What are the odds this one winds up in court?
Recount for sure. Court? Maybe. If nothing else, that part of the country’s got a lot of lawyers.
Even if the Dems only gain the House and the Senate is a close tie, it means the looney-bin fringe of the Pubbie Right can’t run things any more. The moderates will make deals happen or not happen, not the Bushistas. And as bad as the moderates are, they’re not the loonies of the far right. It’s good news that can only get better if the Dems take the Senate.
She’s down by 50,000 votes, but CNN said that most of the remaining precincts are expected to go for McCaskill. So the question is, “by how much?”
Tennessee… 90% in, Corker up nearly 59,000 votes. (CNN)
Davidson County only 43% in. Maybe 30,000 net Ford votes there alone. But everything else that’s out seems to skew even, or to Corker. Theres 3-4 counties that aren’t in at all, but they all seem small and rural. I can’t see those going Ford.
Looks pretty good for Corker. Close though.
Va site now has Webb slighlty ahead. 99.26% reporting
TN at 94% reporting (CNN), with Corker up 49,000 votes. Looks like he has it.
Given that Missouri is my home state, and Boyda happens to be a fellow high school alum of mine who we sent some support to for her campaign, I’m more than a little interested and excited by these races. I talked to Nancy a few weeks ago and I can’t wait to congratulate her. Her win just freaking ROCKS! (Especially because the DNC gave her zero support and all but ignored her – she did this entirely via grass roots. Go Nancy!!)
Talent’s still showing as ahead of McCaskill at the moment, but St. Louis County is only 11% reporting, and she’s holding a decent lead over him there (she trounced his ass in the city!). And only 33% of Jackson County (the Kansas City area) has reported, and McCaskill’s kicking his butt there, as well (54%/43%). Clay County (also KC) hasn’t even started reporting, but it could go either way – I’m not familiar enough with the area to say, but Cass, another KC county, is 100% in and soundly went to Talent. It’s conceivable she could pull this out, too, and we could take the Missouri Senate seat.
Oh, cruel! 
Depends on the individual issue. I can tell you for sure, for instance, that Tester (or any other Montana candidate) is probably more strongly pro-gun than about 90% of the Republican party. And on the Iraq war, he’s been more pushing the “we need to support our troops better than the administration has been” angle, rather than the “bring them home” angle. Economically, though, he seems to be a bit left of center.
All the local estimates have Tester winning, incidentally, but Bozeman, being a college town, is more liberal than most of the state, so that might be skewing things.
Oh, Jeebus Christmas! This from the man who heads the party that shut the Dems out of any kind of input on anything for the last six years. Funny how he’s only the Uniter when he’s forced to work with his enemies, isn’t it?
CNN projects Corker over Ford in TN…
CNN has just declared Corker as the winner in Tennessee.
CNN just called Tennessee for Corker, which isn’t surprising. The Dems would need all of the undecided seats to get the Senate, which is not out of the question.
That’s not true, the Democrats have had their input on any issue where the GOP didn’t have Congressional majorities on issues, this wasn’t that uncommon on any legislation where the entire GOP wasn’t in agreement (this isn’t that uncommon.) They also had input during the times they controlled the Senate.
The nature of our political system is you don’t really get as big a share of the pie when you’re in the minority end of the elections.
In any case, the Democrats are going to be happy to work with President Bush, since they don’t control more than 2/3 of both Houses they don’t have any choice if they wish to get any legislation done in the next two years.
Chris Matthews just said that there are over 30K votes still uncounted in Fairfax County (Webb Country).
Even if the Dems don’t take the Senate, the VA seat is valuable because it will be much harder to win in any other year, or with any other Dem opponent. So pick it up now while it’s possible.
Then they can sweep up the rest in 2008.
How many days ago was it that he said a Democratic victory would be a win for the terrorists?
CNN’s called TN for Corker. Missouri looking pretty good for Talent.
Too early to say much about MT. But it looks like the Republicans hold onto control of the Senate. Dems would have to win MT, VA and Mo, and that’s looking unlikely.
Latest number from Fox was 1726 vote lead for Webb. Wow, that is thin.