Live Blogging the NH Results
QUESTION: DOES ALL THIS PUT DELAWARE IN PLAY?
Liberalgeek, Donviti and I are going to be here blogging in the comments section so feel free to jump in. It is 8:02 now and on the “R” side it already looks like McCain-mania that means Romney is pretty much done. Right?
In other news, I hear that the Daily Show is back on tonight. I’ll be checking that out.
8:53 Mitt concedes
9:01 Huckabee blames thanks Jesus for 3rd place finish.
9:11 McCain Urges attack on Iran (and claims victory).
9:47 Ron Paul on CSPAN getting cheers for getting rid of the federal reserve system
10:18 John Edwards “Two states down. 48 states left to go.”
10:46 Senator Barack Obama: “I am still fired up and ready to go.”
11:04 Senator Hillary Clinton “Thank you.”
Not only is Andrea Mitchell a horrible reporter she is ugly as hell.
daaaaaang. NBC news already projected McCain the Republican winner.
NPR just called it for McCain too.
Hey did you get my email?
BTW – Mike Chalmers at the NJ did a great job with his coverage of the opening of the legislative term.
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Ron Paul might beat out Rudy? In your face Fox News!
Pat Bucaaannon hates Maddow! But not as much as Tweedy loves McCain!!!
Just got your email and replied. Thanks!
Cassandra,
I must have missed it.
Ooh….Mitt claiming second place.
Mitt looks just like that muppet who did the news reports. ….Guy Smiley.
So are heads exploding over at FSP yet? I can’t look….
The picture of McCain on the Yahoo Home Page is really scary.
I’m sure they’ll use some secret formula to prove that Mitt won.
It’s not over until Romney loses to the same candidate twice, since he’s the only candidate running for the Republican nomination in every state.
See?
By the way, J, nice show today. You guys broke through the noise. Well done.
And here I was set to accuse you, Jason, of stealing FSP’s Mitwit Mojo with that picture you posted.
Romney is not done, yet. If he loses in Michigan, where he was born, he might be (or very close).
Super Tuesday (Feb 5) is the date to watch. Approximately twenty contests and ton of delegates. The floor will drop for some on this day.
Just heard Giuliani tell his dozens (it did not sound like many in the room) of supporters that the “race was wide open”. And that he hoped he had lulled his opponents into a false sense of confidence. Oy.
the rope a dope.
Dang. clinton 40% Obama 36%
Dave,
Thanks for the compliment.
Got a break from class, so I came by here to get the update. Just thought I’d inflate your ego with that admission.
J – you told me you shaved for your event today. LIAR! You could have at least carved the RS in all that hair.
Are you serious….Clinton over Obama so far? Shocking (seriously).
It is all photoshop. I never left the house.
The modern day moon landing.
After hearing McCain read his remarks, New Hampshire is saying “what did we just do?” in unison.
“After hearing McCain read his remarks, New Hampshire is saying “what did we just do?” in unison.”
and the DEMS are saying what do we do now that Clinton won?
I have to admit I was hoping that we’d be done with Clinton after tonight.
You were never going to be done with Clinton tonite, no matter the outcome. Her date is 5 February.
Sorry to keep using the football analogy, but you guys are the AFC.
Very competitive and fun to watch.
WTF? McCain’s remarks were Bushian.
“Every advisor he ever had gave him one sentence and he read them all”
He just snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
Did anybody else think that McCain had a LOT of trouble reading his speech?
Yes. America did.
God. Tweety loves McCain.
No TV in this house, but I heard McCain on the radio. He sounded incredibly old and doddering. I was hoping that he was distracted by waving his 7 kids on stage.
It was so halting because his head was down and he was reading. Unreal.
Maybe it’s just his eyesight. Remember the story of George Washington preventing a coup by officers who wanted to march on the capital? He defused it by putting on his glasses.
What worries me is Hillary’s comeback might set off an outpouring of “real emotions” by other candidates (I think we can rule out crying, but aides are trying to find subjects over which their guys can choke up a bit).
I’d like to acknowledge that Romney will finish near the high mark he set in early December.
This is clearly a McCain consolidation of all of the “Others” vote (i.e Giuliani, Paul, Thompson). Huckabee received his token bounce from Iowa and not much else.
