Posted on 01/19/2008 6:06:01 AM PST by vikingd00d
Today is the day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfU59KSvbvs&feature=related
Mike Huckabee thinks there is a Canadian National Igloo. Watch till the end. He could be joking, but it seemed serious to me.
polls run people out of the race unfortunately ... especially those projected out of the top two.
If she does it will so anger the Black RATs that they wont turn out in Nov.
On the Republican side I’m hoping that Fred gets at least 2nd and Mutt 4th-5th in SC.
Rooty, Mutt, and Paul shouldn’t even be running on a Republican ballot.
Heres hoping Fred can do well enough today to stay in until the convention.
“By your own reasoning, then Christianity is an offset cult of Judaism. Be very careful with your comparisons Sola Veritas.”
That doesn’t bother me at all. I’m certain some Jews would consider Christianity a cult.
You say you are glad they “believe.”
In the “eternal” scheme of things, it would be better that a mormon be an outright atheist than what they “believe”.
It is chocolate covered poison.
As Romney pointed out to Leno last night when he made the same error, the Economy is NOT the number one issue facing the president, it is Iraq and the War on Terror.
Let's not lose sight of that as Iraq gets better and the media tries to distract us over to the economy to help the Democrats.
McCain looking to extend South Carolina poll hours
Posted: 04:05 PM ET
CONWAY, South Carolina (CNN) – A lawyer for Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign tells CNN he is seeking a court order to extend voting in Horry County by one hour, after learning voting machines in this eastern part of the state were malfunctioning on primary day.
State Rep. Tracey Edge, R-Myrtle Beach, said the campaign was trying to find a circuit court judge to issue the ruling.
“We are seeking an order to extend the voting time, because of reported and publicized information that people were turned away from the polls,” Edge said.
All polls in the South Carolina Republican primary are scheduled to close at 7 p.m. ET. Complicating matters for McCain, the county has just one resident circuit court judge, who they have not yet been able to reach. McCain won Horry County when he ran for president in 2000.
The McCain campaign Saturday was telling supporters residing in this county to make sure their vote was counted.
Earlier in the day, Katon Dawson, chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, said that he had confidence that the problem would be fixed.
“We expect a full and fair count,” Dawson said in a telephone interview with CNN. “In South Carolina, our citizens take the right to vote very seriously. We have full confidence in our state elections commission, which is running this primary. Any questions that have arisen are being addressed.”
Dawson noted that “there is always a backup in case there is an election machine malfunction and a ballot can’t be cast.”
Lisa Bourcier, public information for Horry County, said that 80 percent of the voting machines were back on-line as of 1:30 p.m. ET.
– CNN’s Lisa Desjardins and Mark Preston
Filed under: John McCain • South Carolina
That's where I voted for Fred at about 11 AM and all was fine.
That’s a very good way to look at it... cause it does show that Fred is WAY better than Romney... but it also shows he isn’t even close to Reagan...
We just do not have a real conservative and it’s because Bush beat them down for years. He will end up being the WORST GOP President in our party’s history.
When are you and Huckabee going to team up?
God who are these morons?
Are you talking about Nevada? She has been ahead in all polls except one on RealClearPolitics.
My mistake. I have been watching the MSM so I was under the impression that Obama was in the lead.
I’ve been mind poisoned. No more news, only FR from now on.
Odd, how it’s the DEM polls off all the time...interesting?...magritte
9:12 a.m. CST – Gervais Street, Columbia: It’s a chilly and wet day, but we’re not seeing the kind of rain that will prevent people from going to the polls. I’m at the call center at Fred Thompson’s statewide headquarters, where election-day events are gathering steam.
We’re in a conference room at the hotel. Fox News is on TV in the corner and about 50 volunteers — including folks who flew here expressly from California — are using pre-paid cell phones to call voters and urge them to plump for Fred. The group has made 600 calls already, but has a long way to go to reach its goal of 10,000.
