Hey! Hey!
It's Election Night, and I'm doing some blogging.
You don't see that there is a rerun of an Athens-Clarke County Commission meeting on TV ... I'm wonky, what of it?
Go to Tondee's Tavern for updates.
UPDATE (9:57 p.m.): Who knew that Paul Broun had such staying power? Republican and Democratic bloggers and columnists alike thought he'd be lucky to get 12-15 percent after the snafu of running for the seat before Charlie Norwood had passed away. Still, while Broun's strength is surprising - he's a mere 32 votes behind James Marlow with seven precincts in conservative Habersham County still not reporting - what's more surprising is Evita Paschall.
She picked up close to 1,500 votes in Richmond, Columbia and McDuffie counties and has damn near done a good job of Ralph Nader-ing James Marlow here (even after a near 17 percent turnout in Athens-Clarke County and close to 4,000 votes for Marlow). It's not looking good for Marlow, and that's largely due to Paschall's surprising - and unfortunate in my opinion - strength.
UPDATE (10:08 p.m.): Considerable measure of joy from Bill Greene currently sitting in sixth with fewer votes than both Paschall and Denise Freeman.
UPDATE (10:47 p.m.): Jon Flack has Habersham County rolling in, putting Broun up by 115 votes with three total precincts left out. We'll have a recount for sure, and word is still out on some absentees in Athens-Clarke County. It'll be tough for Marlow to pull through though.
You don't see that there is a rerun of an Athens-Clarke County Commission meeting on TV ... I'm wonky, what of it?Go to Tondee's Tavern for updates.
UPDATE (9:57 p.m.): Who knew that Paul Broun had such staying power? Republican and Democratic bloggers and columnists alike thought he'd be lucky to get 12-15 percent after the snafu of running for the seat before Charlie Norwood had passed away. Still, while Broun's strength is surprising - he's a mere 32 votes behind James Marlow with seven precincts in conservative Habersham County still not reporting - what's more surprising is Evita Paschall.
She picked up close to 1,500 votes in Richmond, Columbia and McDuffie counties and has damn near done a good job of Ralph Nader-ing James Marlow here (even after a near 17 percent turnout in Athens-Clarke County and close to 4,000 votes for Marlow). It's not looking good for Marlow, and that's largely due to Paschall's surprising - and unfortunate in my opinion - strength.
UPDATE (10:08 p.m.): Considerable measure of joy from Bill Greene currently sitting in sixth with fewer votes than both Paschall and Denise Freeman.
UPDATE (10:47 p.m.): Jon Flack has Habersham County rolling in, putting Broun up by 115 votes with three total precincts left out. We'll have a recount for sure, and word is still out on some absentees in Athens-Clarke County. It'll be tough for Marlow to pull through though.
posted by Jmac at 8:05 PM
6 Comments:
Nothing like heading for the mountains in your living room on election night. That must be what makes it REALLY special.
Alright dude. I'm drinking Lite. Way better than Bush....
I mean really.
I'm drinking Courvosier ... at work.
Blake
I'm turning you in Blake, for the at-working drinking.
Of course, I'll wait until after the runoff, so you can cover that, too.
Melissa
I had to switch to the hard stuff to get through ... cookies and milk.
Seriously.
I have to dull the pain of being so very, very wrong about Marlow, Greene and Broun. You should fire me for sucking at politics, not drinking.
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