Alaska Sen. Stevens going down
November 18, 2008 at 6:48 pm by Scott Henry in NewsFor those still paying attention to the two undecided U.S. Senate races in other states, the NYT just gave word that the vote count outlook seems to be worsening for Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens. As of about an hour ago, election officials in the Frostbite State announced that the latest vote counts show challenger Mark Begich to be widening his lead:
Mr. Begich, the Democratic mayor of Anchorage, has pulled ahead of Mr. Stevens, the Republican incumbent, by 2,374 votes. Mr. Begich has 146,286 votes and Mr. Stevens, 143,912. But elections officials caution that there are still 7,700 additional absentee ballots to be counted today, so the numbers could change in a few hours.
Not that any of this much matters to Uncle Ted. He’s going off to prison. But the GOP wants to be able to keep his Senate seat in its column. Alaska, after all, is arguably the reddest state in the Union. It’s only had a handful of senators in its entire history of statehood. One died in office; another, Frank Murkowski, appointed his daughter to take his place after being elected governor. An Alaskan senator has never lost a general election, so it’s easy to see why the GOP wouldn’t want the Democrats to get their foot in the door.
If the Alaska Senate seat does go to Begich, Republicans will be that much more desperate to keep Saxby in place. Things are getting more interesting all the time…
November 18th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
WE HAVE MORE TO DO:
Democrat Jim Martin is in a runoff against Bush Republican Saxby Chambliss for the Senate seat from Georgia. Bush’s Saxby Chambliss voted against spending a few measly dollars to provide health care coverage for Georgia, and Americas needy children. But he supported wasting hundreds of billions of your dollars, and the life BLOOD of Americas finest on an unnecessary war in Iraq.
At a time when 47 million of you have no health insurance coverage, and over 100 million of you with insurance are just one major illness away from complete financial destruction. Bush and Saxby Chambliss voted to make the heart break of bankruptcy relief even harder for all of you to use.
You see, Bush and Saxby Chambliss, and his family don’t have to worry about their health care coverage. They have the finest health care coverage your tax money can buy for them. Courtesy of you. The American Tax payer. In fact, no one but the super rich can afford the health care coverage you the tax payer provide for Saxby Chambliss, and his family for FREE! with your tax dollars.
He supposedly works for you. But he doesn’t think you and your family should have access to the type of taxpayer supported FREE health care that you provide for him, and his loved ones for FREE!. Doesn’t that just make you BURRING MAD!
Vote for JIM MARTIN for US senator from Georgia. Vote for JIM Martin who will be on your side. Vote for JIM MARTIN who will work with President Obama and a majority congress for you. Vote for JIM MARTIN most of all for your-self, your family’s, friends, and loved ones. Vote for JIM MARTIN for a better America, and a better World.
Don’t let Saxby Chambliss make a chump out of you by tricking you into voting against your own best interest. Saxby chambliss is NOT! on your side. He’s not one of you. He is on George Bush’s side. And we all know what a catastrophe the Bush Chambliss administration has been the past 8 years.
Contact all your family and friends and do every thing you can to see to it that JIM MARTIN and GEORGIANS! take that senate seat back for Georgia, and America. No matter where you live in America. This is important to you. President Obama will need all the help, and power you can give him to try and fix this catastrophic mess that the Corrupt Bush Chambliss administration has created.
As I said before you will have to vote in overwhelming numbers to overcome the Bush Chambliss “Let Them Eat Cake” vote fraud machine. Vote early if you can. Then help everyone you can get to the polls and vote for JIM MARTIN. You and your loved ones don’t have to be Saxby Chambliss’s victims anymore.
I know you will get it done. Just like you did for President Obama.
God bless all of you
jacksmith – WORKING CLASS… :-)