Open thread: Polls close in NY-20; Update: Murphy by 65 votes? Update: Thousands of absentees
posted at 9:28 pm on March 31, 2009 by Allahpundit
The boss is spot on: If we lose, it means nothing, and if we win, it means everything. This is Gillibrand’s district, which used to be solid red until she stole a victory there a few years ago by pretending to be a Blue Dog. The question is whether bailout/stimulus fatigue will drive it back into our column or whether The One — who finally endorsed the Democrat a few days ago — can keep it blue. More background here from MKH, noting that Murphy is now a slight favorite to win after trailing early on by 16 points. Jim Tedisco, the Republican, tried to make up the difference yesterday by campaigning through the night. It feels like Groundhog Day at this point. Will the GOP see its shadow or we will have six more years of political winter?
I don’t want to get people too excited, but if Tedisco pulls this out we might just be in for a humpbot cameo.
Update: Live results here. With 206 of 610 precincts reporting, Tedisco leads by four.
Update: Dave Weigel snarks, “Jim Tedisco’s ability to blow a 20-point lead proves that the GOP is back, baby.”
Update: With 505 of 610 precincts reporting, it’s Tedisco by … less than one percent.
Update: With all 610 precincts reporting, it’s Murphy 77,344, Tedisco 77,279. Are there 66 absentee ballots out there for the GOP? Should only take us a few weeks and, perhaps, a long court battle to find out!
Needless to say, there shall be no humpbot tonight.
Update: There won’t be a winner for a long, long time.
With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Murphy had 77,344 votes to Tedisco’s 77,279. Somewhere between 6,000 and 10,000 military and absentee ballots remain uncounted, according to the Associated Press, and overseas absentee ballots will continue be accepted until April 13. In short, no winner will be declared any time soon.
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Good eye! Axelbots…we’ve got quite a few here. Saw the same thing here on Nov 4.
AUINSC on March 31, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Now it all depends on whether the absentee ballots were mostly military or mostly mentally incompetent nursing home residents who had ACORN fill their ballot out for them.
Sekhmet on March 31, 2009 at 10:42 PM
152/136 last precinct… not enough
phreshone on March 31, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Murphy wins by 65. Count the absentees.
doug1981 on March 31, 2009 at 10:42 PM
No humpbot??? :(
FontanaConservative on March 31, 2009 at 10:42 PM
610/610 precincts, and Tedisco loses by a mere 65 votes.
iamse7en on March 31, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Wish your mom had.
HornetSting on March 31, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Why do any of you respond to the flamers? (figuratively speaking of course).
Notorious GOP on March 31, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Someone doesn’t want any ballots appearing from trunks and storerooms. Good.
Wethal on March 31, 2009 at 10:43 PM
tedisco will probably win with the absentee vote. This morning dems were expecting to win by 3 or 4 percent.
ousoonerfan15 on March 31, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Paterson will probably tax the absentee ballets …
Upstater85 on March 31, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Took forever to count that last precinct…how many people were digging through their trunks?
pmanley on March 31, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Okay a seat the dem won by 20 points was now 50 50, recount time and lets stay on top of this story.
rob verdi on March 31, 2009 at 10:43 PM
absentee ballots, in this area, is nothing more than a way for the dems to stuff the ballots
jp on March 31, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Other than here, I’ve read nothing about absentee ballots and how many are military. If the number of military are high, there is hope.
Loxodonta on March 31, 2009 at 10:43 PM
I deeply apologize for a Kos link, but look at what the strategy was for some Dems in this election.
And did you see the flyers Murphy was using? Talk about derangement syndromes. Have a look.
WaltDakota on March 31, 2009 at 10:43 PM
There clearly is such a move, but you have mostly misidentified where it’s coming from.
progressoverpeace on March 31, 2009 at 10:43 PM
I don’t believe that elections are this close, this often. This is a scam.
joe_doufu on March 31, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Good Lord, I go away for a while and come back to see an outright infestation of trolls. Imagine my surprise to see this on an election thread…
….Let’s see. ACORN’s a it again. Drumming up dead people, fake people, triple voters and the race is tight….
Then…. imagine that! They take it to court with a Soros funded team of lawyers…
I smell a pattern here all right! It’s Ground Hog Day.
katy on March 31, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Awwww….well just pretend that Barney Frank is in there tap dancing.
ddrintn on March 31, 2009 at 10:44 PM
How can they call a winner with that many absentees?
