[joanie-f]

Am home on a half-hour lunch break (and to walk the dog :) -- will be at the polls all day today.

Toomey told me at a rally two weeks ago here in Lancaster County that he was hoping to draw a large turnout here and pull off a landslide county-wide win in order to counteract the heavy Specter support in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. I have been at the polls since 7:00 this morning, and will be returning until 8:00 tonight. When I left our little polling place five minutes ago, 270 people had voted. Considering the fact that, in a primary election, the normal total voter turnout in our district is roughly 300, and the voting day is less than half over, I would categorize the turnout as moderately heavy.

(Although it may not be of great significance, since ours is a largely conservative area, the huge majority of people with whom I have spoken as they entered and exited this morning and early afternoon were Toomey voters).

Granted, our district is small, but, if it is representative of Lancaster County in general, Toomey may well be getting the heavy turnout he has been counting on here in Pennsylvania Dutch Country. It’s too early to tell.

Fingers crossed … prayers continuing …

~ joanie

[Vision]

I'm praying with you

[SiliconValleyGuy]

Go Joanie!!!!!

GO PAT!!!!!

[Minuteman23]

Sounds like good news, at least in the early going!

And I want a live report from the victory party in Allentown tonight, you hear girl?
:-)

[WOSG]

Joanie f,

If toomey wins, it will be because of folks like you.

I called my conservative republican friend in PA and he was going to vote for specter. i was actually shocked but the reasons of electability were where he was coming from. he didnt think toomey was electable, but I countered that. he doesnt like specter. I bet most of specter's voters arent thrilled to be doing it, just holding their noses. I asked him to vote for toomey and he said he would... so cross fingers, races are won one vote at a time.

[aodell]

Joanie, if Toomey wins it will because becuase of people like you who took this election into their own hands. If he loses, it will be because there weren't enough of you.

Thank you, either way.