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DE, MA, MD & NH Primary Results Thread

by: James L.

Tue Sep 14, 2010 at 7:33 PM EDT


9:06pm: Holy shit, let's continue the party over here.
9:05pm: Update from the DE DoE! With 78% in (252 of 325), it's O'Donnell 54 and Castle 46. 3600 votes separate them. Over in Maryland, MD-04 has been called for Donna Edwards, not much contest there either. Maybe also worth mentioning: the GOP primary in NH-Gov got called long ago (with only 7% reporting): John Stephen easily defeated his weird opposition, teabagging businessman Jack Kimball and social con activist Karen Testerman, 77-17-8.
9:00pm: In DE-AL, Glen Urquhart is, as PPP predicted, leading Michelle Rollins. He's up 51-46 with 37% in.
8:50pm: And it wasn't even a contest in Maryland -- the AP has called the GOP gube nomination for Bob Ehrlich. He's sitting on 82% of the vote so far.
8:49pm: In MA-09, douchebag conservadem Stephen Lynch leads Mac D'Allesandro by 43% with 3% in.
8:47pm: I can't get through to the DE DoE, but the latest AP count has O'Donnell up by 55-45 with 37% in. 2300 vote spread.
8:43pm: Some non-DE updates: In MA-10, state Sen. Rob O'Leary leads Norfolk DA Bill Keating by 57-43, and Jeff Perry leads Joe Malone by 58-35 with 5% in. In MD-01, Andy Harris is leading Rob Fisher by 40 points.
8:39pm: We're now up to 31% reporting in DE, and O'Donnell leads by 54-46 (or about 1400 votes).
8:37pm: We're up to 22% reporting in DE, and O'Donnell leads by 56-44! 1450 vote spread.
8:35pm: Before conking out, the last DoE update had O'Donnell up by 55-45 with 17% reporting. 900 vote margin.
8:33pm: Folks, looks like we've crashed the DE DoE site. Restrain yourselves! (Yeah, as if that's possible.)
8:31pm: Now it's 14% reporting in Delaware. O'Donnell now up 55-45, with a 700-vote margin.
8:29pm: We're up to about 11% reporting in Delaware, and O'Donnell leads Castle by 55-45. Hang on to your butts...
8:26pm: Now up to 25 precincts in Delaware, Christine O'Donnell is now leading Mike Castle 52-48, or about 180 votes.
8:22pm: We have some early numbers from the Delaware DoE site! Nutbag Christine O'Donnell leads Mike Castle by 655-449, or 59-41, with 8 out of 325 "Districts" reporting.
8:13pm: I just got off the horn with the Elections Division at the New Hampshire Secretary of State office. They inform me that it's NEVER too early for a ganja break.
7:51pm: Via the Twitter, Delaware elections officials are expecting a quick count there, with most of the results being known by 9:30.
7:49pm: We're up to 5% in, and Lamontagne is up by 53-32. Much of that is based on Lamontagne's strength in his hometown of Manchester, though.
7:44pm: Checking in with the House races, baggage-laden Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta leads Rich Ashooh by 46-28 with 9% in. Sean Mahoney, a guy who's spent a lot in recent weeks, is only pulling in 19%. In NH-02, ex-Rep. Charlie Bass leads Jen Horn by only 8%, but we're just looking at a few hundred votes so far. (Likewise, Ann McLane Kuster has an early lead on Katrina Swett for the Dem nod.)
7:40pm: 3.7% is in, and Ovide leads by 53-32.
7:34pm: We have some early results in New Hampshire. With 2% in, Ovide Lamontagne leads Kelly Ayotte by 23 points, 54-31!

Polls will be closing in Delaware, Massachusetts and Maryland at 8pm Eastern (some polls have already closed in New Hampshire; the rest will follow at 8pm). We'll be using this thread to follow the returns, and we'll check in with Rhode Island, New York, and Wisconsin when polls close in those states at 9.


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so far
its looks good for Lamontagne but its only 2%. i can still hope haha.

21, Progressive Democrat, MN-08 (home), MN-05 (college)

He's doing really well in Hillsborough county
Is that good for Ovide, expected, or has Hillsborough county seceded from New Hampshire forming its own nation with the expressed purpose of turning chickens into zombies?!

Clearly I have way too much time on my hands :P

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24, Male, Democrat, NM-01, Chairman of the Atheist Caucus, and Majority Leader of the "Going to Hell" caucus!


Ovide is from Manchester, which would explain his strength there.
I understand Ayotte is from Nashua.

[ Parent ]
Nashua is the same county as Manchester
If Ovide is doing this well in Hillsborough, then it's really bad news for Ayotte.

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24, Male, Democrat, NM-01, Chairman of the Atheist Caucus, and Majority Leader of the "Going to Hell" caucus!


[ Parent ]
Counties don't matter in New England, and Manchester is almost all that's reported so far.


[ Parent ]
3% in, still big Lamontagne lead
Almost all these votes are coming from NH-1 btw.

21, male, CA-15 (home and voting there), LA-2 (college)



Ovide is looking strong early on
Of course, results this early can mean nothing, but it is encouraging.

24, male, African-American, CA-24, Democrat. Chair of the SSP Black Caucus.

Awesome
I love the smell of a Republican screw-up.  The smell is strong tonight!

40, male, Democrat, NC-04

[ Parent ]
Keep it up!
The smell is coming down to the Carolinas tonight.  The Republicans want to prove a point tonight by proving a point in the primary.

Makes perfect Republican sense, doesn't it?

40, male, Democrat, NC-04


[ Parent ]
oops
Proving a point by picking a teabagger...

40, male, Democrat, NC-04

[ Parent ]
5% in
Still no change. Ovide 53-32.

[ Parent ]
Go Conspiracy!
It's your birthday! Get ready...

Sorry, song from back in yesteryear...

40, male, Democrat, NC-04


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It's all coming from Hillsborough county
Which is really bad news for Ayotte. Both she and Ovide are from there (apparently Ayotte is from Nashua and Ovide is from Manchester).

