Larimer is up on the WY border, that's Fort Collins (which has had 2 GOP Mayors in a row, including a Hispanic Conservative, Ray Martinez). El Paso County is Colorado Springs. It's disturbing enough that red rot is spreading northward out of Denver/Boulder as it is.
"You wouldn’t think the increase would be enough, 58% for Bush 2004 in district. It could be an error, I think these maps are imperfect they came out some soon after the election."
It's clearly an error, since Larimer doesn't have enough people, nor margin, to override the rest of the district.
"Then again Obama did win according to this source and Dave Leip"
I'm looking at Leip, too (which unfortunately does not have a breakdown for the individual Congressional districts in CO), and he doesn't show that McCain lost the 4th. It looks like McCain did lose the 3rd, since several counties within it (especially the old Hispanic counties, and Pueblo, went against him). But I don't know the total numbers.
"Randy Forbes district in VA (57 Bush) thanks to increased black turnout and WI-6 (56 for Bush)."
Yeah, those are clearly shown, since Leip has the Cong. district maps for those two states. I hadn't realized that McCain carried only a paltry 13 (!) counties in WI, and only won Sensenbrenner's district. That's a disaster. I don't think Pawlenty or Tommy Thompson would've changed that. I still don't understand what kind of an appeal the False Messiah had in wide swaths of rural WI. It seemed the counties nearest the Chicago media market (suburban Milwaukee) were the most put off by him, although not one single county in the state trended GOP from 2004. All the more remarkable down here in TN where we literally and viscerally repulsed by the False one to the point of Nixon-McGovern proportions. Some liberal rodent asked, "What's wrong with TN being so out of step with the country ?" I think the better question is, "What the hell happened to the rest of the country while TN remained a bastion of sanity and clear-headedness ?"
"This source also has Roscoe Barlett’s Maryland seat going for Obama. I think that can’t be true. 65% for Bush. Must be a mistake."
Clearly. Bartlett's district is hyper-Republican, simply because the Dem legislators moved as many Republicans into it (6th) and the 1st as possible (Kratovil I believe is toast in '10, he didn't even win by 1%). Only Baltimore County within Bartlett's district went for the False one, and ostensibly the section he has in the county is probably the most Republican, designed to keep the surrounding Cong districts Dem. Leip doesn't have a map for MD's districts, either.
Ooopsy. Yes of course C Springs in in the 5th.
Musgrave's continued under performance and large loss are a puzzlement to me.
which has had 2 GOP Mayors in a row, including a Hispanic Conservative, Ray Martinez
That's nice. Perhaps he should take a look at the seat. Lionel Rivera in C Springs might also be good for higher office if he too is a conservative. I'd don't recall from his '06 house bid if he is.
I still don't understand what kind of an appeal the False Messiah had in wide swaths of rural WI.
Kerry and Gore won more narrowly some of those same areas. the Obey and Kind seats. One of the few rural areas to go for those losers.
Obama won a nasty blowout. Disaster indeed, look at all that extra red in the northeast and northcentral area and darker shades of Red in the southwest compared to 04. McLame wrote off the state didn't he, didn't bother to spend or campaign. The state was a tie in the last 2 elections. I was surpised Kerry eked out a win, likely fraud aided like Gore's with the giving of cigarettes to homeless people in exchange for their absentee ballots.
We lost an Appleton area state house seat that had been GOP held for over 90 years.
Only Baltimore County within Bartlett's district went for the False one
He has Northern Montco too. A conservative part supposedly that they made sure to take away from Morella. They really did a number on MD. The rats in state are isolated geographically to Baltimore and the DC burbs. I'm thinking you could draw 4 GOP seats. Surley one could be made from portions of the 3rd and 5th in south cenrtal MD.
Dem. Leip doesn't have a map for MD's districts, either.
Not yet anyway. He has those for 2004. Seems like has way more states for 2000 with the old lines.