Disappoint the turdbeast at your own peril! :D
Posted on 11/02/2010 10:05:34 AM PDT by library user
A few hours ago Christine was trading @ $7 / share on intrade. Now she's up to $15 / share. Biggest jump (more than 100%) on any political race/outcome on intrade today, thus far.
All I can say is look it up somewhere.
There are now six unelected members of the U.S. Senate; they represent Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, New York, and West Virginia. The rules governing the seating of senators elected to replace appointed senators are left to the states in the 17th amendment. New York’s law specifies the date the new senator takes office as January 3, so Kirsten Gillibrand will still be a senator in a potential lame-duck session, regardless of the outcome of her election bid. The other five states, however, all have laws that indicate the election winners may be seated immediately following their election — in time for the lame-duck session.
http://civicforumpac.com/keeping-the-lame-duck-lame-voters-can-help-block-dem-ploy/
3 sources so far confirming the first one...
Intrade is essentially a gambling site. It has no bearing on actual electoral results — it only reflects the sentiments of those who use it.
In Illinois case Blago appointed Burris to fill keep Obamas seat warm. However the tem ends at the time of the election(today). Therefore the winner of todays Ilinois Senate race is automatically seated and will have a vote in the lame duck session. In Florida, I believe the legislature called for a special election but didn’t have it. Therefore todays winner will take a seat and vote in the lame duck session.
I looked it up and posted it in #84.
Looks like CO, IL, DE, FL, and WV will all be seated right away.
I think FL has been ignored because LeMieux is a Republican and we’re looking for seats that are pickups not holds for the lame duck. But why they’ve ignored CO is beyond me. Buck should be seated right away according to everything I’ve read.
If we could run the table on those, it would be so sweet!!! :)
That should put the kabosh on any lame duck schemes.
All I'm saying is that the Biden family is a powerful force in Delaware, and if Beau Biden wants that seat, well, someone named Chris Coons better think twice before making a fuss about it.
Early returns are different from regular votes, I don’t know how to look at them.
Sounds like she’s down 3+ points, mighty close. Close enough to change.
From Coons’ remarks today I think Dems may have planned on using their Wilmington goons in the Pa GOTV back when Castle was supposed to run. And now they need them in De.
What you have found is not my understanding of things. However, I won’t continue to argue this point. I will certainly that that what you have there seems to indicate I was wrong. I don’t care enough to discuss it further. I’m going to continue to believe what I believe on this, although I do now have some information that seems to indicate I was wrong.
http://www.newarkpostonline.com/articles/2010/11/02/news/doc4cd054696adc1290204454.txt
Quiet afternoon at the polls
Published: Tuesday, November 2, 2010 1:32 PM CDT
Polling places in the Newark area were quiet on Tueday as residents cast their votes in a variety of races. Earlier in the day Senate candidate Chris Coons visited Downes Elementary School in Newark, but as of early afternoon only supporters in contested legislative races were outside polling places.
The Wall Street Journal political blog reported that the campaign of Coons, who faces Christine O’Donnell in the race for the U.S. Senate seat was concerned about low turnout in its New Castle County stronghold.
http://www.wgmd.com/?p=12278
turnout at many of the polling locations in Sussex County has been steady.
Disappoint the turdbeast at your own peril! :D
Democrat Chris Coons, up 10 points or more in pre-Election Day polls, is expected to easily defeat tea party phenomenon Christine O’Donnell today.
But a noon email alert from the Coons campaign indicates the Delaware Democrat isn’t taking anything for granted.
The campaign reported in the noon email to supporters that turnout New Castle and Kent counties is “lower ... than we’re comfortable with.”
Castle is the former county executive of New Castle, and is counting on big numbers in his hometown of Wilmington to offset Republican O’Donnell’s support in the state’s other two less populated, more rural counties.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2010/nov/2/low-turnout-has-coons-campaign-edge/
I don’t want to talk about this any more, but I do like your evidence.
Wow, I didn't know about that! That's got to be good news for Christine! WooHoo!!!
Delawareans turn out at the polls.
You can't fix stupid, but hopefully there is enough silent support for O'Donnell to overcome the obvious idiocy factor in the First State.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/11/02/coons-camp-expresses-turnout-worries/
Most polls have predicted that the closely watched Delaware Senate race between Democrat Chris Coons and Republican tea-party favorite Christine O’Donnell was going to be anything but close. One poll last week had Mr. Coons up by 10 points, while all the others gave him a far more comfortable margin.
But Democrats in Delaware remain skittish.
In a noon email alert to supporters, Coons campaign manager Christy Gleason said close monitoring of voter turnout in the state’s 41 representative districts showed “lower turnout in New Castle and Kent counties than we’re comfortable with.”
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