Republicans are barely holding on to enough seats to prevent democrats from having a 60-vote supermajority in the Senate. Would it surprise you to learn that recently convicted felon Ted Stevens has not yet lost his re-election bid in Alaska, and that oh- turnout in Alaska was mysteriously down 11% this year vs. 2004 despite 30k new voters ( Read more... )

According to Newsweek:

Palin asked to speak along with McCain at his Arizona concession speech Tuesday night, but campaign strategist Steve Schmidt vetoed the request.

The whole article is really worth reading, lots of personality tidbits that were embargoed until after election day. The spending spree was much more extensive than we thought, ( Read more... )

It looks like Al Franken lost his senate race by about 300 votes, out of about 3 million. or about 1/10,000th of the electorate. The state appears to have a recount rule that triggers at 1/2 pecent (or 1/200th, roughly 50 times greater than the tally difference!), and recounts have overturned results in the past, most recently I'm thinking of ( Read more... )

am i dreaming?

I haven't been this excited for a political event since Fitzmas, about 6 Friedman Units ago!

Election's tomorrow and still no crazy stunts or revelations, like McCain wrestling Osama Bin Laden to the ground on the floor of the NYSE or something. Not much time to get word out, and something like 30 million have already voted.

Strangely, Sarah Palin still has not released her medical records. What the heck is in there that's so secret ( Read more... )

I am handing out candy, and insisting that every kid old enough to do so say "trick or treat" before taking a piece of candy from the bowl. Some of them are just rushing up and trying to grab a piece without even making eye contact. My candy will not be won so easily, wee ghoulies!

I had a dream last night that there was this T Rex in this football field, and the game announcers in their booth were chuckling that the guy it was chasing, like a rodeo clown, kept frustrating it by disappearing behind various barriers after taunting it. The announcers said "well that's it- 2 hours in the ring with the T Rex! Come on out!" So ( Read more... )

You know what I don't think I've heard anyone say this year? I haven't heard anyone talking about picking between the lesser of two evils in this election. I'm sure if I talked to more conservatives I'd hear it a little more often, but you've got to admit Obama is inspiring no matter who you are, kind of like Bill Clinton in 92, but without the ( Read more... )

Lol- it turns out that he's neither Joe nor a plumber, nor even a taxpayer. His first name is Sam, middle name is Joe. He's not licensed as a plumber in Ohio. And he has liens against him for non-payment of the taxes he already owes; guess he's not as close to buying that 250k business as he thought. Also, if he's not going to pay his taxes ( Read more... )