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McCaskill takes the lead

by Jerome Armstrong, Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:06:47 AM EST

ABC is reporting that with 80% of the vote in, McCaskill leads Talent in MO by about 14K votes. You can watch the MO SOS website as McCaskill takes the lead.

51 seats is now in reach.

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Looks like this night just got better. Guess I can't sleep now.

by CountMippipopolous on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:07:30 AM EST

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Nice.. Webb just declared victory! VERY GOOD MOVE!

by yitbos96bb on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:08:47 AM EST

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Exactly.

Enough pussy footing.

You get more votes, declar victory. If the GOPer doesn't have the class to call, screw 'em.

by zonk on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 02:05:34 AM EST
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51 is in reach...until Lieberman flips to Republican.

Anyone think that won't happen?

Wedgies for every CT Democrat who voted for him.

Get a Vegetarian Starter Kit and a Dem. Party Mastercard

by Go Vegetarian on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:08:59 AM EST

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I don't... It would be stupid for him to do... Unless they offer him Minority leader, he can get whatever seat he wants from the Dems. Unless he plans on retiring 6 years from now, a GOP switch has a good chance of ending Lieberman. He has little to gain and more to lose by switching.

by yitbos96bb on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:17:07 AM EST
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Rumsfeld resigns, Joe SecDef, GOP Sen. appt'ed (none / 0)

by magster on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:27:55 AM EST
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Re: Rumsfeld resigns, Joe SecDef, GOP Sen. appt'ed (none / 0)

Hmm... or Condi gets moved to Def and Liebs takes SOS... either/or THAT is a scenario much more believable to me.

by yitbos96bb on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:35:41 AM EST
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Re: Rumsfeld resigns, Joe SecDef, GOP Sen. appt'ed (none / 0)

No chance he gives up 4 years of officeholding to be SecDef. He realizes he'll never rise above the rank of Senator, having been shot down twice for VP/President, and he'll fight to hold onto his seat for as long as he can.

by rfahey22 on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:45:47 AM EST
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Re: Rumsfeld resigns, Joe SecDef, GOP Sen. appt'ed (none / 0)

Thanks for giving us hope. I don't know though.

by magster on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:49:14 AM EST
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Re: Rumsfeld resigns, Joe SecDef, GOP Sen. appt'ed (3.00 / 1)

Lieberman is many things, stupid isn't one of them. And the background shenigans with the party's lukewarm support of Lamont says it all to me about the fact that they were courting Lieberman from the primary lose onward.

by bruh21 on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:52:55 AM EST
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NV-03 is off to a promising start

J Porter (I) R 47.1%
T Hafen D 52.9%
33% of precincts counted

by billybob on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:09:02 AM EST

This MO Cite Loads Quickly (3.00 / 1)

http://www.ksdk.com/news/elections/resul ts110706/race10.htm

Stem Cell Initiative is Losing with 71% counted but that will change too as the urban votes come in.

by Arthurkc on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:09:53 AM EST

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I might have missed something... but what's up with Maryland?

http://www.elections.state.md.us/electio ns/2006/results/general/office_US_Senato r.html

I have no clue how to read these numbers. I can see that Baltimore hasn't reported in yet, so I'm not too worried, but is Cardin underperforming?

by Zephyrus on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:12:26 AM EST

Re: McCaskill takes the lead (3.00 / 1)

The race is over. Cardin has already claimed victory with a 5 point lead. Steele says "I am not giving up this fight." Yeah, you and your puppy, bro!

by billybob on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:18:07 AM EST
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I'm Confused! (none / 0)

The Missouri SOS has Talent in the lead. But the vote totals are significantly lower than what CNN is showing on its site. What gives?

Has anyone been comparing them before? Has this been going on all night? Is CNN just aggregating counties faster than the SOS?

Inquiring minds want to know.

by Paul Rosenberg on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:13:10 AM EST

Re: I'm Confused! (none / 0)

I believe that CNN is compiling local reports generated by AP, and the AP gathers data locally, much faster than the SOS. Here is a media link that is also faster than the SOS:

http://www.ksdk.com/news/elections/resul ts110706/race10.htm

by Arthurkc on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:18:28 AM EST
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That's What I'm Assuming... (none / 0)

I just wanted to know if anyone knew for sure.

