And Let’s End On This

Okay, maybe not. Whatevs. Those other house races aren’t going to end anytime soon. Recaps in the morning. G’nite!

Dammit, Nevada

I’ll be honest: This was the only thing I cared about this election. And you guys blew it! Not that weed is the greatest thing ever, etc., etc. — it’s not! — but this could totally have helped change U.S. drug policy for the better. The first time this has ever been said not sarcastically on this site: Alas.

Election 2004 [sic] [Las Vegas Review-Journal]

Yes, I’m Still Awake: U.S. Congress Update

Okay, here we go:

• Fattah 88, Republican With No Chance 9 (Called. And where’s the other two percent?)
• Schwartz 67, Guy From The Apprentice 33 (Called.)
• Sestak 57, Weldon 43 (Called! And called first by me! Ehh. Yeah. I did it because of actual info I had, but I pry coulda done it just on a hunch anyway, so it’s not anything to get excited about. Let’s move on.)
• Lois Murphy 51, Jim Gerlach 49 (essentially a dead heat)
• Patrick Murphy 50, Mike Fitzpatrick 50 (this could come down to a vote or two, seriously

Looks like the House is going to be Democratic anyway. The Senate looks like it’s going to be 50-50, but could still swing to the Democrats.

Rick Santorum’s Concession Speech

Ha ha ha, better stop your son from crying, you big tool! Erhm, I mean, oh, yeah, shouldn’t make fun of your kid. And to be honest, I’ll be sorry to see you go, Ricky. You were so entertaining.

By the way: Love the shoutout to Jesus. Loved the dude in the crowd seconding it even more.

Archives: Rick Santorum

Democrats To Control House, It Seems (Really!)

MSNBC has called the house for the Democrats.

CNN sez they need 2 (or 3? it keeps changing!) seats to control the House.

Either way… whoa.

Honestly, it looks like this: You can fuck up a war and you can fuck up a hurricane, but you can’t fuck up both.

Election: Declaring Another Race Irresponsibly

Okay, with approximately .0002 percent of the precincts reporting — but with some actual info leading me to call it in this direction — Philadelphia Will Do is irresponsibly declaring Joe Sestak as defeating Curt Weldon in the seventh district of Pennsylvania.

Curt’s concession speech? I am more psyched for this than I’ve been for anything in a long time.

One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other

I’m voting for… Seuch… sch… uhh, that food place.

Santorum Already Making Excuses For Impending Loss

Rick Santorum and the state’s GOP are already whining about how they lost. Rick hasn’t even officially lost yet!

The state GOP complaint alleges that lots of voters were not allowed to cast their ballots, and many people who voted Republican actually had their vote counted for a Democrat! Gasp!

Take this to heart if you want Casey to win: Rick Santorum’s team is already spinning.

Oh, and MSNBC just called the race for “Bobby Casey,” as noted loudmouth Chris Matthews just said. (Ooh! And he tossed it to Andrea Mitchell! It’s like KYW on MSNBC!)

PAGOP: VOTING MACHINES FAILING ACROSS THE STATE [PA GOP]
PA GOP ASKS STATE SECRETARY OF COMMONWEALTH TO LAUNCH IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION INTO VOTING MACHINE PROBLEMS [PA GOP]

EXCLUSIVE: Election Results!

Well, it’s after 8 p.m., so the polls are now closed. And, duh, I just realized: I’m a journalist! Kind of!

Which means I’m totally allowed to do this:

Philadelphia Will Do declares:

• Bob Casey wins the Senate with whatever percentage of the electorate reporting
• Ed Rendell is re-elected by like 4500 cheesesteaks

And the chain of Philadelphia bloggers making “EXCLUSIVE” jokes continues. Hurrah, hurrah.

Recommended: The Inquirer has one of the cooler automatically-updated charts allowing you to follow the results as they come in. (Neat!) They really did a nice job with this one.

NBC 10 Details More Election Day Shenanigans

Simply lovely. Those brave senior citizens, climbing those 14 steps — a new form of poll taxes — and casting a vote not for Democrats, not for Republicans, but for America.