Mmmmm, these are some nice numbers to wake up to. A year or so ago a number of Dem. politicos lambasted Howard Dean because he insisted on putting money into races in all 50 states, instead of concentrating on just the then-likely Democratic wins. Betcha he's being hailed as a genius by a lot of the same folks this morning.
Poor Buffy. Your life resists all things average.
Willow ,'First Date'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Nov 08, 2006 1:20:33 am PST #8463 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Theodosia - Nov 08, 2006 1:32:44 am PST #8464 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Ooooh, it's like waking up on Christmas morning! What a difference from 2004!
I went to bed before TDS/Colbert came on, so I have that to look forward to.
Laura - Nov 08, 2006 1:38:52 am PST #8465 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Well, I gave up and went to bed at 1:24 my time. Having sweet dreams of leading in all the outstanding races. After 5 wonderful hours, still leading in all the outstanding races. Finish counting already!
Blue skies!
Laura - Nov 08, 2006 1:57:01 am PST #8466 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Black coffee:
This has been my best election in countless years. 6 of the 9 people I voted for won. Apparently the people of Florida only think Yes is an option on amendments so didn't do so great there. Still feeling so much better.
And no political ads on the teevee today!
esse - Nov 08, 2006 2:34:01 am PST #8467 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Tennesse has just become a blue state, I think. While I'm not sure how such things are quantified, we elected a Democratic governor (yes!) and six of our ten districts turned from Republican to Democrat, when before all but Nashville's district, really, was Republic. We elected a Republican to the Senate. But everything else went Democratic-way. That's so awesome I can't even begin to say.
Also, it was really funny to check the percentages on the NYT this morning and see that Blackwell in Ohio only got 39% of the vote. Awesome.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 08, 2006 3:00:33 am PST #8468 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
We became a blue state that helped Senate Republicans hold on to their majority, and if my ears didn't deceive me the marriage amendment passed by something like 81%. So more purplish, i guess.
Cashmere - Nov 08, 2006 3:08:50 am PST #8469 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Webb is leading in Virginia and Tester is leading in Montana for the Senate. But both races are still close and haven't been called yet.
I have no fingernails left to chew.
esse - Nov 08, 2006 3:15:08 am PST #8470 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
and if my ears didn't deceive me the marriage amendment passed by something like 81%. So more purplish, i guess.
Mmm. You're right. Sad but true.
Nutty - Nov 08, 2006 3:30:55 am PST #8471 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Good morning, all. The VA Senate races fascinates me. Allen has like 1,166,666 votes, and Webb 1,170,000. Which, in a really populous state, is practically a tie. With 99.8% of precincts reporting in. When will we hear from those last 0.2%??
When I was in junior high, one of CT's House districts was a race so close that it ended up being decided by 6 votes. SIX VOTES. It was like 6,242 to 6,248 -- so really, the VA race is the same thing on a bigger scale.
(I think Sam Gejdenson just had more cousins, in the final analysis.)
Frankenbuddha - Nov 08, 2006 3:33:06 am PST #8472 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hot damn! CNN has the Dems up by a decent margin in both the contested states (VA and MT). I heard last night there was an auto-recount last election cycle in VA, and the difference was only 27 votes, so X-fingers everyone but it looks like the Senate might have swung blue too.
Figuring that Leiberman and Sanders will cancel each other out (as Droopy is likely to be supporting the Repubs as per usual - and how much did I love Jon Stewart's impression totally cracking Dan Rather up), we might be OK with the tie in critical votes if one of the two goes the other way, as some of the moderate Republicans (I know this is true for the two from Maine at least) have very little love for the current group of thugs in charge of the GOP.