*** OFFICIAL ELECTION NIGHT OPEN THREAD #1 ***

[Skinner]

For those of you who want to participate in an ongoing election night play-by-play thread, here you go. You are not required to post in these official threads. They are being offered for those of you who like having your discussion concentrated in one place.

This is very unstructured. Feel free to use this thread to post results as they come in, or to post stuff that happens on TV, or to crack jokes, or whatever.

When this thread reaches approximately 100 posts, the moderators will open a new one.

WHEN A WINNER IS CALLED IN A PARTICULAR RACE, then you can go post the result of that race in one of the three Official Results threads pinned to the top of the General Discussion forum, titled Governors 2006, Senate 2006, and House 2006. Those threads are for results only -- they are not for discussion.

[burythehatchet]

1. did you hear about the rabbi that did circumcisions for free?

he only kept tips.


(vintage Franken)

[Bluebear]

4. He only took tips~!

[Sapere aude]

79. No he got 50 skins a day and a chance to get ahead.

[helderheid]

2. rec and post #1

I'm here! :hi:

oops #2 post!

[thereismore]

3. there is always more to anything n/t

[Mr_Spock]

5. I'm giddy with excitement

I hope all turns out well! :D

[terrya]

6. Olbermann is one of the analysts on MSNBC, right?

That's where I need to be, televisionwise.

[Call Me Wesley]

19. Hi!

I'll hope I catch some results before snoring away tonight.

Hey, how are ya? :hug:

[terrya]

26. Hey!!!!

My God, it's good to see you. :hug:

Gonna stay up as long as I can. I may have to go to the liquor store for a special something when santorum bites the dust. :-)

[Call Me Wesley]

40. LOL!

Good to see you, too.

It's already past midnight here, and I guess I can't stay up for the results, but will see them in the morning. It's a big event even here, and everyone's in favor of the Democrats.

[civildisoBDence]

85. No alcohol sales in Georgia on election day...

Dammit! Shoulda planned better.

Newsprism

[stubtoe]

104. Bummer! I'll have one for ya

:)

[ClintonTyree]

29. He starts at 6:00 eastern tonight I believe........

he's the only person I want to hear from tonight. Until the Democratic victory celebrations, that is. :)

[MazeRat7]

7. I'm in, official threads should help keep things "somewhat" sane....

I more than likely will not start any threads tonight since the only topic I care to discuss is our victory.

MZr7

[covadcalifornia]

8. here here

:-)

[helderheid]

14. welcome to DU!

:hi:

[darkism]

9. Raise what's left of the flag for me!

[dweller]

28. here ya go!

from 11-03-04

dp

[Catherine Vincent]

10. Democrats!

[shadowknows69]

12. The drinking has begun

let the results start rolling in. I'm ready for anything

[cali]

11. I'm trying so hard

not to get my hopes up too high. In any case, I'm 100% sure that my state will be the bearer of good news tonight: Just call him Senator Bernie, and introducing the (very) honorable Peter Welch.

[Gregorian]

13. Blue. My favorite color. Blue, baby, blue!

You must leave now
Take what you need, you think will last
But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast.
Yonder stands your orphan, with his gun
Crying like a fire in the sun.
Look out the saints are comin through
And its all over now, baby blue.

[mconvente]

21. Checking in before student gov meeting at Rutgers

I'm off for about 2 hours or so, but I'll be back for tonight. Gotta check out those exit polls baby. Keep calm everyone, we're gonna do this!

[jhrobbins]

105. From your lips to God's ears....

[dweller]

15. and thus it begun ...

:popcorn:

dp

[babylonsister]

16. Thanks, Skinner, for being so organized!

Or, as much as you can be! :hi:

[spanone]

20. Fasten your seat belts!!!

:patriot:

[babylonsister]

27. I want the hours to go really fast now! nt

[ClintonTyree]

38. I'd rather it take a week and be correct........

than cram it into one night and have the results be suspect. We have to do something about this 1 day election. Divide the alphabet into 3 groups and have voting over 3 days. So it takes a little longer to find out the winner. I'd rather the results be spot on.
Just a difference of opinion I guess. :shrug:

[babylonsister]

42. No difference of opinion, but no one told me I had a choice. In

a more just world, your suggestion would be better.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

17. OK, here we go...

[roguevalley]

18. CNN.com allows you to track up to 20 races. go to cnn.com/politics

and sign up.

[mconvente]

24. Also, here at Kos

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/11/7/165911/736

That has all the links to individual diaries/accounts monitoring state-specific rates.

