Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Six Weeks Out

Six Weeks Out




Going national this morning.

  • Chris at MyDD lists 20 US House districts that look like pickups and another 15 that look really really good.

  • The AP considers the possibility that we might go to overtime:
    (If) both parties are short of the 218 seats needed to guarantee control. The outcome will be decided by run-off elections in Louisiana and Texas.

    "All of your focus and energy will be on trying to get to 218 in two ways," said Steve Elmendorf, who was chief of staff to Dick Gephardt, former Democratic leader. "One, in recounts and trying to make sure you're throwing every legal strategy and lawyer you can find into try and win the recounts.

    "Secondly, you're going to be looking for every potential person on the other side who can switch."


  • As regular readers recall, I'm absolutely not convinced that elections are being hacked and (while I'm not OPPOSED) I think the paper trail issue is sucking all the oxygen away from more important things like same-day registration. But this is so funny I have to share it:

    In a dramatic development that has come as a surprise to pundits and the public alike, a 19 year old technician with Diebold, Inc. has emerged as the unlikely winner of the 2008 U.S. Presidential election...

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