Knox County precincts are basically counted. Here are the numbers from the Knox County Election Commission for the presidential race (absentee ballots have not been counted):
DEMOCRATS (cast votes: 37,887 99.04%)
Biden 75 0.02%
Clinton 18,693 49.34%
Dodd 25 0.07%
Edwards 2,002 5.28%
Gravel 32 0.08%
Kucinich 84 0.22%
Obama 16,639 43.92%
Richardson 86 0.23%
Uncommitted 251 0.66%
REPUBLICANS (cast votes: 51,016 96.64%)
Guilliani 951 1.86%
Huckabee [...]
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Knox County Presidential Primary Results
Posted in 2008 Elections, tagged 2008 primaries, Knox County, Tennessee on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some Western TN Polling Places Closed Early
Posted in 2008 Elections on February 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Update: That nasty weather is moving into downtown Nashville. (voting won’t be effected). And another tornado warning in Memphis. Take cover, folks.
Due to severe weather.
The Arkansas and Tennessee secretaries of state were forced to close some polling places earlier than expected Tuesday after several destructive tornadoes tracked through both states.
Tennessee State Elections Director Brook [...]
Another Handmaid’s Tale?
Posted in Blogging, tagged Blogging, book quiz on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
from LeanLeft, I went ahead and took the Book Quiz
You’re The Handmaid’s Tale!
by Margaret Atwood
An outraged feminist, you have been oppressed and even silenced in
your life, fueling your fury against the society as it stands. Your role has been
strictly defined by society and you are almost certainly unsatisfied with it. You
have some vague idea of [...]
CNN “Predicts” Clinton Winner of TN
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 primaries, Clinton, TN on February 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Wolf of CNN just call Clinton the dem winner in TN.
That’s with only 3% of precincts reporting.
And hundreds of people still standing in line waiting to cast their votes.
8:07 pm
Significantly more than a hundred people are in line to vote at Ball Camp Elementary. The polling place officially closed at 8 but will allow those [...]
Bush Budget Targets Private Computer Networks
Posted in Bizness, Bush Administration, Civil Rights, tagged budget, Bush, businesses, Civil Rights, NSA black box, privacy on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Remember AT&T and the NSA black box? Yeah, that’s the one. Well, Bush wants to expand that, expand it greatly.
The president’s budget wants to go much further. It moves beyond telcos and allocates $6 billion for a secretive system that is designed to protect government and private computer systems from attack. According to the [...]
Record Turnouts
Posted in 2008 Elections, tagged election primaries, Knox County, local races, vote on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
24 state have caucuses or primaries today, and CNN is already reporting large turnouts.
Increased voter registration and some long lines Tuesday pointed to a big turnout of voters for presidential primary contests across the country.
[...]In Georgia, waits of up to two hours were reported at some polling places in Atlanta, CNN affiliate WSB-TV reported.
Earlier, one [...]
Personal PAYGO
Posted in Economy and Business, tagged debt, Economy and Business, financial responsibility, keeping up with the Joneses, PAYGO on February 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I realize that there are a lot of people that used credit cards and home equity loans, and such, to live at a higher lifestyle, but the funny thing is, I don’t know many people like that. The majority of people that I know are very conscientious about their income and spending. Trips to the [...]
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