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Re: Question of the day

Illinois is #1 — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 10:53:44 -0000

JBT 47%
Rod 45%
Whitney 8%

Re: Question of the day

Squideshi — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 10:52:19 -0000

Green Party candidate, Dorian Breuer, wins in the 1st State Senate District with 45% of the vote. He has been endorsed by the Sun-Times and Tribune, over both of his opponents. This is also a largely Latino district, and Breuer was born in Mexico City.

Re: Question of the day

Six Degrees of Separation — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:31:29 -0000

So, what's the prize for closest picks?

Re: Question of the day

Roy Slade — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:44:00 -0000

JBT 47.5
BLAGO 46.5
WHITNEY 5.5
OTHER .5

Bean 52
McSweeney 46

Roskam 51
Duckworth 49

Kirk 54
Seals 45

Lahood 68
Waterworth 32

Hare 55
Zinga 45

Rodogno 47
Giannoulias 49
Snider 3

Peraica 47
Toddler 51

SHIMKUS 58
STOVER 42

POE 54

CAVELETTO 51
GRANBURG 49

CROSS PICKS US 2 SEATS
SENATE STAYS THE SAME

DEMUZIO WINS BY 2

Re: Question of the day

Anon — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 22:29:47 -0000

Rod 48
Judy 46
Whitney 4
NUKE 669

Stroger 52
Peraica 48

Alexi 51
Radongo 49

White 66
Dan 33

Lisa 61
Stu 38

Hynes 64
Pankau 34

Bean 52
McSweeney 47

Duckworth 50.4
Roskam 49.4

Kirk 51
Seals 49

Weller 55
Pavich 44

Hastert 55
Laesch 44

Hare 56
AZ 44

Shimkus 51
Stover 48

House Dems pick up 24 seats
Senate 50-50

Re: Question of the day

Establishment Republican — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 22:27:01 -0000

National scene-

Governorships- Democrats net gain of 5

U.S. Senate- Democrats net gain of 4

U.S. House- Democrats net gain of 11

Re: Question of the day

Establishment Republican — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 22:26:14 -0000

1. (Blagojevich)/Quinn- 46
Topinka/Birkett- 44
Whitney/Samuels- 10

2. Madigan- 69
Umholtz- 29

3. White- 61
Rutherford 36

4. Hynes- 60
Pankau-37

5. Radogno- 48
Giannaoluis- 44

6. Roskam- 52
Duckworth- 48

7. Bean- 50
McSweeney 46
Scheurer- 4

8. Kirk- 55
Seals-45

9. Weller- 58
Pavich- 42

10. Hastert- 60
Laesch 40

11. Hare- 54
Zinga- 46

12. Shimkus- 61
Stover- 39

13. Peraica- 51
Stroger- 49

14. State Senate-
Matt Murphy- 53
Gutzmer- 47
15. State Senate-
Cheryl Axley- 52
Kotowski- 48
16. State Rep-
Sidney Mathias- 69
MacDonald- 31

Re: Question of the day

Squideshi — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 22:04:44 -0000

Whitney 34.25%
Blago 32.75%
Pinka 31.25%

How about that Instant Runoff Voting Blago?

Re: Question of the day

Bill — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 21:54:10 -0000

Fritchey 100%
Odishoo 0%

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annie — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 21:34:56 -0000

Cain 51%
Flider 49% bad ads and Blago ended a nice guy's political career that was sold out to the Chicago Machine.
sorry bob

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HappyToaster — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:52:50 -0000

Stroger 64
Peraica 36

Re: Question of the day

Lovie's Leather — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:42:49 -0000

Chicago 100
Downstate 1
Please keep in mind that this poll has a one percent margin of error....

Re: Question of the day

Todd — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:34:39 -0000

Wallace 51%
Crotty 49%

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Frosty Da Snowman — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:00:20 -0000

Blago 60, Topinka 35, the Green Guy 5

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yo mama don't vote here — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 19:40:07 -0000

Whitney - 34%
Blago - 33%
JBT - 33%

Dunkin - 75%
Drakula - 25%

Tony - 51%
Todd - 49

Re: Question of the day

T.J. — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:54:36 -0000

How is Aaron Schock looking?

