Posted on 11/07/2005 11:46:41 PM PST by BillyBoy
My Fellow FReepers,
As it now past midnight (well at least for those of us in Central Standard Time) and I did a general search and couldn't find a single thread dedicated to election 2005, I have taken the liberty of creating one.
THIS is the place to post all your updates and discussions on '05 races around the country. From the Boston Mayoral Race to the fight for Virginia Attorney General, keep the adrenaline flowing here.
Will the GOP make a midterm gubernatorial comeback after suffering through the 2001 "mistakes" of McGreeley and Mark Warner? Will Ahnuld, the CA Dummycrats, or independent minded conservatives emerge triumph in California's latest (but not greatest!) "special election"? Will the liberal incumbent crush his equally liberal challenger in New York? And do conservatives even care?
Let's get the discussion rolling folks. You heard it here first!
Didn't hear that. That IS s gain. That really shows that if Kilgore had run a better campaign he'd of won. Or I guess the poll-worshipers would say, this shows that people are mad at Bush, but like Cheney, because Kilgore lost, but the Republican LT. Governor won, right? ;) Heh heh heh.
Agree, but we need to launch an offensive on the press as well as the lefty instigators. How is it that conservative "leaders" stood around and accepted weak arguments against the Iraq War and this whole Plame thing? Why is it that none of these "leaders" came out and quoted many Dems on their comments leading up to the war? Why is it that we have no "full court press" going on? It seems our "conservative leaders" sat this one out.
people are idiots, they think "more subway trains, sounds great"
when Subway fares are $5 and still overcrowded they wont be smiling
Bloomberg aint winning by 30points
Michael R. Bloomberg (GOP) 608,796 58%
Fernando Ferrer (Dem) 418,956 40%
Precincts Reporting - 5157 out of 6063 - 85%
NY-BalIsNY-Glance-Amendment-State Q1-Contingecy Budget
Candidate Votes Percent Winner
Yes 483,484 37%
No 832,199 63%
Precincts Reporting - 11336 out of 16274 - 70%
NY-BalIsNY-Glance-Proposition Q2-Transportations Bonds
Candidate Votes Percent Winner
Yes 746,924 56%
No 588,015 44%
Precincts Reporting - 11264 out of 16274 - 69%
being here in Ohio watching the Democrats crash on 2,3,4,5 leaves little doubt in my mind that you are right.
NJ and VA were possibilities. The Lt Gov in VA is close and may go Republican. I think it is a good night for Republicans and a horrible night for liberals. Even dems had to run conservative in VA.
They were democrat already. The GOP didn't lose anything. Geeze. NJ hasn't had a GOP decade in how many years? How many DECADES? That's predictable. And the Republican candidate in VA ran a weak campaign and VA has had democrat governors for years, also predictable and not a loss.
Spare me. I understand all of that. What I said above still stands.
How you consider the status quo in just two governor races as a GOP loss STUNS ME!
I didn't say that the GOP lost. I said that the electorate is embarrassing. The Democrat machine in NJ is despicable. Yet the people in NJ hurry to the polls to vote in these vermin. Virginia is a red state. I know our guy ran a terrible campaign in Virginia but so what. The people of Virginia elected a Democrat governor. The Democrats are a treasonous party. How could any red stater support such a party.
Maybe you and others can kill enough enthusiasm among Conservatives to REALLY make GOP losses next year.
I've spent years on this forum promoting conservatism and promoting a realistic approach by supporting the Republican party. My comment above is to interject a little reality, so that we can do better. Yet, you think that I'm trying to kill enthusiasm among conservative to make the GOP lose next year.
Your judgement is stunning.
Well, the polls are now closed!
The fate of California has been sealed. What it will be? We should get some indication tonight. And I hope it is good.
Bayh might be a good choice for Hill, but lately he speaks to the left, while Richardson seems to speak as a moderate (though I'm not sure he really is). I think it depends upon what game she wants to play - moderate w a left-leaning VP to appease the left wackos of the party or if she wants to try to appease the left and some of the "Independents" and pick a more moderate candidate. I suspect one had to take into account that he's fairly good looking and, I think a family man. I used to even be interested in what he had to say a few years ago and the past couple of years he's seemed to flip further to the left. It appears from your name that you're from Indy, so you know him far better than I, and, while I think he wants the #1 chair, I suspect he'd take #2 (he still appears to be fairly young, so he might think he could get his feet wet as VP then move into Pres in 8 years).
Actual CA results so far:
73 Y Minor's Pregnancy 253,101 52.8 226,530 47.2 Map
74 Y Teacher Tenure 259,966 53.8 223,709 46.2 Map
75 Y Public Union Dues 282,726 58.5 200,745 41.5 Map
76 N Spending/Funding 223,422 46.3 258,258 53.7 Map
77 N Redistricting 231,739 48.7 244,048 51.3 Map
78 N Rx Drug Discounts 206,108 43.5 267,543 56.5 Map
79 N Rx Drug Rebates 183,739 38.9 288,096 61.1 Map
80 N Electric Regulation 169,175 36.5 294,304 63.5 Map
Well, it's good that at least some of Arnold's measures are passing. So far...
Three percent in in Calif. 73, 74, and 75 are winning, all the rest are losing.
could you please post the link, I can't find the results.
Thanks
You must mean Louisiana Times????
You can't possibly mean Los Angeles times. If it is they'll have a retraction on front page tomorrow.
I went: 73-78 = Yes 79-80 = No
Keeping my fingers crossed.
LINK TO CA ELECTION RESULTS:
http://vote2005.ss.ca.gov/Returns/prop/00.htm
Very nice. I voted the same way. I'm not all that confident on my yes votes prevailing.
I hate the voters in Kings County.
Democrats in this borough had the opportunity to elect Ken Fisher-albeit, to a completely worthless, utterly impotent office, which is the political equivalent of a vestigial organ-but instead chose that blabbering, amiable dunce Marty Markowitz.
If Fisher were Brooklyn Borough President he would have made the campaign against this idiotic proposal a #1 priority, and-I feel pretty confident-probably could have defeated it.
It's almost all conservative counties so far.. look for the "yes" side margin to tighten.
www.sacbee.com/cgi-bin/elections/elections2005.cgi
73-74-75 ahead, SO FAR.......
Spare me the politics. I know all of that.
You missed the point of my post. I'm not cricizing the Republican party. I'm not saying that the conservative position will ultimately lose or that that the Republican party is destined for failure. Based on what the traitorous Democrat party stands for and based on the rise of the Internet and the fall of the MSM, the electorate in this country is still embarrassing. That's "still" as in, I know the long voting history that you cite.
We have a long way to go. Based on the treasonous activities of the Democrat party, we shouldn't still be losing these type of races to Democrats.
75 is critical --- if I had to choose just one prop to pass, that's the one.
It's passing by a wide margin too, 5.3% reporting.
The turnout was very light, LATimes said only 27% turned out in LA county.
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