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[Please welcome Joel Silberman, a fantastic person and PFAW advocate. And one of the most amazing people that I know. -- CHS]
America’s true democracy lives in a coffee house in the Adams Morgan section of DC. Tonight I am the guest of CNN where I’m in the company of some of the most read bloggers in the country. The election of 2006 will go down in history as a moment when the netroots changed America’s political conversation; when the mainstream moved from the far right of center to the center.
While Ned Lamont may have lost his race to be the Senator from Connecticut all Democrats who are winning tonight owe him a debt of gratitude for being the first candidate to make Iraq the center of this electoral season. And it was the blogosphere that fueled that conversation turning it into a referendum on accountability and the need for checks and balances on a President run amok.
When we win tonight we will see Democrats who are unapologetic progressives leading the way. And I believe this is only the edge of the progressive wave of people powered politics. I write tonight in admiration of every individual sitting at their computer participating in tonight’s political dialogue. This is 21st century democracy at its best.
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Scharborough on MSNBC: Waxman is making a list and checking it twice
subpoenas for 2007
Got the Zed! For Ned!
Epu’d.
R- Hayworth in AZ is GOING DOWN!! This bodes well for the AZ Senate race too! D- Napalitano is leading something like 64% to 34% over the R- Munsil. This is in a very “red” state. Hope this means Kyl could go down too in the Senate. Keep an eye on AZ!!!
CNN calls the House for the Dems!
CNN calls House for Democrats. Huzzah!!!
Frank Probst @ 4
Call your lawyers, Scooter!
Oversight!
Investigations!
Subpoenas!
Minimum wage!
We win the House!
Frank Probst @ 4
Congrats “quick fingers”. *g*
CNN Beard sez: Helloooooooo, Grandma Speaker Pelosi
richmond city is still out by 16 precincts and Webb is winning 72/26.
EPUd.
VA numbers here:
http://sbe.virginiainteractive.org/index.htm
These numbers are from the Virginia elections page.
Precincts Reporting: 2352 of 2443 (96.28%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,683 Total Voting: 2,215,736 Voter Turnout: 48.64 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
G F Allen Republican 1,100,751 49.68%
J H Webb Jr Democratic 1,088,293 49.12%
And, while I’m here: Hillary Clinton can bite me.
Well a high-five and you’re spot on Joel! Yea for all of us!
Prof @ 7
…and spankings all around!
IMPLEMENT THE HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA, NOW
Welcome Joel!
and welcome House subpoenas……
“the old liberal lions in the House,” my former classmate Jeff Greenfield says on CNN.
Huzzah Joel!!! Please ask Christy and TRex if they’d perform an honorary Snoopy dance at the Tryst for all of us Firepups!
SUBPEONA TIME BABY!!!
Last thread: G_P_B @ 191
Precision Fretless,
G & L,
Upright
I like Tele’s too
HOMOS, WE NOW CONTROL THE CONGRESS!
So that’s what it’s like to be EPU’d. I’m no longer a virgin.LOL
3 senior Repub house seats have gone Dem.
All the closely contested senate seats which have been called have gone Dem.
It’s still looking good even though it’s mostly been the so-called “low-hanging fruit” which has been called so far.
Drink coffee or tea, but stay up. The VA race looks to be a nail-biter, along with MO and perhaps even AZ.
Hopefully, our long national nightmare may soon be over.
Although I’m not sure it will.
My god, the shrieking harpies of the right will be in an uproar for the next two years.
Speaker Pelosi! Damn. A woman in the third highest elected office in the nation. We are almost in the 20th century!
LJ/Aquaria @
12
Agreed. Can’t someone in power just tell her if she runs for president she’s giving power to the republicans?
Hello Speaker Pelosi, goody by Denny “cover up” Hastert
So… lemme guess here… they put KO on MSNBC doing election coverage just to be a beard for Tweety? I intend to let MSNBC know that I will only watch them for one hour in the evening, and only if KO is on during that hour… SNARL….
EPU’d
The Senate will depend on Virginia. Virginia will go to a recount that will take a long time, and then come out with a tiny lead by the Republicans. Riots will ensue. People will begin to take sides for ‘08.
I hope to be wrong. But the main thing is that people have awoken, and they have HAD ENOUGH. They will not easily be lulled to sleep again. We are now deep into the race for the country two years from now.
And in the meantime, we have SUBPOENA POWER, and INVESTIGATIONS.
GOOD BEGINNING!! KEEP WORKING!!
I do like the sound of “Speaker Pelosi”!
