The 2006 American Midterm Election Day Thread

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(First comment being an xpost to Elvis, though certainly, another time for Ensign to crap on the cross, please!)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:24 (nineteen years ago)

i don't exactly have high hopes for speaker pelosi, but if she plays it smart, could get some solid legislation thru. That said, will anyone mourn the end of Speaker Hastert? easily the least distinguished congressional leader in my lifetime, losers like that sure made the dems job tonight a lot easier.

― timmy tannin (pompous), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:24 (nineteen years ago)

Loebsack defeats Leach!

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:25 (nineteen years ago)

Only 56% of the vote's been returned in Montana (pop 1,000,0000)(is this what our Roving boy was so twinkly about yeasterday)

― don (dow), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:26 (nineteen years ago)

okay, i'm feeling a little better now, and far better than i did 2 years ago

xpost

It’s simple, Jon. If you don’t eat your meat, you can’t eat your pudding.”

hahaha

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:26 (nineteen years ago)

but if she plays it smart, could get some solid legislation thru

Past Bush's veto?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:27 (nineteen years ago)

Oregon state house is now democrat-controlled once again. The stupid TABOR and parental notification initiatives went down in flames.

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:28 (nineteen years ago)

Rahm Emanuel is hilarious. he just couldn't stand still up there on stage.

Schumer said McCaskill and Tester both on track to win (this was at 11:30 or so EST).

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:28 (nineteen years ago)

http://static.crooksandliars.com/2006/11/santorum-concede.jpg

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:29 (nineteen years ago)

http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/homepage/hp11-7-06ddd.jpg

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:30 (nineteen years ago)

meet your new overlords!

if I'm counting right, we've picked up 28 seats, with a solid chance to pick up another 6

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:31 (nineteen years ago)

"Past Bush's veto?"

that's where the smarts come in - figuring out what's possible, where bush will cave, so at least something gets done before he's shown the door.

― timmy tannin (pompous), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:33 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha

from CNN.com right now, for "most watched" vids:

1. Clinton victory speech (3:29)
2. Kirstie Alley's new look (3:17)
3. Sour note at CMA awards (:40)
4. Analysis on Santorum (4:01)

God Bless American Culture

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:33 (nineteen years ago)

TS: Analysis on Santorum vs santorum on analysis.

― edward o (edwardo), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:34 (nineteen years ago)

you can't have analysis without ANAL

― timmy tannin (pompous), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:36 (nineteen years ago)

Morning all, MT an VA still in play and showing up going the right way, well done america.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:42 (nineteen years ago)

shit. Tester down to only a 7K lead @ 72%. C'mon, c'mon, urban precincts!

in other news:

webb at 9500 in lead, at 99%.
-Fairfax City at 86% (webb up)
-Isle of Wight at 92% (allen up)
-Loudoun at 96% (webb up)

I'm disappointed that Jean Schmidt from Ohio was re-elected.

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:44 (nineteen years ago)

could be a recount in Schmidt-Wulsin

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:46 (nineteen years ago)

Helena was a huge factor in Tester's lead, so give it up for Lewis And Clark county.

― gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:47 (nineteen years ago)

Gallatin county (which has Bozeman) and Cascade county (which has Great Falls) have barely reported yet... so these guys might make the difference.

― gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:49 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, CNN reports Schmidt-Wulsin at 113,736 vs 111,332.

Unfortunately, John Laesch lost to Denny "No Longer Speaker of Jack Shit" Hastert by 39K, which ain't actually too bad for a newbie union carpenter in a conservative suburb.

Shimkus won, too, so maybe the damage from Foley was minimized.

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:50 (nineteen years ago)

oh Christ, i just remembered that we're gunna have to live thru another 2 months worth of dumbass pundit and MSM types trying to cobble together some half-assed narratives to explain the results

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:52 (nineteen years ago)

and give it up for the dem House member from MI-13, who ran un-opposed: Cheeks Kilpatrick.

Really.

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:54 (nineteen years ago)

Tester will win.

we're taking the senate!

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:54 (nineteen years ago)

All right, need to get some sleep. See everyone in the morning.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:55 (nineteen years ago)

damn, Tony Trupiano lost his House race in suburban detroit. He gave up his radio show to run. Skinner did, too.

