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.
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.
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.
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.
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.)
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.
Is that who that was, Lee?? I couldn't place him. Hilarious.
Hey, I thought I heard something that Deval Patrick will be the 2nd black governor anywhere. Is that right? Was Doug Wilder (? VA) previously the only one?
I'm still crossing my fingers for Webb. Fucking Greens.
Gotta correct a misconception here. I looked at the Independent Green candidate. Imagine an environmentalist with a hard-right social agenda. So I can't assume that IG voters would have overwhelmingly supported Webb.
On the bright side, even if Allen (ptui! let us never speak of him again) pulls the Senate race out, his chance at the White House in 2008 is gone.
Where did the phrase "Blue Dog Democrat" come from? I never heard it before yesterday or today....
eta: context:
Party politics will be shaped by the resurgence of "Blue Dog" Democrats, who come mainly from the South and from rural districts in the Midwest and often vote like Republicans.
