Posted on 11/05/2014 2:15:43 PM PST by Clintonfatigued
Alaska Democratic Sen. Mark Begich wasn't conceding anything Wednesday in his race against Republican challenger Dan Sullivan.
Sullivan held a 3.6 percentage point lead over Begich with all precincts reporting. Thousands of absentee ballots won't be counted until Nov. 11.
In a statement Wednesday, Begich campaign manager Susanne Fleek-Green said the campaign wants a final vote count. Republicans said they believe the margin is insurmountable.
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Palin and Miller should get thanks.
Sore loser.
Oh well.
We will wait.
I think Sullivan knows he won.
God bless him.
Begich is in denial. Sore loser.
it will take weeks for results to
come in from the bush.
the election commission
needs to buy faster sled-dogs
I think it depends on how many fraudulent votes Begich and the ‘Tribal Elders’ (as American Indians generally vote Dem) can manufacture during the recount. Begich said something to the effect that ‘he is respecting the Tribal Elders who have a tough time getting their ballots to polling places.......something like that. I thought ‘I hope the fix isn’t in’.
Sore loser. The bum should be one the streets begging for forgiveness for his degeneracy and LIB attitude.
How many absentees? Less than the 3.6%? Even if more, he won’t get them all.........................unless.........................
They don’t have the Interwebz?.......................(a little Fast & Loud lingo there)................
Wow! This is great news.
If the Pubs win in Louisiana they will have 54 seats and if they convince Manchin to switch to the Pubs we would have 55 seats.
I heard 24,000 early and absentee ballots to count, in addition to another 14,000 absentee ballots that were requested.
With 100 percent of precincts reporting Wednesday, Sullivan led Begich by about 8,000 votes.
State elections officials said there were nearly 24,000 uncounted absentee and early votes, which won’t be tallied until next week. There are also 13,804 absentee ballots that voters had requested but not yet returned to the state, though it was unclear how many of those would ultimately end up being counted.
Then there are questioned ballots -- typically cast by Alaskans who voted at the wrong location. Elections officials won’t know how many questioned ballots were cast until Thursday, but there were roughly 13,000 in the last midterm election, in 2010.
Begich faces daunting math to beat Sullivan in Alaska U.S. Senate race
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Throw in a few (D)himmis with sense enough left to value their political survival over propping up lameduckshit Ø, and bingo .. vetoes go poof !
Still not settled.
But it would be frosting on the cake, to be sure, if yet another seat is picked up in the aftermath of the “November 4th Massacre”.
We have only just begun....
Harry Reid may regret having brought the “nuclear option” into play while serving as Senate Majority Leader. Perhaps all the decisions made in the Senate while using that tactic could be overturned on the introduced technicality, that those actions be negated, and the “nuclear option” never, ever, be brought up again.
But don’t on Mitch McConnell to pursue such a radical course.
Now, it will be possible to reopen the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010”, and give it the airing-out it should have. Not to repeal the legislation outright, but strip it of its various most odious provisions, eliminating virtually all the taxes assessed by its provisions, and defunding those parts that serve no effective function. Eventually, the act will be so neutralized, it will have virtually no effect remaining.
And oh, yes, restore the “hold” a Senator may place on any nominee the Current Occupant may offer up for confirmation, forcing, at worst, a “recess” appointment which expires with the current term of office of the Current Occupant. That way, the incoming President in 2016 has a somewhat more free hand in appointing judges to the Federal Bench, as all the “recess” appointments will be swept out.
Or, who knows, the Current Occupant may actually offer up a nominee for the particular office or position that is in fact reasonably competent, and not a total lackey and butt-smoocher for the Current Occupant.
I really hope no surprises here. Remember Franken!
Is the margin there? They are grasping at straws?......................
The lead is currently around 8,150 votes, so 24,000 early and absentee votes to count plus the potential for almost 14,000 means the lead could be overcome by the DEM.
Veto overrides require 2/3rds vote. Not likely.
You do realize overturning a veto, per the Constitution, requires a 2/3 vote of both houses?
That’s 67 Senators, if all 100 seats are occupied.
I'd like some of those drugs you're taking. :>)
Restoring the hold, and thereby limiting the damage Obola can do, is a capital idea. I'm sure that Cruz and Cotton (among others) will push hard for it. Of course, it doesn't help if the nominated people are from states with 2 Dems Senators, but it is very helpful.
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