If he's winning by that much here, it's hard to imagine Ayotte making up the margin elsewhere.

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24, Male, Democrat, NM-01, Chairman of the Atheist Caucus, and Majority Leader of the "Going to Hell" caucus!


[ Parent ]
12/16 precincts are from Manchester
With is Lamontagne territory big-time -- his hometown. Nothing yet from Nashua.

There are only 12 precincts in Manchester, so nothing else from there will come in.

Let's wait to see if the margins from Manchester hold up in other parts of the state.



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Wow
I know early results should be taken with a grain of salt, but so far so good.  

Proud member of the Indiana Democratic Party from IN-9.  

I'm relatively excited tonight
There is a feel in the air that the Republicans are about to fuck themselves over by picking teabaggers tonight.  

Hint to Republicans:  try to win the war, not the battle.  BTW, your so called "conservative" is not really conservative.  Just like most of your affiliation, they will become beholden to the leaders of your party.

40, male, Democrat, NC-04


Two senate seats for the taking
Thank you teabaggers, I'm happy to accept your gift!

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24, Male, Democrat, NM-01, Chairman of the Atheist Caucus, and Majority Leader of the "Going to Hell" caucus!


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It's amazing
If I was a moderate Republican in NH or DE, I would be saying "I'm surrounded by a bunch of fucking idiots!!!"

Good grief.  If you are a moderate Republican, just don't vote.  The mainstream Republican party has become Teabagger nation.

40, male, Democrat, NC-04


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Trust me most of us get that
Although I think Ovide would still beat Hodes, he would be less than an ideal senator.  O'Donnell, would be an absolute disaster, however.  

38, male, conservative Republican, TX-3 currently (IL-13)

[ Parent ]
Well, let's wait until tonight is over
I have a feeling that Castle might be toast.  I hate it for him because he's a good man.  Although Lugar is more conservative than Castle, he might want to reconsider whether he wants to run again in 2012.  Good chance is that he would go down too!

40, male, Democrat, NC-04

[ Parent ]
He picked his party
and that has consequences.  Live by the moron vote, die by the moron vote....

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Yeah, he picked his party alright
No debate here!  He chose his party, and he's sticking to it.

Too bad that Hatch, Lugar, Snowe, Collins, and Murkowski have no future in the GOP.  Any sense of moderation, and it's over...

40, male, Democrat, NC-04


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Ovide
I have reservations about your predictions on him willing. He is basically 1 election away from becoming "perennial candidate." It is a Republican year, but it may not be THAT much of a Republican year. Hodes will lose to Ayotte. Hodes is at worst even-odds with Ovide. Not only that, the NRSC would have to dump precious resources into New Hampshire in order for him to be even competitive financially.

26 White Male. Born and raised in MN-8, currently living in MN-5.

"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."


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DC Dem Mayoral primary
Any news on that? I know polls close there at 8PM.

NH
The votes that are in are mostly from Manchester which is Lamontagne's home town. Ayotte is originally from Nashua. I don't know much about NH so I don't know what to make of this.  

41, Ind, CA-05

Early days
As ever we don't know which precincts are reporting.

[ Parent ]
Is
AP not going to report uncontested races now? That is what they are doing in DE now. It does make it easier.  

Proud member of the Indiana Democratic Party from IN-9.  

Depends on the state
when the state has the race on the ballot (even if unopposed), they report it. If not, they don't.

[ Parent ]
A big word-of-warning on Lamontagne's numbers thus far...
The bulk of the current vote is from Manchester. Where is Lamontagne's residence? Manchester. Frankly, if he can only poll 54% on his most prime territory, Ayotte should be fine tonight.

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Ayotte was born in the same county
Who knows.

[ Parent ]
This is New England.
Counties don't matter much. Pretty much all Delaware politicians are from the same county, for example, but that doesn't mean that they don't have bases.  

18- Hamburg, Germany (non-US-citizen)

[ Parent ]
i'd agree if it was one on one
but there were four candidates in double digits (2 being low teens ofc) in recent polls so really it just matters how much they get.

Top ten signs you're an SSPer #1: your favorite song is "Panic At Tedisco" and no one understands what you mean.

[ Parent ]
Some turnout data from Delaware

"Per DE elections commish, 2,266 absentees returned as of 9/13. Expected 20% turnout, 3 times higher than usual midterm primary"

That's from @mikememoli on Twitter.  Also Castle's people feeling good about turnout.

21, male, CA-15 (home and voting there), LA-2 (college)



When
will we start getting Delaware results? I am anxious. I was jittery over waiting for the PPP poll. I am down right shaking right now.  

Proud member of the Indiana Democratic Party from IN-9.  

Polls close at 8 EST
Election officials expecting quick count- should be over 9:30.

21, male, CA-15 (home and voting there), LA-2 (college)



[ Parent ]
Not until after the top of the hour


[ Parent ]
DE
Delaware is always pretty good at getting the results out quickly, don't expect a long night unless it's amazingly close.

25, Male, CT-01 (home), Perth-Wellington riding (sometimes)

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NH
Why in the world do they stop voting so early?  In fact why does any state stop before 8/9PM?  Some people work late.

29/D/Male/NY-01

Compared to Indiana and Kentucky
It is the next morning.

[ Parent ]
Dixville, NH, is the first precient...
... in the US to vote in Presidential elections. They like do it at midnight on Election Day. Maybe that has something to with it. Tradition, I guess.

[ Parent ]
Speaking of Dixville...
1 vote for Ayotte, 3 votes for Bender, 1 vote for Binnie, 1 vote for Lamontagne.

Bender... Bender?


[ Parent ]
.
He is Bender, please insert Girder.

/sorry, couldn't resist a Futurama joke, especially since Bender probably won't win and won't be around for this year.


[ Parent ]
oh yeah
everyone do the bender!

Top ten signs you're an SSPer #1: your favorite song is "Panic At Tedisco" and no one understands what you mean.

[ Parent ]
I
got my cigar and booze ready. I might even find a fembot by the time the night is over.  

Proud member of the Indiana Democratic Party from IN-9.  

