U.S. Election Results 2008

[White Doors]

Yes, McCain was too old, and if anyone cared to notice how some days he looked stiff as a board.

That was the viagra

[jdobbin]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27552153/

America voted in record numbers, standing in lines that snaked around blocks and in some places in pouring rain. Voters who lined-up on Tuesday and the millions who balloted early propelled 2008 to what one expert said was the highest turnout in a century.

It looks like 136.6 million Americans will have voted for president this election, based on 88 percent of the country's precincts tallied and projections for absentee ballots, said Michael McDonald of George Mason University. Using his methods, that would give 2008 a 64.1 percent turnout rate.

Pretty impressive what both parties did to turn out their vote.

You'd have to go back to 1908 to see higher turn out.

Edited November 5, 2008 by jdobbin

[guyser]

Sarah Palin.

McCain had an ace to play against Obama's inexperiance. He threw it away on a Queen gambling for a flush.

While Palin did energize the right wing part of the party, I dont think she was the bad card in the deck.

McCain was not fighting for the right. He was an appeasement choice. He was too liberal for the Reps, he was a RINO like they had in Bush. He was far too polite for his party. He refused to attack as he should have, and lost in the process.

Of course he had to overcome Bush being in the white house, and that was hard. Eight years of domination by the right, and this is what is left? They had years to plan who to run, they had years to plan how to run, and in the end, they thought it would be easy.

Bush spent like a drunken sailor, and McCain looked to want to do the same. The Rep's were decimated last night, but they have only themselves to blame.

McCain was soft on immigration, backpedaled on security, and had not one whit what to do about the economy. So, IMHO, people thought McCain equalled Bush. Aint gonna happen, and didnt.

Palin is farther right than McCain, and she is the only hope today. But even she is done. Had she performed like she could have, instead of being coached the whole way through, the race may have been tighter. (she wtill would be a little short on knowledge)

Congrats to Obama.

[guyser]

Yes, McCain was too old, and if anyone cared to notice how some days he looked stiff as a board.

Oh you mean his arms right, how stiff he seems? Ha ha ha.....

I would like to see you spend 5 years as a POW after crashing your plane and your shoulders are royally F'd up for the rest of your life.

What's next up on your agenda?

Christopher Reeve looks as stiff as a board.

Stephen Hawking , you sound wierd.

[kengs333]

Oh you mean his arms right, how stiff he seems? Ha ha ha.....

I would like to see you spend 5 years as a POW after crashing your plane and your shoulders are royally F'd up for the rest of your life.

What's next up on your agenda?

Christopher Reeve looks as stiff as a board.

Stephen Hawking , you sound wierd.

Yeah, my "agenda"--whatever...

Age, health, physical appearance are all significant factors in how people choose leaders. Granted, in American politics, most people have such ingrained party biases that most people who voted Rep would have done so even if the candidate was a sack of potatoes.

Palin was a huge mistake, but McCain will never admit it out of respect for that woman.

[kengs333]

It's interesting looking at the results; the country is practically divided up the way it was in 1861 if you ignore the northern midwestern states that at the time were still "Indian territory".

The North sides behind one candidate, the South behind another; states like Virginia and Kentucky are divided, Missouri is so divided that it hasn't been called yet. The only minor differences are that South Carolina might go to Obama, Maryland went to Obama, as did Florida (not by much). I'm wondering how much of a resurgance there will be in the South in an interest in a Confederacy, or at least Confederate heritage.

[Sir Bandelot]

It's interesting looking at the results; the country is practically divided up the way it was in 1861 if you ignore the northern midwestern states that at the time were still "Indian territory".

The North sides behind one candidate, the South behind another;

That is not unusual, I recall the last election it was very much the same, with the exception that the "Indian Territory" also went to George Bush.

[M.Dancer]

It's interesting looking at the results; the country is practically divided up the way it was in 1861 if you ignore the northern midwestern states that at the time were still "Indian territory".

The North sides behind one candidate, the South behind another; states like Virginia and Kentucky are divided, Missouri is so divided that it hasn't been called yet. The only minor differences are that South Carolina might go to Obama, Maryland went to Obama, as did Florida (not by much). I'm wondering how much of a resurgance there will be in the South in an interest in a Confederacy, or at least Confederate heritage.

So basically you are saying its just like 1861 except completely different. Such insight you can only get here.

[guyser]

most people who voted Rep would have done so even if the candidate was a sack of potatoes.

No they wouldnt vote for you.

Palin was a huge mistake, but McCain will never admit it out of respect for that woman.

McCain doesnt have to, his aides are doing that right this minute.

[jdobbin]

One more Senate seat has gone to the Democrats in Oregon.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/06/sen...tion/index.html

With 100 percent of the counties reporting, Merkley received 48.4 percent of the vote to Smith's 46 percent, according to unofficial results from the Oregon Secretary of State's office.

Recounts in three more to go.

In Minnesota, Coleman has asked that a recount with 477 vote advantage should be waived. That seems unlikely and the call for it unseemly.

In Alaska, we will wait some time before we hear what the the mail in ballots bring. 50,000 to 60,000 votes remain to be counted.

In Georgia, there will be a run-off election.

It was always a long shot for the Democrats to take 60 seats. It might have been more likely if they had taken McConnell's seat in Kentucky.

