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In looking at the House races in Pennsylvania, 5 Republican incumbants are trailing badly, with a sizable percentage of the precincts reporting, including mistress beater Don Sherwood and the corrupt Curt Weldon. (This is based on the numbers I’m seeing flashing on CNN, so I don’t have a link.)
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Here is a link from CNN’s website. PA 04, 06, 07, 08, and 10 are the five seats I’m referring to.
[QUOTE=John Mace]
Senator Sanitorum (as Tony calls him) gave his consession speech-- man, does he have 2 dorky looking sons… no wonder they get home schooled.
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Ties and sweaters - never a good mix. 
They’re showing Lamont’s concession now. I love concession speeches - people trying desperately to say “We should have won” without saying “The public are idiots”. Fun verbal gymnastics.
[QUOTE=scr4]
Corker’s leading by 5% now. 
And Webb is still trailing by 20k, with 88% reporting. Assuming Montana goes to Tester and counting Lieberman as a Democrat, it still looks like 50-50 in the Senate, with Cheney having the tie-breaking vote. Right?
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I don’t think so. The Dems will need Missouri, too. I bet we don’t hear about that one 'til midnight.
It is Wednesday morning here, so I am just seeing this stuff for the first time. Remarkable how close (like Virginia) are. Does not look like a Democratic sweep, but perhaps they will get the House (a gimme really), and maybe the Senate.
As hard as it is to believe, the country is still very close to being tied on the Great Issues.
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold]
Ties and sweaters - never a good mix.
They’re showing Lamont’s concession now. I love concession speeches - people trying desperately to say “We should have won” without saying “The public are idiots”. Fun verbal gymnastics.
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Isn’t it rather late over there? Is this election that interesting for you??? Hope you’ve got some good booze to keep things lively!!
[QUOTE=John Mace]
Did I hear correctly that we now have a Muslim in the House? That should be interesting…
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Apparently. CNN has called MN-05 for Keith Ellison.
[QUOTE=John Mace]
Isn’t it rather late over there? Is this election that interesting for you??? Hope you’ve got some good booze to keep things lively!!
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It is late, but I don’t need to be up until pretty late tomorrow. And I just enjoy elections in general, really.
The vodka isn’t hurting, either. I’m taking that I could spell Schwarzenegger correctly to mean that i’m not drinking enough yet though. 
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold]
It is late, but I don’t need to be up until pretty late tomorrow. And I just enjoy elections in general, really.
The vodka isn’t hurting, either. I’m taking that I could spell Schwarzenegger correctly to mean that i’m not drinking enough yet though.
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Yeah, but we don’t call the governorship a “seat”, so I’m deducting one point for that error. No one expected Arnold to lose. (You don’t need to spell his last name-- he’s just Arnold.)
[QUOTE=Frank]
Apparently. CNN has called MN-05 for Keith Ellison.
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Yes, that’s the guy. I assume he’s a “real” Muslim, and not a Black Muslim.
I actually feel a little bad for Lincoln Chafee. If there’s a Republican who didn’t deserve to be punished for Bush’s misdeeds, it’s probably him.
[QUOTE=John Mace]
Yes, that’s the guy. I assume he’s a “real” Muslim, and not a Black Muslim.
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Alas, no, he is a black muslim. Raised Roman Catholic, too.
It’s looking fairly grim for Webb in Virginia. According to CNN, there’s 93% in, and Webb’s down by 32,000 votes.
True, Richmond City and 1-2 other big Webb counties have a disproportionate amount of their votes out, but it doesn’t seem that enough Webb votes are outstanding to make up the deficit. Prediction: It’ll narrow, but Allen will win. Maybe 15-18K vote margin.
(and I’m betting that absentees are likely to favor Allen. If I’m wrong about that, this one could be very interesting.)
[QUOTE=Aeschines]
Is John Kerry going to win?
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Kerry’s not running. Kennedy was, and he’s a lock.
Is it bad of me that if came to Democrat control of the Senate and kicking Kennedy out, I’d take kicking out Kennedy?
Chafee should have switched parties. He’s closer to the Dems anyway.
[QUOTE=John Mace]
Yes, that’s the guy. I assume he’s a “real” Muslim, and not a Black Muslim.
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He seems to have had some association with the NoI ~1990, but has since become more traditional.
[QUOTE=John Mace]
Chafee should have switched parties. He’s closer to the Dems anyway.
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Boy, wouldn’t that have been something!
[QUOTE=Maeglin]
Alas, no, he is a black muslim. Raised Roman Catholic, too.
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This is wrong. Ellison is black but he’s not a “Black Muslim.” He’s a Sunni. He’s never been a member of the Nation of Islam and actually denounces both the NOI and Louis Farrakhan.
Not that the NOI has anything to do with Islam.
Reid says VA Senate race is so close it will trigger an automatic recount. That makes sense. Bring on the lawyers!! 
The Pubbies might pick up the two House seats here in Georgia that are held by Dem incumbents. Or they might not. Both races are very tight with 85% of precincts in. That could affect Dem prospects for holding the House. In one, the Dem candidate holds a razor-thin lead, in the other, the Pubbie candidate holds a razor-thing lead.
[QUOTE=John Mace]
Reid says VA Senate race is so close it will trigger an automatic recount. That makes sense. Bring on the lawyers!!
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What’s the situation there with voting machines? I thought recounts weren’t possible on many electronic voting systems.