Sen. John Forbes Kerry, who was also a presidential candidate until recently, today finally explained “the plan” to which he often referred during his White House bid. “You probably thought my plan involved sitting in the Oval Office,” said Mr. Kerry, “But everything I have done this year was simply to lay the groundwork for […]

There’s a lot of carping from the mainstream media about bloggers posting the exit polls, but I’m not sorry I did it. Heck, I posted exit polls in 2002, I posted them last night, and if I can get my hands on them, I’ll be posting them in 2006. There are two reasons for that. […]

My pre-election 2004 Senate, battleground state, & popular vote predictions along with how things actually played out… The Competitive Senate Races State: South Dakota My Analysis: Edge to Thune (75/25) Winner: Thune (R) 50% Vs. Daschle (D) 49% State: Florida My Analysis: Toss Up (50/50) Winner: Martinez (R) 49% Vs. Castor (D) 48% State: Colorado […]

Had this third party candidate had the money to run more commercials, he might have siphoned enough votes away from George Bush and his GI Joe allies to throw the race to Kerry. And an interesting question: Had GI Joe launched a missile at this guy’s campaign HQ, would it have been a violation of […]

— Of course, Bush and the GOP were the obvious winners last night and Kerry and the Democrats were the obvious losers. Here are a few other winners and losers who come quickly to mind… Winners — Iraq and all of our allies in the Coalition. Electing Mr. “Wrong war, wrong place, wrong time” could […]

If you have any quotes from lefty blogs, commentators, websites, etc about the Bush win that are particularly kookie or vicious, post them in the comments section. I’m planning on posting some of the better ones tomorrow…

“Given the Democrats’ defeatist attitude towards Iraq and a number of other ventures, you would think they would be more accepting of a loss tonight.” –jason_the_halfling

Kerry has conceded!

I tend to doubt it because the margins are too big. It’s one thing to try to go to court in a state like Florida when there’s a 1000 vote spread and you’ve won the popular vote, but I don’t see Kerry trying to steal a win in a situation like this. For one thing, […]

Thread on the Democratic Underground right now =D — We’re rmoving to Canada — Resistance or secession? — Poll: Where will you move to if Bush wins? — If * prevails, I hope the draft is announced by the end of the year… — Get ready for the return of the Dark Age. — Doom! […]

Races That Were Called On Nov. 3rd #7: Fox calls LA for Vitter (R)! He picks up a Democratic seat from Breaux. A lot of people were predicting a run-off in that race so that’s a nice pick-up for the GOP. #8: Salazar (D) picks up a seat held by Campbell (R) in Colorado. I […]

It’s 12:06 AM folks and here’s how it breaks down. Bush is at 246 with the following states where Bush can still pick up electoral votes…. Ohio (20): Bush 51% vs. 48% with 74% of the vote counted Michigan (17): Kerry 51% vs. Bush 48% with 36% of the vote counted Minnesota (10): Kerry 54% […]

All right everybody, let’s get ready for the final push. I’ll be reporting the battleground state results as they come in and talking about the implications. I’m not going to bother with states that aren’t in contention. *** Update #1 ***: The Kerry Spot is hearing from a lot of confident people in the Bush […]

#1: As expected, Obama picks up a seat for the Dems in Illinois by crushing Alan “worst candidate ever” Keyes. #2: Oklahoma: Coburn retains a seat for GOP. Very good. #3: Again, as expected the GOP picks up Zell Miller’s seat in GA as Isakson brings it home. #4: Fox calls it for Jim Demint […]

StopDemocrats is doing an election night internet radio show tomorrow night. I’m supposed to be on from 7:30 to 8:00. Catch it you’re so inclined but prepare yourself for my Southern drawl =D… *** Update #1 *** I’m on in about 20 minutes. Too bad I’m not going on about 9 PM because we’ll know […]

