Let's start cranking out some predictions... that are somewhat serious....
Congressionals...
Oh but wait... we have some breaking news from the World's Crappiest newsroom... Throw up the fancy lettering...
* * * BREAKING NEWS * * *
Just handed to me by a QCI intern... QCI is ready to call 2 more races...
With ZERO precincts reporting... and I want to be clear about this... ZERO precincts reporting... We are ready to call the races for Congress in the 4th and 5th Districts...
Tom Latham and Steve King have won re-election. So there you go.
Now back to you regularly scheduled QCI post....
OK, here you go.... Predicitions in places where there is action.
1st District - Gonna be lame and say toss up... If Braley goes down tonight... Um, the other side is screwed.
2nd District - Miller-Meeks is gonna be your first woman member of Congress. I think its just there. If you are looking at turn out numbers right now? Heavy, heavy in Linn.... Hearing, like everywhere else in the state, where we need big turn outs... and we're getting them. Miller-Meeks gets the upset tonight... who would have thunk it, right? Well, if you have seen how hard she has worked... you know.
Also... peeps out in the 2nd are telling me that Loebsack doesn't even seem like he wants to keep his seat. A Democrat source close to QCI told us that it's like... if he loses... it's not a big deal to him. Interesting.
3rd District - Sure the numbers that have came out of this one... haven't been the best. But again... if you are looking a turnout numbers as we speak... look at Polk County and the Supervisor Districts... Heavy in Bob Brownell's and EJ Giovanetti's... take note of EJ's... this is Brad's backyard.
Turn out is low on the Southside, in John Mauro's area... The Eastside is seeing some huge turnouts... because they got the Funk.
But here's the thing where I wouldn't shut the door on Zaun's chances... Look at Connelly's district. Brad is going to get a lot of these people. This is the Northside... Beaverdale... Irish Catholic... Dowling kids... These are Brad's peeps that no one is seeing... and they are turning out. Big time.
Also... if Branstad wins Polk County... we have a ballgame.
More stuff on the way... Stay thirsty.
