Early results, no surprises

November 7, 2006

The early results look good, but we haven’t gotten to any of the really competitive stuff yet.

Bernie Sanders (I) will win Vermont’s open Senate seat (and will caucus with the Dems, who did not field a candidate against him).

Sen. Richard Lugar (R) will keep his seat in Indiana (Dems didn’t field a candidate).

Sen. Robert Byrd (D) will keep his seat in West Virginia (giving him a record ninth term in the Senate).

Virginia’s awful ban on gay marriage will apparently pass (Dahlia Lithwick had a really good piece on the measure recently).

In Ohio, Rep. Ted Strickland (D) thankfully beat Ken Blackwell (R) in the gubernatorial race.

In other random notes:

* Exit polls showed about a third of evangelcals voted for Dems, and most white evangelicals said corruption was “very important to their vote.”

* Women backed Jim Webb in Virginia by a fairly wide margin, suggesting the Allen’s campaign’s attacks weren’t successful, at least on this front.

* And Tom DeLay (R-Loathesome Town) is daring a Democratic Congress to investigate the misdeeds of the 109th Congress.

“And Tom DeLay (R-Loathesome Town) is daring a Democratic Congress to investigate the misdeeds of the 109th Congress.” – CB

Even now, he’s trying to play the swaggering bully. That’s one dare the new Congress will be glad to take him up on.

  • ***Copious quantities of bleating***
    —————————————————–Tom DeLay

    Once again, we see the typical Reich-wing sheep, still bleating away in his double-dog-dare-ya mode to the tune of the Kool Aid credo. But then again, let’s look at the mentality of the Nuremburg defendants…convicted Klansmen…Saddam Hussein…and cornered rats. They all snarled—immediately prior to receiving theior overdue “Justice….”

  • Sorry—that should be “their” in the final sentence. By the way, if Bernie caucuses with Dems, and Dems still net “6” in the Senate, then does that not leave Dems in the grand position of forming a coalition majority—without Joe Lie in their camp?

    “7” would be even better….

  • Glenn Greenwald interestingly notes that Mark Foley (that Mark Foley, still on the ticket because rules required his name to be) is running neck and neck with his Dem opponent. What kind of district is this?

  • “And Tom DeLay (R-Loathesome Town) is daring a Democratic Congress to investigate the misdeeds of the 109th Congress.”

    Exactly what does he think he can do about it? Note to Dems: ignore the little man’s dare, but investigate anyway.

  • msnbc just reported that santorum has already filed a complaint that voting machine failure cost him scads of votes. casey replied that santorum is just trying to cover up the landslide rolling over him and on which casey is surfing to victory.

  • Re: #7: I predict this complaint by Republican losers and their supporters will be dominating the news cycle tomorrow. Well, I think Digby predicted it weeks ago.

    LOL, what is 10 + 5? I almost said 105.

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