LIVE THREAD: ELECTIONS 2006

[Dog]

Please Mods can we have one central Live thread ...its tough jumping from thread to thread to get results.

[PISANO]

"Conservatives" lost tonight: big time. Republicans ... conservative and moderate ... lost tonight.

OUR TROOPS LOST TONIGHT!!

The big winner is our ENEMY!!

[Democratshavenobrains]

I can't believe so many people are so surprised we lost the House. It was pretty much predicted months ago. The Senate was the only mystery. We've had so many Republican congressmen retire or get into scandals, it should have been a bad sign.

[TomGuy]

Arkansas governorship may turn over to Dems. Mike Huckabee (R) couldn't seem to pass the baton to Asa Hutchinson.

Governor - Uncertified

Track

Candidate

Totals

%

Graph

Attorney General Mike D. Beebe (Democrat)

59,841

54.62%

Rod Bryan (Independent)

2,403

2.19%

Asa Hutchinson (Republican)

45,259

41.31%

Michael Jones (Write-In)

19

0.02%

Jim Lendall (Green Party of Arkansas)

2,028

1.85%

Gene Mason (Write-In)

1

0.00%

Missouri Senate Update:

Office  Candidate Name

Votes 

  % Of Votes

 U.S. Senator

   Precincts Reporting 2079 of 3746

   Talent, Jim

REP

578,902

 50.7%

   McCaskill, Claire

DEM

520,870

 45.8%

   Gilmour, Frank

LIB

29,463

 2.6%

   Lewis, Lydia

PRG

10,896

 1.0%

Total Votes  

1,142,147

[StJacques]

Man Virginia is just tearing me up. I want to see the final! And Allen ahead!

[RedMonqey]

"How could Rove/Mehlman have been so wrong on this outcome?"

I know I will get flamed but...
Has it ever occurred to you that maybe this is exactly what Bush and Rove want?

Considering the circles that Bush famly runs around with (Clinton and friends)it wouldn't surprise me.

[grey_whiskers]

The religious republicans lost it, the fiscal ones won.

Some counterexamples:

Tell that to Chaffee and Foley.

Then talk to Kyl and Talent.

Ergo, it was an anti-Republican mood for two reasons:

1) Rahm Emmanuel ran a bunch of *conservative* democrats, including that evangelical Christian pro-life guy in NC.

2) The Dems nationalized the election into a referendum upon the war in Iraq.

Truth is, Bush 43 followed in his father's footsteps and failed to campaign or to support his party in any meaningful way.

He believed his own echo chamber and Rove, who relied on robo-phoning instead of grass roots.

[TNCMAXQ]

GWB is a man of character who did what he thought was right and did not flinch, even though it has cost his party control of Congress. Not to mention his own popularity. That is the mark of a true leader, I think. Perhaps his standing will increase when he goes up against Pelosi and her lefty colleagues.

[La Enchiladita]

Remember, absentee ballots are added last.

[nopardons]

That's NOT why we lost the House! Get a damned grip, instead of emotionally rdelying on your own bias and emotions.

And whilst a defeat, it is hardly a "bloodbath".

[I'm ALL Right!]

Start telling them about healthcare costs, etc. and they'll start to care.

I doubt it. They won't care until it actually DOES effect them personally. Just wait...now that the rats have some power, the borders will be wide open for the terrorists and illegals to flood in. Then they'll care.

Most people do not realize how a socialized medical program would drastically bring down the level of health care in this country. So many people think socialized health care would be a "great thing", but they are completely uninformed (the theme for the evening...uninformed, sheeple voters) about the real consequences of such a program. It would do our country good if those people would get up off their couches and get informed, but they prefer to stare at the tube and absorb...

[GiveEmDubya]

Or Arabic!

Probably both...let's throw Chinese in too.

[Arizona Carolyn]

It's one thing to get in the mud, yet another to grow a spine... Hastert and Frist have both been spineless.

[Yaelle]

Fox just quoted Snow as saying the congress can now enact "meaningful immigration reform."

The saddest thing all night. That means that here in SoCal, all these people ruining our chance of survival as a middle class family are here to stay and they are bringing their cousins.

[sam_paine]

Tonight should put an end to the "If the GOP would just run a real conservative, we'd win every time" rant, shouldn't it?

Not from the looks of some of the posts on here.

Like here's one from terriergal:

So you might as well 'throw your vote away' on an actual conservative, or a Constitution Party candidate.

This is the wartime hero who jumps up and runs screaming into no mans land and gets killed for no gain at all.

[yield 2 the right]

IT IS ALL OVER, ENJOY FREE REPUBLIC B/C IN JAN. 2007 THE DEMS WILL CLOSE IT, AND THAT IS JUST THE START, SOME OF THE MORE VOCAL FREE-PEERS MAY GET JAILED FOR CRIMES AGAINST THE STATE/END PANIC MODE
I HAVE SAID: "END PANIC MODE" TO SHOW YOU ALL MY WORST FERAS..........NOT A THING PERSONAL MY FR-IENDS.......
**SOBS FOR THE TROOPS AND THE USA I LOVED***

[nopardons]

That's NOT why we lost the House! Get a damned grip, instead of emotionally relying on your own bias and emotions.

And whilst a defeat, it is hardly a "bloodbath".

[Sans-Culotte]

I've felt that way since 9-11. We are in a life and death struggle. Liberal "friends" who are not with us are against us.

[Mo1]

Oh and one more thing

Soro's finally got the election he wanted

[Heartofsong83]

BINGO!!!

If the RINOs take over, that forces the Democrats leftward...that is where the country collapses.

[italianquaker]

i guess the enviroment won too, by kickin pombo off his chair