Tim Blair

MoveOn at the polls: confirmed in Wauwatosa, WI. I spotted the activist at her table as I drove in. She was positioned 50 feet from the main doors into City Hall.

She looked very lonely and cold. I called the city voter desk, but I had to leave a message in their voicemail.

Daschle's actions reminds me of when McGovern lost his re-election bid after tanking his presidential campaign; I went to college in South Dakota at the time.

McGovern was losing, big time. So his ploy was to promise free rides and meals to anyone that voted.....on the Indian reservations. Free food, not vote buying? Oh, please!

A last minute lawsuit shut down the operation as violating polling laws. This happened in sometime in the period of 1975-1978; I'd have to Google for details.

Some things just never change. I'd love to see Daschle defeated, but I hope this is something that goes with being a Democrat in power, and isn't a curse that goes with the office.

Tim or someone... what was the polling like in Australia just prior to the election? Was Latham even close? Was Howard consistently ahead in the past few months? Can someone compare them?

It's Wednesday there, right? Who won?

The price is moving at Betfair. GWB has moved from 1.78 to 1.71 in the past 30 minutes. It has been stable for hours prior to that.

Godnight JFK and thanks for playing.

GWB has just punched through 1.70. Now 1.69.

Relax, Dean - its just Bushies hedging, so they can buy a sixer if their guy goes down.

Dash, Latham was tied or slightly ahead in most polls; our Tim was expecting him to win.

Of course, he did self-destruct in the last week before the election with his pandering to the Greens. That was the point when I knew we'd won.

I think the $500k matched in the last hour or so will buy more than a sixer. The market is testing the 1.70 level.

Pixy thanks, was it a big time self destruct ala Howard Deans YEARGHH!!!

Bah I'm just tense for the election. I really can't imagine more Americans voting for Kerry, yet I'm nervous they will.

I remember reading Tim expecting Latham to win and that's how I'm feeling now. Ugh.

Just voted in Nevada about 10 am local time. The polling place was packed with people, but they had a large number of machines so people were quickly moving in and out. Driving to the precinct, I only saw Bush/Cheney signs in the local neighborhood.

This year there was a technology improvement I had never seen before. So the precinct workers could compare signatures, my signature from the original voter registration card had been digitally printed next to signature line where I signed my name to vote.

For some reason, I was selected by computer to show my ID which I do not object to. I just wish everyone had to verify their identity.

"I really can't imagine more Americans voting for Kerry, yet I'm nervous they will."

You're right to be nervous. It's way too early for a taste of the results, but the mile-long lines at the polls in big cities (I've seen film from Milwaukee, Philadelphia, and Miami so far) can't be good news for Bush.

I hope Bush wins, but either way, please, God, let there be a CLEAR winner.

Dash, what happened was Latham tried to sew up the enviro-loony vote by promising to stop logging of forests - in key Labor districts where many of the Labor voters work in the timber industry. That pissed the workers off royally, and it showed.

Dash,
A big reason for the unpolled Howard landslide in Aus. was his supporters had long given up on revealing to anyone how they would vote. Once one's been shouted at and abused by lefties one quickly resolves to keep their voting intentions private. Hence pollsters and cabbies were kept in the dark.

However, when the time came, these 'undecided' voters entered the polling booth with a firm intent to punish !

My favorite restaurant promised that, if I would vote for their favorite in the Sheriff's race, if he ever arrested me, the restaurant would give me two (2) baloney sandwiches. Is that vote buying? I felt it was a civic contribution. I'd go straight to avoid a baloney sandwich...

About that eye-rolling shit. I'm a native of SoDak and I guarantee that the Lakota are NOT a bunch of pussies who would be intimidated by mere eye-rolling. To even suggest such a thing is disgusting (them injuns.. they need whities help!) and may very well cost him the election. Fuckin asshole.

Ken Layne is obviously still suffering from that blow to the head or whatever it is he received during the RNC. I'm surprised he didn't call Cheney a redneck nigger-hating sumbitch, also. Par for the course.

I don't know about you guys, but Matt Welch REALLY moved me. I mean, it turns out that Bush has alienated the international community, which, of course, has immense bearing in deciding whether something is right or wrong. I was really stunned to find that out at the last minute, and it made me re-consider my previous beliefs.

The clincher was when I found out later today that John Kerry SERVED IN VIETNAM.

Too bad I already mailed in my ballot for W, or I'd change it today. DAMN YOU BOOOSH I HAVE BEEN DISENFRANCHISED.

Ken Layne used to have comments, didn't he? IIRC, he had them when he called Zell Miller a "nigger-hating" racist. I wonder why he dropped them. Couldn't be because of posts criticizing him for that? Nah.

BTW, Zell's great speech at the RNC is still up at Fox here.

Tim:

Surely you're not suggesting that Andrew Sullivan plays both teams? Is that the reason for his admiration of John Kerry?