Here we have it:
ABC News’ Karen Travers Reports: New Hampshire Deputy Secretary of State Dave Scanlan told ABC News that turnout among primary voters today is “absolutely huge” — and there are concerns about running out of ballots in towns like Portsmouth, Keene, Hudson and Pelham.
“Turnout is absolutely huge and towns are starting to get concerned that they may not have enough ballots,” Scanlan said. “We are working on those issues. Everything else seems to be going smoothly.”
Scanlan said that the Secretary of State’s office is sending additional ballots to Portsmouth and Keene (traditionally Democratic strongholds), Hudson (Republican leaning with significant numbers of independents) and Pelham (large number of independents).
According to Scanlan, the ballot strain seems to be on Democratic ballots, which suggests that the undeclared voters are breaking for the Democratic primary. New Hampshire Secretary of State William Gardner predicted that 90,000 undeclared voters would vote in the Democratic primary compared to 60,000 voting in the Republican primary.
This is exactly what I expected. I’m telling all you skeptics, this is a new day. Realignment is coming.
Well, it is exactly the pattern that what Obama wanted, and Clinton prayed would not happen. This probably puts the nail in her coffin if a big NY Senator can’t win in NH. She’ll linger on a while I suppose, but a big Obama win just about kills her hopes.
IS this true.
Clinton Surrogates Gone Wild In New Hampshire or is the Huffpost blogger misinterpreting the NYT?
This comes a day after the Clinton quote that Martin Luther King was all talk and hope. And never mind her having refined or apologies, – not gone down well among afro-Americans. Clinton is counting on the 02/5 primaries.
February is black history month.
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In an effort to equate Obama’s rather empty rhetoric and lack of a substantive record to what Palmero imagines his lefty pals will imagine is “greatness,” Palmero tries to work in some equating of the junior Senator from Illinois with Robert F. Kennedy’s campaign for the Dem nomination for president in 1968.
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."I never thought I’d see the day that BooMan himself would start spitting sunshine and farting rainbows.
I’m not quite sure what to make of it.
I’ve been waiting my whole life to see numbers like this. Forget Obama, we have massive engagement, youth engagement, independents breaking 3-2 for Democrats. This is exactly what was supposed to be impossible in conservative America.
Maybe people have finally realized where “conservative” values have taken this country.
Until I see numbers.
How many of the people looking for Dem ballots are dems, how many are indies, and how many are R’s trying to muddy the water?
You want trust, get a dog.
Just think what would be possible without a corporate owned press, voter disenfranchisement, vote fraud, lobbyists, etc.
It would almost be like a real democracy.
Sit and enjoy. We have a new party! Mike Henry’s memo (Clinton campaign strategy memo that they ignored) nailed it.
The rush is on for dollars. Clinton cash starved – out of funds- thought to be skipping Nevada and SC – according to this Huffpost:
Clinton Allies May Dump Millions Into Anti-Obama Group
Historic on many fronts.
ClintonCo again tries to prove my sig line true…swift-boating her own party…
Billary and crew are just as selfish as they have always been. They didn’t want college students to caucus, when it was perfectly legal and acceptable to do. They seemed to complain about high turnout and bringing in new voters generally.
I’m sure Obama would be perfectly fine if he was content to be an employee–pretty much how the Kerry campaign used Dean. Luckily for us, the good doctor was at least able to wrest control from the McAwful lackeys and helm the DNC.
So far, what Obama and Edwards have done is GREAT for the party. (While I may not fully be convinced of Edwards’ rhetoric, he is at least not competing from the right.) What did Billary do? Hillary was off being coronated and Bill was sucking up to Poppy Bush. And they just shit all over these wonderful turn of events at every opportunity.
I am quickly getting to the point where I can’t stand the sight of either one of them.
they’ve always been this way.
Yeah, I know.
After all this time, you’d think they’d seek wisdom and judgment. But we had our proof that they were incapable of that back in 2002.
I am really disgusted with them. I am very pro-Obama, but I never, never thought I’d feel /contempt/toward them. But their comments from the last few days have made who they are unmistakable.
he probably fell asleep to the soothing sounds of Mama Kicks again.
still laughing, eh?
of course I am. that, and trying to picture you using a neti pot. I’d go for extremely hot chiles to unclog the sinuses.
Now THAT is hilarious. I missed it the first time around.
But I’d have to say that I agree. I don’t know about realignment, but look at this turnout so far. If it holds, then it is definitely something to be fired up about!
I agree completely, AP.
In fact, I said this over a year ago in my diary Why I Like Obama:
bagnewsnotes is running this sweet series with some photos from the campaign trail. Check out the pictures from the gym both pre and during Obama in New Hampshire.
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I wonder how much of this are right-leaning independents and Republicans choosing to vote for the Democrat to get a nominee they want to oppose.
I gotta say BooMan, I’m hoping you’re right.
But I’m hoping in one hand and weighing the performance of the Dems in 2007 in the other, and that second hand is heavy enough to sink through the floor.
The way I figure it, there’s several million people out there thinking the following:
“My candidate didn’t win in Iowa. Word has it they’re pretty much done. The people the media picked to come out on top a couple months ago? They finished well back. That leaves this political and foreign policy neophyte on top, but you know what? He’s one of us. And my party has been screwing over people like us for years now. It’s our turn now.
So you know what? If my guy can’t finish first, then I’ll take the Iowa winner in a heartbeat because this year he’s got a real chance to win. You know why? Because the guy on the other side who is the frontrunner right now? There’s no way in hell I’m voting for him. It’s looking like those crazy bastards on the other side are actually going to put one of them in the race for November. And there’s no way America is going to vote for one of them for President. No way.
Look, I don’t 100% like the guy on our side. He’s got problems and I don’t agree with him on a number of issues. But he’s still one of us. And I’ll hold my nose and vote for this new guy just to keep that son of a bitch on their side out.”
Now the question is BooMan, which candidate are they talking about voting for as one of us? And more importantly, which candidate are they going to do anything they can to keep out of the White House?
I figure the numbers on both sides, come November? They’re going to be equal.
BooMan’s earlier realignment diary. It’s not that I am unhappy over the current state of the political environment. It’s just that — based on history and experience — I am not at all convinced that either the Dems or Obama will deliver on the progressive expectations they are raising in us, and if they don’t deliver, then I don’t believe that any lasting, historical realignment is in the cards
It’s not the expectations. Given the fiscal situation, not much will be possible for progressives if it costs real money. At best we will get most of the tax cuts rolled back, but that roll-back is just enough to pay off the bonds held by the Social Security Administration. Hopefully, some of the defense budget could be pared, but this is going to be a hard slog and will be fought tooth and nail by the political establishment. War crime trials wouldn’t cost much, but I’m not betting my last pair of shoes on them. Fraud investigations are a better bet, and might recover cash more than they cost.
What’s appealing about Obama and Edwards is that they are both good orators, who can speak directly to people. That gift will be needed to get the country through a very rough patch. The great thing about the high turn-out is that it suggests a willingness among the public to listen. More than that, and best of all, a willingness to listen directly to politicians, and not through the mediation of a hopelessly corrupt press.
Well, I believed.
It’s like you are Santa.:)
A little bonus will be what Obama’s draw of independents does to McCain’s number – causing him to lose would be … too much to hope for?
yeah, I think it probably is too much to hope for. My guess is that turnout is high for Republicans, too. It’s a nice day and the country just seems engaged this go round.
oh well. I guess I’ll just have to live with realignment. 🙂
Somewhere, a rethuglican political strategist is trying to create a plan for “ballot rationing” in November.