Race for the White House....The Official Thread

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin are all leaning toward Kerry and significantly so, which is a surprise IMO. That is, I think 44 electoral votes, which is HUGE IMO.

144,000 in Minnesota

Latest from the major networks:

ABC
Bush 237
Kerry 188

NBC (I trust this one to be the most accurate)
Bush 207
Kerry 199

CBS (They must have been hangin' around Alan Keyes too damn much!!!)
Bush 246
Kerry 199

Faux (This looks like a pile of manure if ya asked me)
Bush 210
Kerry 144

[stargazer99]

Okay, I'm coming out of lurkdom because I'm getting a glimmer of hope...

Washington has been called for Kerry (11 votes), bringing him up to 199.

Other states leaning Kerry's way:

Oregon - 7
Nevada - 5
Wisconsin - 7
Minnesota - 10
Iowa - 10
Michigan - 17
TOTAL: 56

If Kerry wins these states (and my math is correct) he's at 255! Only 15 more needed!

- Mary

[DrummerDeanna]

Stupid New Mexico...make up their minds already!!! I voted absentee there...

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by stargazer99

Okay, I'm coming out of lurkdom because I'm getting a glimmer of hope...

Washington has been called for Kerry (11 votes), bringing him up to 199.

Other states leaning Kerry's way:

Oregon - 7
Nevada - 5
Wisconsin - 7
Minnesota - 10
Iowa - 10
Michigan - 17
TOTAL: 56

If Kerry wins these states (and my math is correct) he's at 255! Only 15 more needed!

- Mary

outta yer lurkdom...He may pull it off, But Kerry wins in Ohio/Flori-DUH would make it so much easier.

Maybe tonite...

Brian j.

ps-More updates-

NBC
Bush 207
Kerry 206 (!!!!)

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

outta yer lurkdom...He may pull it off, But Kerry wins in Ohio/Flori-DUH would make it so much easier.

Maybe tonite...

Brian j.

Unless he pulls, as of now about 350,000 votes in Florida, which he has systematically been unable to do essentially all night, I cannot see Jerry winning in Florida even considering the alleged advance votes and the absentee ballots (again, the margin of W's win has stayed fairly much the same all night). As for Ohio, it is too soon to tell.

[amber]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

Faux/NBC both brought up something that could possibly happen depending on if Kerry can win Ohio and a few other states and if Bush wins a few...The scenario they both explained could lead to a Kerry 269 Bush 269 electorial vote tie, Which would then go to the house for the vote that would decide the presidency, Which Bush would win since the Repubs have control of the House...

I do not want to see THAT happen.

Brian j.

great, now i'm gonna have nightmares...

[stargazer99]

He may pull it off, But Kerry wins in Ohio/Flori-DUH would make it so much easier.

Agreed! I've given up on Florida, but Ohio has my stomach churning.... my husband is from Ohio, and says voters there can be very unpredictable. Bush's current margin there makes me very nervous.

And some of Kerry's leads in the states I mentioned are still small. But at least it's hope!

- Mary

[sparky]

I predict a) lawsuits, b) 4 more years of that scumbag Bush running this country into the ground, into debt, and continuing to turn us into an international laughing stock.

Pity, but I think it's going to happen. Evidently, that's what it will take for the idiots who support that bumbling jackass to wake up.

[amber]

Originally Posted by stargazer99

Okay, I'm coming out of lurkdom because I'm getting a glimmer of hope...

Washington has been called for Kerry (11 votes), bringing him up to 199.

Other states leaning Kerry's way:

Oregon - 7
Nevada - 5
Wisconsin - 7
Minnesota - 10
Iowa - 10
Michigan - 17
TOTAL: 56

If Kerry wins these states (and my math is correct) he's at 255! Only 15 more needed!

- Mary

ah, that's without Cali, right?

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by sparky

I predict a) lawsuits, b) 4 more years of that scumbag Bush running this country into the ground, into debt, and continuing to turn us into an international laughing stock.

Pity, but I think it's going to happen. Evidently, that's what it will take for the idiots who support that bumbling jackass to wake up.

AND - sadly, that is well over half of the country right now

[estranged4life]

CBS is giving Flori-DUH to Bush

Bush 246
Kerry 207

Kerry has to win Ohio according to CBS to become the president...

But I dont trust CBS...

NBC is showing Sean "Puff daddy doo piffy puffy duffy" Combs...I wonder if he'll sing the "Vote Or Die" song from "South Park"?

Brian j.

[strandinthewind]

CNN projects Bush will win Florida.

[stargazer99]

ah, that's without Cali, right?

No, they've already called that for Kerry.... CA is included in the 199 total. Otherwise, I'd be dancing in the streets right now, because California on top of even half of those other states would give it to Kerry!

- Mary

[sparky]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

AND - sadly, that is well over half of the country right now

They'll get what they deserve. Unfortunately, we'll all get it.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

CBS is giving Flori-DUH to Bush

Bush 246
Kerry 207

Kerry has to win Ohio according to CBS to become the president...

But I dont trust CBS...

W has for the most part maintained his margin over Kerry this evening in Ohio to wit:


U.S. PRESIDENT / OHIO

STATUS CANDIDATE VOTE VOTE % EV
Bush
(Incumbent)
2,154,140 51% 0
Kerry
2,027,229 48% 0
Badnarik
11,355 1% 0
Peroutka
9,692 0% 0

76% precincts reporting - Updated 12:11 a.m. ET

from cnn.com

So, I do not see Kerry winning Ohio and that saddens me.

I hate to say it, but I think Kerry has lost.

Oh well, maybe that a$$hole will give us $400 more dollars he can't afford to give us