Early exit info from Drudge… “Election 2004 has been rocked with first wave of exit polls which show Kerry competitive in key states, campaign and media sources tell DRUDGE…. National Election Pool — representing six major news organization — shows Kerry in striking distance — with small lead — in Florida and Ohio.. MORE…” Kerry […]

How low will they go in Wisconsin? “Election Day got off to an ugly start at a parking lot on Milwaukee’s northwest side. Someone slashed the tires on 30 vehicles that were designated for the local Bush/Cheney campaign. “We showed up this morning, and it appears the tires were slashed on the vehicles we were […]

One thing is for sure folks: Win, lose, or draw, the turnout has been ENORMOUS. Everywhere I go on the net I’m seeing stories about how many people are voting this time around. I suspected as much when I was talking to & reading about people who were spending 2-3 hours waiting in line even […]

7:30: Ohio 8:00: Florida, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan, New Hampshire 9:00: Wisconsin, Minnesota, New Mexico 10:00: Iowa 12:00: Hawaii There should be exit polls out earlier than the times above. If I can get them, I’ll post them..

Jim Miller from National Review, who’s a very sharp guy, is calling some Senate races differently than I am. Here’s his analysis… ALASKA: The polls here have consistently shown a tight race — and the most recent ones have consistently shown Democrat Tony Knowles slightly ahead of Republican senator Lisa Murkowski. This is a GOP […]

This has got to be disheartening for Democrats. John Kerry’s pollster is apparently predicting defeat… “We simply do not defeat an incumbent president in wartime.” The quote above is from Mark Mellman. Mark is a Democratic pollster. And he’s very partisan. And he’s been working for Kerry this year. But Mark is no fool and […]

Fraud in Philly? Big suprise there huh? Before voting even began in Philadelphia — poll watchers found nearly 2000 votes already planted on machines scattered throughout the city… One incident occurred at the SALVATION ARMY, 2601 N. 11th St., Philadelphia, Pa: Ward 37, division 8… pollwatchers uncovered 4 machines with planted votes; one with over […]

John Hood over at The Corner handicaps the much neglected governor’s races… “With regards to governors, Republicans go into the 2004 cycle with 28 vs. 22 for the Democrats. There are 11 gubernatorial races up for grabs, though it looks to me like six of these are essentially decided: three for the Rs and three […]

The New York Times asked several bloggers what they “thought was the most important event or moment of the campaign”. I wasn’t one of the bloggers they contacted, but I thought it would be fun to answer the question. To make this challenging, I’m going do it in order and in exactly 5 minutes,… 9) […]

Final State polls for the two key states, Ohio and Florida courtesy of Real Clear Politics… FOX News: FL: Kerry +5 | OH: Bush +3 Zogby: FL: TIE | OH: Bush +6 Survey USA: FL: Bush +1, | OH: Bush +2 Rasmussen: FL: Bush +3 | OH: Bush +4 Strategic Vision (R) FL: Bush +4 […]

Hat tip to Cox & Forkum for the great cartoon.

October was RWN’s best month ever. RWN moved up from a previous best of 240,725 daily unique visitors & 403,376 pageviews in September to 315,917 daily unique visitors & 517,003 pageviews in October. Thanks to all the pages that linked us and everyone who has read the page for helping us to grow.

State By State Breakdown State: South Dakota Seat Currently Held By: Daschle (D) Competitors: Daschle (D) Vs. Thune (R) Last Poll: Zogby Thune +3 Latest RCP poll spread: Thune +1.3 October Polling: Thune wins 3. Daschle wins 1. 1 tie. My Analysis: Edge to Thune (75/25) State: Florida Seat Currently Held By: Graham (D) Competitors: […]

Today’s the big day folks! Make sure to get out and vote & keep checking in at RWN for updates…

On Nov 2nd and Nov 3rd, I’ll be doing my best to give you comprehensive coverage of the election. I’ll be looking for early results, exit polling data, and all the info you’ll want to know as soon as possible. That means the posts will be shorter, more numerous and largely centered on the election. […]