Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

nash said this, "Funniest thing on KO last night: video of Sean Hannity being harassed in NH by Ron Paul supporters.
"You suck, Sean!"
It's probably on youtube if you missed it."

nash I posted it yesterday on one of the earlier threads it is really funny.

yo soy Horsedooty!
nash said this, "Funniest thing on KO last night: video of Sean Hannity being harassed in NH by Ron Paul supporters.
"You suck, Sean!"
It's probably on youtube if you missed it."

nash I posted it yesterday on one of the earlier threads it is really funny.

yo soy Horsedooty!

here is the link http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/01/07/sean-hannity-flees-from-ron-paul-supporters/

yo soy Horsedooty!

So the new Clinton strategy is to play a game of chicken with primary voters? They are gonna lose that game, but a lot of people are gonna have voter's remorse when they take a better look at what Obama is bringing to the table.

I prefer to think of it as Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras. Perhaps then we can give up extreme partisan politics for Lent.

>>For starters, watch for her surrogates – and perhaps the New York senator herself – to say that she will drop out of the race if she decisively loses to Democratic rival Barack Obama in the unprecedented mass of primaries on Feb. 5.

Playing "I dare you" is such a risky strategy....Might lead people to vote against her on prinicple....Either that, or they're going to try and ratchet down expectations so low that they're going to try and claim that anything less than a 2-1 Obama victory is a comeback...Risky either way...

blue,
Vote for Richardson. You won't regret it the next morning...

Lots of people don't have anything to do with lent

With the exception of SC , the bigger states also have\
closed or somewhat conditioned primaries so
republicans and independents will not be a part of the
Democratic primary process.

I don't see it as playing chicken but a fact. If she loses on that day. It is over.

although according to Spike''s post a couple of threads back, it is already over.

dnd - Generally, my choice has dropped out by the time the TX primary rolls around.

Is it perpetually 1pm at CQ? I guess this time it's correct.

Here's a spreadsheet I created that lists all the Democratic primaries/caucuses by date, the type of primary (open/closed), the number of delegates, delegates by date, and the cumulative numbers.

http://www.central.edu/publicdocs/Democratic nomination schedule.pdf

Let me know if you want me to post this as a 97-2003 Excel file so you want to play along at home as things progress....

There seems to be a consensus here that "Clinton's new strategy" is a dumb idea.

If that is the Clinton strategy.
the media are big fat liars

KGC -- "although according to Spike''s post a couple of threads back, it is already over."

Not quite... I was referring to the probability of Obama victories in NH, NV, and SC...

Couple other things....don't forget the delegates aren't an all or nothing deal....Everyone who is running will probably get at least some delegates in every state...Between now and SC, only 4% of the delegates are up for grabs, and Obama isn't going to get all of them.

Fifty-three percent of the delegates are assigned to the states on Feb. 5th. If Obama can't close the deal then, the make up of the next few primaries after that is going to make for a very interesting 4 weeks, leading up to the primaries in OH and TX...

Strategy options, now being debated in the Clinton campaign's "War Room."

(1) Run new campaign ad, showing cute Dalmation puppy, with a gun pointed at it's head.
Voiceover: "If you don't vote for Hillary, we'll shoot this dog."

(2) Promise 100% government-financed universal health care and an immediate withdrawal of all troops from Iraq. (Just kidding. We've been up all night.)

(3) File for divorce from Bill.

sorry Spike
if I overstated

Let's try the Democrat Nomination Schedule file again...If you see any states missing (other than Michigan and Florida) or numbers that look out of wack, let me know.

http://www.central.edu/publicdocs/DemocraticNominationSchedule.pdf

KGC -- no problem...

OK, I've got go get some work done...Back after the chores and supper.

LOL -- good stuff nash

Craig:

I've been away for a while & trying to catch up.

Did anyone make a joke out of "Crawford's Notch?"

nash's comment from last thread got me thinking about the real powers in the Dem Party not wanting Obama.

