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Official NeoGAF US Mid-term Elections 2006 Thread

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Phoenix

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Ripclawe said:
I am not missing Chafee a bit and neither are a lot of GOPers.
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That's the problem. It hurts the democrats a fair amount because he wasn't one of the GOP hardline nutjobs.
 
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WedgeX

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Juice said:
If that last 10% is northern virginia, still, then there's still plenty of room for webb to creep back in
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The districts in virginia with the lowest % counted are 1, 4, 7, 10, 11. If NE virginia fully counts as northern, then all but 4 are in the north (accrd to the NY Times).
 
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FightyF

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I Am Error said:
I'm watching it right now on the local news, so funny. Whole family in tears.
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Nice! This totally makes up for me not getting GoW today!

If anyone has any animated gifs, I'd appreciate a new avatar heheh.
 
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Juice

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Wow, you guys are brutal.

I think Santorum is a pretty genuine, friendly guy. I don't agree with most of his politics, but I wouldn't cheer on his little girl's crying.
 
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Drensch

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However, because it's clear that it does have an effect on the health and happiness of non-smokers, I think a public referendum on it is perfectly reasonable.
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Bingo. If some smoker wants to pump his smoke into my lungs, I want the right to shit in his cornflakes. Which, would be way healthier on the balance.
 
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LM4sure

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Diablos said:
I'm gonna be really bummed if Webb doesn't win, though.

How could people re-elect Allen :\
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Allen is my hero! I hope he gets it!!!! Word is he might run for president next! That would be exciting!
 
Phoenix

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Some of you guys are saddists.... I never enjoy watching people suffer - even if I really want things to go against them.
 
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Looks like Michigan's statewide ban on affirmative action is going to pass.

I'm personally against racial/sexual discrimination in selection, but only if SES is immediately factored in to replace it. It'll be interesting to see how U-M responds. There are rich black kids and poor white kids, and throwing the balance further to their respective advantage and disadvantage just doesn't make sense when socio-economic status could balance things out just fine in all cases.
 
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Diablos

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Juice said:
Wow, you guys are brutal.

I think Santorum is a pretty genuine, friendly guy. I don't agree with most of his politics, but I wouldn't cheer on his little girl's crying.
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I didn't cheer on that. It was just awesome to hear "Santorum is going to concede now." :D
 
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LM4sure

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Juice said:
Looks like Michigan's statewide ban on affirmative action is going to pass.

I'm personally against racial/sexual discrimination in selection, but only if SES is immediately brought in to replace it. It'll be interesting to see how U-M responds.
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That's at least some good news for tonight. Most has been bad.
 
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VALIS

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CNN keeps grasping at straws why the Virginia race is too close to call. C'mon dudes. Webb hasn't had a lead all night. It's going to take a miracle at this point for him to come out ahead.
 
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Qwerty710710

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CNN just said heavily democratic county next to Richmond hasn't been counted yet so maybe there could be some light. But it's starting to dimmer.
 
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Phoenix said:
Some of you guys are saddists.... I never enjoy watching people suffer - even if I really want things to go against them.
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They are just really angry with life :). If the democrats win congrats to them. I don't support their views on certain things, so hopefully it will flip the next election :).
 
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Tamanon

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I will say this, Mizzou isn't looking good for the Dems either, and Tennessee is a lot farther than they like.

Qwerty, true, but CNN's numbers are around 4% behind it seems. Guess we'll see.

And realistically, isn't it a bit late for these dontvote commercials?
 
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sangreal

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Tamanon said:
How can you lead a race that isn't counted?:p
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For example:

RICHMOND CITY
Allen - 8,783 26.07%
Webb - 24,423 72.48%

67.65% reporting

but I think ~20k lead is pretty damn big at this stage
 
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Zeed

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So Tennessee is a no-go and Democrats am phail in Virgina?

That about wraps it up for their Senate ambitions, right?
 
Phoenix

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VALIS said:
CNN keeps grasping at straws why the Virginia race is too close to call. C'mon dudes. Webb hasn't had a lead all night. It's going to take a miracle at this point for him to come out ahead.
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Nah. CNN won't ever call a close one again. Perhaps you don't recall the issues of the calling a certain presidential election and then having the IT department managers have to appear before Congress to explain how they called it.

Painful memories :)
 
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