Former Deputy Governor Justin Wilson, Woody Woodruff and Fred’s former law partner Charlie Trost are among those making calls. In front of each volunteer sits a small bell. Every time a voter voices intentions to vote for Fred, a bell rings.
At this point, the calls are producing a slow and steady pace of dings. It reminds me of “It’s a Wonderful Life:” “Every time you hear a bell ring, an angel gets her wings...”
Looking at the bigger picture, the goal of every campaign today is to make sure they don’t finish behind the human broom truck, Ron Paul. I’ll be shadowing Fred’s Tennessee volunteers throughout the day to get a sense of unfolding events. Wilson, a veteran of a number of campaigns, has some interesting ideas for us to check out. Be sure to check in throughout the day.
11:18 a.m. CST – Downtown Columbia: Leaving Thompson’s headquarters, I check on the Huckabee and Romney camps. As I and several other observers suspected yesterday, Romney’s operation here is very much alive and active despite insisting that its candidate has pulled out to concentrate his time and money elsewhere.
In fact, the Romney phone bank and computer operation – while not quite as large as Thompson’s – is the most professional of the bunch. Come to think of it, the group overall is so young and polished, I wonder how many of the staffers are here on their Mormon mission.
On the other hand, Huckabee’s campaign can lay claim to the most disorganized headquarters of the ones I’ve seen, even though his team – like Romney’s people – is calling identified voters. One staffer lets slip that, in the course of those calls, his team is seeing a group of voters who had previously committed to Huckabee migrate to other candidates. Pressed to elaborate, he won’t say who’s benefiting, but this tidbit has to be heartening to the Thompson camp.
I then stop by the South Carolina headquarters of the GOP to chat with Jay Ragley, executive director of the state party. He says it’s been a “spirited” primary and adds that he is expecting a good turnout, with the weather not a factor – even though more snow is expected tonight.
I’m now headed over to check out some polling places and scour some Republican hangouts, where people are already beginning to gather.
P.S.: I don’t quite know how to interpret this, but I’ve gotten several derogatory e-mails from Ron Paul supporters taking exception to my characterization of his campaign as the broom truck. Unfortunately, they didn’t suggest any other automotive metaphors.
12:43 p.m. CST – Gervais Street, Columbia: Before heading back into downtown Columbia, I stop off in Irmo, an upper middle class district. By 11:30 local time, more than 200 people have voted there – without the presence of volunteers – and poll workers say turnout is running ahead of schedule. I plan to check out a more blue-collar area this afternoon.
Back at the Fred Thompson call center, I run into Jeri Thompson, the candidate’s wife, with his daughter Hayden in tow. In good spirits, she says the group has “a great feeling about today.”
“The most important things is that we want people to know how much we appreciate their hard work and their stand for conservative principles,” she says. “We are especially grateful to all the people who came over here from Nashville and Tennessee as a whole.”
We’ve run into more Nashvillians: Waller attorneys Don Moody and Katie Stenberg have made the trip and joined up with their colleagues, as has campaign volunteer and White House resident Mary Ann Parks.
In the meantime, Thompson’s volunteers have been cranking on the phones. They’ve now called almost 5,000 voters.
By Ken Whitehouse Nashville post
With 38% in NV, about 17000 Rs have turned out; rats 59% with about 6000 votes.
You are the one who posturing as if you had some sort of secret inside data. Don’t go go all childish screaming twit on us now that your stupid posturing has been exposed. That sort of drama queen teenager fit thrown in a pathetic attempt to divert attention from your silly earlier posting doesn’t work here. You are caught dead to rights. Be an adult and learn from your error.
If you had a link for such news it is simple common decency to post it in the 1st post instead of fraudulently posturing as if you had some sort of secret source giving you the inside info.
The woman just probably fell asleep.
It’s so interesting and so obvious that even people who don’t pay much attention are noticing.
Don't know. Biggest one on the thread so far has been you with your fake posturing about Exit Polling. What rock did you crawl out from under?
Ron Paul is now ahead of John McCain.
People in NV have always voted Clinton.
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