I don't know..it's been a long time since Deep Pockets Geffen turned his back on HRC and embraced Obama...that really seemed to establish Obama's legitimacy as a real threat for the nomination and all we keep hearing is "the country is ready for a Hispanic, a woman...a Black person..."

I just don't know if anyone can crush Obama now. I'll be shocked if Hillary even comes close to Obama in SC.
Matt Taibbi said Hillary will lose the Nevada Caucuses to Obama, too...I hadn't been following that but it surprises me.

Spike

California is not an open open state
independents cannot vote in the Republican party

And only registered independents can ask for a Democratic ballot --you cannot switch parties to vote.

We used to be more open but Democrats were bad and crossed over.

nash check the midnight thread for the revelation that "Abel Crawford will come back and rule the world from Missouri..."

I forget who posted that. (har har!)

Nash....
I missed your humor..... glad it's back....

BTW..... wanna let us in on any of the political talk at your Xmas table back in Boston...... did your relatives have anything positive to say about Romney?

Nash -- the Clinton strategy mentioned is obviously speculative so uh.....

And to this comment about this so-called strategy: "Playing "I dare you" is such a risky strategy...."

It didn't stick to Obama when he suggested that if he didn't get the nomination this time he probably would never run again.

That aside....it's over anyway. The media picked the best and most exciting story and it is OVER. Everyone better get their Obama yard signs and bumper stickers.

Well, for the Clinton doomsayers, think about how many states award delgates proportionally instead of winner-take-all. For instance, after Iowa the delegate count is Obama 16, Clinton 15 and Edwards 14. NH awards 30 delegates. Any guesses on what the totals will be after tonight?

Dexter, the Culinary Workers' Union is supposed to endorse Obama; that's why Taibbi was predicting a Nevada win.

If the Clinton camp thinks that much of Obama's support is simply to protest her, they are fooling themselves. I've talked to A LOT of people in NH, and those who are supporting Barack never say anything like "anyone but Hillary." They all talk about how much Barack inspires them. But I guess when you're an egomaniac, you just can't believe that no one's paying attention to you. Even negative publicity is good publicity, right?

Voted at 8:30 this morning; polls were well-attended. Reports are that there was quite the crowd when the polls first opened. Lots of Obama and Clinton visibility (people and signs) in addition to Ron Paul (just signs) in my town. They are expecting a crush when the high school gets out (one minute from now, in fact) with new registrants (you can register on the spot here in NH) and again from 4-7 when people get out of work.

Spoke to one woman who said that she had 21 phone calls and 2 visitors to her home between 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Lots of activity. BTW, the weather is GORGEOUS...quite warm, totally conducive to getting out the vote.

Craig, for some reason the number 34 sticks in my head for NH delegates. So, based on 34, I'll predict a post-NH total of:

Obama 29
Clinton 24
Edwards 23
Richardson 2
Kucinich 1

Yeah, Claire...it seemed that I-Man and Chuck thought Taibbi was making a joke about the Culinary Workers Union. Thanks for the clarification.

Here's a 9-minute diversion...Aaron Russo ... sent to me...but I ain't a-skeered!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuBo4E77ZXo

Renee: None of my (Republican) relatives liked Huckabee, Thompson, or Romney. They liked McCain & Paul, but not very much.

They said Romney was a lousy governor, never in the state, always travelling. Everyone knew he was running for President, long ago.

Steve LaVeille of WBZ on his overnight show said Romney was the first pol he had covered in 30 years of political reporting who, when a bill was coming to him for signing the next day, the Globe and other papers lead with "It's not known whether Governor Romney will sign this bill or not." He said every other governor always let it be known , one way or another, or the reporters and the gen-public just knew...but not Romney...he signed or did not sign depending on his whim of the day.

