Montana

What is happening to Montana?  I thought we were leading in the polls going in to today.  But the pundits keep talking about  Tenn, Virginia, and MO.  Did we somehow blow Montana?

Also, apparently Sweeney in NY-20 blew it with a last second story about him beating his wife. He wouldn't release court paper or answer questions.

•  Look at a map n/t.

  by LarryInNYC on Tue Nov 07, 2006 at 07:49:55 PM PDT

  •  Less smart-ass

    way of putting it - it's two hours behind the East Coast, so it reports later. It looks good, though.

    by Desroko on Tue Nov 07, 2006 at 07:53:11 PM PDT

    •  You got some kind of a problem. . .

      . . . with "smart-ass"?  Hmm?

      by LarryInNYC on Tue Nov 07, 2006 at 07:58:58 PM PDT

      •  I'm just pissed you said it first.

        I literally had the same comment in mind. Damn New Yorkers, I swear...

        by Desroko on Tue Nov 07, 2006 at 08:00:27 PM PDT

•  Montana looks VERY good.

  As with all the races we've won tonight, it will be decided by our amazing lead among women. Check out CNN's exit polls, they are tracking very close -- almost identical -- to the actual results. Actually, Tester is winning among men as well. Montana's in the bag.

  link

  by PBJ Diddy on Tue Nov 07, 2006 at 07:51:19 PM PDT

  •  Thanks I was getting worried

    The numbers do look great.

    by jct on Tue Nov 07, 2006 at 08:08:25 PM PDT

•  Well, Montana is in the west. There's this

  time zone thing that means it is later when the votes are counted.  Relax.  I think Tester will take it. (But what I think is not evidence one way or the other.)

  by mvr on Tue Nov 07, 2006 at 07:52:58 PM PDT

•  Go to the CNN link - Tester 51%-46%

  with 1% reported.

  http://www.cnn.com/...

  by StephNW4Clark on Tue Nov 07, 2006 at 07:53:14 PM PDT

  •  Thanks for the link. n/t

    by MTgirl on Tue Nov 07, 2006 at 08:10:03 PM PDT

•  Tester 53 to Burns 45

  just flashed up about 2 minutes ago on my local Butte-Bozeman CBS news channel. It's early, and they didn't say how many precincts were reporting yet. And yea, it's still early: polls only closed an hour ago.

  by perkunas on Tue Nov 07, 2006 at 07:56:02 PM PDT

  •  Thanks for the info.

    I've got two nailbiters tonight--MT Senate and RI governor.  It's going to be a long night.

    by MTgirl on Tue Nov 07, 2006 at 08:09:22 PM PDT

•  Look for Thomas Goltz blogging

  in the Salon war room, on Montana.  

  by AskQuestions on Tue Nov 07, 2006 at 07:56:57 PM PDT

•  Montana is looking good right now!

  by Dianna on Tue Nov 07, 2006 at 08:03:26 PM PDT

•  what is n/t?

  new to the net

  by UneasyOne on Tue Nov 07, 2006 at 08:10:55 PM PDT

  •  n/t = no text

    It means the whole message is in the subject line.  It's nice for those who are looking only at subject lines -- they know there's nothing to open up.

    by worldwideellen on Tue Nov 07, 2006 at 08:32:08 PM PDT

  •  Check out FAQ on Home page.

    Lots of good info there.

    by cosette on Tue Nov 07, 2006 at 08:41:41 PM PDT

    •  I have actually, thanks.

      I'll be referring back to it more than once as time goes by, but when everything is new (not just at DK), it takes a while for everything to gel.  

      by UneasyOne on Tue Nov 07, 2006 at 08:59:14 PM PDT

•  Finally...

  the rest of the Country has to wait for the West!!  I really don't think I've ever voted in an election where it wasn't called before the polls were closed.  I like it better this way.  

  by MarCat on Tue Nov 07, 2006 at 08:34:03 PM PDT

•  MT returns delayed?

  I just caught the end of a news segment on KPAX, so I'm not totally sure, but it sounds like at least one major county is not going to even count their ballots until tomorrow. We may not have a definitive result for Montana tonight.

  Can anybody else confirm or deny?

  by Vogelfrei on Tue Nov 07, 2006 at 09:31:50 PM PDT