Heard on my local news tonight-absentee ballots are way up

[AlCzervik]

and coming in droves, we have 2 very hotly contested races here, ca11 POMBO and ca4 DOOLITTLE, both races are very close, this is good news, please send some good vibes out to democrats in those districs.

[kestrel91316]

1. And this time the absentees are overwhelmingly DEM!!!

[ewagner]

2. Not the case here...

I spent most you yesterday afternoon checking our GOTV lists against the absentee ballot lists from the Clerk's office...

guess what...absentee ballots were overwhelmingly Repub....I think the Protection of Marriage :puke: amendment is driving the absentee movement...although we put our folks on the streets with absentee apps for over a month it wasn't too successful....

Of course, we're in an area that has some heavy red neighborhoods....so maybe it's just those precincts.....

[LeftyMom]

3. I'm amazed how close Doolittle/Brown looks to be

Back in the spring nobody expected that Doolittle would even have to campaign and now he just might *crosses fingers* lose his seat.

What's the latest on the Pombo race? I haven't heard so much about that one.

[cally]

5. Some polls have McNerney up by two

McNerney may just pull this one out. :bounce:

I'll be in Brown's district all weekend. Come on up and help out if you can.

[LeftyMom]

I just might be able to do that since I'm not too far away.

Mind if I PM you for details?

[cally]

8. Sure

[AlCzervik]

6. you sitting down? Pombo race is a deat heat!!! Too close to call!

and Doolittle Brown was 53% for doolittle and 44% Brown but that poll was taken before the newest Doolittle problem surfaced in the Bee today story here-
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/02/AR2006110201883_pf.html

And Bowen is polling 18% higher than mcpherson for sec. of state!!

[LeftyMom]

9. That's fabulous news about Bowen.

:woohoo:

[AlCzervik]

10. yup, i'm really hoping she'll walk away with it and so long Bruce.

[cally]

13. That's the first poll I've heard about Bowen

:bounce:

Do you know how Prop. 87 is doing?

[AlCzervik]

15. i read a feild poll in the bee that had it down a bit, like 44% against

40% in favor of, i heard the Bowen numbers on news10, i checked the site but it's not all that updated yet, heres the link for Brown vs. Doolittle
http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=21247

[patrice]

4. Voting absentee or advance ballot lets you study up on the internet

before filling in all of those little ovals.

Not just concerning congressional candidates, but about all of those judges too.

[cally]

7. Good news

I hope both ride the Democratic wave to victory. Pombo and Doolittle are two of the most corrupt out there. I've been walking for both of Dem campaigns. Both have great grass roots support and have a chance to win.

[AlCzervik]

11. i've canvassed for Durston here in the 3rd, love the guy and i hope he can

unseat Lungren the rubber stamp, he voted against stem cell and his floor speech was more appalling than his vote, he used his own ill nephew to make a point "My nephew told me, Uncle Dan i don't want a baby to die so i can be cured" or something real close to that, i almost through a glass through the tv.

[cally]

12. Durstan is a great man. I hope he wins

Lundgren is awful.

[sandnsea]

14. Two counties - two different responses

In my county, leans Dem, ballots are way up. In another county, that leans right, the ballots are trickling in.

Hmmmm. Let's hope that's a national trend.