He said what nash just posted...everybody knew Romney didn't care about his MA Gov. gig...he was just stone-stepping to the WHouse.

that NH spread seems about right, Claire.

so, if you add the superdelegate endorsements (which are always subject to change, altho haven't yet heard of any switches), here is the race for the Democratic nominating delegates so far:

Clinton 539
Obama 234
Edwards 141
Richardson 2
Kucinich 1

The Culinary Workers Union story is based on a rumor started by Tim Russert

It may be true that they will endorse Obama over Edwards but right now it is just more of NBC trying to make news by lying instead of reporting on facts that have happened.

more speculative crap from msgobama

We'll have to wait until the NH polls close tonight before the MSM tells us "what happened and why."

I'm going to be watching Craig on MSNBC at 11:00 PM. He's a lot more insightful and a lot funnier than most of their chowderhead "political analysts."

(Please, MSNBC. Lock Buchanan in a storage closet for few days. Give us a break.)

Please, MSNBC. Lock Buchanan in a storage closet for few days. Give us a break.)
and make him take Bay with him

CNN says the delegate count is this

Clinton 169
Obama 66
Edwards 47
Richardson 19
Kucinich 1

what is the difference

i think the difference, KGC, is that CNN is only counting publicly announced endorsements -- for fun and games i counted a private poll that was done a couple of months ago -- in either case, Clinton has better than a 2-1 lead for delegates -- altho obviously those Super D's will bolt if she melts down

my rough count did leave out some Richardson superdelegates that CNN correctly includes, so bump him up to 19 or so

Thanks so much.

Oh my....Gary Hart claiming Mondale swiftboated him by saying ..."where's the beef?"

Hart might be the biggest poseur ever.

Nash, Dexter: I wish I had kept a copy of an article I read about two/three years ago about Romney having a staff of four people (while Mass. governor) whose sole duty was just to make sure he looks good. I think it might have been in the Boston Sunday Globe Magazine, but I'm not sure.

-Claire (who is only two degrees removed from Willard. My best friend babysat his kids.) (And, yes, she was an American citizen, believe it or not.) :-)

I just heard that someplace on the NH seacoast (yes, there is one...it's short) is running out of ballots. And the polls don't close for another four hours.

Just got back from being a legal observer at a local ward- huge turnout. Based upon the scientific leanings of my eyes, I saw that people were taking about 8 democratic ballots for every repub one. I was told that new same day registration was already at the level that it would be for the entire day- and those were breaking about 70-80% democratic.

And, registered repubs cannot switch to dem election day- though I saw a few who unsuccessfully tried to do exactly that-

More importantly, who should we be rooting for? Who'd be the best to run against, and why?

Is there any exit polling info being leaked yet?

you won't hear any exit poll data from me, JennBe. i refuse to let anyone leak it to me even if they want to. Been burned too many times in the last several elections. For so many reasons those things are pitifully unreliable and should be stopped.

You would have better luck with her ex husband and he still has lots of money left over after paying her off.

He's a right winger but a relatively pleasant if unexceptional man.

Thanks, Craig

ha, guess i get a bit testy when associated with my goofball colleagues, but it's unavoidable i guess, when you sleep fish you're gonna get wet

don't shave...

Craig, what's with all the media talk about the primary in Florida since both parties basically punished us for moving our primary up? Will we actually make a difference or not?

"don't shave..."

Craig, You could say it's a protest against commentators deciding for the voters who the candidate should be and you won't shave until after the conventions.

http://www.dependablerenegade.com/photos/dr_pix/brave_sir_sean_3.jpg

Sean Hannity at the Battle of Ron Paul

Claire: Such brushes-with-the-famous-once-removed we have in common!
Your best friend sat Romney's kids.
My brother did a private photo-shoot with US Chief Justice Warren E. Burger in the early 1980's. (Burger was a real ham...my brother said he had him pose from every imaginable angle.)

JennBe, can I refer you to an earlier post on my admittedly pro-homestate florida thoughts? Think iit was headlined "Florida Fired Up and Ready to Go"

I gotta break away for a while and sit on the porch, watch the squirrels play

Folks, as in all of life, time will tell. If the speculation about the new Hillary strategy is correct, it would be ill advised. I can't believe that even Mark Penn is that dumb or that Hillary would allow it.

