National election tidbits
Turnout was 64 percent of registered voters, the highest in generations.
Sen. Ted Stevens, the newly minted felon, will be re-elected in Alaska. But when his conviction is affirmed and he resigns, a special election will be required for the seat and his Democratic challenger should be reasonably well-positioned. And the corrupt Rep. Don Young also was re-elected. Something is bad wrong in Alaska.
Minnesota is too close to call between Democrat Al Franken and Republican Norm Coleman. But Coleman had a narrow edge, of 762 votes with 2.5 million cast, at the end. There will be a recount.
The Oregon Republican senator may hang on, too, for a net gain of only five in the Senate. (I know, that sounds greedy.) It's still enough for a working majority; still enough to send Joe Lieberman packing.
There's a vote count foulup in Georgia. It could be that some 600,000 early votes in Fulton County weren't included in running totals last night. This might mean there's yet hope to force Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss into a runoff. Fulton County will produce a heavy black vote, generally Democrat-friendly.
Some truly repugnant House Repubs have been defeated -- Virgil Goode of Virginia (oops, maybe not, this one is up in the air) and Steve Chabot in Ohio are but two of many -- and that bears a good roundup some time later in the day. Sigh, the wacky Rep. Michele Bachman of Minnesota was re-elected 47-43.
Good golly. Obama won Indiana. Thank you, Gary.
California appears likely to pass Prop. 8, to ban same-sex marriage. With most votes counted, it leads 52-48.
Comments
Maybe the stinkbomb Bachman at least got the pooh scared out of her?? One can only hope. I'm doing a happy dance that Tom Feeney was defeated in Florida!!
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November 5, 2008 07:02 AM
I feel hungover, and I went to bed early and sober last night. There is so much left to be done.
This day was 40 years coming, starting with the year that LBJ sacrificed his political career to hammer through the Civil Rights Act and prove that (eventually) the Democrats would no longer need the racist whites to govern, and Martin and Bobby sacrificed their lives, and the party drove their children into the wilderness at the convention.
Let's hope we have another 40 years to clean out the stables.
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November 5, 2008 07:33 AM
"Something is bad wrong in Alaska."
Understatement of the day.
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November 5, 2008 07:48 AM
Posted this yesterday, guess it worked out. Now if Hamillton can win it again in 2012...
Within the last 40 years when a Brit has one the F1 drivers championship in a U.S. Presidential election year, the Democrats have won the White House during the Presidential election year.
A Brit won the F1 Driver's Championship this past Sunday in Brazil. And...he is also the first black driver to do so.
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November 5, 2008 08:38 AM
The 1960 Nixon/JFK election had a turn out of 62 %. That's the highest in modern times until 2008.
Catholocism was the booger bear for the radical right back then, much of the same rhetoric you hear today about Obama was said about JFK.
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November 5, 2008 08:39 AM
Alaskans are only out to get more money through Uncle Ted. It makes no difference to them that he is a lying cheat, and a convicted felon. "All those items were just loans, not gifts" Right!
What was the line in the Simpson's Movie about Alaska: Welcome to Alaska, here is a thousand dollars. But Why? We pay every citizen so the oil companies can ravage our States natural beauty.
On a positive note, at least NC sent a message to Elizabeth Dole. What a low campaign she ran.
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November 5, 2008 08:58 AM
Tidbit 12b:
What's the matter with Oklahoma? Looks like they gave McCain the highest percentage to him more than any state-66%.
Cheney's Wyoming gave McCain 65%. Utah 63%, Alaska/Idaho 62%. Arizona...54%
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November 5, 2008 01:18 PM
Is it possible that Alaska can replace Stephens with none other than Sarah Palin?
Betcha.
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November 5, 2008 08:09 PM