nimh wrote: The news for now:
Quote:Schwarz evens count with Walberg; Bouchard solid
[Henry Payne 08/08 11:11 PM]
Despite trailing by 2-1 in early returns, the night looks brighter for Michigan 7th district incumbent Joe Schwarz with each passing hour. With Schwarz's home county of Calhoun reporting at 10:45 pm, the moderate ex-doctor had pulled dead even with the more conservative Walberg, 1,936 votes to 1,944!
That leaves only Jackson County to count, and both Mitchell and Detroit News pollster Tim Kiska say this one will go right down to the last ballot.
Dunno where Henry Payne's numbers up there came from - I was watching the Michigan Secretary of State Election Returns Website on-and-off mosta the night; Schwartz won only his home county, by 5,648 to 4,167, and one other, by 4,958 to 3,988. At no time was Walberg's overall lead threatened, or in fact anything other than substantial. The final total was Walberg 33,144, Schwarz 29,349.
Predictably, McKinney, who was rejected by a nearly 3-to-2 margin, 59%/41%, in her concession speech blamed voting machines and media slander for her defeat - and the concession event itself, beyond McKinney's truculence, was indecorous.
Back to Connecticut, Lamont's victory speech had moments reminiscent of the infamous Wellstone rally from years back - gotta wonder if there might be portent there. In any event, as mentioned earlier, the Connecticut Senate race is going to be more of a contest than the DNC had planned on, and Lamont's victory well could be a Trojan Horse, a gift to The Republicans overall; its certain to provide a Republican focus point and will be used to further assail The Democrat's National Security/War on Terror stance, one of the few issues on which The Republicans score well. As of the moment, a number of reasonably respectable pundits (if that term isn't an oxymoron) are postulating a strong Lieberman performance, up to and including a possible victory, perhaps even a substantial victory, despite lack of Party support, in the November election; it is to be expected many Republicans will cast their votes for Lieberman in the event his Independent campaign remains viable over the next 3 months. The lead-up polls will be very interesting, and very closely watched.