...maybe Craig was posting about journalists like Matt Taibbi (Rolling Stone) who this morning on Imus's show said we can already stick a fork in Hillary....

I can't wait to see the SC attack ads the Clinton Machine cooks up for Obama. Mys sis-in-law lives near North Charleston and I'll be calling her about the TV ads unless sturgee here keeps us up to date.

...off now to buy white vinegar to clean my coffeepot...I hate that hot vinegar smell so I run it through the Mr. Coffee out on the porch.

SHOUT OUT TO COREY!! Any Michigan news to report about your Primary??

The only news is that they are reporting that McCain and Romney plan to visit Michigan a lot.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080108/NEWS15/801080370

Craig, don't shave!! Say you're in solidarity with the Writer's Guild... :-D

And as for showering, hell, we don't have smell-o-vision!

Trail Tidbit: The Town of Meredith, NH (total population 6,350) went through 2,000 ballots as of 4:00 this afternoon. Not sure of the breakdown by party, however.

If I recall correctly, we had something like 17 Presidential candidates on the Democratic ballot. Also, there were two Vice Presidential candidates: some guy from NYC and another from Weymouth, Mass.

BTW, Obama is cleaning up in all the school mock elections in NH's Lakes Region.

Some of the video of Sean Hannity trying to stay ahead of Ron Paul's supporters looked like old movies where the villagers were after Dracula.

Bizarre report on TPM's site:

"As encouraging as CS's report was, I'm afraid my own experience at the polls wasn't as positive. I live in a smallish border town & voted around 11 this morning. I'm glad to say there was a line, comprised mostly of older folks & "soccer moms." I was the only person I saw who actually took a DEM ballot. (!) & from the looks of it, the many Republicans in my fair town seem split between -- ARGH -- Ron Paul, John McCain & Huckabee. Despite lots of Mitt signs littering the town, there didn't seem to be much Mitting going on at the polling place.

Perhaps it was just the time of day or something but on the whole, I'm surprised. I had thought that there were many more democrats in this town (we have a lot of folks who move here from MA because NH is a much cheaper place to live mostly due to no state income tax).

There were a fair number of people who were also registering to vote, btw, but from a distance it was impossible to tell what party (if any) they were choosing.

Finally, from very brief exchanges with my fellow voters, it looks as if most of them were voting not for a candidate's total platform but just for one specific thing -- a "strong military" to combat "terror" or a "return" to "good Christian values" and so forth. *sigh*

Democracy in action. "

The perfect name for a gop candidate we have a winnah!

Vermin Supreme
http://www.concordmonitor.com/

no joke!

Quentin Hogg was Brit pol.
Dr. Payne, D.D.S.
Everybody has heard of Harry Baals.

Romney has been the big Shrub suck up
msgobama just announced everyone hates Bush

I don't think so. Romney has been defending Shrub
McCain has been saying if they did it my way it would have been better.

Tweety keeps pimping the Plunger but even Tom Duhlay isn't having any of it.

Tweety tried to say the Plunger hasn't entered the race yet. But he has and failed. Just another in the series of Tweety Big Fat Lies.

So, in my town, the voting is happening at the town Community Center, which is normally the purview of the town's Parks & Recreation Department. When one calls the Community Center, the phone is answered by the Administrative Assistant for Parks & Rec. Today the phone rang, and someone said, "I need to speak to a Town Clerk." The A.A. said, "They're all quite busy with the voting at the moment; what is it that you need?" "I need to talk about absentee ballots." "You should probably call Town Hall," said the A.A. "I did, and they told me to call you." The A.A. put the caller on hold and went to find any Town Clerk willing to take the call. They all had massive lines of voters in front of them, and none would break away for the call. When she came back to tell the caller that, the caller said, "Could you please have one of them call me? This is so-and-so from Mitt Romney's campaign." Oh my! Needless to say, Mitt Romney's campaign probably wasn't endearing themselves to Town Clerks and other municipal personnel today by calling during the middle of the busiest voting day in a generation to talk about absentee ballots!!

