HUGE NEWS...BOTH Virginia & MONTANA are above the recount margin!!!

[NOLADEM]

In Virginia, Webb is ahead by more than 1% so no recount there.

In Montana, it has to be less than 1/4 of 1%, and Tester is above that.

We may have the Senate by sundown, folks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1


:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[churchofreality]

1. DYN-O-MITE!!!!!

This is like 50 Christmases.

[pissedoffprogressive]

2. I am feeling like I died and went to democrate heaven

:bounce:

[NotGivingUp]

3. very very cool!

[Jacklyn75]

4. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[MiniMe]

5. Do you have a link?

I keep hearing that the margin is 1/3 of a percent, the recount threshold is 1/2 of a percent.

[Brotherjohn]

6. I'd like to agree but how so? I have Va. at ~0.33% difference.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/VA/S/01/index.html

About 7850 difference out of 2.36 million. From the coverage I saw last night, it's percentage of the TOTAL vote. But even if it was % of that candidate's vote, it's still <1%.

Like I said, I'd like to agree, I hope there'll be no recount, but... I think we'll have to wait until dec. or so to get the Senate (assuming MT holds up).

[Freedom Rock]

8. I hope you're right but...

This time they are going to cry about the machines and election irregularities/fraud.

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

21. If they investigate election fraud, it'll bite them in the ass.

The exit polls have Webb winning by five percent.

Team Macacca tried and failed to steal this election.

[kath]

32. yep - they stole a lot of votes. Just not quite enough.

bwahahaha!

[Brotherjohn]

9. But how 'bout dem Saints!! (nt)

[PermanentRevolution]

10. The talking heads all night

have been saying that 11,000 is the VA threshold for the state-funded recount.

Allen can request one, but he's gonna have to pay the costs of it.

[AntiWarPoster]

12. 11k?

Webb is only leading by 8k though

So he wouldn't have to pay costs, right?

[PermanentRevolution]

14. Dunno

MSNBC's been saying Webb's up by 12,000

[LostinVA]

13. The official State count is Webb +.29 -- well within recount

[Mr_Spock]

15. The auto-recount is triggered at 0.5%, not 1%

At least that's what they were saying last night.

There may be no possibility of a recount at 1%, but that ain't happening anyway!

[libertad]

7. What is going on? Why won't they declare that we've taken the

Senate?

[Brotherjohn]

17. Well, simple. MT and VA are still too close to call (each < half of a %).

Apparently, MT doesn't go to a recount unless the diff is <0.25%, if what someone posted here is true. I HOPE they call MT soon (diff is ~0.4% w/ 99% reporting). However, I fear some shenanigans are going on there w/ regards to already doing some "manual recounts", looking at an earlier thread here on that race.

Va. is definitely going to a recount. It only needs to be <1% for a candidate to ask for one, although if it's between 0.5 and 1%, I'm sure Allen will pay for the recount (that's the only difference; the state pays if it's <0.5%). It would look worse politically for the Republicans if they dragged out a recount being behind by nearly a percentage point, but I don't think they'd care.

[survivor999]

19. I bet they are drawings in lawyers and whatnot

there...

[LostinVA]

11. VA election website still has Webb at a .29+ -- where are you getting the numbers

[rpannier]

16. There have been no votes counted in Meagher

Fortunately, according to the Meagher County Webpage they have 1932 people living in the city. So, it's not enough to carry c. montgomery burns.

[survivor999]

18. Meagher must be quite a place to be....

No offense...

[sandnsea]

22. It actually is

Pretty place near Helena. I wish they'd count their goddamned votes though. I'm starting to get a little testy. Somebody could have driven the county and picked them up one at a time by now. It's not that big or that populated.

[formercia]

20. The problem with razor-thin victories

is sometimes you're on the wrong end of the razor.


Berlusconi found that out, and now Fearless Leader is about to find out for himself.

[ShortnFiery]

23. Yes, this is good! :-) ... sweet! n/t

[Mike Daniels]

24. I think Allen can opt to pay for a recount

and if you think that won't happen, think again. The NRC will gladly pay for it at that slim margin of victory.

[ShortnFiery]

26. Virginia elections are quite fair. Last year a recount only gained

the challenger 27 votes. Allen is toast but yes, he's such a sniveling brat that he'll hold up our Country in order to cling to the least scintilla of hope. But he's a loser! He lost today and he'll lose in a recount. Virginia may be overall too conservative for my tastes, but after six years of residing in this state, the elections IMO are FAIR. :-)

[w4rma]

29. That's because "recounts" in Virginia are on DRE computer voting machines.

There aren't any paper ballots left in this state anymore, except for absentee and provisional ballots, I think.

And I don't like that one bit.

Of course, in this case, it means that Allen probably won't try to recount anything here in Virginia since there isn't anything really to recount. I'm almost positive we've won Virginia.

[Nictuku]

25. Can we Party Yet? (I've been holding back)

[ShortnFiery]

27. Do a little jig, but don't expect the republicans to be the least bit

magnanimous even though they are in the minority. Show them NO SLACK ... IMO, by their nature, the vast majority of republicans tend to drift to dark side of humanity, i.e., do NOT ever trust them to cover your back ... EVER! ;)

[PermanentRevolution]

30. Well, the 6,000 net gain for Webb from Fairfax absentees helps!

But Montana's still too close for comfort.

So party - but keep your eyes peeled!

[DuaneBidoux]

36. Depends; is 50-50 enough to celebrate? It may be over in Montana

but I believe counting Virginia would still be premature.

[wildeyed]

28. pleasepleaseplease let it be so.

I am almost crying. It would be too good to be true.

[YOY]

31. I said both houses AND I MEANT IT

I am so happy right now!!!

[roseBudd]

33. Felix is Sore McCaccaMan if he doesn't concede!

[DuaneBidoux]

34. Wrong on Virginia. State pays for recount below .5 and between .5 and 1%

challenger to vote pays if he loses the recount state pays if he wins the recount.

[frankly_fedup2]

35. I gotta call my husband at work. This is wonderful news. We live in VA

so to be rid of Allen has made my day, personally.