[ Parent ]
lamontagne's vote margin
has almost doubled since the votes started coming in even if the percent difference has gone down. i wonder where in hillsborough most of these votes are coming from.

21, Progressive Democrat, MN-08 (home), MN-05 (college)

They're coming from Manchester apparently
Which is Ovide's home-town (Ayotte lives in Nashua btw).

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24, Male, Democrat, NM-01, Chairman of the Atheist Caucus, and Majority Leader of the "Going to Hell" caucus!


[ Parent ]
In which case
Ayotte should be in decent shape.  

38, male, conservative Republican, TX-3 currently (IL-13)

[ Parent ]
Ovide STILL resides in Manchester, Ayotte does not
Mark my words - this thing is gonna tighten fast.

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[ Parent ]
Would he not do better
Outside the cities? Though I do seem to recall Bush winning the cities in 2004 and Kerry the rural parts of the state.

[ Parent ]
The cities are more Republican than the rural parts
New Hampshire is sort of crazy that way, but Manchester, until very recently, was a Republican stronghold if memory serves. Really the rural parts of New Hampshire have quite a bit in common (culturally speaking) with Vermont while urban New Hampshire has quite a bit in common with upstate New York.

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24, Male, Democrat, NM-01, Chairman of the Atheist Caucus, and Majority Leader of the "Going to Hell" caucus!


[ Parent ]
Yep, New England is a crazy crazy place where nothing makes sense
n/t

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24, Male, Democrat, NM-01, Chairman of the Atheist Caucus, and Majority Leader of the "Going to Hell" caucus!


[ Parent ]
no,
you're thinking of the rest of the country.  we're the only part of the nation that DOES make sense.

Top ten signs you're an SSPer #1: your favorite song is "Panic At Tedisco" and no one understands what you mean.

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Manchester
Manchester is the lynchpin of Republican New Hampshire--the big pool of voters, the home of the Union-Leader, etc.

For a Republican primary, especially a low-turnout affair, I suspect that means that Manchester will account for a disproportionately heavy share of the vote (especially with Guinta running).  LaMontagne's lead there might be predictable, but it could also be decisive.  I have no math with which to support that statement.

(I lived in Manchester for several months a few years ago while working on an ill-fated global warming campaign, but won't claim much deep knowledge of the area.)  

From MO-3, college in CT-3, lived in NH-1, NH-2, PA-2, and MA-8 in the 3 years since.


[ Parent ]
eh

NH is fairly similar all over despite substantial variations between neighboring towns.  The vote at 20% in generally isn't going to differ too much from the percentages seen at 80% in.

[ Parent ]
Come on Ovide
Prove my prediction wrong!!

20, Male, Democrat, CA-44 (home) CA-12 (college)

I like you and everything...
but I hope like hell that you are a sucky prognosticator...

Go Ovide!!!!

40, male, Democrat, NC-04


[ Parent ]
Same here
I said Halter would win by 2 points.  I have a good prediction tack record.

20, Male, Democrat, CA-44 (home) CA-12 (college)

[ Parent ]
It's time to draw a line in the sand
I've been somewhat disenchanted with politics this summer, but for some reason tonight seems like the night that our prospects will turn around.  The Republicans will prove a point tonight on how unbelievably stupid they are (I'm not talking to GOPVOTER, who is a classy fellow, and Republican folks like GOPVOTER that has class).  Win the battle, but don't worry about the war.  Sure, Palin will win you an O'Donnell, but at what cost?  Oh yeah, the general election!

40, male, Democrat, NC-04

Dont forget
MassGOP and some of the other Republicans here. I get all the credit, I fell MassGOP deserves alot of credit to for classy, sane, smart Republicans.  

[ Parent ]
If
Ayotte does not improve soon someone may have to take me to the local hospital.

Libertarian secular Republican, MO-7

[ Parent ]
Id rather
Ovide and Castle than Ayotte and O'Donnell...
I really do like Ayotte though. Gov 2012 if Lynch retires??

[ Parent ]
If i could
only guarantee one outcome, it would be an Ayotte win.  She could be on a national ticket someday.

Libertarian secular Republican, MO-7

[ Parent ]
I'm pointing you out for one reason:
I have tremendous respect for you.  No other Republican has posted on this site has earned my respect to the degree you have earned it.


40, male, Democrat, NC-04

[ Parent ]
I think these movement conservatives
(AKA Teabaggers) are looking more to give the republican establishment a message rather than win races.  I think the believe that if they give the establishment the finger, maybe it will endorse more conservative people for these races.

In the end, its just an endless death spiral, because these people are never content.  I'm pretty sure the GOP won't be around in 20 years unless they shape up and become MUCH more moderate.  Parties have faded in the past (whigs) while the oldest party in American politics (The Democratic Party) has adapted over time, and has been a political powerhouse from the times when it was called the Democratic-Republican Party.

I say full steam ahead Teabaggers, I'd rather a socially liberal, fiscally conservative party (libertarians?) take your place.

20, Male, Democrat, CA-44 (home) CA-12 (college)


[ Parent ]
Win Short-term, forget about the long-term
Well said.  I agree with you 100%.  Unless the Republicans finally get a grip of reality, they will be extinct before too long.  

40, male, Democrat, NC-04

[ Parent ]
Whigs
Didn't the Whigs die out because they were too moderate? Trying to satisfy both sides of the slavery issue?

I don't see any issue right now as big as that issue was, but perhaps the tea party would rather kill the GOP than work in a big tent with a few sacred principles?

25, Male, CT-01 (home), Perth-Wellington riding (sometimes)


[ Parent ]
not to go too off-topic
But I believe the slavery issue divided the party so much that it dissolved(Northern forces joining the Republicans, and the Southern forces joining the democratic party)

Male 21 Dem Ca's 1st  

[ Parent ]
Whigs
I just checked my textbook at you're pretty much right about the Whigs. Both parties didn't take definitive stands on the issue so they wouldn't alienate one wing of their party. By 1852 the Whigs were essentially split between the northern "conscience" Whigs and southern "cotton" Whigs and the party as a whole only won 1 state in that year's presidential election.

