Ed Morrissey published a good post over at Captain's Quarters. He is one of the Conservative bloggers, who is not afraid to speak out against the Republican party when he does not agree with its policies. The Republicans have indeed left reform in the dust, with notable and honorable exceptions like Tom Coburn and a handful of other highly active Republican officeholders. The … [Read more...] about The Republican Party Has to Reform Itself

CNN reports that the race for US Senate is down to two States: Montana and Virginia. Personally, I believe that Allen should go if not for anything else, than for his stupid 'macaca' remark, but that's just me. Anyway:In Montana, Republican Sen. Conrad Burns was running behind his Democratic challenger, state Sen. John Tester. If Tester wins, Democrats could secure Senate … [Read more...] about Dems Leading in Montana And Virginia

The votes — and possible recounts — aren't totally in yet from the landmark 2006 mid-term elections but this much is clear: The Democrats will take control of the House. At the very least, the Democrats will come close to having taken control of the Senate. And the Democrats had a good day in their campaigns for governorships. Exit polls and analysts noted that … [Read more...] about Democratic House Win And Changed Senate Suggests GOP Lost Independents And Moderates

I've never live blogged before. That ends today, with my election live blog. I'll be bumping this post to the top periodically as I update. UPDATE: I suppose I should harness my readership a bit here. Anyone who has any tips or tidbits of news, shoot me an email at schraubd carleton edu UPDATE 2x: I should clarify. I'm updating my post constantly. I'm only pushing this … [Read more...] about Election Live Blogging!

This one is too close to call for the Washington Post and various politicos are saying it'll go into the state's automatic recount mode:Republican incumbent George F. Allen and his Democratic challenger James H. Webb remained in a dead heat in the race to represent Virginia in the U.S. Senate. With more than 2.1 million votes tallied, Allen was ahead of Webb by fewer than … [Read more...] about Allen-Webb Virginia Senate Battle Will Likely Go To Recount

It's not up on their website yet, but the Democrats are projected to win at least 230 House seats. … [Read more...] about BULLETIN: NBC Projects Democrats Will Take Control Of The House

TMV is the place to be for excellent election coverage from Joe and the co-bloggers, but, if you just can't get enough, check out two constantly updated posts on the election results over at The Reaction. Mine is here. Heraclitus's is here. We'll both have updates throughout the night, but make sure to come right back here! … [Read more...] about Reaction to the election

This Jewish lesbian Ohioan is proud to announce that the Republican gubernatorial candidate who wants to run me out of the State of Ohio has just conceded: Blackwell concedes ENQUIRER STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS COLUMBUS – Republican Ken Blackwell conceded the race for governor to Democrat Ted Strickland before a single vote was counted. [snip] An exit polling pool hired by … [Read more...] about Good News for Me and All Other Ohioans!

If you turn on cable, radio news and talk radio right now there's considerable amount of talk about the purportedly closely-held exit polls showing a big Democratic win: a Democratic takeover of the House and perhaps even the Senate. One for-the-record hint is this:In surveys at polling places, about six in 10 voters said they disapproved of the way President Bush is handling … [Read more...] about Exit Polls And Others Bad News For GOP

Washington Post: Voters' emphasis on corruption appeared good news for Dems; Republicans tout economic gains as reason to stick with GOP-controlled Congress. … [Read more...] about WP: Voter Turnout Is Strong For Midterm Elections

You can hear two voices from The Moderate Voice tonight on the internet talk show Subject2Discussion. The topic: today's elections. See the Blog Ad in the upper left hand corner for more info about the show. The show runs from 7 pm to 9 pm PST. Michael Stickings will be on from 8 to 8:30. And yours truly will be on from 8:30 to 9. Go SD2RADIO.com or LVRocks.com to listen. … [Read more...] about Listen To Two Voices From The Moderate Voice

My voting experience today was not one to encourage confidence that our system of voting has even rudimentary safeguards against unintentional error, much less deliberate fraud. It just goes to show that the latest technology isn't the solution to every problem. … [Read more...] about Confidence in the system?

Why not get her listeners to jam the Democrats' voter protection line on election day — that line in place for voters to report voting fraud, voter suppression or any other problems? But not everyone is guffawing... … [Read more...] about She Thought Of A Joke

O, the irony. Governor of South Carolina Mark Sanford tried to vote earlier today. There was just one tiny problem: he forgot his voter identification card. The result? He got sent off: no voter ID, no vote. The other result? Hearing the annoying words of his wife "I told you to bring it with you!" Luckily he was able to retrieve his voter ID card and thus to vote later. … [Read more...] about Category: Oops

A Woody Allen reference from Reaction co-blogger Heraclitus, who, noting that polling predicts anything from a Republican surprise to a Democratic landslide, looks at how the election is being covered in, of all places, the New York Post. See here. … [Read more...] about No one knows what the hell’s going on

D-Day has arrived: today most of the readers of this blog will be part of the decision what party rules U.S. Congress and what Party rules Senate. Compared to elections in, for instance, the Netherlands, the U.S. elections are highly important for more people, also for foreigners (read: non-Americans). The U.S. influences the entire world. Thus by your vote, you influence the … [Read more...] about D-Day

Give us the results of the exit polls It is all about the exit polls:Two-by-two, polling specialists from ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News and the Associated Press will go into rooms in New York and Washington shortly before noon Tuesday. Their cellphones and BlackBerrys will be confiscated; proctors will monitor the doors; and for the next five hours, these experts will pore over … [Read more...] about It’s a Crazy… Day

The site Red State reports more problems with voting throughout the country. Such as: Judge orders Indiana polls open later due to technical problems. Problems in Tennessee with long lines and not enough machines A virtual "meltdown" in Pennsylvania Red State also has this video of a man blocking Republican poll watchers. … [Read more...] about Big Voting Problems Continue

A thread specifically for those who took the time to vote today. Share your experiences. If you want to share, who did you vote for? Why? What is the general feeling 'on the street' now election day has arrived. … [Read more...] about Election Day

Remember, this election is about a lot of things -- in general terms, the incompetence, negligence, and malfeasance of President Bush and the Republican Congress -- but most of all it's about Iraq. And Iraq is a disaster. It was Bush's choice and it's Bush's fault. He and the rest of the warmongers in his administration -- from Cheney on down -- must be held accountable for … [Read more...] about It’s the war in Iraq