I worked the Stony Point precinct from 8am-10am, and I was really surprised at the turnout. I assumed it would be terribly low, and we’d all bemoan it for weeks to come, but things were brisk. I manned the same poll last year, for the presidential election, and the traffic was similar. I can’t imagine …
Monthly Archives: November 2005
White House transcript of President Bush’s seventeen minute speech on behalf of Jerry Kilgore in Richmond last night.
Republicans modify counterfeit Kaine call.
My mother got the Honest Leadership for Virginia PAC phone call again today. This time it was slightly changed, with the introduction claiming that it’s from NARAL, and they’re endorsing Russ Potts over Tim Kaine. (Astute politicos will recall that NARAL sat this one out, realizing that their endorsement would hurt Kaine.) Then the same …
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New new Survey USA poll.
Oddly, Survey USA has posted the results of a poll that are even newer than the poll they released earlier today. You’ll recall that they showed Lt. Governor Tim Kaine up a whopping 9% in that poll. Now they place the race at 50% Kaine, 45% Kilgore, based on a three-day sample, but say that …
Savage.
I just heard a bit of Michael Savage’s show in the car — I think it was the first time I’d heard it. Man, what a lunatic. He makes Republicans look really bad, like absolute whackjobs. He must be a very sad person, being so full of bile. I take pleasure in knowing that his …
Kilgore campaign fined.
Just like Tim Kaine’s campaign, Jerry Kilgore’s campaign was fined $100 today for their misleading mailer, as expected. As Larry O’Dell reports, the State Board of Elections’ Jean Jensen is pretty unhappy: Board Secretary Jean Jensen complained that the board “is being used for political gain.” She noted that Charles Spies, a lawyer for the …
A better Major-General had never sat a gee.
There’s a temptation, post-election, for pundits and activists to convince themselves (ourselves) that all of the signs of the result were there. Sometimes we believe that we had the wisdom to interpret them correctly in advance, sometimes we wonder how we didn’t spot them. I’d like to say right now that I have no idea …
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Kilgore on “voting irregularities.”
If ever there were a case of the pot calling the kettle black, it would have to be this P.S. at the end of Jerry Kilgore’s e-mail to supporters today: P.S. Unfortunately, Democrats are so worried (and so desperate to win!) that you may notice voting irregularities when you go out to vote tomorrow. If …
E-Mail down.
My e-mail server is down tonight — there’s a planned power outage in the building where it’s hosted. It may be as late as 7am tomorrow morning until it’s back on again. If you need me, e-mail me at waldo@munkandphyber.com, or call. I should mention that I’ll be speaking to Larry Sabato’s Campaigns and Elections …
Kaine way, way up on Intrade.
The market has spoken, and it loves Lt. Governor Tim Kaine. Jerry Kilgore…not so much.