21, Progressive Democrat, MN-08 (home), MN-05 (college)

[ Parent ]
I think they should just
They should just come over and join us on the dark side* ...  you guys know we have cookies over here, right?

[*well, the one with a substantial number of non-white people anyway]

Kansan by birth, Californian by choice, and Gay by the grace of God.


[ Parent ]
NH-1
We want Guinta, right?

DC should be added to the list, by the way, they close at 8.


The little election that could.
Here's a link to a local DC TV station with live results from the Dem Mayoral primary there.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/n...


[ Parent ]
"Imagine, being able to be magically whisked away to...
Delaware!"

"Hi. I'm in Delaware."

(and the real fun now begins)

25, Male, CT-01 (home), Perth-Wellington riding (sometimes)


there really isn't anything else to say about DE is there?
nt

Top ten signs you're an SSPer #1: your favorite song is "Panic At Tedisco" and no one understands what you mean.

[ Parent ]
Hey now, leave Delaware alone!
The folks in Delaware are good people...and besides, they have the "Monster Mile".  What is the Monster Mile.  It's the race track at Dover Downs.

For purposes of full disclosure, I'm a former modified stock car racer.

40, male, Democrat, NC-04


[ Parent ]
Haha
It was a line from Wayne's World, when they were in front of a green screen showing the cool places they could visit

25, Male, CT-01 (home), Perth-Wellington riding (sometimes)

[ Parent ]
Oh crap!
I forgot that!  

Sorry dude, but it's been a long last decade and a half for me.  I'm getting older by the second!

40, male, Democrat, NC-04


[ Parent ]
Hahaha
funny, know what you mean, I'm happy Delaware should be over early...can't stay up late anymore and still wake up for 4:30

25, Male, CT-01 (home), Perth-Wellington riding (sometimes)

[ Parent ]
Wake up at 4:30???
You are insane!  What do you do, own a chicken farm and have to feed the chickens???

I say this in jest only if this is the truth...

40, male, Democrat, NC-04


[ Parent ]
hahaha
we only grow bedding plants here in CT-05, as well as SSP enemy-killers.

Sometimes chickens do wander onto the railroad tracks I work on, though (yes, they make a mess)

25, Male, CT-01 (home), Perth-Wellington riding (sometimes)


[ Parent ]
You are killing me!
I'm lucky that I live in NC-04.  We are your basic technology district.  We don't grow or manufacture much of anything.

I used to work in Northern NJ.  One of my friends (who happened to be the VP of Finance and who lived in CT) used to tell me "Son, if it wasn't for me, you would be raising chickens right now!".


40, male, Democrat, NC-04


[ Parent ]
lol
nt

25, Male, CT-01 (home), Perth-Wellington riding (sometimes)

[ Parent ]
Chickens?
Think of all the health care you could barter for!

Male, 23, NJ-12

[ Parent ]
did i say chickens???
Maybe I should be talking about a goose...since it feels like the GOP are about to lay a couple of goose eggs tonight!

40, male, Democrat, NC-04

[ Parent ]
Pumpkin Chunkin
I heartily approve of any state where building catapults to hurl pumpkins is a local tradition.

Kansan by birth, Californian by choice, and Gay by the grace of God.

[ Parent ]
Go, French Mountain, go!
I love that New Hampshire has roughly 80 bazillion county-type units, and Delaware, a similarly-sized-and-populated state, has 3.

Kansan by birth, Californian by choice, and Gay by the grace of God.

Ovide winning bigger
In Rockingham than she is in Merrimack. That mean anything?

Given 2% of precincts are reporting
Probably not :P

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24, Male, Democrat, NM-01, Chairman of the Atheist Caucus, and Majority Leader of the "Going to Hell" caucus!


[ Parent ]
Little early for a ganja break NH


"Where free Unions and collective bargaining is forbidden, freedom is lost." - Ronald Reagan

Bit more in
5.3 and still 53-42.

[ Parent ]
53-32
Yeah, it'll tighten.

[ Parent ]
Right...
Problem is, counting is down by early tiny little town and so it takes for freaking ever to get the totals in.

[ Parent ]
Wisconsin
Not to be a complete fool, but do Wisconsin polls close at 9 local time or Eastern Time?

Male, 23, NJ-12

Thanks!
Thanks to both of you!

Male, 23, NJ-12

[ Parent ]
Eastern
They close at 8 local.

20, male, independent, WI-07.

[ Parent ]
Ah heck.
16 precincts reporting. What will happen next? Stay tuned.

Ok, if Delaware doesn't start reporting soon
I'm going to have to fly down there and kick someone's ass. I don't really care whose ass it is, I'm just in an ass-kicking mood!

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24, Male, Democrat, NM-01, Chairman of the Atheist Caucus, and Majority Leader of the "Going to Hell" caucus!


Are they gonna do it
Hawaii style?

[ Parent ]
IIRC I think they do


"Where free Unions and collective bargaining is forbidden, freedom is lost." - Ronald Reagan

[ Parent ]
Will the Castle be stormed by the crazies?
We must know.

[ Parent ]
Pretty much
It will be proven tonight who the real leader of the Republican party is tonight.  It's SFP  "Sarah FUCKING Palin".

40, male, Democrat, NC-04

[ Parent ]
I'm still amazed that in Oregon
None of the tea partiers won jack.  Which is royally pissing off the GOP base.

[ Parent ]
Give them time
Trust me, if they really are Republicans (still don't understand that concept), they will drink the crazy fluids and join the teabagger ranks.

2012 is only 2 years from now.

40, male, Democrat, NC-04


[ Parent ]
If this happens...
...then who knows the corny puns that will find their way to Delaware newspaper headlines.

"Castle is taken."
"Major upset leads to the fall of Castle."

I probably should stop right now.


[ Parent ]
8:30pm. Please be patient.


[ Parent ]
Screw being patient, I want my numbers now! :P


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24, Male, Democrat, NM-01, Chairman of the Atheist Caucus, and Majority Leader of the "Going to Hell" caucus!