[Cleita]

22. My last appeal to all California voters who are lurking or participating

on this thread. Don't vote for Arnold, just because he did a few progressive things right before the election to get elected. After the election he will revert back to the same old Arnold.

Arnold is dishonest and breaks laws when they don't suit him. He was an illegal immigrant for awhile you know. I don't believe he should have been rewarded for this by being allowed to become governor, and he certainly shouldn't remain governor.

Also, he has the distinction of being one of the most corrupt governors in the whole history of the USA according to Lawrence O'Donnell (ex-producer on "The West Wing).

If you work for the state be advised that Phil Angelides was instrumental in saving your pension fund from Arnold's budget ax. So fence sitters, it's time to vote the Govenator out of office.

[katty]

73. Voted in CA this morning-NOT for the Arnie! NO way!

[kestrel91316]

81. I voted for Phil, OF COURSE. I won't ever vote for another R

as long as I draw breath. Not even for dog catcher.

They lost any chance of ever getting my vote when they went after Clinton.

[byronius]

108. Damned Straight. Arnold appointed MCPHERSON THE ROVE-BOT.

Which makes him a traitor to the nation and the GREAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

[Taxloss]

23. Good luck, guys.

I'll check the results in the morning - go Dems!

[roguevalley]

25. Pray for Alaska tonight because Benson is within 7 pts. of Don

Young, our own delightful macaca man.

[Politicub]

30. I'm on pins and needles

waiting on the early returns. ARGGHHHH!!!!

[torrentprime]

31. Among the dozens of victories I hope for...

The best one is the one being counted down on americablog. Cracks me up!!!

Here's a sample. :)
http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/11/4-hours-bitch.html

[northamericancitizen]

32. Joining my american friends for this exciting night !

[Nimrod2005]

37. Welcome....This is the most exciting night of my life!!!

I think..:)

[Nimrod2005]

33. Numbers will start coming right now.....Keith Olbermann in my Tee Vee!!!

Get ready folks, here we go.......

[kerry-is-my-prez]

39. Yeah! So cool they have him on. He's their star and they know it!

n/t

[NoSheep]

66. Still? I heard he was off.

[Pachamama Temp]

34. Pachamama Here - Working in the Working Assets War Room! Need DU help ASAP!

Skinner and DU- I'm under a temp name on DU because I forgot my password and my account is linked to a now discontiued email account!

I'm going to post a bunch of posts until I can post a thread, but I am here in our War Room organized by the theMMOB, Working Assets, True Majority and Election Protection.

The reports are awful from all over the country, but in particular Denver. I'll report more in a moment, but they need help in Denver - badly. I'm with a bunch of gals right now and we are posting on DailyKos and elsewhere trying to get out the word for help. We need people in Denver who are available to go bring Drink and food to people standing in line. A judge declined a request to keep the polls open till 9PM, so they are closing at 7PM. Anybody in line at 7PM will be allowed to vote after that. But we need people to go down and encourage people who have already been standing for a few hours to stay.

I'll post more details in a minute.

Namaste

Pachamama

[BelgianMadCow]

65. Pachamama I reposted your request as an OP, will be kept kicked

you can chime in if you have furter details, here :
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2610493

[pinto]

100. You can post here as well:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2600685

[Lucky Luciano]

35. AZ race is close according to HuffingtonPost

Pound the phones for a GOTV effort there! Senate race 50-46 in favor of the thugs....but it is close enough to go on the offensive to get rid of the offensive.

[Kali]

36. good Job Thanks!

That way it will be easy to get back on track because I have a damn meeting tonight. See everybody later (around 9 or 10 AZ time)

GO DEMS!!!!!!!

[Vinca]

41. WMUR in Manchester, NH reporting polls indicate Hodes (D)

is in the lead over Charlie Bass!!!!!! Wow!!!!

[Tarc]

46. I cast mine for Hodes of course

about an hour ago.

Funny, no one at all was talking about this race until the last few weeks. I was admittedly shocked to see Bass actually down in some recent polls.

[Bluebear]

53. Yayy!

[TexasLady]

43. beer in hand, ready for a WIN!

:hi:

[StraightDope]

56. That makes two of us...

But I must confess, I started early!

:toast:

[StaggerLee]

44. K.O. is on MSNBC right now

Good evening DU!

:hi:

[MazeRat7]

45. Election night "essentials" check-list....

ok:

food (pizza, ice cream, chips/dip) - check.

beverage (tequila, water, coffee) - check.

comfortable clothes on body - check.