I guess that many SOSs are still in the stone age, where updating their stats every half hour is considered rapid. So if the counties update sporadically, rather than in lock-step, its easy for the SOS to be the last to know.

But, again I'm speculating.

Anyway, the MO SOS has caught up a bit, and now shows McCaskill ahead, too, even if the totals still lag.

by Paul Rosenberg on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:34:59 AM EST
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Strange...CNN has the Maryland Senate race already being called for Cardin: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006//pages/ results/states/MD/

I would also add that with the Senate in play, I will not be going to sleep tonight.

by bookishgirl on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:15:47 AM EST

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They have had it called for hours now.

by yitbos96bb on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:19:27 AM EST
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If you look at the county wide senate voting I would just about conclude that McCaskill will WIN easily!! St. Louis County is just one huge one that favors her and they still have over 1/2 their votes to come in. We get that one!!

Lets bring home the Virginia win, I think Webb gets a larger lead from the looks of the county voting but the recount is pretty much a sure thing that will just slow down our takeover!

Montana results are still pending but things are looking as good as we could ever hope for right now. I have not studied Montana but the results so far are encouraging. Needs more research though as to if the repubs can come back from the deficit but I doubt it with the way the night is going.

If I was a betting man, Frist (R) took that away from me, I would surely jump on the Democrats to take the Senate right now. Things just look too good when you look at county by county voting trends. McCaskill is a lock now, Webb is the tight one but he should end the night at least 5K votes up.

by houstonman on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:17:22 AM EST

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I heard an interview with Frist tonight with his dumb ass talking about a run in '08. HA! Good luck jackass! Time to go back to being a quack physician.

by buckfush on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:29:33 AM EST
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Good night and I am hoping I wake up to a dem majority.

Jeremy Bentham sucks!!

by Forward with Feingold on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:21:24 AM EST

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DCCC: Nick Lampson easily takes DeLay's seat.

by billybob on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:33:11 AM EST

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Hee Hee Hee Texas-22 BABY!!!

by yitbos96bb on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:37:08 AM EST

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It's looking like we got 52 seats.

The 52nd? Well, I'm sure Napolitano will appoint a Democrat to take McCain's place after his suicide. Heh.

by Zephyrus on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:37:20 AM EST

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Yeah.

He PROMISED, damn it.

by zonk on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 02:07:10 AM EST
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Okay, here's the front end list of the neocon redstate.com site.
(With firewall shields up at 100%.)
(Observe that these folks think it's 12:43 PM EST!!! Behind the times a bit, kids?)
______________ ___

SPECIAL ELECTION HEADLINES AT 12:43 PM EST

+ SAY HELLO TO SPEAKER PELOSI... MAJOR NETWORKS CALL HOUSE FOR DEMOCRATS...

WASHINGTON POST REVOKES STEELE/CARDIN CALL ... Never mind ...
RedState blogging live from CNN HQ this evening...
Talent - McCaskill in a dead heat ...
Allen - Webb a horse race; Webb leads by 3,000 votes at end of day ... Allen: "The counting will continue"
CHAFEE, Santorum, DeWine out, Lieberman stays, other Senate races called...
House on the brink ... GA House races seesawing to the last minute ...
Count could be delayed days due to high number of absentee ballots
Exit polls showing dissatisfaction ... Historical reasons not to trust ... More...
VIDEO: Poll watchers blocked from Philadelphia polling location
150 ballots, no provisionals provided to NM-1 precinct of 2400+ ... VIDEO
THE SEATS TO WATCH TONIGHT
MASSIVE MELTDOWN IN PA

by blues on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:39:57 AM EST

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"WASHINGTON POST REVOKES STEELE/CARDIN CALL"

Yeah, with 90% reporting and Cardin up by 9% (130,000 vote margin) I'm sure that's real likely.

