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Tuesday, November 7, 2006

At Spitfire…

posted by on November 7 at 17:15 PM

The SECB just arrived at Spitfire to watch election returns. Savage is here in a “Hugh Foskett Fan Club” t-shirt. If Foskett isn’t elected to the state legislature tonight, he has a future ahead of him as Savage’s personal, uh, assistant.

Blackwell has already gone down to defeat in Ohio, which is the first big R scalp of the evening. Many more to come—we hope.

We won’t find out that we know about PA—Santorum—for at least an hour. His aides are calling him the “ultimate closer,” and insisting that we shoudln’t write him off. Which we won’t… of course… because we’re nervous Dems…

Danny Westneat and David Postman are in the house—Blethen’s Bitches!—and they’re contemplating ordering a couple of “Maria Cantwells,” one of tonight’s red-and-blue drink specials. The refrain—it’s against company policy. Needless to say, The Stranger has very different policies. Dr. Barak, a frequent guest expert in Savage’s column, is drinking one now. “It’s sweet,” says Dr. Barak, “and very, very blue.” Wanna make one at home? It’s Absolut Citron, Blue Curacao, and Fresh Lime Juice—served with a cherry. It’s a personality implant in a glass.

Cantwell.jpg

Hm… drinky.

The first Dem pick-up in for the House comes in… Indiana. FIRST DEM PICK UP. Indiana 8th Congressional District—Dem challenger defeats GOP incumbent. This news is greeted with a applause—hopefully a good omen for Darcy Burner, a Dem challenging a GOP incumbent. Postman says: “Robert Novak said, ‘As Indiana goes, so goes the nation.” We can only hope.

Okay, Menendez has been declared the winner in the New Jersey race for Senate—not a pick up, but not lost ground either.

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1

Is that a PAID position?

Just wondering, as a former Exec Assistant, myself (making much more now).

If you see me after 9:30, remind me I'd say I'd buy a Santorum for anyone who recognizes me.

Posted by Will in Seattle | November 7, 2006 5:26 PM
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Dan, you REALLY REALLY need to click over to MSNBC.com right now to see the banner pic of Santorum bowing his head as he's informed that he has lost.

Posted by Peter | November 7, 2006 5:36 PM
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yeah--they just called the election in favor of casey.

Posted by Ginger | November 7, 2006 5:38 PM
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NPR called PA for Casey too.

Posted by DOUG. | November 7, 2006 5:39 PM
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Santorum, Blackwell, Allen: that's my hard core hitlist. Two down, one to go. VA's a dead heat now.

Posted by Fnarf | November 7, 2006 5:50 PM
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Nah, VA's gone too. According to exits.

Posted by Will in Seattle | November 7, 2006 5:55 PM
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Exit polls.... the scum Republicans have proven that exit polls mean nothing. What matters is how good your pet geek is at torqueing the output of the WinCE-"voting" boxes.

Posted by Captain Hundekotze | November 7, 2006 6:18 PM
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Hmm... report from someone who was going to meet me at Spitfire: "It looks kinda snooty, there's a doorman and a big line to get in... let's go somewhere else."

Darn, too bad. Any places that are more like neighborhood dives (but maybe with food) where we could hang out and watch the events of the evening?

Posted by Not Cool Enough for Belltown | November 7, 2006 6:53 PM

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