Edited November 6, 2008 by jdobbin

[jdobbin]

Latest on the recounts in Minnesota.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27647557/

The margin in Minnesota's unresolved Senate race between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken has gotten tighter.

The latest figures reported to the secretary of state give incumbent Coleman a lead over Franken of only 204 votes Monday morning.

That's down 17 votes from the margin reported last week in tallies that are still considered unofficial. The difference of only about one-hundredth of 1 percent between the two candidates will trigger an automatic recount next week.

Yeesh.

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Barack Obama swept to victory as the nation's first black president Tuesday night in an electoral college landslide that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself.

The son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas, the Democratic senator from Illinois sealed his historic triumph by defeating Republican Sen. John McCain in a string of wins in hard-fought battleground states — Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Iowa.

A huge crowd in Grant Park in Obama's home town of Chicago erupted in jubilation at the news of his victory. Some wept.

The nationwide popular vote was remarkably close. Totals from 58 percent of the nation's precincts showed Obama with 51 percent and McCain with 47.9.

Interviews with voters suggested that almost six in 10 women were backing Obama nationwide, while men leaned his way by a narrow margin. Just over half of whites supported McCain, giving him a slim advantage in a group that Bush carried overwhelmingly in 2004.

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[M.Dancer]

Barack Obama swept to victory as the nation's first black president Tuesday night in an electoral college landslide that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself.

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[jdobbin]

Latest Alaska results shows Democrat Begich ahead of Stevens.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/articl...-mC9bQD94F3SM00

Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, a stalwart of Alaska politics who was convicted of felony charges last month, fell further behind his Democratic rival Friday, and most remaining ballots come from parts of the state that have favored the challenger.

Mark Begich, the two-term mayor of Anchorage, increased his lead from 814 votes to 1,022 as state election workers counted 17,100 ballots. Begich had 47.4 percent of the vote to Stevens' 47.0 percent.

"With the gap widening slightly in our favor today, I feel even more optimistic that when all the ballots are counted next week, we'll see Alaskans came out to vote for new leadership in Washington, D.C.," Begich said in a statement.

Georgia's run-off next month is well under way.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hHW-ZJ0...bRAG-QD94EB9701

Chambliss failed to cross the 50 percent threshold and faces a Dec. 2 rematch with Democrat Jim Martin. Georgia's election results were certified Thursday and the final tallies show Chambliss falling just short, with 49.8 percent of the vote. Martin earned 46.8 percent and Libertarian Allen Buckley, also in the race, pulled 3.4 percent.

In Minnesota that hand recount is going on. Coleman leads Franken by 200 votes. FOX has been screaming that the fix is in for Coleman.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/nation...L7PQLanchO7DiUl

Meanwhile, Franken scored a gain of one net vote in 196 randomly selected precincts where a hand count of votes was conducted in recent days to test the accuracy of voting machines, according to a Star Tribune calculation. The precinct-by-precinct results, which reduce Coleman's lead from 206 to 205 votes, were posted on the secretary of state's website Thursday night separately from the current unofficial tally. They will be included in the certified totals to be approved on Tuesday by the state Canvassing Board.

If the same rate of change were experienced statewide, the DFLer would gain 21 votes in all. The largest changes came in precincts in St. Louis and Ramsey counties. Most Hennepin County results are not yet in.

[bush_cheney2004]

In Minnesota that hand recount is going on. Coleman leads Franken by 200 votes. FOX has been screaming that the fix is in for Coleman.

To be clear, the official recount doesn't begin until Wednesday, 11/19.

[BC_chick]

Oh you mean his arms right, how stiff he seems? Ha ha ha.....

I would like to see you spend 5 years as a POW after crashing your plane and your shoulders are royally F'd up for the rest of your life.

McCain was constantly doing that awkward thumbs-up and/or the raised arm wave at the crowd. Once I wondered out loud whether or not he's drawing attention to his battle wounds subconsciously in order to remind the voters of his service to his country. Someone else pointed out that it could be his insecurity in life.

Who knows, but there are ways to conceal a disability, but in McCain's case, he certainly seemed to do the opposite.

[bush_cheney2004]

...Who knows, but there are ways to conceal a disability, but in McCain's case, he certainly seemed to do the opposite.

Right...who knows. He didn't need to conceal anything.

[jdobbin]

Ted Stevens loses his re-election bid.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/stor...?hub=TopStories

Alaska Senator Ted Stevens has lost his bid for a seventh term.

The longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate trailed Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,724 votes after Tuesday's count.

That's an insurmountable lead with only about 2,500 overseas ballots left to be counted.

That is another seat to the Democrats, two more to go.

[bush_cheney2004]

....That is another seat to the Democrats, two more to go.

Chambliss wins in Georgia today and Coleman is winning the recount in Minnesota.

[Shady]

Chambliss wins in Georgia today and Coleman is winning the recount in Minnesota.

A Republican resurgence. Bring on 2010! With Republicans in congress being the lone voice of reason against the bailout, winning back red seats lost in '06 should be well within reach. To help get things started, they should get to running ads with this...Pic

[kimmy]

Chambliss wins in Georgia today and Coleman is winning the recount in Minnesota.

Live appearances by Governor Palin have obviously trumped robo-calls from the President Elect.

-k

[BubberMiley]

Coleman's intrade numbers have dropped from close to 90 down to 58 in the last couple of days due to the "missing ballots" heavily favouring Franken. Franken even claimed to be ahead by 8 votes today, based on his definition of counting.