Republicans have made stealing elections an art! They and their constituents are determined to be roguish, and secure whatever win they can get in this Non-Republican age! However, this time they were broadsided and intelligence! TGBTG!

Misery loves company! Hope Franken makes it out of the abyss of bs intact.!

P.S. Saxby was a little bone – The big dogs will gobble it up!

Aw Shucks ;just give the seats to the democrats! It s a lot of work making ballots appear from no where for dems !

Some of these are so close they are within the margin of error for the methods of voting. They might as well toss a coin. It would be about as acurate.

Goooooooo Democrats.

What a bunch of sorry, sore winners! you democrats are a weird bunch of cats–I thought you would be ecstatic with your saviour's win! No such luck. These CNN blogs are deteriorating just like the "change" mantra of Mr Obama.

I believe that to eliminate all the voter fraud and all that mess, they should go back to ONE day voting. No early voting, it not only costs alot of money, but that is where people like ACORN got to vote several times. When you vote, you have to have voter registration in your hand, they mark it so you can't vote again. Why hasn't anybody thought of this, and why do we have sooo many days to vote. Also you can only vote if you pay income tax, why should the freeloaders get to vote??? If you can't read the ballot, you can't vote either.

Throwing out thousands of provisional ballots? I guess the tried and true GOP tactic of voter suppression still exists.

Any good statisticians out there? I am betting the profile of 'close' elections — a couple of hundred votes out of a few hundred thousand, or as in Michigan, several million, does not fit a Gaussian distribution — it should be possible to prove that manipulation of close votes is involved.

Even if the voters are exactly split, the statistical variations due to turnout should not so frequently fall so absurdly close to the dividing line.

I ask all americans: IF there is any resistance, what so ever, from the republican dirt bags in office. against progress from our democratic majority. VOTE THE REST OF THE REPUBLICANS OUT!

Please keep up to date as to how much they vote against progress, for no other reason then biggoted party ignorance. Unfortunately we do not have a philibuster proof number, as such, the republicans can continue to drag our country down until we rid ourselves of ALL of their kind. They have been holding us back with their inability to move into the future. Let's rid ourselves of their archaic ways!

We need a "no confidence " vote on all of Congress and senate. One by one, so we can scrap the whole heap and start over

This is what needs to happen. President Bush resign now, then Chaney would become president. He would appoint Condoleezza Rice as VP. then Chaney would resign, then Condoleezza Rice would become the Republican FIRST black president. wouldn't that just pi… all the democrats off??? food for thought

remember, o-boy is only 1/2 black

So where is all the liberal outrage about Jefferson running for reelection? I guess as long as you are a Democrat and black in a black district, anything goes.

well said, Reg in AZ. I felt character had much to do with this election. The differences were obvious. The black community came out for the election in unpresidented numbers. It was was not just a great moment in time to be voting for a black candidate for the presidency, but a black candidate of such caliber. I saw in the Republican campaign blaring all that is wrong in politics, not just the republican party.

I can't believe it that if this were a Republican ridden with scandals, these blogs would be blazing with crooked Republicans agains blah blah blah!!!

Funny that if it's a democrat it's OK.

Jefferson will be re-elected. He would be re-elected if he was in prison. He would be re-elected if he were dead and running.

So CNN who are the "Whites" and "Blacks" in this story?

We had the feel good story about the "Black Businessman" in the other ticker, talking about the Barrack Obama Inauguration.

Or is CNN going to start calling it "The First Black President Presidential Inauguration"

People at CNN who are bigots, or cant write, or are bigots who cant write, shouldnt be employed by CNN.

There should be an editor approving garbage like "Black Businessman" before it gets posted by CNN staff.

Not like this will get posted anyhow…

I guess stashing $90K cash in your freezer is perfectly legit. I guess underpaying your taxes even though you are the Chairman of the committee responsible for tax legislation is OK. Certainly is in the eyes of Nancy Pelosi.

To TexasAnnie: I live in Ohio's 15th district and believe me, it gets worse. The lines were so long on election day that may people were offered a provisional ballot as a way to not stand in line. I decided to just wait because I knew something like this would happen. But thousands of people showed up to vote, saw a line out the door, were offered a "legitimate" way around it, and were later told they don't count unless the Supreme Court says you do. That's democracy for you.

Sue:

Can you tell the future? If not, I suggest you at least wait until he is actually in office. He cannot do too much right now since Dubya is still "in charge".

I sometimes think we make things much harder than they have to be by trying to be too perfect for appearances sake. The whole thing needs an overhaul!

