― Beth S. (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:25 (seventeen years ago) link
Larry Sabato: It's a possibility, though right now there are hundreds of possible combinations for both parties' presidential tickets. Hillary Clinton is likely to go into the '08 race with support from roughly 40 percent of likely primary and caucus voters. A candidate can win with 40 percent in a split field, but a candidate can also lose with 40 if a single opponent arises. This will be the question for the Dems in 2008. Barack Obama is certainly a rising star in the Democratic Party, although the Democrats chose another charismatic, one-term Senator in 2004 and it didn't do a whole lot to help their outcome.
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― Beth S. (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:46 (seventeen years ago) link
She didn't get shot down. She got wait-listed. And everyone else on the wait list got accepted but she withdrew from the list before that happened and started this hateful campaign. I guess she didn't want to get to U of M as much as she wanted to get into right-wing politics.
― BrianB (BrianB), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― Beth S. (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:49 (seventeen years ago) link
xpost
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:14 (seventeen years ago) link
Nick Lampson took Tom Delay's seat in Texas, Space took Bob Ney's seat in ohio, & Tim Mahoney took Foley's seat in Florida.
Unfortunately, Bilbray hangs on to Duke Cunningham's seat in California, beating Francine Busby by 15K.
― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:20 (seventeen years ago) link
Tom DeLay was on MSNBC this morning trying hard to spin this one - my fave moment was when he argued that he'd been indicted under laws that weren't actually in place
― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― roc u like a § (ex machina), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:31 (seventeen years ago) link
in virginia the threshold is 1% sothere will probably be a recount (which could be interesting as it increases the likelihood of gop dirty tricks being uncovered).
― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:32 (seventeen years ago) link
"Tonight the news has arrived from every corner of the country - the American people have sent a resounding and unmistakeable message of change and a new direction for America!
"We accept your votes not as a victory for our party but as an opportunity for our country. All Americans have recognised that what we are doing in Iraq isn't working and we need to change course."
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:34 (seventeen years ago) link
Let the betting pool for the total number of subpoenas begin
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:34 (seventeen years ago) link
The diff is Bush only has a year to go to true lame duckitude, Nixon had 3-1/2 years left when the shit really hit. The conv 'wisdom' will rule out beheading W.
Also, the Dems had Bella Abzug and Shirley Chisholm then, we get Pelosi.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:40 (seventeen years ago) link
hahaha OTM
Summary of the e-voting problems - gotta skip an ad to get to it, though
― Edward III (edward iii), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:40 (seventeen years ago) link
There's plenty of evidence to suggest that President Bush may have been the deciding factor that killed the GOP's momentum in some key Senate races over the last week. One Republican consultant is convinced that Bush's last-minute visit to Missouri on behalf of ousted GOP Sen. Jim Talent did the incumbent in. According to the network exit polls, Democrat Claire McCaskill crushed Talent among those late-breaking voters who decided in the final three days (a full 11 percent of the electorate). Bush also made a last-minute trip to Montana, where anecdotal evidence indicates the president's rally for Republican Conrad Burns stopped the incumbent's momentum in Billings.
It's hard not to look at the White House and wonder if it was flying blind. For 18 months, there was evidence that this was going to be a tough midterm thanks to basic history (six-year itch, after all) and the war in Iraq. So why didn't Karl Rove attempt to do what he did in '02 and '04 and dictate the terms of the debate? It was clear this was going to be a national election, yet the White House stuck to its "stay the course" guns for way too long. Northeastern Republicans were desperate for Bush to pivot on Iraq and he just wouldn't do it. When he finally did, it was too late.
The political arm of the Bush White House doesn't usually miss this badly, but it appears this election was misjudged from the beginning. Maybe they believed all the "genius" books that were being written about them.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:44 (seventeen years ago) link
He was joined for a dinner of crow bisque and humble pie by political strategist Karl Rove, GOP chairman Ken Mehlman, White House chief of staff Josh Bolten, counselor to the president Dan Bartlett, former Commerce Secretary Don Evans and Brad Freeman, a California venture capitalist and top Bush fundraiser.
― Edward III (edward iii), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:46 (seventeen years ago) link
what say you?
― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:50 (seventeen years ago) link
xxpost
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:52 (seventeen years ago) link
Patrick was born on Chicago's South Side in 1956, into an African-American family living on welfare and residing in a one-bedroom apartment. His father Pat Patrick, a member of jazz musician Sun Ra's band, left his wife Emily, son Deval, and daughter Rhonda in order to play music in New York City.[1] While in middle school, one of Deval's teachers referred Deval to A Better Chance, a national non-profit organization for identifying, recruiting and developing leaders among academically gifted students of color, which enabled him to attend Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts.[2][3]
― roc u like a § (ex machina), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:53 (seventeen years ago) link