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IIRC, in 2004 exit pollsters updated their exit polls to confirm with counted votes.

I hadn't thought about that.

Still, we have two conflicting exit polls from MSNBC and CNN.

I don't think it's going to make a difference, because I suspect CNN was right.  It's a bit weird to me that the percentages came in as exact -- down to the one-hundredth of a point -- opposite in Diebold vs Hand-Count precincts.

One way or another, Kucinich deserves a thank you for standing up on principle.  Confidence in the integrity of the vote matters.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Jan 11th, 2008 at 10:19:28 AM EST
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Kos also deserves to be smacked for pulling his "Call for a recount and I'll ban you" stuff again.  Prior to the exit poll from CNN, it was perfectly reasonable to be suspicious.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Jan 11th, 2008 at 10:21:51 AM EST
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Kos is an ass.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jan 11th, 2008 at 10:32:17 AM EST
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Yes, he is.  He's going to have a lot of egg on his face, too, if Kucinich's recount goes through and they find something.  That would be interesting.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Jan 11th, 2008 at 11:47:01 AM EST
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Actually, the coincidence on the percentages is even greater:

Optical Scan
Clinton 91,717 52.9507%
Obama 81,495 47.0493%
Total 173,212

Hand Counted
Clinton 20,889 47.0494%
Obama 23,509 52.9506%
Total 44,398

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Jan 11th, 2008 at 10:24:26 AM EST
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It is almost as if the US takes a recount as an insult.

aspiring to genteel poverty

by edwin (eeeeeeee222222rrrrreeeeeaaaaadddddd@@@@yyyyaaaaaaa) on Fri Jan 11th, 2008 at 10:55:29 AM EST
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