Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Getting close

I just got the word that Ned is expected at the podium "within the hour" it is looking very good here. Lots of scuttlebut about how Lieberman will handle the concession and try to step on the Ned story tomorrow by doing something regarding his Indy campaign tonight.

If you can bear, Alan Colmes is live on FNC from our ballroom. The mood is upbeat and somewhat relieved. I can't help but think of that classic movie The Candidate when Robert Redford won, hid in the bathroom and said "What the hell do we do now?"

If I had to guess, Lieberman, if he concedes will want the straight up at 11pm, with Ned to follow.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Try to step on Ned"? Hey, that's politics.
Don't enter the arena if you're gonna whine about the tactics.

Anonymous said...

"Don't enter the arena if you're gonna whine about the tactics."

You better tell that to Joe 'bloggers killed my website boohoo' Lieberman!

Anonymous said...

Maybe it's not whining but rather statement of fact. Lieberman wants precedence and deference in everything.

none said...

How about that. Drudge already call Joe winner

Anonymous said...

618 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 82.62%
Name Party Votes Pct
Lamont, Ned Dem 119,100 51.83
Lieberman, Joe (i) Dem 110,686 48.17

Anonymous said...

Smooches, Bob! Thank you for keeping us all informed. Glad the news is staying good. :)

Anonymous said...

Joe needs to win all the remaining precincts by nearly 59% to 41%.

I can't see it.

Anonymous said...

Permit me to quitely remind everyone of the Wisdom of Yoggi Berra: It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings.

Anonymous said...

West Hartford - 20/20

Lamont - 51.13%
Lieberman - 48.87%


Could this result be a pointer to Hartford?

Anonymous said...

uh, on my browser drudge is saying joe lost.

Anonymous said...

"Maybe it's not whining but rather statement of fact."

Maybe? You're speaking of remote probabilities, a chance of 0.01? The facts that the bloggers found are very telling. The Lieberman site wasn't hosted at a provider that could handle that lot of traffic. Hell, even dkos went down several times today, and they are much better equipped than Lieberman!

Anonymous said...

Ned is pulling away again. Almost a 9k lead now. It's over for Joe. :)

Anonymous said...

Firedoglake's been down most of the evening. Must be those evil hackers! MyDD too! And even Kos sometimes! Boy, those Lamont hackers sure get around.

Anonymous said...

It's kind of funny.... Folks who wouldn't take anything Drudge says w/o a grain of salt the size of East Kansas are happily posting his calling the election for Lamont.

Patience, people, patience. We will all know soon enough. Mrs. Curmudgeon and I out here in deepest darkest Utah have a bottle of Andre's finest, awaiting the moment. But not until the fat lady is warbling at full volume.

Anonymous said...

At this point, Lieberman would need soemthing like 65% or more in all of the remaining districts. It's not going to happen.