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:57 (nineteen years ago)

Shimkus won, too, so maybe the damage from Foley was minimized.

the only races it really impacted, it seems, were Foley's district and KS-2

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:57 (nineteen years ago)

No Sleep til Pombo

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:58 (nineteen years ago)

I'LL KEEP U COMPANY WITH DRUNKEN TYPOES

― if you ain't got the yolk, you can't emulsify the hollandaise (fauxhemian), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 08:00 (nineteen years ago)

We can do our own. Webb's now ahead by 11,000, which Toobin, who wrote a book about recounts, says no way will anything like that be overturnable or makeruppable, although, if lead is less than 1% of total votes reported (which is true in this case, so far), Allen can request recount. One thing may make a significant difference, theoreticaly, is provisional ballots, which will be examined tomorrow (or today, Wed, I mean). These are ballots set aside, like "Oh, you always voted here, Cousin Bob? Well, maybe you *are* 'really really registered', we'll just check that out! But now it's time for beddy-bye."

― don (dow), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 08:01 (nineteen years ago)

WA-08.. the gap is closing now between Burner and Reichert such that Eastside King County precincts are coming in with Burner at 51% there, and 56% for Reichert in Pierce.. Eastside King Co. has more folks though, and less weather problems. No clue how this will turn out.

― gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 08:07 (nineteen years ago)

looks like Sali's gonna pull through

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 08:08 (nineteen years ago)

Y'know, the sky cleared up and the rain stopped this afternoon in portland. it was a beautiful evening at 4:30pm.

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 08:09 (nineteen years ago)

White House irked after GOP candidate snubs Bush

PENSACOLA, Florida (AP) -- The White House did not hide its irritation Monday at Florida GOP gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist for ducking President Bush at a campaign rally in the Republican-friendly Panhandle.

looks like he chose well, too. dude won by 320K.

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 08:13 (nineteen years ago)

raw ass MT results:

Jon Tester -- Stan Jones -- Conrad Burns -- Total Votes
County Totals -- 140883 -- 6856 -- 132183 -- 279922

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 08:16 (nineteen years ago)

hey waitamin, that pro-stem-cell thing passed in MO, didn't it?

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 08:30 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, it did

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 08:45 (nineteen years ago)

that story was from allentown, illinois you idiots

i'm enjoying the dems victory, listening to lynyrd skynyrd

enjoy this:

http://www.post-gazette.com/images4/2006108rr_santorum_concedePJ_580.jpg

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 08:45 (nineteen years ago)

I'd be crying if they made me wear that dress on national TV.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 08:46 (nineteen years ago)

also:

(pop 1,000,0000)

ilx's resident libertarian shows his math knowledge!

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 08:47 (nineteen years ago)

that story was from allentown, illinois you idiots

what story?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 08:54 (nineteen years ago)

I'm really more of a socialist, honest. A lot of those anti-gay amendments that passed, banned civil unions as well as marriage. More evidence that, if not for The Media telling it wrong about the victory in Iraq, the Roving wouldn't be experiencing technical difficulties at the moment.

― don (dow), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 08:57 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.richard-seaman.com/USA/States/Hawaii/Oahu/NorthShore/Surfing/ClassicMoves/NonchalantSurferOn15FootBanzaiPipelineWave.jpg

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 09:03 (nineteen years ago)

kaus:

Obvious Big Post-Election MSM Theme #!: Why can't more Republicans be flexible like Schwarzenegger. ... [Theme #2?--ed 'The Red state/Blue state divide is over!'] 9:35 P.M.

NBC's anchors Russert, Brokaw and Williams can't be Democratic or Republican, liberal or conservative--that wouldn't do!--but they can be relentless, tedious advocates of bipartisanship and moderation. Isn't that an ideological position too? ["Bipartisanshp" is a blazing arrow pointing at ...-ed "Comprehensive" immigration reform, I know.] 8:17 P.M.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 09:07 (nineteen years ago)

Hooray! (I've said my piece, now backing out of thread.)

― Rodney... (R. J. Greene), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 09:09 (nineteen years ago)

POMBO SENT BACK TO THE RANCH

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 09:17 (nineteen years ago)

ben, go to sleep. you have a "real job" to quote blount.

and the story was the bash the election machine with a ceramic cat from upthread. get one jaymc spreadsheet.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 09:18 (nineteen years ago)

wtf @ fursuit bumpers on msnbc

― Adrienne Begley (sparklecock), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 09:21 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.discovergrandcanyon.com/gallery/ralph%20sunrise.jpg

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 09:22 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.discovergrandcanyon.com/gallery/ralph%20sunrise.jpg

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 09:22 (nineteen years ago)

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