Connecticut Reporting: Heavy Voting in the State; Shays going Down

[SuperTrouper]

Here in Waterbury went to seven voting precincts (I voted in Bunker Hill area) and at 6 AM there were long lines when the precincts opened. Went to Danbury, Stamford, Norwalk, and Bridgeport this morning and so far heavy voting. There will be a huge Democratic victory for Obama in CT. Also Representative Chris Shays is heading for defeat according to the latest polls.

With respect to Reverend Wright commercial, in my precinct it has backfired on the Republicans. None of the people that I talked said that it turn them away from Obama, as a matter of fact they said that it reflected poorly on McCain and his lack of control that he exerted on his campaign. COnnecticut: Deeply BLUE.

[demokatgurrl]

1. Next task: dump Lieberman. n/t

[SuperTrouper]

4. Amen

[Warren Stupidity]

5. 2012 is a long way away.

I hate that fuckwad with a passion. It is so nice that he went all in on McLoser.

[Arugula Latte]

7. Oh HELL yes!

We will all be gunning for that sack of shit when his time is up. Too bad we have to wait four more years.

[Bake]

26. I'll be surprised if he doesn't "retire."

The writing is on the wall for LIEberman. He can read.

Bake

[RCinBrooklyn]

33. Man, I hope you are right. Retires or is FORCED to retire.

[Scooter24]

10. Exactly!

Whoever is the Democratic challenger will be receiving the maximum contribution from me.

[saltpoint]

2. Shays has richly earned a defeat.

I'm quite a distance from Connecticut, but I'm rooting for the bluest turnout in ages there.

[Pale Blue Dot]

3. I waited for an hour to vote this morning.

I've never in my life seen lines like this. It has to be a good sign.

[SuperTrouper]

6. Connecticut is excited to vote for Obama. Not a good sign for Lieber-Rat.

[bdamomma]

24. and they are not voting for McCain either

I don't believe people want more of the same.

[tularetom]

8. Do they have provisions for recalling Senators in CT?

If so, what are they waiting for?

Sounds like the voters are pissed off enough to get rid of that fucking wart.

[VADem11]

11. Sadly no

I believe there are no recall provisions in Connecticut.

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

19. No - no recall provisions here.

But I think the Democratic Party leadership here in CT learned a lesson and will not again back someone who loses the primary. I know of one delegate who regrets his actions.

[amborin]

9. i'm from cali but the ny times did a feature on a rethug from your state

a moderate, who was on the good side of many issues

environment, etc..... was it shay?

point was: it's the moderate rethugs who are being ousted in some cases, not the hard core whacko fundies

but, bottom line: great to get rid of rethugs......keep them a tiny opposition party at best

[SuperTrouper]

12. Shays campaigned 2 years ago on the right side of issues

and he barely won, then once re-elected became a rubber-stamp for George Bush. So now the chickens are coming home to roost for Shays and come tomorrow he'll be out of a job.

[NewJeffCT]

38. It's probably Shays, but

he has this mental problem where his moderation seems to appear every other year, while he becomes more conservative in odd numbered years.

[Vinca]

13. That's amazing. I thought for sure Shays would be safe. nt

[MANative]

14. Hey Roberto - I've been looking for polling

data on the Shays/Himes race, and could only find stuff that was about 5 weeks old. Can you point me to a resource for that?

Also - my precinct in Danbury (CT138th) was not ridiculously busy (I had no line/no wait), but saw online reports from the News-Times that reported heavy turnout, especially early this morning, at other precincts.

:hi:

[loudsue]

15. I hope the reason your polling place wasn't busy is because it's a repuke area.

:hi: Keep up the good work!

[MANative]

16. It is a little on the red side in my neighborhood - lots of

senior citizens and a more affluent neighborhood than many in Danbury. IIRC, in 2006 I went late - after work - and it was busier.

No stopping until the polls are closed! :hi:

[CTyankee]

17. New Haven here. Hubby at polls says he's never seen such crowds!

Good to hear about Shays. Hope Himes is fantastic.

