John McCain cruises to victory over J.D. Hayworth in Arizona's Republican Senate primary.
--Ben Frumin
Alas, it's looking like Allen Boyd is going to hold on and beat Al Lawson in the FL-2 Dem primary. But, man, it was awfully close. More big news is what now appears to be the almost certain win of Rick Scott over longtime Republican officeholder Bill McCollum. Unconfirmed reports have McCollum preparing a concession.
Late Update: Or not. McCollumites now saying their go won't be conceding. And AP calls it for Boyd.
Later Update: McCollum's campaign is saying there's no clear winner and we'll have to wait for the morning -- which may be a coded way of saying he's coming out for marijuana legalization, or perhaps just that all the folks in his campaign are smoking some right now.
Even Later Update: AP says put away the bong guys, calls it for Rick Scott.
--Josh Marshall
Remember Allen Boyd, the big and really the only big pro-Social Security phase-out Dem from back in 2005? Looks like he may have some trouble on his hands tonight. With 73% of the vote in in the Dem primary in FL-2, it's Boyd 51%, Al Lawson 49%.
Late Update: Now it's at 78% with the same margin. The remaining precincts outstanding don't give a clear read on what remains.
Latter Update: Now 80%, same margin.
Holding out Hope Update: Sigh, 84% in and it moves to Boyd by 4.
Not Looking Good Update: 90% and Boyd's 4 point margin is looking pretty solid.
--Josh Marshall
The latest numbers show it pretty much neck and neck on the GOP side in the Florida Gov primary. And our Eric Kleefeld notes that most of votes from his old district in Orange County are already in. So he could be in for a long night. At the moment it's a 3 point margin for Rick Scott with about half the vote in. So definitely still very much up in the air.
The biggest chunk of outstanding votes are in the big urban areas in the South of the state -- Broward, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, etc. Those are normally the Democratic strongholds in statewide races. But of course this is the Republican primary. So not immediately clear to me who that favors.
Late Update: Now at 9:09 PM we're 53% of the vote in and Scott has a 4 point margin.
--Josh Marshall
The AP is projecting Rep. Kendrick Meek will be the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Florida, defeating billionaire Jeff Greene.
That sets up the three-way Meek, Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio general election. Here's the TPM Poll Average on that no-longer-hypothetical matchup:
--David Kurtz
Just to let you know we've got live election results coming soon from what have unquestionably been two of the most entertaining state primaries this season.
At 8 PM we'll be bringing you live results from Florida where there are hot and fairly crazy races for nominations for Senate and Governor. In the Democratic primary, Kendrick Meek leads gazillionaire yachtsman Jeff Greene in the race to see who can be the Democratic nominee and sit on the sidelines as Charlie Crist runs the race as the de facto Democratic nominee. On the GOP side, longtime GOP officeholder Bill McCollum tries to get his dignity back from upstart moneybags Rick Scott.
And then at 10 PM it's Arizona where there's been a lot of suspense over just how big a margin J.D. Hayworth is going to get his butt beaten by John McCain. Finally, there's the Republican primary in Arizona's 3rd district. That's the battle to see who gets the nomination to succeed Rep. John Shadegg (R). In truth, we have no idea who's going to win that one because there haven't been any public polls. But Dan Quayle's son Rufus Ben Quayle is in this race going up against a bunch of other GOPers to get this nomination because it brings with it a virtual certainty of getting elected in November. This race, among other things, has been a stand-out for totally over the top ads, a few of which you can see here.
Then of course there's Alaska, which closes at midnight eastern.
--Josh Marshall
Why Sarah Palin is about to lose big time in tonight's primary election in Alaska.
--Josh Marshall
Is Imam Rauf the Muslim Shirley Sherrod?
And do I need a calendar to remember who to hate next week?
--Josh Marshall
Recovery Act buoying economy up from catastrophic territory into the territory of the merely awful.
Irrefutable argument for going back to policies of previous administration.
--Josh Marshall
TPM Reader ML picks up the conversation ...