Romney ultimately held.
What did I miss? Just got home…
“What did I miss? Just got home…”
Duncan Hunter is President…go to sleep now 🙂
Paul is the anti-McCain. He does not like the idea of going to war with Iran.
I have to admit also, that I was hoping that Hill would be disgraced today.
Good one JF.
Wes Clarke on MSNBC.
Oh… Clark is with Clinton. I was wondering why he was suckign up so crazily.
Is Edwards done now? Doesn’t look like he’s gonna break 20%.
His message should have been “I was you’re friggin Vice President candidate, where’s the love?”
On the bright side maybe people will finally take Kerry/Edwards bumper stickers off
Al,
I somehow missed Senator clinton’s “real emmotions” but what ever she did it is working like gangbusters.
He’ll stay in for a while longer. Duncan Hunter and Bill Richardson should drop soon, though.
If Edwards can manage the finances, he ought to stay in. In the Rasmussen tracking poll, he is the only one of the top three that is gaining poll numbers.
I was watching MSNBC and noticed that the CNN screen in Andrea Mitchell’s background was showing a breakdown of towns outstanding. So I switched. Good job MSNBC.
Did the Ds not put out the memo about who’s left in the race? glad these voters are on your side
Dodd 389 0%
Biden 348 0%
Gravel 212 0%
Talking to a buddy just know, I discovered that MSNBC is live streaming their TV coverage. Keith Olbermann looks like he wants to put Tweety in a straightjacket.
I liked the first hour better when all the chit chat was about the meltdown of the Republican party.
Pat & Rachael are dating.
Good point by Chrissy-poo about the Old Woman vote for HRC. “It might be their last chance to vote for a woman president.”
Oh Edwards getting ready to start,,
Feroce,
Dodd got more votes than fred thompson.
Thompson didn’t announce his withdrawal from the race LAST thursday…come on
Once again:
My dream ticket Edwards/Obama, Doviti for Minister of Black Humor.
I think Obama needs someone to match Huckabee’s Chuck Norris. I checked and found that Samuel L Jackson is an Obama contributor. What do you think?
Mike Huckabee may be as good as punkin pie, but I wouldn’t know because I wouldn’t vote for the filthy M.Fer.
Well, hell, Thompson hasn’t really gotten IN this race….seriously.
“Dodd got more votes than fred thompson.”
…and I don’t know why I didn’t check. ..sure enough that wasn’t the case
Thompson 1,648 1%
Edwards really needs to buckle down and come up with a different concession speech.
The Desperate Housewives actor is behind him…
Feel the Fred fever!
D’oh. I was thinking the same thing when he got to the cleft pallet guy and I like Edwards.
“Feel the Fred fever!”
You’re not drawing me in tonight Jason.
Too much fun watching Hillary upset the apple cart.
I think Chris mathews just guessed “St Elsewhere.” off mike.
Kucinich got more votes than Fred. That’s gotta irk the Republicans.
“Kucinich got more votes than Fred. That’s gotta irk the Republicans.”
No fair, Kucinich has been running for 6 years and Fred just got in..ha.
How many votes are at stake in Hannover? I would have to be over 8,000 for Obama to have a chace..
It’s the battle of the hot wives…
Sam Jackson would help with the women vote, too…
Tim Russert, ugh. Now I remember why I don’t have TV.
I’m out, guys, I’ve a really early morning tomorrow. But I am going to be surprised if the college town pulls it out by now.
MSNBC calls it for Hill.
Now you can go to bed Cass.
We’re gonna fight through February 5th. – Clinton Campaign Guy.
Kucinich got residual post-holiday votes – for the elf.
Ha!
You gotta admit that the elf beat the heck out of the oaf.
Ugh. terry McCauliff. What a dope. If he is with Clinton she is doomed.
BREAKING: Denn, Markell, Blunt endorse Clinton.
You know you’re thinking it…
Troll… 🙂
This is a test. Can he also give a concession speech that helps him.
Feroce #52 – those votes are probably in protest over the Iowa caucus process being such a vile nugget of crap that even the most emaciated of dogs would refuse to eat it.
