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This is shaping up to be a potentially terrible day, not just for the democratic party, but for democracy in general.

If 2004 was a coup d'etat, this is a continuation of the coup. :( :(

Oh Dan, I remember that aweful November 3rd so well. I am with you today. Tonight can't come fast enough!

This is the one time that I really appreciate the (I live in Hawaii)5-hours behind the East coast time difference.

I have been trying to not get overly excited, in case things don't go my way. Don't want to count my chickens before they hatch.

I'm so nervous I feel like I might puke.

I too am *SO* nervous!

I’m reminded of Kevin Tillman’s haunting essay on our nation’s sad state of affairs:

“Somehow America has become a country that projects everything that it is not and condemns everything that it is.
Somehow the most reasonable, trusted and respected country in the world has become one of the most irrational, belligerent, feared, and distrusted countries in the world.

In a democracy, the policy of the leaders is the policy of the people. So don’t be shocked when our grandkids bury much of this generation as traitors to the nation, to the world and to humanity. Most likely, they will come to know that 'somehow' was nurtured by fear, insecurity and indifference, leaving the country vulnerable to unchecked, unchallenged parasites.”

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/200601019_after_pats_birthday/

I won't have any idea until Wednesday morning. I leave work and go straight to class until 9 pm, then go straight to bed to get up by 5 am. Let's see what I wake up to on Wednesday.

I totally agree. I want to skip the hours of political consultants talking trends and turnouts and results based on 2 percent of the votes being counted. This is going to be one long day.

In a democracy, the policy of the leaders is the policy of the people. So don’t be shocked when our grandkids bury much of this generation as traitors to the nation, to the world and to humanity.

Amen. The elder generation's legacy IMO is that they sold us out to give themselves as much money, power and comfort for themselves as possible.

I hope DC builds a Dubya statue, so I'll have something to piss on when I visit.

These political cartoons about election day will throw some humour on it all.Exspecially about the voting machines. I going to wait till later this afternoon when hopefully they start working better . I doing a provisional ballot.Or a paper ballot.I don't trust those machines
slogan for the year "I Voted,Hope it Counts" or as they say all the time "the system:'make sure you vote', answer back:'make sure they count'

http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/ElectionDay06/main.asp

Maybe I'm ignorant, but what's wrong with Lincoln Chafee? He voted against the Military Commissions Act (which is more than you can say about many Dems) and generally seems to be very moderate... or am I missing some key issue?

I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue.

I'm with Andrew Hitchcock. Please don't lump Lincoln in with the rest of those a-holes. Not only did he not vote for the war, he has voted against the Repubs all along. He didn't even vote for W in 2004. Not a big deal, but let's stick to people and not lables.

Other than that, I'm still pessimistic. As I have written before, regarding the House & Senate, I'll believe it when I see it. Back in 2004, I was sure there was no way, after the disaster of the previous 4 years, that W would win. And here we are....God I hope I'm wrong.

it's just like 2004 -- liberal blog boasting before the results come out. let's hope that the predictions are more accurate this time around.

Dan,

I'd set that hypothetical time machine for at least three days in the future; sometime next week would be even better.

E-voting is already going belly-up in FL, IN & OH, and no doubt more states will report similar problems. The perenneal accusations of voter intimidation, fraud, etc., are well under way. Absentee ballots are only now beginning to be counted in some states, and many won't even start counting mail-ins until after polls close. And given the number of extremely close races, combined with the problems already cropping up, there will be inevitable challenges that will drag the process out for days, if not weeks.

In reality, we might gave a general idea as to the direction of things by say Thursday, but no final results for all races until perhaps as late as Thanksgiving, if then.

Re #10: The problem with Lincoln Chafee is that "R" next to his name. No, seriously. The Senate is a numbers game, plain and simple. Even a moderate Republican who doesn't always vote with his party counts towards the Republicans controlling all the important committees.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpYfakbrP6A
I don't think anyone here hates Bush more than Kieth Olbermein. Here he slams the white house leader once again and to the point. Man is he always pissed off or what?
"Checks and Balances"mr.President...yes indeed.

2004 prediction: No way people are dumb enough to vote for George Bush.

2004 result: D'oh!

2006 prediction: No way people are dumb enough to let the GOP retain control of Congress.

2006 result: [c'mon please please please please please let me be right this time]

I was one of those who didn't know who to vote for (or vote against) in 2004, but it took less than a year after that fateful election to switch me completely from a life-time GOPer to a moveon freak. I will go to bed happy if I can only see Santorum's concession speech (well, ok, and to watch K-Lo's crying jag afterwards).

LMAO @ Monkey!

ORV> the "D" next to Lieberman's name doesn't mean S if he votes with W, so why does the "R" next to Chaffe's name mean anything.

I just don't think it's fair to lump him in with the Santorums and Katherine Harris's of the world.

It's days like this that I'm glad I learned how to fight terrorists and all the ways that one can conduct insurgent campaigns against occupying illegal forces ...

You mean you didn't want to use the time machine to go backward in time to vote in 2000, 2001, or 2002?

http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/0339/news-buzz.php

"Those that vote decide nothing, those that count the votes decide everything."

Joseph Stalin

And then, pray tell, in what bright and shining way are the Democrats going to save the world? Why the eagerness? They are as corrupt and out of touch and corporate-owned as the Republicans. Do you think anything different will happen? Do you think we will be out of Iraq, that gay marriage will become lawful? What?

I am so disappointed by the willful delusion of otherwise highly intelligent people that giving the House or the Senate or both is going to make a real difference in our lives.

Nobody thinks they'll save the world, but it would be nice to have a check on Bush's arrogance and ability to ram everything down our throats.

There's some talk that Republicans will benefit in '08 if the Democrats take both houses now. Maybe because the Democrats don't have a firm sense of identity. Maybe because it will help the Republicans energize the base. Obviously it's just speculation, but thoughts?

i picked the wrong month to be off the sauce. see you tonight.

24. Let's give them at least two years to show they are what you say they are.

It's tissue rejection or post-late term abortion or some damn thing. Savage keeps savagely throwing out his baby with the Baath water.

Everybody knows that Bush is too dumb to have thought up Iraq on his own. That's why we call him Duh-bya. For a really world-class quagmire like this one, moron Bush needed a mentor: the Savage/Schmader neo-Marshall Plan for remaking the mid-East in our image.

Now Dan & the other neos (Perle, Frum) are abandoning the sinking shithouse like the shithouse rats they are.