Bittersweet day for me, remembering Ned Lamont's valiant try against Ole Joe. We really tried...

[KamaAina]

25. New Haven was the last place where I experienced long poll lines

this was in 1992. As soon as I saw the line snaking out the door (in that overwhelmingly Dem city), I just knew.

[CTyankee]

29. Were you at Yale? I was here (working, not at Yale). I remember it well!

I remember laughing and singing that day, simply overjoyed.

[KamaAina]

31. I was actually working for Yale, having been graduated in '85

cum laude, I might add, which is something Gee Dubya Bush '68 couldn't even spell, much less achieve. :P

[CTyankee]

34. I moved to New Haven in 1985! You must have been in Jodie Foster's class, if I recall

it correctly.

I guess you know that the Yale Co-op, the York Square Cinema and the Yankee Doodle coffee shop are all gone. The Yale Bowl has at long last been refurbished after looking much like the Roman Colliseum for years. I live in Westville not too far from the Bowl. I love it here. Great place for a liberal to be. Spouse works for the city (coordinating programs for the homeless). I am retired from Planned Parenthood of CT -- I like to show visitors the old PPC headquarters where Estelle Griswold was arrested for providing birth control to women, resulting in you know what.

[KamaAina]

35. That is why I never go to reunions

"Um, hey, Jodie, how's it hangin'? Win any more Oscars lately?... Uh, me, I'm a policy analyst for a nonprofit, making about $40K a year..."

The Yale alumni rag makes it sound like the "New Broadway" is downtown Dubai or something. :eyes:

[CTyankee]

37. Well, it's looking a lot better than it did in 85 when I got here.

Things got a lot better during the Clinton years. Clinton loves to come back here and was here just a few weeks ago for his Law School class reunion.

Steven Spielberg shot his latest Indiana Jones movie here summer 07, effing up traffic big time. He seems to think NH is an ideal Ivy League town (he should go shoot movies in Princeton, IMHO).

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

18. Woo Hoo !!! n/t

[unblock]

20. the last of the new england congressional republicans. buh-bye!

[d_b]

21. is he really?

fuckin SWEET!

[CTyankee]

30. Well it is, but actually Shays wasn't a real bad guy. He's prochoice for one thing.

When I worked for Planned Parenthood of CT he was a pretty good guy for us. I am also concerned about losing any semblance of what used to be called a "liberal REpublican." But perhaps this had to happen to knock some sense into the Republicans who've held out for so long in the party, way after the takeover by the fascists.

Now we've gotta get rid of our governor, "mother" Rell.

[David__77]

22. New England will be a model of how to vote in the house.

No Republicans. Now if only all the other regions would follow suit!

[bdamomma]

23. Shays going down.

any news about Hagen and Dole, I hope Dole goes down too, Coleman and McConnell too let's clean up the House and Senate.

[Atman]

27. I did mailers for the Himes campaign. Now, if Kay Hagan wins, too, it'll be a good day!

We've tried to get Shays out for years. The guy's been tough, but he's finally going down, it appears...the last GOP Congresscritter in all of New England!

.

[jonnyblitz]

28. I live in the boonies near Mohegan Sun Casino and there was

no line at 8am at the little firehouse where we vote in Uncasville but my sister said there was a line at 7am at the same place when she went.

[brendan120678]

32. Also a Waterbury voter...

I'm planning on voting after work this afternoon. I wanted to vote this morning, but I had to drop off my son and niece at daycare and couldn't just leave them in the car, and they are 2 years old and 6 months old - kind of tricky to manage them both at once.

My polling place is Blessed Sacrament - any word on voter turnout there?

[Hepburn]

36. OMG....

...no Shays??? Great! :applause:

[NewJeffCT]

39. Only a small line around 7:30am this morning in my reddish town

maybe 9-10 people in line at that time - all seemed to be in the same line as me (streets starting with A-F)

I'm in one of the redder towns in the Hartford area.