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To: ManyMoose who wrote (301651)	4/18/2009 12:10:14 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 793670

April 17, 2009 Categories: New York Murphy on track to win special election With all of the unchallenged absentee and overseas military ballots counted, Democrat Scott Murphy leads Republican Jim Tedisco by 273 votes and looks in extremely strong position to prevail in the New York special election. Murphy has 79,839 votes, while Tedisco has 79,566 votes. Fueling Democratic optimism is the source of the 1,773 ballots that have been challenged by both campaigns, and left out of the current count. According to a database provided by the Murphy campaign, the plurality of those challenged ballots were cast by registered Democrats. Of the 1,773 ballots not included in the count, 810 were cast by registered Democrats, 653 were from registered Republicans and 310 were from independent or unaffiliated voters. That registration breakdown makes it nearly impossible for Tedisco to overcome his 273-vote deficit. Registered Democrats overwhelmingly voted for Murphy in the election, so it's fairly safe to conclude that Murphy will net additional votes as many of the challenged ballots get counted. Democrats also estimate that Tedisco’s campaign has objected to twice as many ballots across the district as Murphy’s campaign – consistent with the registration patterns of the challenged ballots. So if most of these ballots end up in the count, expect Murphy to ultimately win by around 700-800 votes.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (301651)	4/18/2009 1:41:03 PM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793670

I took my son to meet Sam Johnson a few years ago. He's a good man. en.wikipedia.org * * *

To: ManyMoose who wrote (301651)	4/18/2009 2:41:47 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793670

We know Huffington Post asked their liberal readers to attend, take pics and report on the tea party protests. Lets face it, we know they were looking for something outrageous to publicize so gullible liberals can dismiss the protestors as nutty extermists. Knowing liberals, I can easily imagine some folks showing up with their own extremist signs for a friend to take pics of. Kind of fits in with Alinsky tactics. Naturally, Huffington Post now has their "most offensive signs" from the tea parties up - you could see that coming: huffingtonpost.com A few observations. The "Obama = Hitler" and "America is a Christian Nation" signs were held by persons facing away from the camera. Re. the "Obama: Socialist Pig" sign - can't see sign holders face, his hand is in front of his face (ala the neighbor on Tool Time) also no visible rally in the background. The same photographer took pics of the same sign attributed to both Chicago and Philadelphia: 1) "The American taxpayers are the Jews in Obama's Ovens" - can see the protestors face under a cap behind blue sunglasses, rally in background, though he (and his sign) are facing the opposite of everyone else. He's holding several signs, wearing a bright orange jacket. Taken in Chicago by Tony Ramao. images.huffingtonpost.com 2) Pic of Obama as Hitler - definitely the same guy w/ the "Obama's Ovens" sign - identifiable by same jacket and cap, sign again pointing away from the rally. Taken in Chicago by T. Ramao. images.huffingtonpost.com 3) The same sign showing Obama as Hitler but in Philadelphia taken by Toni Ramao. Sign holder has the same orange jacket: images.huffingtonpost.com The same photographer taking a pic of the same sign in Chicago AND Philadelphia? Probably just an innocent mistake. Note: I see you have to thumb through the pics at the huffpo site to see where they're supposed to be from - I did and #3 above is identified as Philadelphia and #1 & 2 are identified as being in Chicago. Also, there's a sign from Sacramento that looks like the Chicago guy without a ball cap on his head and in this one you cant see whether theres a jacket or not - not sure about this one - the nose looks the same to me but ??? ... who knows - if he and his signs can be in two cities on the same day why not three?: images.huffingtonpost.com Our "tax dollars given to Hamas" (Sacramento)- guy holding sign looks like the "Obama;s Ovens" guy in Chicago w/o a cap, same nose and blue sunglasses