CONFESS!!!!! At what point did you realize tonight was gonna be a good night?

[LynneSin]

Me?

When DUer Ramsey (who's house I'm at here in Philly) announced that her home district in Kentucky went democratic. Those house seats were all repuke and if Kentucky was going blue I knew the house was gonna go blue!!

[Shakespeare]

1. Mine was a two-phase thing.

When it first started to look like we'd take the House, I was hesitatingly happy. When I realized that we've most likely won the senate, THAT is when I popped the cork on the champagne.

I've been blissed out ever since. It's a light-headed, absolutely lovely feeling. I'm staying up as long as it (and the champagne) lasts.

[Lady Freedom]

2. When I saw all those upset college students lining up at the voting booth!

When I saw all the students that were ticked off about the trouble the "Victory Rally" caused on campus lining up at the Criminal Justice building on campus to Vote.I just knew that they were all voting for anyone but Talent!hehe!

[billyskank]

3. When I woke up this morning

and the radio told me the Dems had won the House. :hi:

[LynneSin]

4. You waking up? Hell I've barely been asleep

I think the espresso at dinner still has me in high gear, that and the fact that the fireplace at Ramsey's house was at set at temperature "Deep in the depths of Hell"

[billyskank]

6. I don't think it's the espresso

;)

[Shakespeare]

5. Yay!!! hugs to all our UK Duers!

Thanks for sharing our sweet, sweet victory! :pals:

[billyskank]

7. ...

:hug:

[sakabatou]

8. Santorum lost

[GCP]

9. It was iffy for me right up til midnight

Because no-one would give us what the swings were against the pukes - the House seats were coming in really slowly at first, and I had flash-backs to 2004 when the votes slowed down for Kerry.
I was finally able to relax around midnight

Oh Happy Day!!! :toast:

[Midlodemocrat]

15. Me, too. All I wanted was for Webb to beat Allen. Well, of course,

I wanted more than just that, but that was the real nail biter for me. I finally went to bed about 1AM with no decision and woke this morning to Webb leading.

It's a great day.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

10. When my red, red town went for Baldacci, the incumbent Dem for Maine governor.

That was the start of it all. Watching the returns come in, and seeing the House called, was even better. And NOW I wake up today and find that the Senate isn't beyond us, either!

:woohoo:

If I were 21, I'd be SO FUCKING SHIT-FACED by now.

:party:

[NewWaveChick1981]

11. About 9 PM when I got back to my hotel room and saw Chirs Matthews

and Joe Scarborough being extra bitchy and nasty... :rofl: Boo hoo, boys.... :P :applause:

My husband and I kept calling each other when big stuff happened, like Santorum conceding... :applause: :yourock:

[last_texas_dem]

12. Indiana

When it looked pretty certain that three districts in red Indiana were going to turn blue, I figured we had to have something big happening.

[kmla]

36. That's when I felt it, too....

Sweeeeeeet.

[Mutley]

13. When I realized O'Malley had pushed out Ehrlich.

:bounce:

Maryland has a blue governor again! :woohoo:

[kwassa]

14. and Cardin beat Steele

I was nervous about both races.

[Mutley]

18. I kinda figured Cardin would win

Even though it looked a bit close there. I couldn't see Maryland replacing Sarbanes with Steele. That would have just boggled my mind.

But I knew it'd be a tough night for O'Malley. He won! Yes! :bounce:

[kwassa]

22. Steele is a talented politician, I hate to admit.

and Cardin is not well known down here. O'Malley, either. Baltimore is a pretty regional political market.

I never heard of him before the campaign. Steele has the skill to parlay nothing into something, like Reagan.

[LynneSin]

23. Steele is a pompous asshole

And that's probably the nicest thing I could say about him.

Anyone who stands in front of a crowd of Jewish leaders in Maryland and compares Stem Cell research to the Holocaust deserves to go down in flames.

Congrats to Ben Cardin!

[kwassa]

43. I disagree

Steele may be a complete phony, but he is neither pompous, or an asshole, in my opinion. He has truly great people skills, and charms most who come into contact with him. This makes him dangerous in the future.

He made very few mistakes, the one you cited being chief among them. He did very well in a blue state. He picked up votes from disaffected black Democrats who feel that they are being taken for granted by the party leadership.

[Orsino]

16. Weeks ago.

Oh, we all knew there'd be net gains. But I didn't believe the machine would let it be this good.

[mainegreen]

17. 1 am. When Webb pulled ahead.

[DrZeeLit]

49. Yep.... right about then... and SURPRISE... all those House seats... wow...

I went to bed HAPPY for a change on election night.
And today.... we were elated in the college halls, no crying like last time.
Yipppeee.
Someone even yelled to the whole building when Rummy went down.

[LizW]

19. When I got home last night.

I sat down at the computer at 7:30 Central and checked Skinner's fabulous results threads. OH Senate had already been called. OHIO!!!! PA was in the bag, and then NJ. It was happening fast. Then I started checking the House and marking pickups on my score sheet. I could barely keep up.

I kept at it until Jon Stewart came on, and I was watching his show when we took the House.

What a great night! I was so excited I chowed down about half the leftover Halloween candy! :D

[fudge stripe cookays]

46. Ha! We had the same night!

That's exactly what I did! And wasn't it great???!!!

PS-- I added vanilla ice cream with Bailey's later, and managed to stay together until 11, then crashed out of nervous exhaustion. I refreshed DU every three seconds it seemed like!