More news from my town: Twice they ran out of New Voter Applications and asked the aforementioned A.A. to run off 100 more copies each time they ran out.

Here is something for all you Ron Paul fans to read. I knew there was something odd about Paul.

http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=e2f15397-a3c7-4720-ac15-4532a7da84ca

NBC's Gregory is a maroon.
Immigration is not an issue. In Iowa it was not a factor.
what a load of crap

they never deviate from their own narrative even when the evidence is contradictory

Fry
he is one of yours

KC,

I think he is a Libertarian in sheep's clothing. Well he was a Libertarian before becoming a R. However I will say I never liked the puny little guy in first place, unlike some here.

KC, immigration is not a factor to you because you don't work, and you are not an employer. Your not out there competing for a job against an illegal job stealing thief. Now are you?

KC, immigration is not a factor to you because you don't work, and you are not an employer

you just made a big ass out of yourself

I really think Obama needs to put that ' in his name and everyone'll think he's black Irish :)

It never ceases to amaze me how the MSM works... first they coronate Hillary, then in the space of 24 hours they write her off. Now they're coronating Obama..wonder how long it'll take to write him off? I do think he'll be leading the pack at the end, but really, who made Joe Scarboro the new "decider."?

Fry..how in the world do you know WHAT KGC does???

Now they're coronating Obama..wonder how long it'll take to write him off?

Not long, I mean what else would they write about. The MSM is the 5th wheel of government and is totally unregulated. They write what they want and when they want. They hold stories back for months just to screw over someone. The only reason the MSM would not come after Obama is because some may call their tactics racist.

Early Exit Polls: McCain “Most Electable” Republican
Mark Ambinder writes that early exit polls say 3 in 10 Republican voters are independents, while 4 in 10 Democratic voters are independents.

Independents make up for 49% of NH voters

I'm with Craig.. I dont trust exit polls

The candidates who do not use immigration as a tool of hate have have been the most successful.

That's a fact. The most successful has the most LIBERAL position on immigration.

ok.. I'm off to watch KO.. enjoy everyone.. and I agree KGC.. there's a whole lotta racism on that immigration talk among Reprobates.

tylenol
After the heartbreak of Ohio, I could not agree more.
But you can tell something from the party ballots people selected and of course the turn out.

KC,

Like I said you don't work, so you have very little to worry about.

While I'll admit that for me the Republican debates are more interesting because of Ron Paul, I know he's a wack job for many reasons.

But NOW, if this linked article is true....he has earned my never ending ire.

Allegedly, Ron Paul's newsletters described one of my heroines thus: Barbara Jordan is called "Barbara Morondon......

Them's fightin' words. He couldn't hold Barbara's Jordan's bra.

Fry
you have no idea what you are talking about
you don't know anything about whether I work or not

but actually that's not the issue.

But here's a little fact for you
Ronnie Raygun had an amnesty program in the
1980's...i had employees at that time who participated in that program. I was proud to help them. My company paid for all their fees.

My town of Meredith (again, pop. 6,350) had 70% turnout. 300-400 absentee ballots. Still waiting to hear town results and will post them if I hear them.

Sanbornton, a nearby town, gave out 1463 ballots, 790 of which were Democratic.

Forgive me if I end up posting a lot of little comments tonight. I'm just going to give you all information as I hear it. Y'all can tell me to shut up if you get sick of it.

BTW, I will be interested to see how closely my town's results match the state's. In 2004, my town voted almost EXACTLY just like the state did. All the candidates in the same placement, with the percentages on the money or very close.

