On Lieberman
Some Democrats have sniped at Joe Lieberman for not grilling the Bush administration hard enough as head of the homeland security committee.
He gets to keep this job.
Democrats have (mostly) offered praise for his positions on the Environment and Public Works Committee, where he has criticized the Bush administration’s global warming policies.
He loses that job.
I’ll have more about the elections and other congressional silliness over the next few days - had to come off the Obama high before I could speak coherently. LOL.
Subscribe to the comments for this postElection Day Is Here
Damn, I accidently deleted my last electoral college projection. I remember it was something like 306-176-56. (A gain of 20 for Obama and 2 for McCain, and the 56 are tossups.)
High turnout
A precinct a couple blocks down from my neighborhood (not mine but the next one over) had a line out of the school, down the hill, along the sidewalk, and around the corner. Several hundred people waiting to vote at 6:45am. It was both scary and awe-inspiring at the same time.
GOTV ancedote
Four years ago, I worked for Bowles for Senate in North Carolina. Our GOTV operation for the Dem ticket started on Election Day at 7am. Now, Obama’s team is so well organized and motivated that even before I got out the door at 6:30am there was already door hanger lit waiting on my door! And it had my correct precinct information and not just a generic reminder to vote. Now that’s an impressive feat. We’ll see if it matters tonight.
Is Obama Surging?
House Races To Watch
Like most people, I’ll be bouncing between the Internet’s incoming results and the blowhards on television. I’ll be fixated mostly on the larger Presidential and Senate races. That doesn’t mean I won’t be watching for results in some of the House races. So here’s a brief run-down on the ones I’ll be looking for on Tuesday night. All candidates listed are the incumbent (or the Democratic candidate if an open seat).
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Dems May Fall Short Of 60 Senators
It’s really amazing that it’s becoming a strong possibility that we could even talk about, much less actually see something on the order of 7-11 seat gains by the Democrats in the U.S. Senate, depending on the accuracy of the polls. But based on my formula - accounting for financial data, polling averages, and the Obama vs. McCain coattails, I’m projecting that the Democrats will fall just short of their goal of 60 seats. My formula tells me they will win 8, and end up with 59 senators in the next Congress. Here’s some writeups on the individual races:
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