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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: tuolumnejim on August 27, 2008, 11:15:35 AM
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Just the op so far,but to tell the truth I can't wait for some of the more noted DUmmies to start screaming. :-) :fuelfire:
Link (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3864916)
L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Wed Aug-27-08 04:08 PM
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BREAKING: Young (R-AK) winning the Corrupt Bastards Club nomination (maybe)
A 145 vote lead may be a win for Young, as reported an hour ago:
We are waiting for nine precincts to report.
Looks like a recount and a Young win.
No doubt Ethan Berkowitz prefers to run
against the Corrupt Bastard Club's #2 Porker.
RETURNS FROM: http://www.ktuu.com/global/Story.asp?s=8896795
US REPRESENTATIVE (R) REP Number of Precincts 438 Precincts Reporting 429 97.9 %Total Votes 93,366 LeDoux, Gabrielle REP 8,589 9.20%Parnell, Sean R. REP 42,316 45.32%Young, Don E. REP 42,461 45.48%
I JUST NOTICED that the vote shifted at the last minute, from Parnell winning 41,268 to 40,901.
The lead shifted with precincts reporting 1,048 Parnell votes to 1,560 Young votes.
(Hubert Flottz's quip, "Diebold strikes again!" may need more attention than I realized!)
94,773 R votes are reported so far from 429 precincts of 438, under 200 votes per precinct.
With nine precincts remaining that's an expected less than 1,800 votes outstanding.
Parnell needs to win by near 10% in the remaining precincts to regain his previous lead.
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Senator From Alaska Wins Primary
WILLIAM YARDLEY - August 27, 2008 - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/us/28alaska.html?_r=2...
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Representative Don Young, the state's lone House member and a 35-year incumbent, was locked in a close primary race with Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell early Wednesday. With nearly 98 percent of precincts reporting, Mr. Young led by fewer than 150 votes out of more than 85,000 cast.
Like Mr. Stevens, Mr. Young is under federal investigation for his ties to VECO, a former oil services company, but he also faces scrutiny on other matters, including a controversial $10 million earmark he pushed through for a Florida road project. Mr. Young has spent more than $1 million of his campaign funds on legal fees.
Mr. Parnell was endorsed by the state's popular Republican governor, Sarah Palin, and he had led Mr. Young in polls conducted earlier this year. But his lead began to slip as Mr. Young engaged in the race more aggressively this summer, casting Mr. Parnell as an "incompetent" puppet of outside interests, primary the fiscally conservative Club for Growth. That group, which was linked to more than $330,000 in campaign donations to Mr. Parnell, has long attacked Mr. Young for the earmarks he has supported for his home state, including a proposed $200 million bridge to a small island in Southeast Alaska. The bridge, known as the "bridge to nowhere," became a symbol of earmark excess. It has not been built.
As the primary neared, Mr. Young mocked Mr. Parnell's mild manner and lackluster performances in debates, calling him "Captain Zero" in one interview. Mr. Parnell said the taunts simply confirmed the need for a Republican who would restore dignity and ethics to Alaska's congressional delegation.
Whoever wins will have little time to celebrate. Ethan Berkowitz, a former minority leader of the state House, easily won the Democratic primary in the House race on Tuesday, and both he and Mr. Begich are being aggressively supported by national Democratic groups.
Mr. Berkowitz said .....