[ Parent ]
And what makes it worse
Delaware is quite possibly the only state with no TV or radio station, so nowhere to watch/listen to the results as they come in.

[ Parent ]
Hell
if Puerto Rico becomes a state we should just break up Delaware among the states surrounding it because its really small. (No offense to any Delewarians here)

19, Male, Independent, CA-12

[ Parent ]
I keep forgetting.
Deleware borders Pennsylvania. That just doesn't sit right in my head, for some reason.

26 White Male. Born and raised in MN-8, currently living in MN-5.

"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."


[ Parent ]
Delaware, dammit
Delaware, Delaware, Delaware, Delaware, Delaware, Delaware, Delaware, Delaware, Delaware, Delaware, Delaware, Delaware.

I can spell, I swear.

26 White Male. Born and raised in MN-8, currently living in MN-5.

"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."


[ Parent ]
No way dude
We need all the Senators we can get from blue states.

Kansan by birth, Californian by choice, and Gay by the grace of God.

[ Parent ]
Yeah!
Tell it like it is DGM!

40, male, Democrat, NC-04

[ Parent ]
I concur! nm
nm

Proud member of the Indiana Democratic Party from IN-9.  

[ Parent ]
if NH is anything like VT
expect results around 9.  howeer, considering how NH is worse than VT in every way, results will probably wait until midnight.

Top ten signs you're an SSPer #1: your favorite song is "Panic At Tedisco" and no one understands what you mean.

[ Parent ]
yeah, the polls have been closed a whole 19 minutes...

give them a break!

The results will come really fast once they start coming in -- probably starting in about 15-30 minutes from now


[ Parent ]
yeah, the polls have been closed a whole 19 minutes...

give them a break!

The results will come really fast once they start coming in -- probably starting in about 15-30 minutes from now


[ Parent ]
RedState
I am eavesdropping over at RedState, and their ""Thank God They're Over Primaries" Open Thread." has all of 2 comments. SSP is the place to be on election night!

26 White Male. Born and raised in MN-8, currently living in MN-5.

"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."


What enthusiasm gap?


[ Parent ]
Put out the fucking ganja and start counting NOW.
Don't make me come up there.

Follow the elections in Georgia at the 2010 Georgia Race Tracker.

Live free or high, man.


[ Parent ]
free or high?
How about free and high!!

Do I hear a "Fuck-n-aye" from the chorus???

40, male, Democrat, NC-04


[ Parent ]
+1 to you, sir.
I wonder if New Hampshirites (or whatever the fuck they're called) pronounce it like the Mainers (again, or whatever the fuck they're called) in Stephen King novels: "Ayuh."

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[ Parent ]
Been to NH only once in my life
And that was in July of 1995.  My wife and I had our honeymoon in New England.  We flew to Portland, took a ship (or whatever the fuck they call it) to Nova Scotia, stayed there a few days, came back to Portland, and drove down to NH and MA.  

I couldn't understand a fucking word they were saying.  From what I gather, they couldn't understand a fucking word I was saying either!

40, male, Democrat, NC-04


[ Parent ]
lol
I was on a cruise last month and a couple from North Carolina yelled at me for saying "Carolina" incorrectly. At least they didn't hear me say cawwwfee.

25, Male, CT-01 (home), Perth-Wellington riding (sometimes)

[ Parent ]
We can't speak correctly in NC
but oh well!  That's life!

40, male, Democrat, NC-04

[ Parent ]
They can be high AFTER the teabagging.
After Republicans have handed us two Senate seats.  Hell, I might join them at that point.

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I'll join you
Those damned New Englander's high isn't going to ruin our numbers gathering!

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24, Male, Democrat, NM-01, Chairman of the Atheist Caucus, and Majority Leader of the "Going to Hell" caucus!


[ Parent ]
DE results
Why are they taking so long!

First results from DE trickling in
57/42 O'Donnell. Big disparity between machines and absentee.  

59-41


"Where free Unions and collective bargaining is forbidden, freedom is lost." - Ronald Reagan

[ Parent ]
Good grief!!
What are the Republicans trying to tell their establishment?

We are fucking nuts???

40, male, Democrat, NC-04


[ Parent ]
We have Delaware numbers!
O'Donnell leads!

Follow the elections in Georgia at the 2010 Georgia Race Tracker.

YES!
I'm saying exactly what Marv Albert would say...

40, male, Democrat, NC-04

[ Parent ]
Delaware Department of Elections
Linked in the diary.

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Odonell up in DE
134 to 96

Delaware numbers
UNITED STATES SENATOR

8 of 325 Districts Reported

REPUBLICAN PARTY
   MICHAEL N. CASTLE 430 19 449 40 . 7 %
   CHRISTINE O'DONNELL 628 27 655 59 .3 %

24, male, African-American, CA-24, Democrat. Chair of the SSP Black Caucus.


The latest
MICHAEL N. CASTLE 430 19 449 40 . 7 %
CHRISTINE O'DONNELL 628 27 655 59 . 3 %

6.3 in NH
Ovide 52-32

Update
UNITED STATES SENATOR

14 of 325 Districts Reported

REPUBLICAN PARTY
    MICHAEL N. CASTLE 733 36 769 43 . 7%
    CHRISTINE O'DONNELL 952 39 991 56 .3%

24, male, African-American, CA-24, Democrat. Chair of the SSP Black Caucus.


According to Politico
No county has reported anything.

Del-AL
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS

14 of 325 Districts Reported

REPUBLICAN PARTY
    ROSE IZZO 59 2 61 3 . 6 %
    MICHELE ROLLINS 712 31 743 43 . 5 %
    GLEN URQUHART 861 44 905 52 . 9 %

"Where free Unions and collective bargaining is forbidden, freedom is lost." - Ronald Reagan


Rose Izzo?
paging Jay Z (H to the Izzo...

21, dude, RI-01 (registered) IL-01 (college)
please help Japan. click "donate funds" in upper right and then "Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami." http://www.redcross.org/


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Oh, shit. Delaware just got closer
52-48

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11% in
55-45 O'Donnell

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Where are the DE results from?
Please tell me Sussex county. Or even Kent. The AP link shows 2 precincts, but not a county.  