State of Denial indeed.

by Copley on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:46:16 AM EST
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Anyone know how the TX-22 special election worked? Lampson's not on the SOS page at all for that one.

by yitbos96bb on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:40:25 AM EST

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Lampson wins! The Bugman is gone and so is his seat!

by Spiffarino on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 02:00:17 AM EST
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Looks like Dave Loebsack may have won in IA-02. That would complete a three-district sweep.

by billybob on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:41:23 AM EST

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http://www.sos.state.ga.us/elections/ele ction_results/2006_1107/024.htm

http://www.sos.state.ga.us/elections/ele ction_results/2006_1107/028.htm

Looks like GA 8 and 12 might hold... Cnn is not up to date.

by yitbos96bb on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:42:56 AM EST

GA-8 (none / 0)

CNN now says the Dem has the lead, and it's still not as up to date as your site. Bowers wrote it off too quickly.

by Mullibok on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:51:14 AM EST
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Re: GA-8 (none / 0)

SO did I frankly... I can't blame him. Close election in a DEEP red state... looked grim.

by yitbos96bb on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:52:03 AM EST
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Tester was up 15K, now down to 10k with 40% of the precincts unreported. Hope it doesn't slip any further....

by global yokel on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:50:54 AM EST

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Tester is ok. Some good Democratic counties have not reported many results yet.

by Mullibok on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:55:12 AM EST
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Senate Sites (none / 0)

http://sbe.virginiainteractive.org/nov20 06/l_02.htm

With 10 Precints left - Webb is up by almost 5K.

http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrweb/raceresults .asp?eid=189&oid=43310&arc=

Claire's lead grows...

Can't find an official page for Montana.

by yitbos96bb on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:51:19 AM EST

Montana (none / 0)

Neither can I, but AP has Tester up by 52-47 with 61% reporting.

by billybob on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:56:34 AM EST
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Re: Senate Sites (none / 0)

Official Montana site:

http://sos.mt.gov/ELB/archives/2006/elec tions/general/ussenate/index.asp

by Mullibok on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:58:16 AM EST
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McCaskill, Tester, and Webb will win, barring backroom vote stealing. Claire claiming victory now. Great move, following Webb. Way to show strength Dems. Good sign for our new Senators.

Better Progressive Messaging www.progressivemovement.net

by parmenides on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:54:24 AM EST

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Boy NM-1 is CLOSE!

by yitbos96bb on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:55:29 AM EST

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McCaskill has declared victory!!!!!!

by maconblue on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:55:45 AM EST

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I have to assume that Provisional Ballots go Webbs way in Virginia... I have to think more Dems would use them.

by yitbos96bb on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 01:58:51 AM EST

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K, was worrying a little about Tester but it looks good. He just has to continue to carry the Silver Bow county and Yellowstone like he has so far and he will win the race.

The votes left in Webb vs. Allen are basically Fairfax votes which are Webb, Webb and more Webb.

The votes left in the McCaskill race are St. Louis County and Jefferson where she will only add to her lead.

I wanna say done deal but will just say as long as something sneaky does not happen int he Webb race then it is a done deal.

For the Lampson race, you had to write in SKG and I am actually amazed how well she did with that. The area he won in was a very RICH area so that probably accounts for him not beating her much more badly.

by houstonman on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 02:01:40 AM EST

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McCaskill is up by 40K with 400 precints left... Woo Hoo... COme on CNN declare!

by yitbos96bb on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 02:01:42 AM EST

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Talent concedes!!!!!!!!

by yitbos96bb on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 02:04:39 AM EST

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CNN has declared McCaskill the winner in Missouri

Webb's lead in Virginia continues to grow-- 12,000 now if my math is right!

by Captain Future on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 02:25:23 AM EST

Impressive : McCaskill (none / 0)

McCaskill is no superlefty. In favor of Death Penalty. But you hear her speak, she is not afraid to stick up for the party and refused to take the bait from the TV folk on John Kerry today. She did not back down on the iraq war talk. Maybe the Fords and OBamas can learn from her on how to be charismatic and not sell out your party.

by Pravin on Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 02:45:04 AM EST

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