Christy, you were great earlier. Good job. Well done.
TeddySanFran @ 14
Wait a sec - I thought we’d defeated the GOP House leaders….
jeff greenfield is a bu**plug.
Va Senate
Precincts Reporting: 2360 of 2443 (96.60%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,681 Total Voting: 2,227,314 Voter Turnout: 48.89 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
G F Allen Republican 1,106,775 49.69%
J H Webb Jr Democratic 1,093,722 49.10%
This one needs to stay under 1% so Webb can call a recount.
I salute Ned Lamont and all those who fought for him.
Love ya, Joel.
TeddySanFran @ 9
we need to get her back…
Rahm thinks he’s earned this post
Murtha thinks he could do better…
Gramma will be attacked.
Bring on the San Francisco Liberal.
Could someone explain the New Have numbers to me on this page?
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/20.....y.003.html
How can there only be 20000 votes or so in New Haven?
SPEAKER WHO?
SPEAKER WHO?
SPEAKER who?
say it louder, boy
TeddySanFran @ 20
Poppers for everyone!
Oh yeah, and welcome, Joel.
Key precincts out in VA
Richmond City
Norfolk
Newport News
All three districts Webb is winning by a large margin.
This one is still in the toss up territory.
cl
TWO wins in NH????
NH-01 Shea-Porter (D): 52% Bradley (R): 48% n/a n/a 93% 11:05 pm EST
NH-02 Hodes (D): 53% Bass (R): 45% n/a Dem 81% 11:03 pm EST
LJ/Aquaria @ 23
Ear plugs… they do work….
Candy Crowley is a GOP buttplug.
Thank you everyone here at FDL. You have changed the country, and each of us. Also locally the Service Workers Union in MA made a huge difference in this election for Deval Patrick. They are a wonderfully active union - in every way.
Our house, is a very, very, very fine house
With two cats in the yard
Life used to be so hard
Now everything is easy ’cause of you
La la la la la la….lol roflmao-707
I’ll light the fire
You place the flowers in the vase
That you bought today
Staring at the fire
For hours and hours
While I listen to you play your love songs
All night long for me
Only for me
Come to me now
And rest your head for just five minutes
Everything is done
Such a cozy room
The windows are illuminated
By the evening sunshine through them
Fiery gems for you
Only for you
Our house, is a very, very, very fine house
With two cats in the yard
Life used to be so hard
Now everything is easy ’cause of you
La la la la la la….lol roflmao-707
1,326 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND..
Citizen Silberman:
“This is 21st century democracy at its best.”
No, it would be better if we won Connecticut and best if we took the Senate too!
KEEP THE FAITH AND PASS THE AMMUNITION, THIS IS JEST THE END OF THE FIRST BATTLE IN THE WAR FOR OUR DEMOCRACY!!
Its starting to look like tomorrow will be a new day in America tomorrow! I’m still holding my breath for the Senate.
punaise @ 34
With you on that, punaise.
Hello, guys - re Ned Lamont conceeding - here’s why = there were poll standers in every district (i was one). We all stayed at our assigned voting place until after 8 PM and witnessed the counting of the votes. Then we called in to the Lamont headquarters. So, headquarters got all the districts, precincts within 1/2 hour. So Ned had the numbers right away.
He gave a classy speech. it will resonate as to what we are all about. And we will keep fighting for these values.
TeddySanFran @ 20
Fabulous! Homo sapiens replace cro magnon man to control the congress!
TeddySanFran @ 14
Oooh. A spanking, a spanking!
I thought homos already do. Or is this now the cycle for homos who are out? Nice homos.
I’ve been glued to FDL all day–skipped work! Thank you everyone! On my USMC son’s 21st birthday, I couldn’t be happier to be a part of the change and taking of the House. Let’s not waste time “Changing the Course!”
Fairfax Co. has over 1 mill. people…has three precincts out….webb getting 60% there.
Roll up our sleeves and let’s get to work. The Mighty Wulitzer will be in full swing tomorrow. We will need to fight tomorrow.
Get Ready.
So’s jeff greenfield. I used the **’s earlier. Pachacutec @ 44
Is anyone else imagining the scene in the WH as W is faced with the reality things didn’t go the way he planned?
LJ/Aquaria @ 33
The FBI was in there early. These guys are real professionals..right?
Pachacutec @ 45
Fitting quite neatly into Bill Bennett’s butt.
VA Senate
Precincts Reporting: 2365 of 2443 (96.81%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,681 Total Voting: 2,234,421 Voter Turnout: 49.05 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
G F Allen Republican 1,109,958 49.68%
J H Webb Jr Democratic 1,097,561 49.12%
It’s now getting close to .5%!
shooogarp @ 57
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WHO’S NEXT?