No idea
The link on the SOS site to County totals so no info is available.

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Over 10% counted
MICHAEL N. CASTLE 2780 45 . 2 %
CHRISTINE O'DONNELL 3373 54 . 8 %

Please, Please nm
nm

Proud member of the Indiana Democratic Party from IN-9.  

[ Parent ]
The margin in NH-Sen...
...is currently bigger than the margin in the GA-Gov runoff.

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NH could learn how to count from Delaware


"Where free Unions and collective bargaining is forbidden, freedom is lost." - Ronald Reagan

They do only have 3 counties
And the place is tiny.

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I think we crashed the DE SoS site


I was about to say that


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So hitting refresh every 10 seconds is bad?


"Where free Unions and collective bargaining is forbidden, freedom is lost." - Ronald Reagan

[ Parent ]
Also known as SSP OCD


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Yep
That's pretty sad actually, we're such dedicated nerds that we've overwhelmed the state of Delaware :P

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24, Male, Democrat, NM-01, Chairman of the Atheist Caucus, and Majority Leader of the "Going to Hell" caucus!


[ Parent ]
it's a very small state
and we were quite hungry....oops!

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Update
UNITED STATES SENATOR

56 of 325 Districts Reported

REPUBLICAN PARTY
    MICHAEL N. CASTLE 3976 154 4130 44 . 9%
    CHRISTINE O'DONNELL 4931 138 5069 55 .1%

24, male, African-American, CA-24, Democrat. Chair of the SSP Black Caucus.


where are the votes coming from?
are they all absentee?  

Top ten signs you're an SSPer #1: your favorite song is "Panic At Tedisco" and no one understands what you mean.

Both
Looking at the state leg. totals, most state leg. districts have reported at least 1 precinct in FWIW.

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Are you saying our butts are not already hung?
You evidently havent seen our new calendar... sizzlin swing state readership '010.

1996
How many races has Ovide ran in since losing to Governor Shaheen in 1996? I am not finding the information readily accessible.  

26 White Male. Born and raised in MN-8, currently living in MN-5.

"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."


Those nice people at the DE govt website...
...are going to love us for crashing their site.

heh


I blame Kenyan anti-colonialism myself


[ Parent ]
22% of precincts reporting
and O'Donnell has a 10pt lead.  

Well
I hope the early numbers In delaware and NH hold up.Coons
and Hodges can beat the more extreme Teaparty candiates.
These states are Not Red states.Deleaware Is Blue state
and NH Is purple state that Democrats can win In.

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Well
I hope the early numbers In delaware and NH hold up.Coons
and Hodges can beat the more extreme Teaparty candiates.
These states are Not Red states.Deleaware Is Blue state
and NH Is purple state that Democrats can win In.

[ Parent ]
Restraint?!
We're angry political nerds, we don't know the meaning of the word "restraint"!

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24, Male, Democrat, NM-01, Chairman of the Atheist Caucus, and Majority Leader of the "Going to Hell" caucus!


Come on O'Donnell
I got some nice Oregon microbrews I'm going to crack open if you pull this one off.

Do it!


In other news....
that's totally less exciting that Delaware,
With 5% of the vote in Rob O'Leary leads Bill Keating 56-43% in the MA-10 Democratic primary and Jeff Perry leads Joe Malone 58-35% in the MA-10 Republican primary.

28, Liberal Democrat, CA-26

In other news....
that's totally less exciting that Delaware,
With 5% of the vote in Rob O'Leary leads Bill Keating 56-43% in the MA-10 Democratic primary and Jeff Perry leads Joe Malone 58-35% in the MA-10 Republican primary.

28, Liberal Democrat, CA-26

Politico finally catches up


And still only 6% of the vote counted in NH


"Where free Unions and collective bargaining is forbidden, freedom is lost." - Ronald Reagan

Doesnt anyone even have any flailing speculation
about where the votes are coming from?
Get it together people, this is election night

Hopefully
Sussex and Kent County. No one is showing where. The DE DOE site sucks. If they are from New Castle, Castle is fucked.  

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They can't be all from New Castle
it is probably some combination.

38, male, conservative Republican, TX-3 currently (IL-13)

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119 precincts have reported
In theory, all of Sussex and Kent could have reported, but then again, it could also mean that a majority of the ballots are from New Castle.

I'm cautiously optimistic about this one (sorry GOPVOTER, hope you have that booze on hand!)

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24, Male, Democrat, NM-01, Chairman of the Atheist Caucus, and Majority Leader of the "Going to Hell" caucus!


[ Parent ]
the votes apparently are from all over the 3 counties
If you look at the state house races, all three counties are reporting (at different rates) but they are report. Go Coon!  

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NEW CASTLE COUNTY
According to CNN O'Donnell is winning there which is huge cuz Castle was hoping ot win there...  It's on like Donkey KONG!!!!!!!

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That definitely is bad news for Castle
Got to take a peek at CNN.

24, male, African-American, CA-24, Democrat. Chair of the SSP Black Caucus.

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UGH
Par usual CNN lied..

Most of the votes are from New Castle which Castle is winning but that he thought would be a huge blowout that would carry him to victory.  Most of the remaining votes should go to O'Donnell except we are waiting on Willingham.  If O does ok there then it is over.  Castle has to blow her out there to win.

Unless CNN FUCKED IT UP again lol


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MA
Perry, O'Leary, Lynch all with big leads.  

NEWS FLASH!
The Republicans really want to fuck up a sure thing by voting for O'Donnell over Castle.

Good grief.  What point are they trying to prove?  Is it that Coons is more conservative than Castle?  

40, male, Democrat, NC-04


Delaware *fingers crossed*
i am crossing my fingers for Delaware!

whoa!
crossed my fingers then the vote total updated in O'Donnells favor!

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MD-1 GOP
Andy Harris up big here (with only 4% in)!

Maybe Kratovil will get GIlchrest's help again!

