Election Watching Thread

[Ash Wednesday]

[quote name='track2004' post='1114758' date='Nov 7 2006, 11:41 PM']
oh man i'm so excited the dems are taking over. my roomie and i watched cnn all night. times are a changin'.
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Oh yeah man, I'm totally excited. Yay for gay marriage! Yay for abortion!

Edited November 8, 2006 by Ash Wednesday

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='Ash Wednesday' post='1114769' date='Nov 8 2006, 12:48 AM']
Oh yeah man, I'm totally excited. Yay for gay marriage! Yay for abortion!
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[EcceNovaFacioOmni]

[quote name='Ash Wednesday' post='1114765' date='Nov 7 2006, 11:46 PM']
Sounds like it will be Dems taking house, Repubs keeping Senate.
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Which I'm sure will yield a productive 2 years.

[Ash Wednesday]

[quote name='Raphael' post='1114770' date='Nov 7 2006, 11:50 PM']

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Oh and lest we forget, if the Dems get all the power, now we get to gas grandma when we don't want to take care of her anymore, either. Wooo hooooo!

[homeschoolmom]

[XIX]

Glenn Beck said, in so many words, that the key issue is North Korea and their nukes?

It seems to be the one issue people aren't paying much attention to. I'm concerned, myself.

[Ash Wednesday]

[quote name='thedude' post='1114777' date='Nov 7 2006, 11:51 PM']
Which I'm sure will yield a productive 2 years.
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I think these last two years were going to be pretty screwed anyway.

[XIX]

Allen is losing in VA now, down by 2,372

[EcceNovaFacioOmni]

Can't wait for '08.

[quote name='XIX' post='1114784' date='Nov 7 2006, 11:54 PM']
Allen is losing in VA now, down by 2,372
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Where'd you hear that?

[homeschoolmom]

[quote name='thedude' post='1114785' date='Nov 7 2006, 11:55 PM']
Can't wait for '08.
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I can. I feel a trend.

[Sojourner]

[quote name='notardillacid' post='1114763' date='Nov 7 2006, 10:46 PM']
I'm trying to detect a note of sarcasm. Tis difficult in mere writing
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yes I was being sarcastic

[EcceNovaFacioOmni]

All Republicans losing in Ohio now. It appears we won't have any public smoking though.

[KnightofChrist]

[quote name='Ash Wednesday' post='1114778' date='Nov 8 2006, 12:52 AM']
Oh and lest we forget, if the Dems get all the power, now we get to gas grandma when we don't want to take care of her anymore, either. Wooo hooooo!
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As well as American defeat in the war on Terror. Oh boy oh boy the clinton years relived.

[XIX]

[quote name='thedude' post='1114785' date='Nov 8 2006, 12:55 AM']
Where'd you hear that?
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[url="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/senate/full.list/"]http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/res...nate/full.list/[/url]

Edited November 8, 2006 by XIX

[toledo_jesus]

oh beaver dam it. Jim Webb just beat George Allen in VA. we're at 99% reporting and he's ahead by 3K votes. What a frigging disappointment.

[jmj]

Montana's senate race (with 163/867 precincts reporting):

[color="#333399"]Tester[/color] 56%
[color="#FF0000"]Burns[/color] 42%
[color="#33CC00"]Jones[/color] 2%

[EcceNovaFacioOmni]

Does this mean he can't run for the presidency? I am watching the official Virginia election site and he's still ahead.

[XIX]

[quote name='thedude' post='1114796' date='Nov 8 2006, 01:02 AM']
Does this mean he can't run for the presidency? I am watching the official Virginia election site and he's still ahead.
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Well I'm on CNN.com, which has absolutely no liberal bias.




















Kinda like how the Red Sox fans don't have an anti-Yankees bias.

[KnightofChrist]

[quote name='thedude' post='1114796' date='Nov 8 2006, 01:02 AM']
Does this mean he can't run for the presidency? I am watching the official Virginia election site and he's still ahead.
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Drudge has him ahead as well..

[cappie]

Reported in Australia

WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Democrats swept Republicans out of power in the U.S. House of Representatives and made gains in the Senate on Tuesday, riding to victory on a wave of public discontent with the Iraq war, corruption and President George W. Bush's leadership.

Two years after a decisive election victory for Bush and his Republicans, Democrats picked up at least the 15 seats they needed to win control of the House for the first time since 1994, according to TV network projections.

Nancy Pelosi spearheaded the Democratic takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, positioning herself to become the first woman to lead the chamber -- and President George W. Bush's worst political nightmare.

House Democratic leader since 2003, the California liberal framed the elections as a referendum on Bush, his unpopular Iraq war and the scandal-rocked, Republican-led House.

"Democrats support change," Pelosi told a victory party in Washington. "Democrats propose a new direction for all Americans, not just the privileged few."

Pelosi, 66, appears certain to be elected House speaker by fellow Democrats when the new 110th Congress convenes in January, replacing Dennis Hastert, an Illinois Republican.

Under U.S. law, the speaker is second in the line of succession to the presidency, behind only the vice president.

Pelosi has said she will not try to end U.S. funding of the Iraq war, will pressure Bush to shift course, begin a phased redeployment of U.S. troops and require Iraqis to take greater responsibility for their own nation.

Pelosi was often ignored or even mocked by Bush during his first six years in office but the Republican president would have to work with her once she takes the gavel if he expects to get much done in his final two years.