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You're kidding?!? I had four waiting for me when I got home from work tonight. 'Course I had already voted...Astronuc said:At least we don't have incessant calls to vote or calls to inquire as to whom we might be voting or what we think about issues. I can't believe the number of surveys with which we have been bombarded during the last two weeks. :grumpy:
My wife said she was called tonight to remind her to vote, which she had already done.russ_watters said:You're kidding?!? I had four waiting for me when I got home from work tonight. 'Course I had already voted...
Heh...I bet 90% of the posts will be mine. I'm a nut!Evo said:Good thread idea gokul!
I'm calling this one against Santorum.Astronuc said:Early in the PA Senate Race, with 11% of precints reporting, Casey (D) -206,018 - is leading Santorum (R) - 122,972. That will be an interesting race.
Allen has a nearly 30,000 vote lead...but I'm still expecting Webb to start pulling up closer any time now. Arlington is likely to give Webb an extra 15,000 or so votes, and that's one of 3 or 4 such big ones with a lot of counting remaining.In VA, Allen is slightly ahead of Webb with 81% of the precincts reporting. Incumbents seem to be enjoying support.
:rofl: This is what wives do best! He should have listened to his wife. :rofl:SULLIVAN'S ISLAND, South Carolina (CNN) -- A sheepish Gov. Mark Sanford was turned away from a South Carolina polling place Tuesday because he forgot his voter registration card.
The casting of ballots in front of the news media is a well-worn tradition for politicians, but it was no Kodak moment when Sanford discovered he had left his card behind.
Off camera, South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford could be heard telling her husband that she had reminded him to bring it.
That's not the point. It's not about second-guessing the commanders, it's about putting a check on the president. Congress should have supported the military, which was being undermined by the administration."I voted to give the president the authority to use force in Iraq; that doesn't mean I'm always happy with what I see, but I can think of nothing worse for our troops or our prospects for success than having 435 members of Congress second-guessing our commanders," Pryce wrote.
As a Missourian, I'm extremely disappointed. Given that all the polls had suggested that the amendment enjoyed an overwhelming support (51% to 35%), it appears that the fundamentalists got out the vote. At the same time, McCaskill is currently losing by a surprising amount, suggesting that the same fundamentalists are influencing the Senate race as well.Evo said:Unfortunately Stem Cell Initiative Constitutional Amendment 2 in favor of stem cell research is not doing well. The Christians have been out in droves "voting against cloning" as they put it. Once again, we're at the mercy of the ignorant masses.
Here's the proposed ammendment for those not aware of it.
http://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/2006petitions/ppStemCell.asp
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/07/election.senate/index.html(CNN) -- Democrats are projected to pick up three GOP-held Senate seats and are holding a narrow lead in a fourth in their bid to regain control of the Senate.
Three other states -- Missouri, Montana and Tennessee-- will complete the equation. Democrats need to win six GOP-held Senate seats to regain control.
CNN projects Democratic wins in Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
In Virginia, Democratic challenger Jim Webb holds a narrow lead over incumbent Sen. George Allen in early returns in the Senate race. Webb holds a 1-point lead with 81 percent of the precincts reporting.
State treasurer Robert Casey Jr. is projected to defeat Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, the third-ranking Senate Republican, and Democratic Rep. Sherrod Brown is projected to unseat incumbent Republican Sen. Mike DeWine in Ohio.
Rhode Island's Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee, one of the few moderates in the Senate, is projected to lose to Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse, the former state attorney general.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/06/election.schumer/index.htmlGOP has hope
The GOP focused Monday on building momentum, telling its base and undecided voters that any rumors of the party's demise in Congress have been greatly exaggerated.
"My prediction is we will maintain our majorities in the House and Senate. ... I think there's momentum," Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman told CNN.
He also released an open memo headlined, "New polls say our party is heading into Election Day with strong momentum."
But Schumer said that Democrats are "getting support in places we never expected."