You're right, it can be both, but it's important to remember just how much you're asking of Imam Rauf when you talk about mismanaging the media strategy, because (again) you're right, he *is* just a guy with a non-profit and an idea, and you've got to keep in mind the timeline.This thing only barely entered the national media consciousness towards late May when it first went up for a vote before Manhattan Community Board No. 1 (this was all the way back when Mark Williams talked about the "terrorists' monkey god"). It was still barely on the radar a few weeks later when the Right started making a stink about Rauf's ties to the flotilla, and still hardly an issue come early July when goptrust.com had that awful, terrifyingly jingoistic anti-Park51 commercial rejected by CBS.
--Josh Marshall
Sen. Harkin to hold hearings on new decision putting stem cell research into doubt.
--Josh Marshall
You may have heard that Moldovan authorities have today arrested five people for trying to smuggle/sell about four pounds of Uranium. What I'm a little unclear on just what we're talking about. It's being referred to as 'yellowcake' uranium. And the thing is that 'yellowcake' is very, very lightly refined uranium. To make nukes you need many tons of the stuff -- and the ability to do the refining. And even to make a dirty bomb, I'm not sure that would really do that much for you.
It's a little unclear at this point just what we're talking about. The reporters or even the police authorities may be speaking loosely. But on its face, 4 pounds of 'yellowcake' just doesn't amount to much.
--Josh Marshall
Tea Party Leader calls for Americanism-based Cordoba House center in Mecca.
--Josh Marshall
Throughout the controversy over the Cordoba House / Ground Zero Mosque / Park51 project, there's been a steady backdrift of criticism suggesting that, quite apart from the ideological controversies, the project just hasn't been well run. Some say that the organizers have had a poor media strategy or, frankly, have had close to none; or that they didn't canvass the idea well with the rest of the Muslim community in New York City.
Others point out that whatever you think about the controversy, which in some respects has become global, there's hardly even a project. What you have really is a developer who owns a building and a Imam with a non-profit and a concept. While the crazies are going on about the project being funded by the Global Anti-American Jihad, Inc., the truth is that it actually isn't funded at all. They haven't started raising money yet. These points have been made in various ways in the Times, Politico and the Post. And here's a post by Hussein Rashid at religiondispatches.org that covers some of the same ground.
--Josh Marshall
RNC Chief Michael Steele tells Spanish language channel Univision that Arizona's anti-immigration law doesn't represent the GOP.
--Josh Marshall
How does it play exactly if you're running for senator and part of your platform is that people shouldn't be able to vote for their senators. Colorado's Ken Buck is trying to find out.
--Josh Marshall
Bush insider Karen Hughes says she has no recollection of sending Imam Rauf on missions abroad to spread the good news about moderate Islam in the USA.
--Josh Marshall
Rick Santorum says Imam Rauf, the man at the center of the mosque controversy, is a "jihadist", just not a "violent jihadist".
--Josh Marshall
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| FL-SEN (D) | Votes |
|---|---|
| Greene | 31% 283,497 |
| Meek | 57% 523,106 |
| 99% reporting |
| FL-GOV (R) | Votes |
|---|---|
| McCollum | 43% 557,455 |
| Scott | 46% 595,484 |
| 99% reporting |
| FL-02 House (D) | Votes |
|---|---|
| Boyd | 51% 42,424 |
| Lawson | 49% 39,998 |
| 99% reporting |
| FL-08 House (R) | Votes |
|---|---|
| 14% 8,307 | |
| Long | 23% 14,066 |
| O'Donoghue | 7% 4,380 |
| Sullivan | 11% 6,504 |
| Webster | 40% 24,723/span> |
| 100% reporting |
| AZ-SEN (R) | Votes |
|---|---|
| Hayworth | 31% 127,317 |
| McCain | 58% 236,685 |
| 49% reporting |
| AZ-03 House (R) | Votes |
|---|---|
| Crump | 5% 2,862 |
| Gorman | 8% 4,175 |
| Moak | 18% 9,722 |
| Parker | 16% 8,830 |
| Quayle | 23% 12,282 |
| Waring | 18% 9,839 |
| 57% reporting |
| VT-GOV (D) | Votes |
|---|---|
| Bartlett | 5% 3,507 |
| Dunne | 21% 14,165 |
| Markowitz | 24% 16,039 |
| Racine | 25% 16,839 |
| Shumlin | 25% 16,960 |
| 89% reporting |
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