[Update: We’ve got the House!!!]
Back in the Manhattan Sheraton, waiting for the Shindig to start. I don’t know anything yet. In fact, if you’re at home watching on television you may know more than I do, because the WiFi is so slow. So far Dems have one House pickup, Ellsworth in Indiana District 8. Fourteen to go.
Ken Blackwell is TOAST. I see that MSNBC is calling the Ohio Governor’s race for Strickland, the Democrat. Democrat Deval Patrick will be the new governor of Massachusetts.
More later. If you learn anything, please add to the comments.
Update: Two Senate seats — Menendez in New Jersey and Casey in Pennsylvania. And I will so miss Rick Santorum.
Update: Sherrod Brown wins in Ohio.
In New York, wins for Hillary Clinton, Eliot Spitzer (gov.), and Alan Hevesi for Controller.
Update: Lieberman wins, dammit.
Update: Senate races, so far (9:45 EST)–
Maryland — Democrat Cardin wins over Republican Steele
Michigan — Democrat Stabenow (incumbent) over Republican Bouchard
Minnesota — Democrat Klobuchar over Republican Kennedy
New Jersey — Democrat Menendez (incumbent) over Republican Kean
New York — Democrat Clinton (incumbent) over Republican Whoozits
Ohio — Democrat Brown over Republican Blackwell (yay!)
Pennsylvania — Democrat Casey over Republican “Man on Dog” Santorum (incumbent)
Rhode Island — Democrat Whitehouse over Reublican Chafee (incumbent)
Update: Although it hasn’t been called, Allen is ahead of Webb in Virginia by a hair. It appears the Green Party candidate is siphoning off just enough votes to give Allen the win. Thanks loads, chumps.
Update: In the Senate, it appears we’re going to lose Missouri, Tennessee, and Virginia, which I believe puts a takeover of the Senate out of reach.
Update: I just watched Senator Clinton give her acceptance speech. Julia of Sisyphus Shrugged says Hubby Bill has mastered the Nancy Reagan stare –he kept his eyes on Hillary with proper admiration.
Although the final vote counts aren’t in, it appears Senator Clinton has won with a wider vote margin than in 2000. She won easily in parts of the state that weren’t with her six years ago.
CNN says Dems have take nine House seats away from the Republicans. I understand other news sources are saying the Dems have taken as many as twelve seats already.
Not that it was ever a contest..But Florida can be added to the list of Democratic victories in the senate race..I guess Floridians decided to legislate sin.
Santorum is giving is concession speech (10:00PM). I feel like I just opened the first present of many on Christmas morning. Chris Matthews is pointing out how Santorum’s daughter is crying. Oh boo-f’ing-hoo.
Here we go is right maha!
I thanked every deity I could think of when I heard Santorum was out.
It’s going to be a long night, though. Is it possible my ultra-red state (NE) might have an all-D House delegation, for the first time in living memory? Unfortunately, “Hottie Scottie” Kleeb is starting to slip in the count against Adrian Smith, who ran his campaign against Hillary and Ted Kennedy until he could learn how to correctly pronounce Kleeb’s name.
When’s the Impeachment Kickoff Party?
Remember that another “Green,” Ralph Nader, gave Bush the Presidency in 2000. If this is the reason Webb goes down, … Damn, damn, damn!
Interesting Sidebars – The biggest victory that Repubs can claim is an Independent who has declared he will vote Dem. – Lieberman I know that does not make you happy, but that’s the BAD news.
In Florida, the Governors rase was won by a Republican. Crist. What’s remarkable is that Crist snubbed Bush yesterday. Whan the Prez flew into Fla, Crist was too busy to make an apperance.
Speculation: We win the House BIG and tie the Senate. However, Republicans can only hope to survive in ’08 by running as fast as they can from Bush whose coattails resemble a crop top.
Like Maha said, it’s gonna be an interesting couple of years.
Maha, the Green Party candidate on the ballot in Virginia and the party itself are NOT repeat NOT the Nader Greens.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independant_Green_Party_of_Virginia
Oh how I wish I was a fly on the wall in Karl Rove’s office tonight. An added bonus would be the ability to listen in on Dick’s phone calls from the hunting range to the WH.
NOT the Nader Greens.
No, he’s an Independent Green, which makes it doubly stupid. But the primary Green Party had dissociated itself with Nader, hadn’t they? So nobody’s a Nader Green.
Webb may be pulling ahead.
Well yeah but the point was they have a platform that not all of what we think of as “Greens” would support. I said Nader Greens as a way of labeling the national Green Party which was sloppy of me.
Believe me I think the Greens are by and large well-meaning idiots myself.