TV tuned to Keith on MSNBC - check.

Monitor 1 - DU

Monitor 2 - for various checking of sites other than DU

Large comfortable chair - check.

Cats (3) - check.

Dogs (3) - check.

Wife (1) - (home later) - Check.

Treats for cats and dogs (to be given out each time we win) - Check.

Towel and Monitor cleaner - Check.

Phones (cell-landline to call people) - Check.

What am I missing here ?

MZr7

[il_lilac]

62. bubbly to celebrate! n/t

[me b zola]

47. MSNBC reporting possible 70% turnout in MO, 60% in VA

:bounce:

[UrbScotty]

50. DAMN!

:-)

[MazeRat7]

51. Yes... America VOTES!!!! (as it should be). (n/t)

[Lurking Dem]

63. Does anybody know

when off year election turn out was ever this high?

[PtotheJ]

48. Hello

I've been a long time lurker (3 years) and for my first post i'd like to say that i'm glad to spend election night with you fine people.

Go DEMS!!!

[many a good man]

55. Welcome to DU !

Let me be the first to :hi:

Like you said, GO DEMS!
:kick:

[PtotheJ]

60. Thanks

I voted here in Florida (FL-15) and no problems encountered.

[mainegreen]

89. Welcome to DU!

You chose a good night!
:toast:

[Rude Horner]

90. Welcome to DU

Always glad to have new people! Hope you post more often! :hi:

[creeksneakers2]

94. Welcome to DU

Glad you emerged :)

[UrbScotty]

49. If you're inclined to pray:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2932723&mesg_id=2932723

[radfringe]

52. Just got back from voting - near presidential levels for voting

turn out in our district is as heavy if not heavier than 2004 presidential.

we're tiny - only about 600 and change for registered voters, my partner and I were voter #473 and 474. We voted around the same time of the day during 2004 and at that time our vote numbers was in the 300 range

took us about 10 minutes to get checked in, thankfully no long lines running out the door as it started raining. This is Santorum/Sherwood district in PA

[The Kingfish]

54. 1st time here, voted in Virginia, what else can I do?

hey, I've never been here before, a friend told me about
y'all.

it looked like a real light turn out where I live (very rural
Virginia)

what to do? sit and wait?

going nuts!

advise?

[il_lilac]

67. welcome to DU!

Just sit back and enjoy the ride. Fasten your belt tho, as things could get a little wild around here tonite! :toast:

[Cameron27]

68. Drink heavily

Welcome to DU:)

[Duncan]

71. Explore DU.

Light turnout in white rural VA could mean former republicans just not voting.

[democrank]

75. Hiya, Kingfish

Welcome to DU. Fasten your seatbelt. It`s going to be a wild ride tonight.

[wicket]

78. Welcome to DU!

:kick:

[rockymountaindem]

83. Welcome to DU!

Hold on to your hat!

[Rude Horner]

92. Welcome, Kingfish

DU's a great place to hang out and discuss things. It is a WEALTH of information, and you'll find stuff out here that the mainstream media will barely touch on. Glad to have you aboard! :hi:

[bigwillq]

107. Hi!

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[terrya]

57. How long does Tucker Carlson work on his hair?

Boy, I'm glad I'm watching MSNBC right now. :eyes:

What a jackass.

[blondeatlast]

70. He has more time to devote to it since he ditched the bowtie. nt

[lonestarnot]

58. On my way to do my poll duty. Catch you in a couple of hours!

:fingerscrossed:

[NoSheep]

69. Thanks for doing poll duty. Give em hell!

[CherokeeDem]

59. Blue All the Way!

Since standing in the hotel ballroom at the Democratic Party's "celebration" on Miami Beach in 2000 and hearing the words on the big screen..."we take Florida back from Gore", I have waited for this day. May we get our country back.

Good luck to us all and may it be a good night!!!!:dem:

[sakabatou]

61. The West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii will be the last ones in

So I have to wait around 6 more hours...

[democrank]

64. Evenin` DUers

Lookin` good so far.

[many a good man]

72. CNN UPDATE: GOP leads Senate 40-27. House tied at 0-0.

Sorry, I'm so excited I'm jumping the gun here a little bit! :)

[Anarcho-Socialist]

80. TAAHT IS HUGH!!!

[Rude Horner]

86. I'm confused

What is that telling me? GOP leads Senate 40-27? 40 what to 27 what? Maybe I'm just having a brain malfunction here, but that seems to be telling me that the GOP is way out in front.

Sorry if this is a stupid question.