[Lilith Velkor]

20. When the song stuck in my head changed

For the past long while, it's been a bagpipe-fife-n-drum version of Eminem's "Mosh," and now it's Body Count's "In Da House," lyrics altered to, "Democrats take da houuse...(Democrats!)!"

:headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

:patriot:

[miss_american_pie]

21. Santorum conceding by 9:30

:D :D :D

Although I did feel bad for his poor kids being dragged up on stage crying.

[LynneSin]

24. This is a man who took his dead fetus home to the kids to play with

and used his kids in a negative campaign ad against Casey.

Oh I don't blame the kids, I just feel bad they're stuck with an idiot who will use his family like that.

[sweetheart]

25. at the beginning of a fight

...that started on 12 dec 2000

This first contact of a flying fist is not even
the momentum that will hit in 08. All hail
Howard Dean and his flying superheavy fist technique.

[kick-ass-bob]

26. When I saw the third flip of a senate seat

and Maryland hold the line.

That's when I broke out the gays to perform those abortions.

:hi:

[LynneSin]

28. Did you invite all the terrorist friends to join you

:shrug:

(for anyone reading this post this is in jest of the fact that Bush harped on how dems supported terrarists)

[kick-ass-bob]

31. they're on the way. I hope

they got the directions right, though.

:D

[miss_american_pie]

30. Hey you

Nice to see you. :hi:

[kick-ass-bob]

32. Thanks! It's been a while...

:hi:

[sarge43]

27. When Paul Hodes was ahead 66% to Bass's 33% here in NH

The tectonic plates shifted and I went to bed.

[jonnyblitz]

29. I am overwhelmingly bummed that Lieberman won here in CT

and this seems to overshadow any extreme joy I should be feeling. :shrug:

[RedStateShame]

33. As soon as John Yarmuth pulled ahead with half the precincts reporting.

I had to pinch myself during Ann Northup's concession speech. A few more elections like this, and I'll change my name to BlueGrass Pride.

[GalleryGod]

34. A home computer makes it extremely EZ

Line-up your 10 bellweather districts and keep tabs.(When Mike Weaver made Ron Lewis sweat past 10 p.m.)

Same method Larry O'Brien used in Hyannissport in 1960.


Damn shame about Lois Murphy ,the brightest and classiest candidate I've had the pleasure to work for in nearly 20 years.:patriot:

My students adored her !:loveya:

[nuxvomica]

35. When I voted at 10:00 am

The parking lot at the polling place in my "solid" Repub ward was crowded and two women were walking out smiling, one saying to the other "I don't think I've ever voted for anyone in that party before."
That's when I new it was series. That's when I knew it was going to be hugh.

[LeftyMom]

37. I got this text message at work: santorum out

:woohoo:

[HughBeaumont]

38. Ohio's TWO-FER!!

Each won handily. This is HUGH!!!!11!!

[RFKHumphreyObama]

39. I knew when Yarmuth won that something was up

Northup was the long established favorite and Yarmuth was considered a long shot at best -I have a longstanding and intense dislike of Northup and I was hoping against hope that Yarmuth could pull off a victory. When I heard the results there, I knew that this was going to be a good election for the Democrats

When they called a victory for Sherrod Brown so early on in Ohio, that was another good sign that gave me hope

But never in my wildest dreams did I imagine a result like we have now. I'm still savoring it

[Radio_Lady]

40. About 6 PM Pacific Time, I was almost certain it would be a long and glorious night. Wow! Subject

lines length requirements have increased, haven't they?

[huskerlaw]

41. When Ohio went Dem

I knew the voting machines weren't going to entirely fuck us. And I trusted the American people to vote correctly.

AND THEY DID!!

:woohoo:

[BarenakedLady]

42. Personally it sucked hairy donkey balls

Politically pretty decent. Though I went to bed thinking the dem running for congress for my district won, but he didn't. Now I'm pissed. But yay Hillary!

[reyd reid reed]

44. I don't know for sure...

it was a gradual process. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop and then for Montana to be the deciding seat...that just....

:scared:

I think I didn't fully believe it until I got up this morning and they were still saying the same thing.

We won.

I'm still kinda afraid to really, truly, deep down believe it.

I'm getting there, though.

[crispini]

45. I was at our county Dem victory party

and local D judge after after local D judge was leading. Then CNN showed a graphic that said "Dems Win House." The crowd went WILD. Best five minutes of my recent life.

[Initech]

47. When I turned on my car radio and heard the words: "Dems took the house"

[KamaAina]

48. Before sundown, actually

no, I'm not (very) psychic, it's that time change thing. By 4:30 HST the House was ours!! :bounce:

[Zech Marquis]

50. usually on an election night

I stay up real late. But I had to be at work today at 5am. I cou;dn't really sleep that way, yet for some reason my whole body was just..feeling the blue tidal wave coming in :-) So when I woke up at 4,I saw the results and knew it was going to be an outstanding day to remember.
That, and just feeling like Agent Smith when he said at the end The Matrix,"...is it over?!"

[GOPisEvil]

51. I hate to be a downer, but it never got truly good for me.

Despite all the discontent for the Bush regime in the rest of the country, none of our candidates statewide got much more than 40%. At least there were a lot of local pickups, which is good. My county is 100% Democratic, except for federal office-holders, but damn, I thought we'd win SOMETHING statewide.