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New Jersey Results--AP Calls It For Christie

post from Open Left - Front Page on 03 November 2009 10:13:49 PM. © Open Left - Front Page

New Jersey Governor (71% reporting)Corzine (D)Daggett (I)Christie (R)44%5%50%Update 11: This thread[...]

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NJ-Gov ... A Wrap

post from Talking Points Memo on 03 November 2009 10:10:00 PM. © Talking Points Memo

10:10 PM: AP calls it for Christie. 10:13 PM: MSNBC calls it for Christie. [...]

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New Jersey/Maine Results Thread

post from MyDD on 03 November 2009 10:08:45 PM. © MyDD

The AP calls the New Jersey Governor race for Republican Chris Christie (10:08). New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine (D): 775,526 votes (43.9 percent) Chris Christie (R): 878,955 (49.8 percent) Chris Daggett (I): 95,766 (5.4 percent) With 72[...]

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Orrin Hatch Puts Christian Science Treatments
Into Health-Care Reform Bill -- With Kerry and Kennedy's Help.

post from Crooks and Liars on 03 November 2009 10:00:13 PM. © Crooks and Liars

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This is, to say the least, strange. Crazy enough that Hatch inserted it, odder still that Ted Kennedy and John Kerry supported it. But if passed, this will open the floodgates to every fringe group out there:

Reporting from Washington - Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed provision in the healthcare overhaul bill would require insurers to consider covering Christian Science prayer treatments as medical expenses.
The provision was inserted by Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) with the support of Democratic Sens. John F. Kerry and the late Edward M. Kennedy, both of Massachusetts, home to the headquarters of the Church of Christ, Scientist.
The measure would put Christian Science prayer treatments -- which substitute for or supplement medical treatments -- on the same footing as clinical medicine. While not mentioning the church by name, it would prohibit discrimination against "religious and spiritual healthcare."
It would have a minor effect on the overall cost of the bill -- Christian Science is a small church, and the prayer treatments can cost as little as $20 a day. But it has nevertheless stirred an intense controversy over the constitutional separation of church and state, and the possibility that other churches might seek reimbursements for so-called spiritual healing.

Can you say "Scientology"? I knew you could!

Phil Davis, a senior Christian Science Church official, said prayer treatment was an effective alternative to conventional healthcare.
"We are making the case for this, believing there is a connection between healthcare and spirituality," said Davis, who distributed 11,000 letters last week to Senate officials urging support for the measure.

Don't get me wrong, I happen to believe this myself. But I wouldn't dream of asking other people to pay for my spiritual beliefs without their full knowledge and consent.

And since many Christian fundamentalists consider Christian Science to be a cult, I suspect the uproar will get this pulled out of the bill.

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Al Franken Speaks Softly But Gets Results to Win
BuzzFlash's Wings of Justice Award

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WINGS OF JUSTICE

Al Franken

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Stirring the pot is something Republican politicians are already good at doing and where Democratic politicians are catching up. We recently profiled one newcomer who has set a tone in a brash style in Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL). But as we are learning from this week's winner, sometimes you can be quieter and still be effective at stirring the pot.

Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) got a very late start this year. Wasn't his fault. The people of Minnesota wanted to be really, really, really sure he was the winner. But it certainly hasn't taken him long to get established.

And there was speculation, er, obnoxious rhetoric from the right-wing that the Senate would be nothing but jokes with Franken in the chamber. Funny coming from senators who say some very amusing, yet not purposefully funny material when they act "senatorial."

Those who have followed Franken or heard him on Air America radio know that the modern version of Al Franken was very serious and very knowledgable.

And yet, even when Franken was known for his comedy, there was always a quieter, subtler nature to his humor.

Calling attention to Halliburton's practices hasn't got the progressive realm very far in the mainstream picture. But Sen. Franken called attention to Halliburton in a way where others fell short.

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NY-23rd Results Thread

post from MyDD on 03 November 2009 09:43:43 PM. © MyDD

This is really the Rahm Emanuel vs Glenn Beck contest. Results here locally at the Watertown daily. With just over 3,000 votes tallied, Rahm is ahead of Glenn: Bill Owens-- 50.8% Doug Hoffman-- 45.5% Dede Scozzafava-- 3.7% Tags: Owens, Hoffman (all[...]

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NY-23: Early Results

post from Daily Kos on 03 November 2009 09:42:13 PM. © Daily Kos

The early votes are beginning to trickle in for New York's 23rd District where Democratic candidate Bill Owens is up against the teabagging Doug Hoffman.

This is really a win-even-if-we-lose situation. If Owens wins, we take a district that has been in Republican hands for more than 100 years, with the added bonus of teabaggers everywhere declaring open war against the Republican Party with even more far right primary challenges to any Republican who doesn't toe the whack-a-doodle Glenn Beck line. And if Hoffman wins, teabaggers high-five and then put up even more far right primary challenges ...

Good times.

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Still Too Close to Call in New Jersey (Update:
Apparently Not)

Here's a comparison of Jon Corzine's vote share in 2005 versus today, in the counties that have represented a decent fraction of their vote.

Taking an unweighted average in these counties, Corzine is running about 8 points off his pace from four years ago, when he won 53.5 percent of the vote. That would put him at 45.5 percent -- probably not quite enough to win -- but this is an imprecise analysis for a number of reasons and Corzine's numbers are holding up a bit better in the more vote-heavy counties in North Jersey. And I don't know to what extent absentee ballots are included or not included in this count, which were thought to favor Corzine.

~~Still too close to call. Too close to even think about calling.~~

EDIT: Err... apparently not, as the AP has called the race for Christie. Other networks have not so far. But I'm looking at this one-dimensionally -- comparing percentages, but not turnout -- whereas hopefully they're looking at both factors.

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New Jersey: Results Thread #2

Election Results--New Jersey Governor--11/3/09--36% Reporting

Chris Christie (R) 447,960 (52%)
Gov. Jon Corzine (D) 356,974 (42%)
Chris Daggett (I) 47,101 (6%)

A few observations from the early returns:

Daggett wound up being a lot less of a factor than the polls seemed to hint.

There are a lot of Democratic votes still out there...of the 22 legislative districts that had scant returns earlier in the hour, 14 of them were Democratic-controlled, while 8 were GOP-controlled.

The fact that it is this close tells us that the earlier reports of exit polls showing a huge Christie lead with Indies demonstrates that a lot of those Independents are Republicans not willing to admit to being Republicans.

This is going to be a very, very late night.

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Everything Live Blog

9:27 PM: If you're focused on NJ-Gov, take a moment to look at the results in Maine. Not many votes yet but a narrow lead for the marriage equality side.9:29 PM: Those Christie/Corzine numbers haven't looked great for Corzine. But we've got Eric[...]

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