Sue December 4th, 2008 4:06 pm ET

Mr. Obama will NOT change the previous policies. He is already making excuses> We will be bombing and waring peoples all over the world with this false promises person!!!
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not only is this off topic but umm what are you basing your rant on today? the simple fact is, other than selecting who he would like in his cabinet, and making SUGGESTIONS, Obama is NOT even in office yet and has done NOTHING and yet you, like many others, have already written him off using the same arguements you used during the election.. sad really but hey you got to see you name on a blog good for you!

idiot

I am very disappointed in CNN reporting. I have been watching all the poles and numbers BUT SOMEHOW CNN continues to report that ALL the poles are show Obama as favored. The numbers seen on CNN.com actual voting DO NOT reflect was is later reported in an article. I bet they won't post this comment either, since it isn't pro-bama.

Mr. Obama will NOT change the previous policies. He is already making excuses> We will be bombing and waring peoples all over the world with this false promises person!!!

I really can't believe that McClintock won CA-04 (my district). Not only is he of the branch of the Republican party that thinks government shouldn't do anything but loves to get the perks of government employment, he's never lived in the district he's going to represent! I would have thought that would turn most people, even staunch conservatives, against him. I guess party affiliation triumphs over most everything else, unfortunately.

There's gotta be a better way in finding a resolution to these contested Congressional races. I am really confused as to why anyine would seriously want to run for these seats….frankly!

I noticed for the first time that the Republicans and Democraes when runing adds did not state their party. I understand their ploy they are betting that the voter is stupid.

Ok they want to put a dump in and take out a part of resting History. How about they dig up there loved ones and put them in a dump.

"Ohio's state Supreme Court will rule on whether to count thousands of disputed provisional ballots"

Does it bother anyone else to think that your vote will NOT be counted should you have to vote a provisional ballot due to some screw-up in the elections office?? Just because there is a dispute doesn't mean your ballot might not be legitimate. I'm sure some in dispute should be tossed– but I seriously doubt ALL of them should be tossed. I know we had several people in our precinct who had to vote a provisional ballot because for whatever reason the elections office had either dropped their name from the rolls or moved them to a different precinct– despite the fact these folks still lived in the same house they had been in for years & who had voted regularly during that time. It was just a plain screw-up in the elections office– but they had to vote "provisional" as a result. So, did their ballot ever get counted or not?????????

I've read in other stories about whether or not to count "absentee ballots" in some places. Since I've had to vote absentee twice in the last couple of years, I'd really like to think my ballot got counted!

THIS STUFF JUST FLAT DISTURBS ME! If you vote a legitimate ballot, it should be counted!!

PDX Gal – from what I've heard about Oregon's vote-by-mail, it sounds really good. I'm just wondering how they ensure against fraud (e.g., ballots stolen out of mailboxes). Thanks.

My husband and I have been in a recession for more than 8 yrs. Flint,MI was the first city to see jobs go because of the auto indus. We say no bailout. Let them see what it's like not being able to pay their bills. The world isn't going to stop because they don't get our money. My husband and I have never been able to afford a new car even with working 3and 4 jobs at a time. They charge as much for a car as they do a house. A car that keeps breaking down and so-called mech"s. can't fix properly without charging as much as it cost for a house or a car. SCREW A BAILOUT that won't work anyway they only care about themselves.

I actually just heard about the California one from the boys over here but I didn't think there were still more to be resolved. I don't know I like competition…good stuff.

As an ex-long-term registered Republican I think about what happened to turn me around to become a confirmed Independent who actually voted Democratic in the last three presidential elections. I literally hadn’t voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since JFK but also I never voted for Nixon, abstaining then, so probably I’d be considered as always having been an Independent leaning Republican. Last night I had a conversation with a really close and good friend who is a strong, unwavering Republican, who obviously was greatly disappointed that Barack Obama had won, and it made me again think about what changed my thinking. I still believe in the Republican principals that the least amount of government is the best government and that government should only do for the people that which they can’t do for themselves but I also recognize that inherent in that are the real and necessary responsibilities to protect the people from exploitation by the powerful few and to insure fair and equitable opportunity for all (not just for the few) and in my opinion you can add that government has the strong responsibility to be both honest and transparent. Those responsibilities, each and every one of them, as I see it, are where the Republican Party currently fails to adequately perform and to even honestly care. GWBush, DCheney, KRove, CRice, many others and obviously including SPalin and even JMcCain, who actually changed to conform, are all examples of those who display cavalier attitudes that totally confirm the problem. To me, two characteristics stand out that explain it: Their attitude – they arrogantly and belligerently think they are right in everything and can just do whatever they want, expecting that if they need to, they will just boldly offer subterfuge to manipulate public opinion; and Their focus – they irresponsibly concentrate on benefiting Special Interests and a select few, who provide them overt and covert support, contributions and promised after office compensation, while they give the average American only apathy, the costs and deceptive rhetoric, including appeals to individual biases aimed just to manipulate. Barack Obama has proven that a more centrist and moderate position, honestly focused on all of the people and presented with respect, can not only appeal to the people but it can also solicit the needed support. Hopefully the Republicans will learn from that and cease selling themselves and their focus to Special Interests and a select few so we can once again have a competitive choice for fairly representing all of the people. It isn’t about conservative v liberal, it is about responsibility and honesty; it isn’t about Republican v Democrat, it is about integrity and character; it isn’t about being manipulated by appeals to limited issues, it is about recognizing the need to be effective for all Americans.

