desh ([personal profile] desh) wrote2006-11-08 07:28 am
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I'm not sure I'm comfortable with this. If Webb (D-VA) and Tester (D-MT) hold their leads, then the senate will consist of 49 Democrats, 49 Republicans, an independent who will definitely vote with the Democrats on basically everything (Sanders, I-VT), and Joe Lieberman. Therefore, Joe Lieberman will essentially be the second most powerful person in America. Lots of bills, leadership of committees, and so on will depend entirely on his swing vote.
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Re: better lieberman than red

[personal profile] desh 2006-11-08 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Bleh, I shouldn't post so early in the morning. Thanks for the correction and the info.
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Re: better lieberman than red

[identity profile] pir-anha.livejournal.com 2006-11-08 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
looking good now -- only meagher county outstanding, which can't deliver more than 500 votes to burns, and tester is ahead by 1815 (CNN).

Re: better lieberman than red

[personal profile] desh 2006-11-08 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
They did the Yellowstone recount already? I thought it would be all day.
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Re: better lieberman than red

[identity profile] pir-anha.livejournal.com 2006-11-09 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
these are not hand recounts, which explains why they go fairly fast. that county uses ES&S 150 central count scanners (can see down the page here: http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/voting/pictures/#optical). basically you just feed stacks of ballots back through them. and the ballots are all already in one location, so there's not much logistics involved either.
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