I normally don't comment about "Tweety", and I usually don't spend much time watching him. Tonight he is just spewing bile. I have changed over to WMUR in Manchester, NH to watch the returns. Much more reporting, less regurgitating.

early numbers
Obama - 41%
Clinton - 37%
Edwards - 15%

Candidate locations:

Obama is at Nashua High South
McCain at the Crowne Plaza in Nashua
Hillary in Manchester
Romney probably at his lakeside mansion
Edwards ???? nobody is talking about him
Fred has gone south
Rudy who cares?
Richardson ????

So far the story is McCain vs Romney
and Hillary vs Obama.

Hardly any mention of the others.

It might almost be worth stopping by McCains or Obamas encampments, but I have to go to work really early tomorrow.

Claire,
"Forgive me if I end up posting a lot of little comments tonight. I'm just going to give you all information as I hear it. Y'all can tell me to shut up if you get sick of it."

KEEP POSTING! I really appreciate it.

And hats off to your town. 70% turnout is really something to be proud of.

huffington post now joins msnbc in the garbage, along with today's coffee grounds and orange rinds......
Watching them is its own punishment......

except for olbermann, that is......

McCain will be at the Citadel tomorrow......obama at college of charleston thursday am.

Town of New Hampton (1,018 total votes) had 187 votes go to Clinton, 180 to Obama, 96 to Edwards, 25 to Richardson, 14 to Kucinich, 1 to Gravel.

I really like KO but tweety renders everything unwatchable

now he is calling Obama lawrence of arabia

Dems: C 38, O 36, E 17, R 4 with 8% in

Tim called Romney Michigan's "favorite son" or maybe "native son"...but whatever, Romney won't win MI. He's lagging there.

And Russert reported that 50% on NH Repuggs are "enthusiastric or satisfied" with Bush43.
You got to be shi#in' me!
They LIKE a lying scumbag who gets us into a war via totally false reasons, who bankrupts the country while enabling al-Queda to recruit many more soldiers (al-Queda in Iraq)....is the economy THAT great in New Hampshire? Is the real estate market peachy-keen there? Does everyone have good health insurance there? They obviously believe the war dead totals are acceptable...FIFTY PER CENT love Bush! Is the Kool-Aid that good up there?

Dexter: As Bernard McGuirk once said, "New Hampshire belongs south of the Mason-Dixon line."

Katy Crack! He's cutting into Hillary's base from the rear! Truly a new Lawrence! (OK...I didn't remember Lawrence's strategy either...)
Obama of Arabia...catchy, though!!

Claire: Oh yeah. :>)

Pizza in the Command Central Room at Crawdad Plaza.
Anchovies all over all of them. (cuz I ordered)

the pizza sleeps with the fishes......

I just put 60 dollars of gasoline into my car. We need alternative energy solutions. That was only 18 gallons, BTW.

The media wanted a horse race. That meant tearing Hillary down. It has been nothing but solid negatives and framing everything she has said or done in the worst possible light. So now they have an unvetted Obama. It may very well be a case of be careful what you wish for.

Hope not, Jamie. Obama is #4 on my wish-list, behind HRC.
I still prefer Bill of NM...then John Ed.

I know it's wrong but I want Clinton to win so Tweety's head will explode

With 11% reporting (per MSNBC)

36% Obama
38% Clinton
17% Edwards
4% Richardson
2%Kucinich

RUN, HILARY...RUN!!!!!!!

Get Off My Lawn Win! the GOP primary

McCain projected in NH by Olberman

McCain and Dole have a lot in common......

My town's results are in: 589 votes go to Obama, 513 to Clinton, 246 to Edwards...not sure of the lower numbers.

Hell! I want Tweety covered in honey and staked out nude on a hill of fire ants

Another example of tweety looking stupid..

according to tweety the goopers would be going all night but the Democrats will be over early,

LOLOLOLOL @ Jamie

The Young Turks just said that Fox News has called it for Hillary! ?

hmmm......I wanna watch olberman and I get matthews and beady-eye.......not fair......