25, Male, CT-01 (home), Perth-Wellington riding (sometimes)


37% reporting
O'Donnell 55%
Castle 45%

O'Donnell has a 2300 vote lead  

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24, Male, Democrat, NM-01, Chairman of the Atheist Caucus, and Majority Leader of the "Going to Hell" caucus!


Time for ending these closed primaries
I think primaries should be open to independents to prevent some of these nutcases from winning them.

38, male, conservative Republican, TX-3 currently (IL-13)

Or...
You could do like some states (Like mine) do, and just have no party registration at all. We lack party registration and annually have the highest voter turnout of any state in the Union.

26 White Male. Born and raised in MN-8, currently living in MN-5.

"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."


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THIS IS ABSOLUTELY FRICKING INCREDIBLE
Yes, I've jumped the shark and gone all caps.  What is happening in Delaware defies all reason, all logic, all kinds of rational thought known to exist.  The republican base we knew was nuts, but up to this point they've at least paid some attention to electability in races like IA-Gov, NV-Gov, MS-1, FL-8, and ID-1, just to name a few.  

What this means is that the GOP has now become so brainwashed, so immersed in their narrative of taking back the House and the Senate, that they think that any dead dog with a "R" by it's name is guaranteed for victory seven weeks from tonight.  

Ladies and gentlemen, if Odonnell (and Lamontagne) pull this off tonight, coupled with the good polling results we've seen over the last week or so, we will all look back on this night as the night the Republican Party blew their chance at electoral victory in 2010.  Mark it down.  It's going to be all democrats from here, spearheaded by the GOP slitting it's own throat in Delaware and in other races throughout the country.

23, Male, Democrat, OH-13


As I've been saying to folks
The national pools are deceptively bad for Dems, we're actually in much better shape in individual races.

[ Parent ]
Regardless of Who wins tonight
Coming from a part-time NH resident, Paul Hodes will not be a US Senator in January. The climate, combined with the fact that Hodes is B- candidate running a C- campaign will ensure that. The difference between Ayotte and Lamontagne is the difference between a 53-44 GOP win and a 50-47 one, but Hodes has a herculean task to get to 50+1.

26 Right-leaning, Euro-Conservative, Anti-Tea Party Independent

[ Parent ]
Regardless of Who wins tonight
Coming from a part-time NH resident, Paul Hodes will not be a US Senator in January. The climate, combined with the fact that Hodes is B- candidate running a C- campaign will ensure that. The difference between Ayotte and Lamontagne is the difference between a 53-44 GOP win and a 50-47 one, but Hodes has a herculean task to get to 50+1.

26 Right-leaning, Euro-Conservative, Anti-Tea Party Independent

[ Parent ]
Regardless of Who wins tonight
Coming from a part-time NH resident, Paul Hodes will not be a US Senator in January. The climate, combined with the fact that Hodes is B- candidate running a C- campaign will ensure that. The difference between Ayotte and Lamontagne is the difference between a 53-44 GOP win and a 50-47 one, but Hodes has a herculean task to get to 50+1. And with no major independents that means he's likely screwed.

26 Right-leaning, Euro-Conservative, Anti-Tea Party Independent

[ Parent ]
Sorry for the Tripple Post
The site is running very slowly and I hit refresh which apparently made it post again.

26 Right-leaning, Euro-Conservative, Anti-Tea Party Independent

[ Parent ]
37% in
O'Donnell 55-45

Okay NH
I know your slogan is "Live Free or Die" but you do kind of have to count the votes.  This is not Ohio, you can do better than 6% in just under 2 hours.

55-44 37% in
O'Donnell leads by 2300 votes with 37% in

NH must be using one 80 year-old woman to count the votes for the whole state.
And she doesn't do shit when it's time for a ganja break.

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If she's from rural NH
Believe me, she never got past the 60s and is doing some good stuff.

25, Male, CT-01 (home), Perth-Wellington riding (sometimes)

[ Parent ]
Got through to DE DoE - about 2/3 in

UNITED STATES SENATOR

210 of 325 Districts Reported

REPUBLICAN PARTY
 MICHAEL N. CASTLE 17431 562 17993 45 . 7 %
 CHRISTINE O'DONNELL 20928 494 21422 54 . 3 %

28, Male, MI-09 (home), MD-07 (school)


I
don't see how Castle comes back.  

Proud member of the Indiana Democratic Party from IN-9.  

[ Parent ]
I could faint
It is hard to see how the R's get the Senate without DE. Three cheers for Sarah!!!!!!! Three cheers for the tea party!!!!!!!! Three cheers for DE!!!!!!!!!

Proud member of the Indiana Democratic Party from IN-9.  

Wisconsin: D's voting on the R side
http://www.wfrv.com/news/wisco...

28, Liberal Democrat, CA-26

Interview with Howard Cosell from Hell
"Down goes Castle!  Down goes Castle!  Down goes Castle!"

40, male, Democrat, NC-04

Weigel says on Twitter
65% in. O'Donnell leads 54.3-45.7%

ITS OVER FOLKS!

Thank you crazies (cracks open a cold Bridgeport IPA).


65% in
UNITED STATES SENATOR

210 of 325 Districts Reported

REPUBLICAN PARTY
    MICHAEL N. CASTLE 17431 562 17993 45 . 7 %
    CHRISTINE O'DONNELL 20928 494 21422 54 . 3 %

"Where free Unions and collective bargaining is forbidden, freedom is lost." - Ronald Reagan


Twitter says.
   O'Donnell up 54%-45% with 65% in.

24, Male, GA-05

Dave Wasserman (top campaign analyst) tweets "it's over," that O'Donnell has won!......
If he's right, and I have to think he is because he's a conventional journalist who is going to hold back until he knows, then *SAY HELLO TO SENATOR COONS!"

Sorry, fundie fucks, but GOD IS A DEMOCRAT!

43, male, Indian-American, Democrat, VA-10


If I may take a moment...
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I'm in awe of just how stupid Delaware Republicans are. Seriously, I don't think I've ever seen a race where a candidate who would have been a heavy favorite to win a seat in a hostile state lost to a sure loser before. Congratulations Delaware Republicans, you've now entered into a level of stupidity that has never been seen before!

