READER COMMENTS ON

"BREAKING: BEGICH TAKES 3 814 VOTE LEAD OVER STEVENS IN ALASKA'S U.S. SENATE RACE!"

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COMMENT #1 [Permalink]

... Ancient said on 11/12/2008 @ 9:28 pm PT...





I'd take 59 Senate seats thank you...leave J the lie-berrrrrrr-man out of it. Not only elephants have a long memory!

COMMENT #2 [Permalink]

... Anthony Look said on 11/12/2008 @ 10:28 pm PT...





McCain's support of Chamblis of Georgia is a slap in the face of all veterans.

McCain has lost all respect and gets more pathetic every passing day.

I urge veteran groups to speak out against Senator Saxby Chambliss; this is the time for setting the record straight for the insulting veterans in his last campaign.

COMMENT #3 [Permalink]

... FreedomOfInformationAct said on 11/12/2008 @ 11:01 pm PT...





Update 11/12/08 - Convicted GOP Rep. Ted Stevens (r) Trails over 800 votes in Senate Race http://ap.google.com/art...FN4MkHDk3-mC9bQD94DRR780

COMMENT #4 [Permalink]

... Floridiot said on 11/13/2008 @ 5:03 am PT...





Watch this video at the bottom of the page when some woman mentions Judith Miller to the guy at the NYTimes...he-larry-us Link

COMMENT #5 [Permalink]

... ArchiCoot said on 11/13/2008 @ 5:40 am PT...





Begich takes an 814 vote (0.29%) lead with 35,000 votes left to count in Democratic strongholds.

He needs to pass 0.5% in order to avoid an automatic recount.... and it looks like he will.

Senator-Elect Begich will be the 56th democratic senator.

(VT Independent Senator Sanders is counted towards a filibuster-proof majority but he is not a Democrat.)

Franken in MN looks to quite likely win and be #57. Martin in GA, however, is not so likely to beat Chambliss in arguably the first state to unilaterally use and abuse touch screen voting machines in the US.

GA and AK do not pass the smell test and appear to be the 2000 FL or 2004 OH of 2008 elections.

COMMENT #6 [Permalink]

... the zapkitty said on 11/13/2008 @ 6:04 am PT...





Never mind any chance at real voting reform. As I expected, the "e-voting or no voting!" crowd are seizing the upper hand in the Obama administration. Listen to the wording of this poll "question"... no room is left for anything other than e-voting, and in the comments equal amounts of ignorance and "open-source solves all" idiocy by people already inclined to just lap it up and spew it out in turn. http://obamacto.uservoic...eneral/suggestions/68758 Wow... between sanction of Bush's unlimited surveillance laws and support easily-corrupted elections... just what was it again that Obama was supposed to change?

COMMENT #7 [Permalink]

... JimCT said on 11/13/2008 @ 6:44 am PT...





The Minnesota count should be an interesting legal manuever. Georgia will be a case study in dirty politics. 60 isn't some magic number that will ensure a "filibuster-proof" majority. Democrats are a herd of cats, and Joe-4-Joe isn't a Democrat. Don't expect them to stick together, they'll need Republican support.

COMMENT #8 [Permalink]

... Kira said on 11/13/2008 @ 11:32 am PT...





Zapkitty, what is that link? Does CTO mean Computer Technology Office? Is it an Obama generated site?

Thx.

COMMENT #9 [Permalink]

... Agent 99 said on 11/13/2008 @ 11:54 am PT...



COMMENT #10 [Permalink]

... Kira said on 11/13/2008 @ 12:01 pm PT...





Thank you for clarification, 99

COMMENT #11 [Permalink]

... Phil said on 11/13/2008 @ 12:42 pm PT...





How is it possible that a convicted felon (seven counts of lying) is even holding a security clearance or accessing government computers, or standing on the Senate floor voting, let alone being on a ballot in the first place? Failure of Elections system.

Failure of Justice system.

Failure of Secret Service / FBI.

Failure of DOJ / Pentagon. Roll this man up with his friggin bedroll, into a jail cell already. Have him pick up his Senate Office property from the evidence / property window at the police department! He had a trial. Come on already! We don't have time or money for this nonsense.

COMMENT #12 [Permalink]

... cobalt said on 11/13/2008 @ 12:47 pm PT...





Isn't this the point at which the Supreme Court is supposed to step in, stop the vote count, and declare the Republican candidate the winner no matter what the actual ballots say? Bet Stevens wishes his daddy would buy him an election, the way Dubya's did.

COMMENT #13 [Permalink]

... the zapkitty said on 11/13/2008 @ 12:48 pm PT...





... Agent 99 said... "Chief Technology Officer, and, no, it's not an Obama site." I haz been had? Don't needz to metaphorically eviscerate Retrograde again? I iz relieved. I go teach obamacto's faqs of voting life.

COMMENT #14 [Permalink]

... Agent 99 said on 11/13/2008 @ 2:13 pm PT...





Yipes, Zap, I dint realize you'd been had... reading too fast. I know you will do a first rate job of tuning 'em up over there, and thank you for that!

COMMENT #15 [Permalink]

... Ginny Ross said on 11/13/2008 @ 2:15 pm PT...





If he is to lose, it is only fair that Sen. Stevens be remembered for his important contribution to our understanding of modern technology: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtOoQFa5ug8

COMMENT #16 [Permalink]

... Bamboo Harvester said on 11/13/2008 @ 4:08 pm PT...





Wilburrr... ~ E voting should go the way of the dirigible...

COMMENT #17 [Permalink]

... jack said on 11/14/2008 @ 12:48 pm PT...





just erasing my name-email from your comments box

COMMENT #18 [Permalink]

... Mugzi said on 11/14/2008 @ 6:06 pm PT...





Sorry, if this isn't the correct place...I was very disheartened when I contacted both senators, 1 responded, by not answering my question at all about election reform in paper ballots and oversight of the counters. The other senator didn't answer at all, of course he was recently fined $90K for some infraction during his campaign, so he is probably otherwise distracted. It probably will take a petition to get election reform.

COMMENT #19 [Permalink]

... Carol in St. Paul said on 11/14/2008 @ 10:43 pm PT...





Brad, are you aware of the breaking news in Governor Siegelman's case? This is going straight to the White House! http://www.time.com/time...e/0,8599,1858991,00.html http://legalschnauzer.bl...merges-in-siegelman.html http://www.thedailybeast...siegelman-prosecutors/1/

COMMENT #20 [Permalink]

... the zapkitty said on 11/15/2008 @ 5:13 am PT...





.. Carol in St. Paul said... "Brad, are you aware of the breaking news in Governor Siegelman's case? This is going straight to the White House!" Why shouldn't it?... it came from the White House. And nothing will be done about the leaders at the top who are responsible, in the interests of "healing the nation"... and then they'll come back to do it again... and again... and again... but the U.S. will allowed to "heal" between each gang rape so it's all ok dontcha know...

COMMENT #21 [Permalink]

... FreedomOfInformationAct said on 11/16/2008 @ 9:57 am PT...