Re: Question of the day

phocion — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:20:57 -0000

I'll tell you Wednesday.

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Yellow Dog Democrat — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:48:11 -0000

Blagojevich - 48
Topinka - 46
Whitney - 6

Dems win all other statewides, with the closest Alexi v. Radogno, Alexi gets 53%.

House Democrats lose one, pick up one.

Jones' incumbents win, Jones picks off two from Watson.

Bean wins comfortably, Seals loses by 6, Duckworth /Roskam is 50/50 and perhaps the closest Congressional race in the country, but I think Duckworth eeks it out.

Democrats pick up 19 in the US House, 4 in the Senate. Peaked about ten days too early.

Re: Question of the day

cermak_rd — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:45:34 -0000

All the judges will be retained in Cook County. I wish it weren't true, surely Brim, Toney and Lipinski (Marcella--not Bill, Dan or Anne) deserve to be tossed out on their keesters. To say nothing of Kowalski, but at least he's retiring.

People, if you don't want to take the time to look at the bar ratings http://media1.suntimes.com/...
or the indepth reasonings for such http://www.chicagocouncil.org/, and you have no personal knowledge of the judicial candidates, then don't bother to vote in those races.

Re: Question of the day

dupage boy — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:20:22 -0000

Rod 47 JBT 45 Green 8
All statewide Dems win big
except Radogno wins 50 over Gianooulias 47 Green 3
Roskam 51 to 49 Duck
Bean beats McSweeny 55 to 45
Stroger beats Peraica 52 to 48

Re: Question of the day

VanillaMan — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:05:09 -0000

I believe our predictions are about as good as the garbage pollsters have been selling us all year. I cannot recall a worst year for polling.

Polls failed to see a GOP Congress in 1994, they predicted a Kerry presidency in 2004, and every two years over the past ten, have predicted that Democrats would end their minority status. How many strike outs are allowed before we start firing pollsters?

All year long, polls have been predicting a Democratic wave. Now it seems they are hedging their bets. They sound like a bunch of idiots.

If you really think about it, do you believe that 30% of voters didn't know who they'd vote for and that every week they would have a different answer? Who believes voters are that stupid? Polls are preposterous.

Perhaps that should be a QOTD? After the hoopla and analysis, perhaps we can discuss the future of polls and whether they should be considered newsworthy anymore.

Re: Question of the day

Caveat Eligorum — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:04:11 -0000

Stroger 55%
Peraica 45%

Gomolinski 51%
Peraica 49%

Odishoo, Peraica, and Manzo have a meeting in the Illinois Department of Employment Security line to conduct a post mortem on Tony's demise. It will remind me of the scene in "Bad Lieutenant" with Harvey Keitel in the church....Ohhhhhhhhh, Oooooooooooooo, whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Re: Question of the day

Lovie's Leather — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:21:03 -0000

JBT 46.25
HAIR 44.75
COMMI 9

Bean 54
McSweeney 41
Commi 5

Roskam 51
Duckworth 49

Kirk 58
Seals 42

Lahood 68
Waterworth 32

Hare 55
Zinga 45

Rodogno 49
Giannoulias 48
Snider 3

Peraica 50.25
Toddler 49.75

I am very confident on the Bean/McSweeney prediction, the Lahood/Waterworth prediction, and the Hare/Zinga prediction. Other than that, if Blago does win the election, it will be no mandate and he will not get 50%.

Re: Question of the day

Anon — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:06:10 -0000

Over/under on men with campaign mustaches at the Blagojevich election night party: 50.

Re: Question of the day

Ashur Odishoo — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:02:44 -0000

JBT 46.5
Blago 46.5 (this race decided by less than 7,000)

Dems win rest of statewide.

Peraica 51
Stroger 48

Odishoo 64
Fritchey 32

Bean 52
McSweeney 48

Roskam 51
Duckworth 48

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