Terrye on March 31, 2009 at 10:44 PM
OMFG, it’s George Bush and the Jews who perpetrated 9/11!!!! Get back, True_King!
malan89 on March 31, 2009 at 10:44 PM
He’s too busy insulting the Brits.
Knucklehead on March 31, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Haven’t you heard? Mrs. Ogabe is set to wow London with her “style and personality” which are all the rage.
Bishop on March 31, 2009 at 10:44 PM
65 votes. Hopefully Steele won’t crap the bed with the recount and absentees.
Kid from Brooklyn on March 31, 2009 at 10:44 PM
says all precincts are in, Dem wins
jp on March 31, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Hey, can’t the man just enjoy his grandfather’s grudge? It is not like that alliance with the British is important or anything, or like we’ve bleed together in France orr anything like that.
18-1 on March 31, 2009 at 10:45 PM
The absentee ballots could actually be good for Tedisco. Apparently there are more than a few military ballots. Anyway, I’m probably gone for the evening, folks.
amerpundit on March 31, 2009 at 10:45 PM
ddrintn:
Really. Frank’s boy friend runs a brothel out of the apartment and is not a big deal, but foot tapping. well.. my dear that is just a scandal doncha know.
Terrye on March 31, 2009 at 10:45 PM
I read Barney Frank doing a lap dance, then I saw tap…..I think capitulus would like a lap dance from Bawney.
HornetSting on March 31, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Does this include the ACORN, dead, illegal alien votes?
johnsteele on March 31, 2009 at 10:45 PM
All they will find is Meighan McCain making out with Moderate boys. “Hey Meighan, scoot off those ballots for a minute.”
portlandon on March 31, 2009 at 10:45 PM
What style? And I think ‘rage’ is the perfect word to use in the same sentence as “her personality.”
ZJPolitical on March 31, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Blackwell can’t put two sentences together. How well did he do when he ran the last time? The Republican party is badly damaged. The eight years of Bush failing to defend himself has taken a huge toll. How can they fight against the Dems? Who started all these bailouts? Bush. Who turned surpluses to deficits? Bush. Who created new entitlements even though the current entitlements are unfunded? Bush. Time for a new party.
Chekote on March 31, 2009 at 10:46 PM
You were definitely wrong…again.
jediwebdude on March 31, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Thanks for wishing I were dead.
There will come a point in time where it will be to obvious and those who blew the trumpet were right. I hope you reconsider and watch whats going on.
True_King on March 31, 2009 at 10:46 PM
and then there was the other boy friend, the one with Fannie Mae wasn’t it? I wonder what kind of favors got traded there?
Terrye on March 31, 2009 at 10:46 PM
That’s now SOP for the Dems everywhere in the country. It’s their thing. Remember what happened in Ohio during the Presidential election.
AUINSC on March 31, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Maybe “give” a lap dance “to” Bawney…
Upstater85 on March 31, 2009 at 10:46 PM
.
Thanks for the bunny though.
Weight of Glory on March 31, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Thanks.
Loxodonta on March 31, 2009 at 10:46 PM
See progressoverpeace’s comment. Bitch about the EU or the UN and their effect on sovereignty of various nations and you don’t seem like a nut. But what you’re most likely referring to is a crock of smelly bullshit.
malan89 on March 31, 2009 at 10:46 PM
By the way, Tedisco is an Albany guy so the workings of power and the legal challenges needed to win will be nothing new to him.
rob verdi on March 31, 2009 at 10:46 PM
From Campaign spot link
Wethal on March 31, 2009 at 10:46 PM
I remember a brave hero who called himself the DECIDER who invaded a certain Middle Eastern country because its leader tried to kill his daddy! I forgot the guy’s name though. He wasn’t too memorable.
capitulus on March 31, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Is that on BlueRay yet? Is is coded for UK players or US?
portlandon on March 31, 2009 at 10:47 PM
You have been spitting all over the place all evening, figured I’d spit back. Waaaaaa!
HornetSting on March 31, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Good eye! Axelbots…we’ve got quite a few here. Saw the same thing here on Nov 4.
AUINSC on March 31, 2009 at 10:42 PM
I’ll have to keep this one for future reference; nothing shuts down the Ogabedrones faster than getting caught.
Bishop on March 31, 2009 at 10:47 PM
At least pervy types are an aberration in the GOP. The Democrats make them committee chairwhatevers. LOL
ddrintn on March 31, 2009 at 10:47 PM
The Brits are just going to go ga-ga over Michelle Obama’s *toned* arms! Ugh, they’re just so fabulous!
