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Main Discussion Area => Stream of Consciousness => Topic started by: Gazoo on November 07, 2006, 10:06:38 AM
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One of the perks of living in an affluent neighborhood: It took me all of 11 minutes to walk to the voting booth, cast my votes, and walk home. The site was very well stocked with volunteers and training manuals, the reg rolls were cleanly maintained, and HALLELUJAH the machines were analog.
Would that the rest of the nation finds voting to be a welcome responsibility instead of an hours-eating, logic-defying chore.
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One of the perks of living in an affluent neighborhood: It took me all of 11 minutes to walk to the voting booth, cast my votes, and walk home. The site was very well stocked with volunteers and training manuals, the reg rolls were cleanly maintained, and HALLELUJAH the machines were analog.
Would that the rest of the nation finds voting to be a welcome responsibility instead of an hours-eating, logic-defying chore.
yeah, but wait till they figure out you're not affluent -- then you'll be up shit's creek, bub.
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One of the perks of living in an affluent neighborhood: It took me all of 11 minutes to walk to the voting booth, cast my votes, and walk home. The site was very well stocked with volunteers and training manuals, the reg rolls were cleanly maintained, and HALLELUJAH the machines were analog.
Would that the rest of the nation finds voting to be a welcome responsibility instead of an hours-eating, logic-defying chore.
I'm going to vote right after the set & should be back within 30 minutes, easily.
illogic note - the polling place is in the Canyon Middle School, which naturally sits on top of a very steep hill.
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Air America Studio video feed from their website. It will be interesting to see how close Dems come to the Senate.
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Air America Studio video feed from their website. It will be interesting to see how close Dems come to the Senate.
The House is assured, and by a comfortable margin. Senate's down to 4 VERY close races: Virginia, Montana, Missouri and Tennessee.
Oops, check that: Tennessee appears to have gone to the GOP'er, Mr Corker.
Allen is speaking in VA, but it's just to say "it ain't over yet".
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The VA race is what is wrong with politics. Regardless of who gets the win, it will end up in the courts. I'm sure our fore fathers never intended that the political system would as dirty as it is.
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I just assumed the Dems would not get control of the Senate, but 2 of the three outstanding races are pretty much over with the D's holding a slim lead, and the Montana race, with 60% reported, has the D with a decent lead!
Dare I dream? I can't bear the heartbreak in the morning.
:wink:
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I just assumed the Dems would not get control of the Senate, but 2 of the three outstanding races are pretty much over with the D's holding a slim lead, and the Montana race, with 60% reported, has the D with a decent lead!
Dare I dream? I can't bear the heartbreak in the morning.
:wink:
CBS has called MO Senate race for Claire MCCASKILL, Democrat
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The Democratic win in PA is only a slight move to the left as Casey is a political moderate who is anti-abortion.
Also, a lot of the wins in House were won by conservative Democrats but Nancy Pelosi does get to control policy for the House.
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The Democratic win in PA is only a slight move to the left as Casey is a political moderate who is anti-abortion.
Also, a lot of the wins in House were won by conservative Democrats but Nancy Pelosi does get to control policy for the House.
Jeez, just about anyone is far left of Santorum! :lol:
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The Democratic win in PA is only a slight move to the left as Casey is a political moderate who is anti-abortion.
Also, a lot of the wins in House were won by conservative Democrats but Nancy Pelosi does get to control policy for the House.
Jeez, just about anyone is far left of Santorum! :lol:
Hell Pat Buchanon and Rush Limbaugh are more liberal then Santorum.
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The Democratic win in PA is only a slight move to the left as Casey is a political moderate who is anti-abortion.
Also, a lot of the wins in House were won by conservative Democrats but Nancy Pelosi does get to control policy for the House.
Jeez, just about anyone is far left of Santorum! :lol:
My thought exactly--compared to Santorum, Casey might as well be FDR.
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The one winner that made me chuckle was failed former NFL QB Heath Shuler won his House seat in North Carolina as a Democrat (but a conservative).
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The one winner that made me chuckle was failed former NFL QB Heath Shuler won his House seat in North Carolina as a Democrat (but a conservative).
And another former NFLer, Lynn Swann, a black Repub, lost the gov's race in PA. The GOP thought they had it made with Swann, but no.
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The one winner that made me chuckle was failed former NFL QB Heath Shuler won his House seat in North Carolina as a Democrat (but a conservative).
And another former NFLer, Lynn Swann, a black Repub, lost the gov's race in PA. The GOP thought they had it made with Swann, but no.
Swann went against a popular Philly mayor and governor in Ed Rendell.
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All the major media are now declaring Webb the winner in VA. By about 7200 votes, and although Allen says he won't concede until the canvasing (whatever that is) concludes, he won't demand a total recount if things don't change for him.
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All the major media are now declaring Webb the winner in VA. By about 7200 votes, and although Allen says he won't concede until the canvasing (whatever that is) concludes, he won't demand a total recount if things don't change for him.
Canvassing (if I heard the explanantion on CNN the other nite correctly) is a not-quite-recount where they make sure everything was recorded correctly -- they look for transposed numbers ("49" being entered as "94", etc).
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George Allen concedes defeat in VA:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/11/09/politics/p111153S34.DTL
Like most Dems, I'm happy ... but I'm also a realist. George Allen was a complete F---ing asshole for most of the campaign and he STILL came within, what, 7000 votes of winning (out of 2-1/2 million cast). Everyone outside of Fairfax county voted for him because he's a racist idiot. That's pretty damn scary in 2006.
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More aftermath: Ken Mehlman is leaving as head of the RNC...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/10/america/NA_POL_US_Republicans_Chairman.php
Not only did the GOP lose big this week, but Bill Maher outed Mehlman as gay on Larry King Wed nite (in fact, Maher's comments were edited out of the replay).
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OK, stop gloating...
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/10/DDGALM59DT1.DTL
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One last Election addendum, from an email sent to me by an old friend who lives in Virginia/suburbs of DC:
"As I walked up to the [polling place] entrance, a guy older than me blocked my way along with two of his group. I said, "let me pass, please" and he actually said, "not until you agree that the sanctity of marriage is only in the union of a man and woman "(guess what one of our propositions was - yes I know it's 2006, but unfortunately I'm also in Virginia). When I asked him to move again in a louder voice, he said the same thing louder! I said I agreed to the right to vote without being intimidated or harassed at the polling place, and he finally stepped aside and yelled after me "Then you're in the wrong country, lady".
Luckily, a woman I know from my neighborhood was inside registering voters, and she told me who the polling captain was and I reported the jerk. They headed out there to stop him and await police."