[pissant]

Can the old dinosaur pull it out??

[HitmanLV]

Unlikely.

[rightinthemiddle]

This is closer than I had realized. 1600 is a lot of votes in MT, though.

[Asceticon]

I think it depends on the absentee ballots. Are these military people? Maybe Burns can make up ground.

[MineralMan]

"Can the old dinosaur pull it out??"

I don't think so.

[nmh]

I'm pissed at BUSH.

He LETS the main stream media totally distort his message and says NOTHING about achievements in Iraq or anywhere else. It was a clean sweep for Demoncrats. They're about there telling all kinds of lies and distortions and the sheeple believe it because they hear NOTHING ELSE from BUSH.

Bush can call a news conference any time he wants. Bush can rip those lies and distortions apart any time he wants. He didn't. He thought he was too good for that. He thought he could just ignore them and thumb his nose at them while toting the book, Liberal Bias under his arm. It didn't work. You have to FIGHT BACK. NOW, we get to literally suffer the consequences.

[CedarDave]

Can the old dinosaur pull it out??

Not likely. From conservative in nyc on the election thread:

Yellowstone County supposedly counted the absentee ballots before counting other ballots and is now 100% reporting per CNN. I'm not sure how it worked in other places, but unless Burns' people are correct, he ain't winning.

There also seems to be some turnout discrepancy in certain areas - Gallatin, Lake and Yellowstone Counties have higher turnout than in 2000, yet many other counties do not, and the vote tally statewide lags. Whether this is because they haven't counted absentees or simply because more people voted in those areas is not clear.

I've yo-yoed on this race all day - at one point, it looked impossible for Burns win. Then, the extrapolations were looking good. Now, it looks downright impossible that he'd win unless the absentee votes are actually out and are from Republican-leaning areas. I'm NOT optimistic.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1734374/posts?page=7673#7673

[Teacher317]

Allen in Virginia was my favorite for 2008... he's likely out now since he lost his own state. =^(

[timer]

The margin is about 1600 votes but neither candidate got over 50%, does that mean, by law, a runoff(absolute majority); or recount(simple majority)? If Webb holds on in VA Conrad Burns(who cussed out the firefighters)is our last firewall...

[dynachrome]

"old dinosaur pull it out??"
I do not think it will matter. A 50-50 or 51-49 senate would be controlled by the dims anyway. (remember "power sharing" after jeffords jumped?)

[Steven W.]

If he's willing to look at all the fraudulent votes ... expose the DemoncRATs machine.

[Democratshavenobrains]

If Democrats run conservative whites who mostly stay silent, they will continue to win.

[Salvation]

Links for Sec of State site?