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Think Bush left for Paraguay yet?
By my count, there are now officially 24,605 asshats in VA. :)
Pachacutec @ 45
A perfect fit for the enormous a$$holes in the GOP.
Well, someone please tell Ned we love him and thank him for going through all this nonsense for us…
It’s been a real pleasure and HONOR to support him…
Again…. I am still amazed at these numbers:
http://election.cbsnews.com/ca.....sdiction=0
Such big cities with so few votes?
weird.
OldCoastie @ 29
I like the sound of Denny Hastert’s stomach acid starting to work him over from the inside.
Stunning upset in NH.
Carol Shea-Porter wins in NH beating incumbent (R) Jeb Bradley.
-GSD
Well, looks like R- Kyl has the early lead in AZ Senate race but R Hayworth in the house is a GONER!
T- @ 58
Ew.
The only asshole that can take a butt plug that big is Rove. Maybe Mehlman.
Missouri
Precincts Reporting 1628 of 3746
Talent, Jim REP 467,581____51.7%
McCaskill, Claire DEM 404,004____ 44.7%
Tweety is being a prick because he is a prick and he is worried. Keith just looked much more professional and Tweety looks like the small man that he is.
Don’t say buttplug too loud, Ana Marie will delurk!
Kathryn in MA @ 51
Thanks for explaining. I wondered.
Rob: I’m at 24679 of them. Idiots.
I know we all know, but the more i see Ricky get buried the more I smile, and we can all use a smile(with 57%):
CASEY, BOB JR (DEM) 1,247,075 60.0%
SANTORUM, RICK (REP) 830,046 40.0%
Rob Zuber @ 65
At least.
ccmask @ 64
What’s that? I couldn’t hear you over the all the ruckus from the paper shredding machines at the WH and on the Cap.
Kathryn in MA @ 51
Ta Kathryn! That Ned helped kick off this whirlwind will not be forgotten!
UPDATE:
Senate DEMS 44 GOP 47 WINS 0-R, 8-D (1-I)
House DEMS 198 GOP 165 WINS 9-R, 17-D
She should show up at Denny’s office tomorrow with a measuring tape and drapery fabric.
Please let Ned know, no matter what, he gave this race heart: and gave the entire democratic party a spine.
Though I am still watching the numbers. Call me Sisyphus.
Thanks for the explanation, Kathryn in MA.
I hope TRex is doing his “Speaker Pelosi” happy dance. I sure am!
Rob Zuber @ 65
LMAO. (and crying at the same time)
Cantwell called.
Candy Crowley is a So. Beach Diet HO and Hillary is burnt toast.
Ned you are a great man. You made me proud.
OK lake dwellers celebrate tonight.
Manana we start looking for progressives to run against Schumer et al.
They are disgusting.
No more Clintons they destroyed our party.
Thank you all who worked so hard to regain the house for the people of this great country.
Yes I am angry about Ned.
They’re calling it for Gillibrand!!!
VA has some precincts not reporting all across the commonwealth, if I’m reading these maps right. This one is gonna be ugly.
Pachacutec @ 45
Ouch! That must hurt like hell….
LOL GRS @80
Suzanne @ 85
bring on those San Francisco values!
don’t give up on mccaskill — just like virginia, it’ll be the urban precincts that come in late in missouri
All of Chris Matthews’ friends are losing.
sweeney is not conceding yet…..moron
gregariousred @ 87
AND?
egregious @ 89
Yippee!!!!
Bustednuckles @ 97
yeah - what’d she say?
Pantload hastert speaking
Tweety knows Sweeney so Sweeney shouldn’t have lost! Bold Print Republicans! Guys he knows! Tweety, get that cat out of your mouth!
We need to win the Senate.
yeah GILLIBRAND
oppo: Matthews on MSNBC, these are Republicans I know going down… these are people we’ve had on…
Well Chris, perhaps you should have expanded your horizons a bit! Gillibrand would have appeared if asked…
I’m going to miss Hastert. Another page turned, as my nana used to say.
oops: eschew the ziggurats, damn, I forgot.
Webb is under .5!!!!
Precincts Reporting: 2375 of 2443 (97.22%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,681 Total Voting: 2,243,548 Voter Turnout: 49.25 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
G F Allen Republican 1,112,116 49.57%
J H Webb Jr Democratic 1,104,413 49.23%
Webb down 8,000. 3% to go
Hastert conceding on CNN on a Dem House!
