Liveblogging the Razorback Blanche Lincoln-Palmetto Nikki Haley Memorial Pig Race
Is it already night-time in the Arkansas-Iowa-Utah portion of Real America? Yes! And thanks to Wonkette veteran Princess Sparkle Pony for posting this blingee he made for Blanche Lincoln, who is now LOSING, with 60% of the vote counted. She's only got 49%, and that's apparently "less than 50%" and that means let's start the next round of our (Some of) America votes (June) 2010 Liveblogging! ALSO: Nikki Haley has to have a runoff, which means so many sexy stories about Nikki Haley's boy-toys.
10: 26 PM -- The previous super-soaker Liveblogging is here, in case you've Lost Your Way.
10: 29 PM -- It wasn't so long ago when Olbermann honored your editor with that "Worst Guy In the Solar System" award, and now Olbermann is praising Twitters by wingnut-beat reporter Dave Weigel. How far we've come!
10: 32 PM -- But the Politico says Blanche Lincoln now has 51.3%, with 63.3% reporting. She's back, like a squealing Razorback!
10: 35 PM -- Meanwhile, in Iowa, America's other favorite dirty-Twitter-typer Chuck Grassley might just win his uncontested GOP primary. Go Chuck! Let's check his Twitter:
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10: 38 PM -- CNN is running murder news. And on CNN Headline News, as always, it is murder news. CNN is America's Place 4 Politics.
10: 39 PM -- "Voters in New Jersey went to the polls for the state's primary, and sent a former Philadelphia Eagle off to a fall battle with an incumbent for a seat in the House of Representatives. Jon Runyan beat attorney Justin Murphy to win the Republican nomination for New Jersey's third congressional district." SEE?
10: 44 PM -- States with fake no-contest elections tonight are: Virginia, North Dakota and the Maine House races. These states will be expelled from the Union.
10: 50 PM --
11: 00 PM -- And how many newsy items did WordPress just eat? Three? Four? We'll never know. But Blanche "I hate Democrat stuff" Lincoln squeaked by, AP calls it for her, hooray?
11: 01 PM -- Polls are closed in California. Are you ready for the Jungle Primary? Well, check back in two or three hours! Go Orly!
11: 02 PM -- Oh yeah, we wanted to say this: It is sad to not have Newell here for liveblogging, and maybe sadder still that he's not liveblogging (or posting Election Night news at all) for Gawker. Needs moreGlee, we guess.
11: 03 PM -- Jim Gibbons is out of the gate with a strong (cough, tomatoes) 23% in the Republican primary.
11: 10 PM -- Oh golly, Bland Blanche Lincoln is giving her victory speech. Oh her vote "is not for sale," eh? Unless you own a health insurance company. Fraud.
11: 12 PM -- "Ar-Kansans," meh. Maybe she'll show some interest in whatDemocratsthink?
11: 14 PM -- The new conventional wisdom here will be that Lincoln's half-ass barely-won-her-runoff is a "victory" for the White House, because the Obama administration very blandly supported her, sort of, and would've been completely fine with the Democrat winning.
11: 15 PM -- Brian Sandoval has WON the GOP primary for governor, so good-bye, sleazy Jim Gibbons.
11: 27 PM -- Let's switch the West Coast Liveblogging Nightmare, starting NOW.