Punchenko on March 31, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Then clarify.
True_King on March 31, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Yes… just wait for that trumpet…
Upstater85 on March 31, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Hot Air was whitey tape debunking central from minute one. Stop failing at trolling. It’s even sadder than regular trolling.
malan89 on March 31, 2009 at 10:48 PM
65 votes. Remember back in 2000 when Bush won Florida by a few hundred and they felt so cheated, so robbed, so paranoid?
Terrye on March 31, 2009 at 10:48 PM
That’s good to hear. Thanks for the info.
INC on March 31, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Well, at least I don’t try to hide my errors, excuse them, or blame them on others.
Loxodonta on March 31, 2009 at 10:48 PM
They were shocked, because even when they stuffed the ballots they lost…
Upstater85 on March 31, 2009 at 10:49 PM
If you’re referring to the EU and the UN as threats to sovereignty, etc…I understand what you mean. But what you’re most likely referring to (you linked to Alex Jones nutjob bs) is a crock. That’s what progress meant.
malan89 on March 31, 2009 at 10:49 PM
capitulus on March 31, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Won’t it be great when Ogabe and Bush get together and talk about their military experience? I hope they write a book together!
Bishop on March 31, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Yes, there are. However, I’m sure they’ll dig up 67 for the dems.
IrishEi on March 31, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Punchenko:
I think they come from too many secondary hormones. Look at the jaw on that woman.
Terrye on March 31, 2009 at 10:49 PM
you must be new to political campaigns.
they put on the flyer the least popular people they could find. what’s deranged about it?
sesquipedalian on March 31, 2009 at 10:50 PM
I’m sure Steele has a crack team of lawyers ready to go.
Mark1971 on March 31, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Times up, time to get busy!
pop pop fizz fizz
dmann on March 31, 2009 at 10:50 PM
well it aint bad for the gop. The dems cant claim anything. Especially since most of today they were claiming a 2 or 3 thousand vote victory for Murphy.
ousoonerfan15 on March 31, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Love the bunny… Is that Obama or Murphy?
katy on March 31, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Nooo. I don’t play on that team – not that there’s anything wrong with that sort of stuff of course. Personally, I think that Mitch McConnell grinding would be funnier though.
capitulus on March 31, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Or possibly a crack pipe….Steele should have had a ground game going here, save the lawyer’s fees.
HornetSting on March 31, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Upstatater:
Yes, this is true. All that hard work stuffing the ballots, paying off the winos, etc and they lost. Damn. what a bummer.
Terrye on March 31, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Larry, Curly and Moe.
ddrintn on March 31, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Did she steal more curtains from the White House?
Knucklehead on March 31, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Anybody know what happened in the precincts in Columbia and Greene Counties? I know that district well, and the Hudson-Catskill area of Columbia and Hudson Counties is virtually the only part of that entire district with any appreciable minority population.
I find it quite strange that Tedisco’s lead evaporated like it did. Very strange.
Dreadnought on March 31, 2009 at 10:52 PM
I wasn’t wishing anyone were dead as you did. I don’t what exactly I’ve been spitting, other than my obvious Muahaha joke. Other than that I do what I’ve been doing, which is try to help people understand that we are moving quickly to world government and we must open our eyes to better defend our sovereignty.
We are headed towards an economic dictatorship. The IMF is European controlled and they, or something much like them, will control the credit based economy.
True_King on March 31, 2009 at 10:52 PM
At least pervy types are an aberration in the GOP. The Democrats make them committee chairwhatevers. LOL
ddrintn on March 31, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Hey pal, take it easy. I’ll have you know that the demorats have moved on from page-fondlers and male escort rackateers and now choose only tax cheats for their various committees and administration posts.
Bishop on March 31, 2009 at 10:52 PM
So, it is even. Same as before. Unless of course Tedisco does end up winning this thing. It might happen.
Terrye on March 31, 2009 at 10:52 PM
What ground game? The GOP has no ground game.
Chekote on March 31, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Some of the chapters written by Obama:
1) The One Time I Gave to Charity
2) An Orgy with Bawney and Nan
and
3) Spend, Baby, Spend (Who Needs to Drill?)
Upstater85 on March 31, 2009 at 10:52 PM
McConnell? His wife is wayyyyy hotter than Obama’s.
ddrintn on March 31, 2009 at 10:52 PM
My husband’s absentee ballot will give Tedisco one more. Hope those will go in his favor. The Post-Star endorsed Tedisco, but they promoted Murphy throughout the entire campaign.