Oh Pac-ha . . .
NY 24
Meier (R) 45
Arcuri (D) 54
Re Webb in Virginia - could it be that areas that had evidence of the fraud and voter supression are not going to be called right away tonight? After all with all the hullabaloo today and the FBI sitting on everyone’s counting machines, there just might be some people counting once, and then counting thrice.
Well that is my spin for now anyway.
Go, Webb!
And Hastert should just go.
Down to 8,000 vote difference between Webb/Allen.
Arlington Co, still out (webb winning…Fairfax still out (webb up)…Halifax still out (an Allen Co. but only 10,000 people)…Loudoun still out…half of Prince William still out…
shooogarp @ 108
Apparenty Hastert’s wife is wearing the drapes….wtf is that material.
Webb within 8000. Go baby go.
Now is when things turn into a nail biter. I’m almost scared to hope we can take the Senate.
Pelosi=First Woman Speaker
Chicks Rule.
Precincts Reporting: 2376 of 2443 (97.26%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,681 Total Voting: 2,244,475 Voter Turnout: 49.27 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
G F Allen Republican 1,112,169 49.55%
J H Webb Jr Democratic 1,105,270 49.24%
Down 7K!
I know we all hate Lieberman but I think it’s time for Howard Dean to make a deal with the little prick.. a senate majority would be a beautiful thing.
this could be an historic event…if the two georgia races hold, it will be the FIRST TIME IN HISTORY a party has failed to pick up a single seat!
UptownNYChick @ 114
Barfed Canvas
Well, in KS it looks like we had a good night. Besides the Gov’s re-election which was expected, it’s likely we elected a Democrat, Nancy Boyda, in KS-2, defeating a Repug incumbent who Bush flew in to try to salvage on Sunday (ha!) It’s not final yet, but looks good. And we re-elected our one Democratic incumbent congressman, Dennis Moore, for a 50/50 split.
We also elected a Democrtic attorney general for the first time in 32 years, beating a real slimeball incumbent who liked to seize women’s (and girl’s) medical records from abortion clinics and ran a really dirty campaign.
So things are looking good here–IN KANSAS!
Eyes on the prize people, we have WON THE HOUSE, which means Speaker Pelosi, investigations, and subpoena power.
MANY of the candidates we have supported in BlueAmerica are winning. The Lamont primary victory electrified progressive races across the nation. Tonight’s victory is in large part due to his courage in battling the current pro-war, pro-stay the course Congress.
Teddysanfran,
High five dude.
Virginia’s nasty anti-gay Amendment just passed. I just sent my folks (who live in northern Virginia) an e-mail saying I won’t be home for Christmas. I’m kind of annoyed that I already have tickets for Thanksgiving.
cbl @ 109
This is great news. Blue America candidate. So glad he won- and there were some really really nasty GOP doings there.
VA Absentees:
From Washington Post.com tonight:
Marc Fisher: Ok, I got a quick primer on the Virginia absentee ballot situation from our Richmond bureau expert on these things, Michael Shear. Absentee ballots are counted as an extra precinct in each county in the state. Some of those counties have already fed their absentee ballots into the machine and those votes are reflected in your statewide totals. Others, such as Arlington, have not yet posted their absentee results, but all counties are expected to do so tonight. So any impression I gave earlier in the evening that absentees would have to wait some days to be counted is incorrect. (That delay does happen in many other states, but Virginia is getting them all done tonight.)
So…stay tuned.
(Courtesy Billvabeach at nls)
wini-
Yes - I think Matthews in cranky because his buddies are getting their fannies kicked.
And he has to share his desk with the guy who’s poised to take his star at MSNBC.
Suzanne @ 116
If we don’t, it looks like we’ll cut it close. The Thugs can forget their nuclear option.
ccmask @ 104
I’m tempted, but I’m going to leave that one alone. Nice set up, but the punchline wouldn’t let me sleep tonight ;)
You too punaise.
UptownNYChick @ 100
What an ugly slunking hulk of mumbling sweaty hog-human.
shooogarp @ 108
that hasta hurt
I would dearly love to see a 28K jump right now in Webb’s favor to make up for those goofy ones we saw for Allen tonight.
If the Dems don’t win the Senate, Lieberman should be kicked out of the party caucus. Won’t happen. But, it should.
I hope Peter Daou is reading tonight.
Yo Pete keep collecting those big checks (you deserve it)but tell the Clintons no way, nada, never more.
Jay @ 120
Maybe Haggard could give him a hand job…