer than where it is polling right now, but I don't think so.
Ehh...Bob Corker sounds like the alien from "American Dad"
Those same people who are disenchanted with Corker, you think they will pull the lever for Ford? I don't think so. Do they abstain? I don't think they will do that either. I suspect they will hold their nose and vote their traditional party.
MSNBC already mentioned possible voter intimidation in Virginia.
Diebold!!!! [/boutons, Dan]
Here is a site similar to the one I listed above with the difference that this one is run by a Republican.
http://www.electionprojection.com/
Interestingly enough, he has the Senate going 51-49 in favor of the Democrats. he really lists it as 49-49-2, but the 2 independents are actual Democrats (debatable in Liberman's case I guess).
My prediction. If the dimm-o-craps don't win they will challenge every vote in
every district. Will claim it was stolen, voters were turned away and any other
excuse they can come up with. Ground work has already been laid and media
has run with it.
State officials in Virginia along with the FBI are investigating dozens of do ented phone calls into heavily Democratic districts where people are being discouraged to go to the polls.
NOTHING is going to fly under the radar this time around considering how many people are out there watching over this thing.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15603344/
What the are they saying to "intimidate voters"?
"Vote and we'll kill your dog"??!!!
Sounds more like a Democratic GOTV to me: "See how EVIL the Republicans are!!!"
Today is a great day.
I think this is going to be a loooong night - I don't anticipate getting much sleep. Unless things break pretty substantially for either party - I'll be up watching to see what direction the country is going to take.
The republicans are going to pull every trick in their book to win this election. Trust me.
HEEEELLLLL YEAAAHHH!!!
I' gotsa truck load u crosses & a big ole gas can...headn to the flats!!!
There, fixed it to reflect reality!
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