Connie on March 31, 2009 at 10:52 PM
That video actually made me even more sad.
FontanaConservative on March 31, 2009 at 10:53 PM
I think everyone here is pretty clear on that. Thank you.
HornetSting on March 31, 2009 at 10:53 PM
You did a great job, I followed you thru this entire thread.
Thanks from the Windy City.
Knucklehead on March 31, 2009 at 10:53 PM
I think that was her point.
Upstater85 on March 31, 2009 at 10:53 PM
I’ve always been amused when leftoids defend Dear Leader by comparing him, in this case unfavorably, to Bush 43. Perhaps you should go re-read the Kos talking points again my boy, or have they slipped this much?
18-1 on March 31, 2009 at 10:53 PM
4) I considered going into the military. Really.
ddrintn on March 31, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Chekote:
Maybe if the GOPers would stop bitching at each all the time and concentrate on going after the Democrats for a change it would help. Instead we get the old circular firing squad and bitch bitch bitch.
Terrye on March 31, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Whatever, dude. I never mentioned a whitey tape, but now that YOU mention it, she did sit in a church for 20 yrs. where the preacher has done nothing but blame “whitey” for everything under the sun. “A white man’s greed…etc.”
But you go right ahead and call Ann Coulter a man (I bet it gives you tingles!). I know she is still more man than you.
JAM on March 31, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Wow!
More evidence of Brietbart’s warning.
Political leftists play for keeps. They are willing to lie, perform deceptive acts in a coordinated fashion and do so in a wicked way – all in the pursuit of victory. Moral relativism is alive and well in the land of Hope and Change and its Web-savvy youth brigade expresses its “idealism” in a most cynical fashion.
Sometimes, I think I’m too old for all this.
Loxodonta on March 31, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Did she steal more curtains from the White House?
Knucklehead on March 31, 2009 at 10:51 PM
As one of the fine young ladies here at HA said, Michelle’s last dress was made from a JCPenney bedspread.
Bishop on March 31, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Thanks for playing, but the bearded lady meme was so 20 minutes ago.
capitulus on March 31, 2009 at 10:54 PM
But then I went to school for something… now I refuse to release my grades…
Upstater85 on March 31, 2009 at 10:55 PM
And the voters give the big middle finger to the military again. Thanks New York!
hawkdriver on March 31, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Yeah, but these trolls aren’t very intimidating.
ddrintn on March 31, 2009 at 10:56 PM
after he hires a staff, goes on DL Hughley again(despite it being cancelled), reaches around for Ogabe one more time, lectures us that all this is going accoring to plan, works out on his bowflex, takes a nap, makes some cookies, THEN and ONLY THEN will he hire lawyers…
sven10077 on March 31, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Have you thought about applying for a troll tutor?
sherry on March 31, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Not sure how I feel about the “chocolate bunny kill” right now.
pmanley on March 31, 2009 at 10:56 PM
The GOP needs to run against Pelosi and Reid. Oh who cares? They are idiots. I mean Cantor and Ryan voting to tax the AIG executive 90%. Bush and Paulson started the bailouts. For years to come, Americans will blame the GOP for the economic mess.
Chekote on March 31, 2009 at 10:57 PM
^ For example, on the subject of trolls, “If Rush is so popular, why can’t I pick him up on my crystal set? Huh? Huh? Case closed.”
ddrintn on March 31, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Sometimes, I think I’m too old for all this.
Loxodonta on March 31, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Don’t sweat it, they obviously aren’t hiring the best talent to spam rightwing sites, at least not this one. I’d be surprised if ‘Nice’ isn’t working for a daily bag of Cheetohs and nothing else.
Bishop on March 31, 2009 at 10:57 PM
5) Look, I have a bracelet too!
carbon_footprint on March 31, 2009 at 10:57 PM
It’s quite a bit more complicated than that. The EU and the UN are funded by the global financial order. All roads lead to London. The EU and the UN are definitely threats, but only in that they are part of the push towards a global order, but the order must be funded, and that’s where the real powerbrokers come into play.
In America, the real power lies in the creditor, that is the Fed. Obama presided over the most elitist Wall Street administration in our history. The guy is a total Fed surrogate. Just look at how he has sold our children in debt to the Fed.
I don’t think the intention is to pay it back, I believe the intention is to destroy the dollar so that we have to accept a new currency.
Don’t put your faith in a fabled rapture, you will be here during this time.
True_King on March 31, 2009 at 10:58 PM
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