Samuel L Jackson would be a great choice, especially if he’s ‘in character’ until November.
Jules!
exactly. Give me my ballot, it’s the one that says “Bad Mother F’er”
Stupid spit screen. What is MSNBC’s deal?
their screens spit?
too long for a concession speech…
I wonder if the votes for Dodd et al were absentee ballots…
good line. all of the candidates are patriots.
Yes we can.
viti is a patriot, too….grrrrrrr.
or was that a pirate…gaaarrrrrr.
Great!
BTW, who did the photoshop of McCain and the Pirates of the Caribbean? That is classic.
GAAARRRR!!!!
OK, I’m not staying up for Hillary. I’m tired and she irks me.
Crap, I take it back. I’m watching…
such melodrama…
That woman in white looks thrilled to be there…
She just seems to full of it to me.
I’m glad she kicked out Bill and the wax museum tableau and put supporters in the background.
Now she doing Edwards’ speech.
Unelectable.
She just seems so angry.
Grrrrr…..
Now Obama’s speech.
🙂 you crack me up.
I wonder when you and I are going to be accused of misogyny?
I’m crushing on the out-of-focus redhead in the background.
Amazing…a recent breakdown of Iowa referenced the people standing behind Hillary represented the past (older folks i.e Albright)…now look who’s behind her, all kids! Unbelievable.
Smitty,
You are a big Hillary fan right?
Yup, just as you are a Castlite.
You get the bookworm.
JF, exactly. It looked like Madame Tousauds.
I hate my role as wingman.
Yay Hillary!!
geek and I are on such the same page, it is sick.
I don’t think Obama read from a speech either…what a difference in style.
That’s all Gracie. Night all, this was fun.
I hate that they are making Clinton into some fiesty outsider.
Over and out
I knew the Dems couldn’t resist the HillBilly juggernaut, instead of that “fairy tale”.
You guys are in for an ugly ride…and you royally f***ed up by ignoring Edwards (not to mention Biden).
She is a fiesty outsider! She is all about 16 or 50 years of change! Only an outsider!
‘Night geek.
Goodnight John Boy.
Tyler…blame Iowa for Biden. The Iowa Dem caucus makes our State Senate look more open than Jason’s shirt today…and there was a whole helluva lot of open on that one!
Jason with the disrespect. Shame!
tyler check your email.
This is all such bogus theater. What a way to elect our leaders. We are all screwed.
nothing there, J. (?)
Did Brian Williams just say that HRC’s victory tonight just made ‘modern political history’???
Whaa? Rusty just backed Williams up!
The talking heads either are a bunch of morons or they just like to make shit up.
24-Hour News has ruined politics.
and blogging will save it! GAAARRRRR!!!!
I have to say it was beyond laughable to hear Chris Matthews’ grumbling that the other talking heads were jumping McCain too much for giving a botched victory speech. I remember Matthews savaging Howard Dean for his infamous scream in ’04 before Dean’s speech was even finished…and not letting up for days.
My old classmate Norah O’Donnell just said that Biden voters gave Hilly the margin of victory. Jesus…poor Joe.
I just heard that …D’oh. Biden threw it to Clinton!!
Mathews !!!!!!! What a dumb fuck.
Brokaw…makes sense.
Hopefully, the tubes will destroy it instead, RS! 🙂
the tubes will save politics…and kill the television star…queue The Buggles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LB6Q_oycfQ
‘it’ being 24-news. ugh..it’s getting late. But I do think the internet has, and will continue transform politics for the better (we need public financing for all elections!).
The information filter is gone and wait until the tech generation becomes interested in politics.
I am tired, but I can’t sleep. That picture of Jason opening his government is seared into my brain.
It hurts! Make it stop!
P.S.: I hope you enjoyed the trip down memory lane with the also searing image of Trevor Horn and those damned glasses.
“In my mind and in my car, we can’t rewind we’ve gone to far”
Perfect.
Sheesh…I/you/we accidentally referenced an extremely applicable quote…and it belongs to the Buggles. We are all about to die.
uh, I was there in spirit
Q: Why isn’t McCain’s speech being treated like Howard Dean’s?
A: Liberal Media.
msnbc was bashing the living shit out his speach last night but I haven’t heard anything since