Love Katrina though.....consolation prize.....

Fox News website doesn't have that call. Just the McCain call.

I've been thinking about the delegates and no so much who 'wins'

Y'all are getting punchy. ;-)

tt

They're calling him Chuckabee.

tt

Clinton is picking up as the numbers come in
every old lady in New Hampshire must have voted.

14% in:

Dems: Clinton 40%, Obama 35, Edwards 17, Richardson 4, Kucinich 2

KGC

Not getting my hopes up, but it may be what I was talking about earlier today. They may have pushed the women around a little too hard and now "Mama's Not Happy". :-)

Town of Center Harbor, NH: 91 votes go to Obama, 88 to Clinton, 59 to Edwards, 17 to Richardson.

That's the third of the four towns I'm monitoring for specific numbers tonight. So far, Obama has won two of them, Clinton one.

I don't know where the precincts are they are reporting and it could be Obama will start to pick up if college precincts are not in yet.

However even looking at Claire's a lot closer
it appears even if Obama ends up winning, it will be close.

Town of Sanbornton: 278 Obama, 252 Clinton. (I don't have the numbers of the lower-finishing candidates.)

Total Obama and Clinton numbers of the four towns I'm monitoring in my area: 1138 Obama votes, 1040 Clinton votes.

And just in time for my low battery light to start flashing. Enjoy the remainder of the evening, folks! I'll try to check in later.

Well, Obama's lack of experience is exactly why I think Hilary should have him as her VP.

With Hilary running the country, Bill can take Obama under his wing(it will keep Bill busy), kind of like a president-in-training.

Eight years from now, with America peaceful and prosperous, Obama will have lots of experience under his belt (no pun intended)and Hilary can pass the torch to Barack!!

...and they lived happily ever after...

THE END

Linda,

It sounds like a lovely fairy tale to me. I've said all along that he would be a great candidate in eight years. A lot better than Bayh.

I would just hate to have them tear each other apart.

Bayh?

I don't know what that means...

If Romney gets anymore "silver"...he is gonna turn blue, like the guy I saw on the news the other day!!

why is romney talking so fast?

take a breath, dude......

Geez? Are you guys listening to Romney? He's figured out that the winning rhetoric for this election cycle is on the Dem side...so now he's talking like one!

Oh, as I have always stated, I am a political lightweight...I have obviously never heard of Bayh...but it doesn't matter...Obama will be her VP.

Harbor......case of cant beat 'em, join 'em?

Evan Bayh is one of the names floated most frequently as a VP candidate for Hillary. Old political family, fairly good from a geographic standpoint, but not particularly a heavy weight

Smile, Mrs. Romney..smile

Evan is pretty and flirted with running for the nomination this cycle. He decided against it and threw his support immediately to Hillary. Did I mention he is pretty and has nice hands?

OMG!....
this is getting really really interesting.....

it looks like it's Hillary.....

Dex..... Russert is an inane idiot.....
a lot of the Republicans here in NH are fiscally conservative but tend to be more liberal socially..... and almost all libertarians vote Republican..... they think Bush sucks.....

Nice hands? Now I am curious about this Evan Bayh.

Zoey,

I was trying to be nice and not call him Hillary's Dan Quayle. :-)

He is pretty and has an excellent manicure.

I just looked EB up...well now, he is pretty!!

zoey,
"Did I mention he is pretty and has nice hands?"

Isn't that what you said about Bill Richardson?

Hmmm, you should see Evan in person.

Linda

http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/congress/members/photos/228/B001233.jpg

Absolutely, sturg...I just hope EVERYONE remembers what color his true stripes are, as he takes off in directions he really doesn't mean. I think he's such a chameleon that he's one of the worst of the Republican candidates.

And I think what's happening on the Dem side is a bit funny. Perhaps these New Hampsherites are just too smart for the MSM...or maybe the MSM have just failed in pulling off their little coup. We shall see, huh? For sure, it doesn't look like they've known what they were talking about for the past few days....

dnd,
I didn't say Bill R. was pretty, but he does have nice hands. I think I must be a hand person. The very best hands belong to Wes Clark...he swims laps every day.

