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Publicans thump sinners!
2002-11-06
McAuliff takes gas pipe on national teevee!

Daschle refuses to come out of his room!

Lott majority leader!

Jeffords to head Senate Janitorial committee!

Carville puts bucket on head!


Talent whups Carnahan
In Missouri, Democratic Sen. Jean Carnahan conceded to her Republican challenger, Jim Talent, shortly after 1 a.m. (2 a.m. ET), securing at least 50 seats for the GOP.

Coleman wins in Minnesota!
Republican Norm Coleman edged Walter Mondale for Minnesota's Senate seat Wednesday, sending the Democratic elder back into political retirement two weeks after the death of Sen. Paul Wellstone threw the race into chaos. With 85 percent of precincts reporting, Coleman had raked in 877,934 votes, or 50 percent, to Mondale's 825,313 votes, or 47 percent. Three independent candidates split the rest.

Thune ahead in South Dakota!
Thune's lead is teeny-tiny, a matter of a few hundred votes. Thune had 50 percent of the vote to 49 percent for Johnson with 715 out of 844 precincts counted, sending a race that has sustained a fevered pace for months into overtime. No word on how many dead people voted for Johnson...

California still stuck with The Gray Davis!
All you guys out on the Left Coast — enjoy it! You voted for him, you must want him!
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#16  Sorry PJ, Davis vs. Simon wasn't worse vs. horrible, It was a battle between the corrupt and the incompetent. The corrupt won.

I blame my wife who cancelled out my Simon vote. I could never get her to see the connection between Davis and the $400 electric bill we recieved last July.
Posted by: Delsyn   2002-11-07 11:33:41  

#15  Davis vs Simon was a race between worse and horrible. Worse won.
Posted by: PJ   2002-11-06 21:38:21  

#14  World Braces for Triumphant Bush!
Posted by: Sassafrass   2002-11-06 21:36:29  

#13  
Remember, remember, 5th of Novemeber [2002]!!

'twas a great Election Day, wasn't it? :-)

(Now if only the Republicans won't lose the momentum...)
Posted by: AW   2002-11-06 20:18:14  

#12  I agree, but as a disclaimer, here in San Diego, the voters went for Simon over Davis 300,000 to 230,000. The only positive thought is that Davis, knowing how disliked he is, gives up thoughts of Senator or even *gasp* President (as was being thrown around in 2000), and has less of a reason to take bribes contributions for votes on specific legislation.
Posted by: Frank G   2002-11-06 19:10:28  

#11  Frank, I think there was a lot of nose-holding, on both sides, in this election. I pity any pol that thinks he/she has a mandate.
Posted by: Kathy K   2002-11-06 15:44:22  

#10  More good Missouri news. The governor's still Democratic but the Republicans control both houses of the Missouri legislature. The first female speaker of the Missouri House will be one Catherine Hannaway. Remember that name.
Posted by: Christopher Johnson   2002-11-06 15:18:43  

#9  Hey Jack!

On FoxNews, I heard one of the talking heads state that Al Gore would pick up the pieces of the democratic party and target it as a war-opposition party. Al's essentially betting on the Iraquis and against the US Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force.

Bad Bet....
Posted by: G   2002-11-06 14:46:38  

#8  re: Gray Davis - gee, thanks Fred... I didn't vote for him, but the ones who did had to hold their noses and vote straight Dem otherwise he'd be out on his ass as he should be
Posted by: Frank G   2002-11-06 11:56:26  

#7  Of all the comments I have read or heard about this, not one has dealt with the war and Iraq and the President and Repub's stance on these issues as the most pressing and ones in which the Federal government can and has to do something. My vote was based 100% on that and nothing else. The Dems will continue to pay for being seen as soft on terrorism and not too damn concerned about internal security as a result of that Mommy boy Bubba the last time around.
Posted by: Jack   2002-11-06 11:31:15  

#6  Do you think Vegas will have a betting line for when/if Algore backs out of SNL?
Posted by: Thoth   2002-11-06 11:29:39  

#5  Arrgggghhhhh!!!
Posted by: Bill Quick   2002-11-06 11:05:23  

#4  I'm from Georgia, the first state to go 100% electronic. It is interesting that Tom Murphey, who had the distinction of being the longest running Speaker of a State House, and thought to have a lock on his district, suddenly got booted. I suspect that the new electronic measures successfully exorcized some "voters". Sorry, Tom, you'll just have to wait til Sweet Jesus comes in the Clouds of Glory to see your faithful constituency again...

With that on top of electing a republican senator and governonr, the dems will be singing "The Night the Lights Went out In Georgia" for a few hours. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll see what furious huffing and puffing the editorial page of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution will be doing now...
Posted by: G   2002-11-06 10:20:28  

#3  If you think wearing a bucket on your head is bad, just think of Al Gore's guest spot on Saturday Night Live on dec. 14.I think he would want to loan that can from Carville.
Posted by: El Id   2002-11-06 09:33:06  

#2  Chuck:

I think the proper phrase is more like this:
"It's morning in America."
Posted by: Mike Morley   2002-11-06 08:11:54  

#1  It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood!
Posted by: Chuck   2002-11-06 08:08:10  

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