[smalll]

93. I think that means 40 Repub senators

who are NOT up for re-election this year, and 27 Dems who are also not up.

[Rude Horner]

95. Ok, thank you

That makes sense. I had a small panic attack. Not that I'm nervous or anything. Nooooooo :)

[gumby]

74. I've got ants in my pants.

Have to get up and do an "are we there yet" jig more and more frequently.

I've been very pessimistic..... but now.... I think it's gonna be a LANDSLIDEBABY!!!

:toast: :toast: :toast:

[MidMichiganBuckeye]

76. America awakens tonight...FINALLY!

I have waited 12 years for this, since that horrible day in 94 when the Grinch and his "Contract with America" came on the scene! God Bless America! Tonight, we pull this country back from the brink!

[cry baby]

77. Too nervous to breath!!!!! nt

[UKCynic]

96. BBC report says you are not the only one

The BBC Newsnight report summed up tonight 'the Democrats are nervous, but the Republicans are worried'.

[2QT2BSTR8]

82. Exit polling blocked in Texas...

Does anyone know where I can upload and then link to an audio file or a poll worker advising me that I could not video or audio tape an exit poll?

I had checked with my elections office in Dallas county who advised that I just need to remain 100 feet away from entry. I was at least triple that distance when "Jonathan" came out and advised I could not ask people for comments on elections or ask how they voted. He has his hand over the video, and the related audio is all garbled. Little did he know that I had a pocket dictation recorder in my shirt pocket that caught the whole ordeal.

I advised him that I had checked with the county. And he was stern on the point that "you do not have the right to ask people how they voted". I stated "this is public property (school) for a public election". To which he replied "It is still against the law". I advised "I was going to call the media", to which he replied "he would call the police."

Cong Dist 30
Sen Dist 16
Leg Dist 103
Prec #3001

[DUperMan]

84. No problems here!

Just wanted to say that I am in Alachua County, FL and I went to the polls at 9:10AM. I was back on the road 9:19AM.

Now I am eagerly awaiting the results and also looking forward to the Daily Show/Colbert Report/Dan Rather show tonight at 11PM.

[Rose Siding]

87. AAR reporting 15% in for KY district, Yarmuth(D) ahead 51% to 47%

This is supposed to be a bellweather for dem pick-ups.

[DUperMan]

88. CNN exit poll - issues

CNN is reporting that the following issues are the most important to voters according to their exit polls:

42% Corruption
40% Terrorism
39% Economy
37% Iraq

I think the last three are no surprise. They've been saying this for weeks, but the corruption being at the top is rather interesting. Yay American people! Let's give these rep. bastards a swift (boat?) kick on their way out the door!

[Bushwick Bill]

91. Tweety and Keith keep hinting at great news.

Tweety says the numbers indicate this looks like one of those times in history when people want to change their minds. Keith says they are holding back to be sure on some things, but says this is "heavy stuff."

[jonnywishbone97]

97. CMON BABY

I WANNA SEE A LANDSLIDE!!!


This is better than a horse race

[Danger Mouse]

98. I'm full of excitement...

and anticipation, like a kid before christmas day...santa's coming round the bend, soon, very soon...
it will be dawn again.

[Annces]

99. off with their heads

hiccup hiccup

[The Witch]

101. VA, will count all absentee ballots TONIGHT in Fairfax Cty

Just heard the news on the local news :)

[minustwentyseven]

102. It's the end of the world as THEY know it...

I've never been so excited. Turnout in my precinct (#2112, Palo Alto, CA) was VERY high this morning, and the bumper stickers were overwhelmingly progressive. Here comes the sun!

[unhappycamper]

103. Please see thread #2 at

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2611854

[eppur_se_muova]

106. CNN calls Lugar, Sanders!

on Banner.

It helps to run unopposed. :)

[BadgerKid]

109. Live webcasts?

I saw the link to msnbc.com, but it didn't recognize my Flash player.

Anywhere else?

[pinto]

110. Please see thread #2 here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2611854

[lanlady]

111. tremendous turnout in Northern Va., long lines at polls

Folks, I think this part of the state will carry Webb for US Senator!!!

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[w4rma]

113. Lines are bad. Lines mean there weren't enough voting machines and/or staffers. (nt)

[3121guitarist]

112. Our first socialist Senator!

Great to see Bernie Sanders win. Gets me kinda choked up. He says he will caucus with the Dem's, so in essence, he is with the Dems no matter what happens. Socialism on the rise babeee..lol

[Skinner]

114. Locking

Thread #2 is here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2611854