Iowa State House District 60: Peter Cownie Wins
Peter Cownie (R) has won in District 60. The unofficial totals are:
| Alan R. Koslow | 6832 | ( 42.15%) |
| Peter Cownie | 8861 | ( 54.67%) |
| Russ Gibson | 499 | ( 3.08%) |
Peter Cownie (R) has won in District 60. The unofficial totals are:
News Organizations Different Projection Timings
NBC is calling Illinois before the polls are closed there... CNN is waiting. Different comments from the analysts, but personally I hate to see projections before polls are closed.
Granted the projections are coming from exit polls, but as we've seen in past elections, early projections can impact late voter turnout, which can impact other races.
The projections themselves are identical, which should be the case.
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CNN Gets A Technical First – A Live Hologram!
Just now, Wolf Blitzer is talking with Jessica Yellin via, get this, Hologram. First time on live TV.
I'm quite impressed with what they've accomplished here. Jessica is in Chicago and Wolf is in New York. The image was a little herky-jerky (that's a lot of data to transmit) from multiple cameras that were surrounding Jessica in a small tent.
I don't know for sure if the image was actually projected onto the set or just merged digitally, but Wolf gave the impression that he was looking right at the image. And there was a red circle on the floor that appeared as if it could have been part of the projection aparatus.
Bravo, CNN!
BFS: We Made It!!!
Great news! Books For Soldiers made their $70,000 Fund Raising goal and will NOT have to close!
BFS provides an awesome service to our deployed military members, and I hope we can continue to support this vital ministry for years to come!
Thank you to all of you that donated to and promoted this urgent need over the past few months!
2009 fundraising is now in progress... please keep Books For Soldiers in mind as you consider year-end and ongoing charitable giving.
How I’m Going to Vote
After two years, we finally get to pull the lever.
I do not propose to get into specifics, here about what I’m going to do. I don’t suppose I will need to.
You see, when I vote today, I’m going to remember which party made possible another vote recently, and which party decided fighting for freedom wasn’t worth it.
I strongly suggest that you should, as well.
Cross-posted from BitsBlog.
Addendum (Art): Great point, Bit. It's also great to see American's taking their right to vote this year as seriously as Iraqis do.Stay in Touch
