Posted on 11/08/2006 12:51:06 PM PST by areafiftyone
RICHMOND, Va. — Republican Sen. George Allen refused to concede defeat Wednesday, even as Democrat Jim Webb declared victory and began assembling a transition team.
With Republican Sen. Conrad Burns' loss in Montana, the Democrats would gain control of the Senate if Webb's lead holds. The margin between the two Virginia candidates was about 7,000 votes.
"The votes are in and we won," Webb declared. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Webb had 1,169,285 votes, or 49.6 percent, to Allen's 1,162,577, or 49.3 percent. Allen's campaign, however, said the Senator would wait for a full review of the Virginia vote.
"The conclusion of the canvass will be the final official results," said Ed Gillespie, the former Republican National Committee chairman and adviser to Allen.
Representatives from both campaigns and party officials were at polling places across Virginia as the canvass was under way. The state has until Nov. 14 to complete it, Gillespie said.
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I see you chose "all of the above."
Explain to me how macaca wasn't a racial slur.
This oughta be good.
There are about a bazillion articles out there INCLUDING IN THE WASHINGTON POST that explain that for you.
Do your own homework. Your a waste of my time.
And while you are at it, name the question he answered on Russert. It was the most embarassing performance I've ever seen. (well, for a Republican. It's not as bad as someone like Michael Moore or Ted Kennedy)
er "you're"
Oh, I see you've taken the "Cut and Run" approach to debate.
I didn't realize you were a Dem.
The problem of course is that, in RAT districts, those in cemetaries vote 100% Democrat. How else do we account for the 90-10 Webb districts, which well exceeds the % of even the Black vote?
VIRGINIA: Precincts Reporting: 2459 of 2599 (94.61%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,524 Total Voting: 2,368,762 Voter Turnout: 52.00 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
J H Webb Jr Democratic 1,173,759 49.55%
G F Allen Republican 1,166,413 49.24%
G G Parker Independent Green 26,226 1.11%
Write Ins 2,364 0.10%
View Results by District Locality Total: 2,368,762
Precincts Reporting: 2450 of 2599 (94.27%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,524 Total Voting: 2,317,933 Voter Turnout: 50.88 %
More Information Vote Totals Percentage
Yes 1,322,343 57.05%
No 995,590 42.95%
View Results by District Locality Total: 2,317,933
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7,346 difference between Webb and Allen. More than 5% of precincts not in yet...
210 posted on 11/08/2006 5:32:29 PM EST by PghBaldy (Reporter: Are you surprised? Nancy Pelosi: No. My eyes always look like this.)
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Just now at 551pm:
Turnout: 52.00 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
J H Webb Jr Democratic 1,173,755 49.55%
G F Allen Republican 1,166,408 49.24%
G G Parker Independent Green 26,226 1.11%
Write Ins 2,364 0.10%
View Results by District Locality Total: 2,368,753
Proposed Constitutional Amendment 1 - Marriage
Precincts Reporting: 2459 of 2599 (94.61%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,538 Total Voting: 2,324,102 Voter Turnout: 51.02 %
More Information Vote Totals Percentage
Yes 1,326,414 57.07%
No 997,688 42.93%
View Results by District Locality Total: 2,324,102
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Chuck Cheese should sit down, comb his hair with a piece of buttered toast, like he always does, and relax. Let it play out for a while and see what happens. Allen is way to classy to pull an Algore. When Allen feels he can not win, I'm sure he will gracefully concede.
If there really was 99% reporting of precincts, wouldn't they be on VA's site? They don't have that figure. Only Precincts Reporting: 2461 of 2599 (94.69%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,495 Total Voting: 2,368,753 Voter Turnout: 52.00 %
I also remember that. This same sort phenomenon also occurs quite often in elections in the state of Maryland. The Dems have been doing it for decades and have it down to a science. It's usually the black sections of a city that wait to turn in their results last so they can manufacture enough votes to put the Dem candidate over the top. The white (and black) Republican election judges won't go into these precincts for fear of their safety. The Dems have a field day.
Well geez, why don't we get some bodyguards for the Republican election judges? I know the Dems will spin that as "intimidation", but we have to do something to stop these election coup d'etats.
Webb is a USNA grad, Marine officer, and Navy Cross winner, the second highest combat award. He is an authentic war hero, which I am sure helped siphon off some votes from Allen. Webb's son is a Marine serving in Iraq.
It boggles my mind how Republicans allow this to happen. The poll workers in these 90-10 Dem districts in cities across the USA are very corrupt and would do anything to see a Dem win over a Republican. The Republican Party seems to tolerate this abuse and actually the Democrats have successfully "tagged" Republicans as the "cheaters" in the public mind. Country club Republicans are just not street smart enough to stop these shenanigans from happening.
that's their MO - what they do, they blame you for doing first, it insulates them (given that they have a compliant media).
Allen should pick up the phone and tell Rove to go to hell tonight - that he is going to contest this. Allen's political career is finished anyway, he has nothing to lose.
It's been said for decades that certain urban precincts all over the country are Demagogue "reserves" that wait for most other counts to be recorded, until they know just what is needed in their vote counts to put the Demagogues over the top.
That's a perfect description of Detroit. The courts have even ordered Detroit to turn in their tally before and they simply refuse till they know how many votes they need.
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