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Thursday, October 07, 2004

"At This Hour"

Take a look at this:

At this hour, President Bush has won re-election as president by a 47 percent to 43 percent margin in the popular vote nationwide. Ralph Nader has 1 percent of the vote nationwide. That's with 51 percent of the precincts reporting.
Bush has won 324 electoral votes in 33 states. He is leading in 4 states for a total of 43 more electoral votes.


Yes, at THIS hour.  You know, 624 hours before the election.

Here's the rest of the "article":

Kerry has won 105 electoral votes in 8 states and the District of Columbia. He is leading in 5 states for a total of 48 more electoral votes.

Nader has not won any state and is not currently leading in any state.

In the 435 U.S. House races, the Republicans have won 173 seats and are leading in the races for 56 seats. The Democrats have won 145 seats and are leading in the races for 56 seats. Independent and other party candidates have won or are leading for 3 seats. If these trends continue, the Republicans will retain control of the House.

In the 34 races for the U.S. Senate, the Republicans have won 14 seats and are leading in the races for 4 seats. The Democrats have won 13 seats and are leading in the races for 3 seats. Independent and other party candidates have won or are leading for 1 seat. If these trends continue, the Republicans will retain control of the Senate and will gain 3 seats.


This is an AP story on a the website of a Wisconsin ABC affiliate.  You have GOT to be kidding me.  How does this keep happening?

UPDATE: from chicagoprogressive over at Kos:

I am on the phone now with Ted Miller at WBAY in Green Bay - he is the webmaster. He said it is a TOTAL MISTAKE and that AP was testing its shit and that this got out on accident. He is really upset about this.

WBAY is a good station in Greenbay so lets not kill them.


How do these things keep getting out by mistake? There's a hell of a lot of ways to pre-empt things from going live on the Web.

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