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Hotline: Republicans Will Pressure Allen... Soon
Hotline/National Journal ^ | November 8, 2006

Posted on 11/08/2006 4:15:25 PM PST by RWR8189

Top Republicans in Washington will give Sen. George Allen a few days to take stock of his legal and political options before beginning to pressure him to concede to James Webb. Senior Republican officials and White House aides believe that Webb won the race. Several outside advisers to Allen want him to make the decision quickly; others in his campaign want to make sure that there's no chance a cache of new votes will turn up. One question: when will (will?) the AP call the race? [MARC AMBINDER]


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: againwiththisguy; allen; choke; cutandrunfreeperhere; georgeallen; nobility; whydoesthisguypost
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To: Apple Blossom

bttt


101 posted on 11/08/2006 4:43:36 PM PST by firewalk
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To: DoughtyOne

Sorry if I misled. I am an ordinary contributor and supporter and I didn't mean to imply that I wanted Allen to do anything rushed.


102 posted on 11/08/2006 4:43:59 PM PST by palmer (Money problems do not come from a lack of money, but from living an excessive, unrealistic lifestyle)
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To: palmer
The counting process is not complete ~ there's no reason for concessions. And Webb ATTRACTED the neo-Nazi and Ku Klux Klan crowd in Virginia just like Mark Warner and his protege the current Governor.

Part of that package is this willingness to jettison principles readily and for no further advantage than power.

And his pregnant wife doesn't impress me. My wife has also been pregnant. And if she's all that willing to forgive genocide against her people, that's too bad. The Dems were instrumental in it ~

103 posted on 11/08/2006 4:45:49 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: Apple Blossom

The absentees have been counted. Only the provisional ballots are left. Absentees are counted on election night in Virginia. Provisional ballots aren't. Those are the folks who aren't on the official rolls, vote and 95% get tossed because they were correctly excluded from voting because they never registered in the district.


104 posted on 11/08/2006 4:46:17 PM PST by dogbyte12
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To: palmer
OK that's not crazy. Still they keep pretty much the same staff. The Dems would get a few more, the Rs a few less. It's no big deal at all.
105 posted on 11/08/2006 4:46:25 PM PST by mrsmith
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To: RWR8189
Obviously the hillbillies have achieved a coup in Virginia...
Maybe the hillbillies are not aborting their children like republican Virginians are..
106 posted on 11/08/2006 4:46:25 PM PST by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole.)
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To: palmer

Thanks Palmer. No problem.


107 posted on 11/08/2006 4:47:30 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking it's heritage.)
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To: wireman

It's a messy job but somebody has to do it if others won't.


108 posted on 11/08/2006 4:48:58 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: dogbyte12

Overseas ballots may not have been. They only need to be postmarked by election day, not arrive by. Those ballots will still count even if they arrive tommorrow. As long as the postmark is valid. This is wht Gore did in 2000. The military post office was slow in getting them to Florida, but the postmark was BEFORE election day!


109 posted on 11/08/2006 4:49:28 PM PST by Ron in Acreage (VOTE DEMOCRAT--TERRORISTS ARE COUNTING ON IT)
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To: dogbyte12; Apple Blossom
The absentees have been counted. Only the provisional ballots are left. Absentees are counted on election night in Virginia.

What about overseas asentee ballots? They have a week from now to arrive, and they had to be postmarked on or before yesterday.

110 posted on 11/08/2006 4:50:35 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: Ron in Acreage

There likely aren't 7,000 out there. Period though. We can be hopeful, but realism is good too. There were those who screamed at anybody the last few weeks who thought the election would be a bumpy ride. It would be a miracle if Allen pulls this out. Miracles do happen, I am just trying to give perspective so people don't get too hopeful. I would rather be pleasantly surprised than crushed.


111 posted on 11/08/2006 4:51:02 PM PST by dogbyte12
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To: Ron in Acreage

That's not what the official state website is showing. They still have Webb over 7,000 up.

Office: U.S. Senate
Precincts Reporting: 2464 of 2599 (94.81%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,495 Total Voting: 2,368,889 Voter Turnout: 52.00 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
J H Webb Jr Democratic 1,173,805 49.55%
G F Allen Republican 1,166,489 49.24%
G G Parker Independent Green 26,231 1.11%
Write Ins 2,364 0.10%
View Results by District Locality Total: 2,368,889


112 posted on 11/08/2006 4:51:15 PM PST by Moose4 (Baa havoc, and let slip the sheep of war.)
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To: muawiyah
It's a messy job but somebody has to do it if others won't.

You seem to relish your imaginary "job". Good for you!

113 posted on 11/08/2006 4:51:21 PM PST by wireman
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To: dogbyte12
Hey, we've had electronic and machine voting in Fairfax County for years and years. The county Democratic machine demonstrated a number of years ago how you can trick the system and count, recount, and count again until you make sure the Japanese-American guy with the Western name (Sanders) LOSES.

You're quite naive if you think this system can't be tricked, and there's already 3700 votes that flipped because of a misassignment.

114 posted on 11/08/2006 4:51:47 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: Cathy
Allen should take his sweet time - Schmuckie Schumer will have his panties in a bunch - but that is too bad isn't it? Drag this thing out - take 2 months off the term!

Toy with them.

115 posted on 11/08/2006 4:52:36 PM PST by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal.")
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To: twntaipan

We are turning into the panzy party and i want no part of that.Fight dammit!


116 posted on 11/08/2006 4:54:02 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Defeat liberalism, its the right thing to do for America.)
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To: RWR8189
He lost fair and square.

Time to move on...


I'm sick of this attitude, which seems to prevail when Republicans are on the losing side of close races.

While Allen likely has lost, all the votes haven't even been counted. It's not time to move on until all of the votes have been counted, and, if permitted by law, recounted. There's absolutely no reason to just cave in.

You know the Democrats would be screaming fraud were the shoe on the other foot. We need not be as shrill - but take the process to its end.
117 posted on 11/08/2006 4:55:03 PM PST by conservative in nyc
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To: dogbyte12
In Virginia you can register in the wrong precinct and get elected to office in the wrong municipality and the state supreme court will say that's OK.

This ain't over.

118 posted on 11/08/2006 4:55:07 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: LC HOGHEAD

Obviously not.


119 posted on 11/08/2006 4:55:37 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Defeat liberalism, its the right thing to do for America.)
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To: Ron in Acreage

In 2000 and 2004 the battle cry was "don't count military or other absentee ballots, the race is over". Now, it's don't count them for the same reason.I would NEVER trust absentee ballots cause it ain't that hard to show up at the poll.


120 posted on 11/08/2006 4:56:19 PM PST by Safetgiver (Stinko De mayo, Stinko to the Commies.)
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