"You're getting a large number of voters, independents, Republicans who are voting for us because either they're fed up with the war and George Bush's inability," he said.
"Or there are some even real conservative people who think you need some checks and balances in this government," he said.
Schumer credited some of his optimism to his party's altered get-out-the-vote effort. Schumer said that where once Democrats used a more traditional "one size fits all" approach to get voters to the polls, this year they are using more personal and up-to-date techniques to bolster Democratic voter turnout.
Is it surprising that the campaign headquarters for the opponents of the stem cell initiative is the Catholic Knights of Columbus Hall? :uhh:Manchot said:As a Missourian, I'm extremely disappointed. Given that all the polls had suggested that the amendment enjoyed an overwhelming support (51% to 35%), it appears that the fundamentalists got out the vote.
Democrats to take control of House, CNN projects
POSTED: 11:10 p.m. EST, November 7, 2006
I expect it to get a lot closer, but it looks like Talent will end up winning by at least 2% (my guess). There's still a lot of votes left to count in St. Louis and St. Charles, but those two precincts will only net McCaskill about half of what she needs to bridge the deficit now - and those are the big ones for her.Manchot said:As a Missourian, I'm extremely disappointed. Given that all the polls had suggested that the amendment enjoyed an overwhelming support (51% to 35%), it appears that the fundamentalists got out the vote. At the same time, McCaskill is currently losing by a surprising amount, suggesting that the same fundamentalists are influencing the Senate race as well.
(CNN) -- By a wide margin, Americans who voted Tuesday in the midterm election say they disapprove of the war in Iraq.
But when asked which issue was extremely important to their vote, more voters said corruption and ethics in government than any other issue, including the war, according to national exit polls.
A large majority of voters also disapproved of how Congress and President Bush are doing their jobs. However, Bush fared slightly better on that score than members of the GOP-led Congress.
And defying the traditional political maxim that "all politics is local," 62 percent of voters said national issues mattered more than local issues when deciding which House candidate to pick.
Sweet Jeezus - Webb now has a 3000 vote lead, and my rough calculations (like they were any good before) say he'll pick up nearly another 2000 from the last 1% of regular votes.Gokul43201 said:Allen has a nearly 30,000 vote lead...but I'm still expecting Webb to start pulling up closer any time now. Arlington is likely to give Webb an extra 15,000 or so votes, and that's one of 3 or 4 such big ones with a lot of counting remaining.
Hold your horses there. Look way down south in Ole Miss'. Trent Lott is still there and he is leading in MS Senate race with about 64% of the vote.Gokul43201 said:If Tester wins MT and Cardin wins MD (both fairly likely), then Talent will be the only really conservative winner in an M-state (the MI and MN seats have both gone to the Dems, as expected, and Snowe, a moderately liberal Rep has taken ME easily).
FL-13 refers to the 13th congressional district in Florida. It was a highly contested race in the 2006 midterm election between Democrat Christine Jennings and Republican Vern Buchanan. The district was seen as a key battleground in the election and the outcome of the race could have had an impact on the balance of power in Congress.
Vern Buchanan was declared the winner of the FL-13 race by a margin of 369 votes. However, this result was highly controversial as there were widespread reports of voting irregularities and malfunctioning electronic voting machines.
It is difficult to determine the exact impact of the FL-13 controversy on the overall election results. However, it is believed that the controversy may have had some influence on the outcome of other races in Florida and potentially even the balance of power in Congress.
Yes, there were several studies conducted by scientists and experts that found evidence of voting irregularities in FL-13. These included discrepancies between the number of votes recorded by electronic voting machines and the number of voters who signed in at polling places.
The FL-13 controversy brought attention to the potential flaws and vulnerabilities in electronic voting machines. As a result, there were calls for increased transparency and accountability in the voting process and some states implemented stricter regulations for electronic voting machines. The controversy also highlighted the importance of ensuring fair and accurate elections in maintaining a functioning democracy.