Oh my...thank you, Jamie!!!

damn...

If she wins, the only thing it would take to make the evening perfect is Craig passing along the ant hill remark. :-)

Oh, now that I think of it, Craig has nice hands, too.

Results from Keene-

Obama 2550
Clinton 1915

Evan Bayh is the most boring political person I met this cycle- nice, polite, but boring. His reason for running was that he could win in Indiana- deliver a red state for the team- brought a small framed map with him to prove the point.

McCain: "Wheeze in our time."

Hey....
if we were all in the same room.... I'd give all you girls a high five....

HW... yup.... it looks like the MSM has had their heads up their butts once again.....

Bayh is great looking, but not a lot going on upstairs.

And isn't that fun to watch, rr? I'm lovin' it! We should put more trust in our own thoughts...after all, we sit here day after day accusing many of the MSM pundits of having their heads up their butts...looks like we're right. Though I'm suspicious that it's more than simply that they're wrong. I think they're inappropriately trying to set the ppolitical agenda for our country.

Zoey,

Craig is just plain nice with a good brain to make it interesting. We really do need to do another get together some time in the next year. ...

Election night party in DC?

Bingo.

oops....bingo to harbor's post....

"Though I'm suspicious that it's more than simply that they're wrong. I think they're inappropriately trying to set the ppolitical agenda for our country."

If McCain says "my friend" one more time, I'm going to barf; he is presuming too much; he is not my friend by a long stretch, and his use of the too familiar form of address makes him sound like what he is, a snake oil salesman.

"We really do need to do another get together some time in the next year. ... "

Jamie,
That would be so much fun.

Jesus, McCain sounds like a real nitwit......

JennBe...funny..people say the same thing about me!!

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOOL....I am so kidding about the "great looking" part...but the "upstairs" part....I have proved that tonight...LOLOLOL!!!

GOD BLESS US EVERYONE!!!!

Good night, John...

"I hope McCain savors this victory it's the only one he's going to get."

I sure hope so....but then, I still don't know who we want to run against no matter the candidate.....

Thanks Linda!!!! This is getting really interesting, looks Obama is gaing some steam.

Fox News, the only news that count reports with 42% of the precincts reporting

HC 39%
Obama 37%
Edwards 17% YES!!!!

Zoey...do you live in DC?

It will depend on the college precincts. If those are the late counted ones, it will probably still go to Obama.

It is really, really interesting.

LL,
No, I live in Iowa.

it's tightening up between Clinton and Obama....

this is soooooo fascinating....

well, Kathy's precinct has already reported their numbers and Keene is a college town..... and Obama won there....

Dex.....I'll keep an eye out looking for the negative ads.....I guess it will all start tomorrow......

oh

Fox News, the only news that count reports with 47% of the precincts reporting

HC 40% Gooooooooooooooooooooo Hilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
Obama 36%
Edwards 17% YES!!!!

Hillary's strong showing tonight reflects her Republican leanings: with her tears yesterday, she was channeling Dubya, who moaned "this is hard work..." enough times to gain the sympathy vote and get back into the White House. (Of course, there were some vote manipulations in Ohio that helped him, too.)

Well, this is certainly more interesting than Iowa, when they announced the results within 15 minutes.

On another blog I frequent they are calling Mitt Max Headroom. They put the pictures side by side and you know, thye kind of look alike.

LOL @ benjaminblue...have you ever seen the SNL skit with them doing the "this is hard...this is so hard...this is hard work" lines?

NEW THREAD

Is this the start of the Dem love fest:?

http://www.abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=4102345

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0108/Brazile_on_Bill_Depressing.html

Will Obama be HC's VP? I never thought Gore would be Clinton's VP, but Obama will never tolerate being confined to the EOB like Gore was.