There needs to be at the least a minimum standard set for the states to ensure that every vote is counted and only valid votes are counted. The system is archaic and problematic at best.

It absolutely amazes me how voters will still vote for representatives who have either been shown to be crooked or even convicted. And, it happens all over, not just in one certain, city, county or state. Some representatives get re-elected over and over again, even when they never seem to accomplish anything. I have to chalk most of it up to voter apathy, because after working in politics for sometime in my early career, a great number of people don't want to hear what you have to say when you try to give them hard data, they are so defensive about their position. God Bless America and hopefully give us the government we should have and not the one we necessarily asked for.

Did I lose my "evelyn wood" speed reading technique? I didn't see ONE word about Texas in the article.

With a political winner as serious as we saw with the Presidential election that Bush "won" it seems to me there should be a fail proof system in every state to make absolutely sure the results are accurate. I often wonder what our state of the Union would be if Gore had taken the reigns. Off hand over 4,000 young men and women would probably still be alive, our reputation around the world would not be as compromised as it is now, serious strides might have been made in global warming and I believe the economy wouldn't be in the mess it is now.
Any one person can change the course that a country follows and what a shame it would be if the wrong person was declared the winner.

This is ridiculous.

Why can't we ever get to voting reform and com up with a way that is indisputable and easily recounted.

No hanging chads, No computer foulups, No voting machine breakdowns.

We have a simple MANUAL system and a No. 2 pencil with a spare if the point breaks. These ballots are our PAPER TRAIL, and our optical scanners almost never break down and the margin of error is almost non-existant. You can take the same ballots as a test and run them thru multiple times and you come up with identical numbers.

In this day and age, this is simply ridiculous.

Yes, voting by mail is great and I've done so for years. However, I often wonder how many of my ballots were "lost in the mail". I also have concerns that ballots are mailed to people who should not be voting as demonstrated recently in the South where hundreds of deceased people voted. Somehow I'd feel better if there was a closed loop process where as a voter, I could verify my vote was counted and correctly counted for the candidates and issues I voted for. We do have the technology to do this now.

Maybe its time to get my news from European News Outlets,and let the big three cable news companies go under,like the automakers.

I DONT CARE AS LONG AS THE PERSON I VOTED FOR PRESIDENT WON! NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA!!!!! NOW GO!…………………………..ALL THE MCCAIN SUPPORTERS BLOG AWAY UNTIL YO HANDS FALL OFF!!!!! LOL!

Civil War? I think CNN is way overblowing this. You have a couple of congressional seats on the line but I'm reasonably sure no lives have been lost yet. Why does the media come up with these sensational headlines for something like this? No wonder CNN's ratings stink.

Don't mess with Texas patience! The radical left-wing democrats might as well pack it in because Texans will never give up the second amendment.

Honestly. Read the headline on this article on CNN's home page and then read the content. Headline refers to GOP civil war in Texas. The article contains absolutely nothing about Texas.

How about a little credibility and back to basics journalism 101 here?

What a joke

In Oregon it's called the Democrat Voting System…

Nonsense

Personally, all this "drama" could be avoided by simply outlawing the fillibuster….. I mean, if a bill comes up to vote then it comes up to vote. Just because someone is democrat or republican does not lock in thier vote on a particular issue. The people can hold their representatives accountable for how they vote, and put representatives in power based on how they promise to vote. The idea of a group (no matter republican or democrat) having a 20 hour hissy fit to keep something from coming to a vote is absolutely anti-american.

William Jefferson, a Democrat ridden with scandals, does not make nearly as much news as Republicans in the House who are ridden with scandals. Why am I not surprised?

If they're having a civil war, I propose we offer aid to whichever side is temporarily losing.

sounds like Zimbawe

Seriously, we can put a man on the moon, but we don't have the ability to accurately and quickly account for one of our most treasured civic duties?
Here in Oregon we have a very accurate & quick system. Voting by mail is awesome. My ballot is in my home, where I can research every vote I make. And since everybody does it, my ballot isn't ever "special" or "provisional" and won't be put in some kind of questioned pile like those MN absentee ballots.

And I won't ever have to stand in a line.

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2008/11/sampling_confirms_accuracy_of.html

Watch Jefferson get reelected even though he is one of the most corrupt congressmen in the south and is under investigation by the FBI and also have footage of him receiving 100,000 dollars in 100s in a briefcase at a hotel. Its ok for Democrats to be corrupt and keep their job but if Republicans sneeze the wrong way, they get punished.

The election process is broken and needs to be fixed before 2010. Seriously!