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24, Male, Democrat, NM-01, Chairman of the Atheist Caucus, and Majority Leader of the "Going to Hell" caucus!


[ Parent ]
OMG
I think I will go to church this week. I am literally crying for joy.  

Proud member of the Indiana Democratic Party from IN-9.  

[ Parent ]
Hey! Another precinct in New Hampshire!
We now know exactly what we knew forty-five minutes ago!

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Looks good for O'Donnell


24, male, African-American, CA-24, Democrat. Chair of the SSP Black Caucus.

GOP teabags itself to death
I cannot wait to see what Castle will do now. Coons endorsement plz.

Oh, and there is absolutely no way the GOP will control the senate now.

21,Democrat, NY-02, male


Agreed
I don't see a path to the majority for the GOP without Delaware.

24, male, African-American, CA-24, Democrat. Chair of the SSP Black Caucus.

[ Parent ]
The only way
Is to screw everyone like Paul, Rubio, and Kirk and hope they can save themselves and invest everything the NRSC has into WV, WA, and make Carly Fiorina and Ron Johnson BROKE.

[ Parent ]
There is a limit to what money can do for a
candidate. All the money in the world is not going to defeat the WV Governor or help Rossi win.

[ Parent ]
215 of 325 Delaware
215 of 325 in
O'Donnell 22006 54.6 %
Castle 18313 45.4 %

Unbelievable, the tea party crowd is willing to sacrifice a moderate GOP gain for ideological purity.


Way to go PPP!!!! nm
nm

Proud member of the Indiana Democratic Party from IN-9.  

Aaargh, SSP moving like a snail crawling through paste for me
and Politico Del map not working, and NH grandma on a brownie break... I want to click stuff and have the link works to enjoy more moments of Rep suicide.

Castle has lost
The only thing he can do now is concede is his defeat to O'Donnell.

Good job, teabaggers!  You defeated an electable Republican.  I hope you enjoy Senator Coons for the next 2 years!

40, male, Democrat, NC-04


4 years
This seat won't be up for reelection until 2014.

26 White Male. Born and raised in MN-8, currently living in MN-5.

"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."


[ Parent ]
Actually, it would be four years
The remainder of the term up here is for four years.

24, male, African-American, CA-24, Democrat. Chair of the SSP Black Caucus.

[ Parent ]
Some thoughts
MA-09- sorry guys, but Lynch is a good fit for the district. It wasn't meant to be

MA-04 how in the world is that LaRouchie getting 16% of the vote?!!

NH Sen- like I sad, nothing but a barrage of negative ads against Ayotte

DE Sen-remind me to send Erick Erickson roses


Down with RINO's!!!! nm
nm

Proud member of the Indiana Democratic Party from IN-9.  

Take that to Red State
You can join their circle jerk  

[ Parent ]
GOPVOTER,
You Rock!

Proud member of the Indiana Democratic Party from IN-9.  

[ Parent ]
78% on DEL SoS
78% in with 46.1 to 53.9.

Some thoughts
MA-09- sorry guys, but Lynch is a good fit for the district. It wasn't meant to be

MA-04 how in the world is that LaRouchie getting 16% of the vote?!!

NH Sen- like I sad, nothing but a barrage of negative ads against Ayotte

DE Sen-remind me to send Erick Erickson roses


252 of 325 in
 I was so sure Castle could not lose in Delaware and I even wrote an article that alot of people agreed with. I do not know which counties the votes are coming from but here are the results now:

252 of 325 Districts Reported

REPUBLICAN PARTY
    MICHAEL N. CASTLE 21000 683 21683 46 . 1 %
    CHRISTINE O'DONNELL 24736 595 25331 53 . 9 %  

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17, CA-06,  


Hey, Joe and Beau Biden
bite me.

I hope Coons and Carper serve for 50 years...


MSNBC just showed a video of O'Donnell talking about how
Masturbation is wrong.

I am on the floor laughing.


O'Donnell's unofficial campaign :
Her unofficial campaign slogan should be "When you touch yourself, the saints cry."

/Credit to MST3k for that line.


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DE-SEN vote totals by county
                         New
                       Castle   Kent    Sussex   State
UNITED STATES SENATOR        
CASTLE MICHAEL N.       12,772   3,247   6,191   22,210
O'DONNELL CHRISTINE     9,235    5,686   11,181  26,102
Office Total            22,007   8,933   17,372  48,312
O'Donnell is holding dow the margin in New Castle and is winning heavily in Kent and Sussex.

21, Progressive Democrat, MN-08 (home), MN-05 (college)

DE-SEN vote totals by county
                         New
                       Castle   Kent    Sussex   State
UNITED STATES SENATOR        
CASTLE MICHAEL N.       12,772   3,247   6,191   22,210
O'DONNELL CHRISTINE     9,235    5,686   11,181  26,102
Office Total            22,007   8,933   17,372  48,312
O'Donnell is holding down the margin in New Castle and is winning heavily in Kent and Sussex.

21, Progressive Democrat, MN-08 (home), MN-05 (college)

It's over
CNN CALLED! YES!

Sorry for the caps, I'm excited.

24, male, African-American, CA-24, Democrat. Chair of the SSP Black Caucus.


This may be off topic
but seriously, Chris Matthews is really bugging me (not the first time, that's for sure).

He seriously believes that Christine O'Donnell could win the Senate race, because 1. Women seem to like her, and women only vote for people who share their chromosomes (an exaggeration, but basically he is saying that.) and 2. OMG She has so much momentum!

It would probably be off-topic for me to just rant about Chris Matthews, so I'm going to bite my tongue for a bit and just ask about the electoral implications of these two arguements he's making:

Can either of these supposed advantages, even if they have some real basis, overcome the fact that O'Donnell is just plain incompetent


No. Matthews also thought the PUMAs would
doom Obama and that Palin would steal the women's vote for McCain. Tweety is too invested in identity politics.

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