Dear Skinner: Please revise AZ-05, Mitchell hasn't yet won.

[Alexander]

There are still tens of thousands of early votes yet to be counted, and while he's got a nice 6,000 lead over Hayworthless, he hasn't yet declared victory, and the results on that race are not yet final.

Thanks!

:hi:

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. No we should not revise...did the GOP revise when Bush "won" 2000

No.

It's called, and it's done. Hayworth can eat a dick straight up for all we should care.

You don't win this shit with half-assed accomodation. We win. Finis. If whining bitch Hayworth has a problem with that, he can go whine to the courts.

[Alexander]

4. The election thread above specifically prohibits "partial results".

Since there are tens of thousands of votes uncounted, potentially enough to change the end result (although unlikely) it is PREMATURE to declare victory on this race.

I was at the Mitchell rally on election night, and spoke to the man himself - he refuses to declare victory at this time, even though CNN and MSNBC have called it for him.

It is not done, and while I certainly hope his lead holds, it would be mighty embarrassing and disappointing to call this race for Harry, only to have his lead yanked out from under him.

Hayworthless is an ass, and I want him to lose badly - but all the votes should be counted FIRST.

Read about this race - not even the AZ press is calling it for anyone yet. Should we blindly follow CNN and NBC whenever they make a call? I believe it was CNN who prematurely called the Virginia race for Allen early Tuesday night, only to retract it...

[Arkana]

2. On the contrary--CNN has 100% in, and Mitchell's the clear winner.

[jillan]

5. Check this out

Az Republican:

Front page:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1109elect-DayTwo1109.html

[Alexander]

7. CNN has been wrong before, should we just take their word for it?

See my posts above, and the AZ Republic's article below, on why this race is not a done deal yet.

Do we want to tally the results in our favor, or do we want to tally them accurately?

[alcibiades_mystery]

8. Yeah, I don't understand this half-assed stupidity

WE should revise because that loudmouth bully Hayworth is sad like a little pony. Fuck him. And fuck that. He's down 6,000 which is FOUR FUCKING percent of the total vote. Talking about 100,000 ballots. Has he lost his damn mind?

[Alexander]

9. There aren't 100K votes, but there are a LOT of early, uncounted votes.

Have you read anything about this election, at all?

Now you're referring to my post as "half-assed stupidity", which is pretty darn close to a personal attack. I'm just interested in being accurate here.

Yes, it looks like Mitchell won. It also looks like Joe Courtney beat Rob Simmons in CT-02 (thankfully). But there are uncounted votes in both cases, and in AZ, early votes count for a LOT.

Yes, Hayworthless would need a stunning majority of uncounted early votes to win. It is highly unlikely that it will happen. But we held off on calling the Virginia Senate race until it was absolutely certain Webb had won, didn't we?

Why doesn't the same logic apply here?

I thought we DUers were against saying things like "If the MSM says so, it must be right".

[Strelnikov_]

10. A Question

The article pirhana posted a link to notes a large number of uncounted early ballots, but did not state the reason for the relatively slow counting.

Is this slow count due to the early ballots being handled by a limited number of machines at the local elections offices? In other words, they are saying they are on the job, but not really making any extra effort, like setting up some additional machines.

[jillan]

3. shhhhh!

Don't jinx it!

There are still over 200k ballots uncounted, and I am hoping it changes the result of the Kyl/Pederson race. 109725 difference there.

I believe! Hayworth is gone. And praying Kyl is too.

[MADem]

6. Aw, shit, I thought that was a done deal.... NT