Fun activity for KERRY LOVERS!

[Vektor]

Vote him up!
http://newpoliticalreview.com/poll.php

[Luftmensch067]

1. Done! n/t

[Island Blue]

2. Done - JK needs help! He's is too far down at the moment.

And what's up with that photo of Joe Biden? What year was that taken? 1982?

[karynnj]

4. Kerry's picture looks more recent

and he looks so honest and of such high integrity and character and dignity - how did anyone not give him all 7s. But at least he moved from 39 to 38.

[ProSense]

3. Done! n/t

[elshiva]

5. Thanks, Vek, but I don't like voting in such polls.

Because
1. No senator is the BEST and no one is the worse

2. NAH! NAH! Mikulski's ahead! YAH!

[TayTay]

6. Done!

That was fun! Thanks.

[saracat]

7. Done!

[sandrakae]

8. Anyone notice the top 43 senators are Democrats?

[sasha031]

9. if you want to vote again

clean your cookies and delete files

hell the repukes always cheat :shrug:

[TayTay]

10. Welcome to the JK Forum Sasha

Saw your spirited defense of JK in DU General. Nice job!

Are you from Mass? (I am and so are a few others here.)

:patriot:

[sasha031]

12. Hi TayTay

Yes I live in Halifax, it's ok here, miss the Cape very much.

[Inuca]

11. These polls...

... do not mean much, of course, but it's nice to see who proudly occupies the 100th position.

[karynnj]

13. Up to number 25!

[globalvillage]

14. Ha! Stevens dropped from 97 to 98.

He may bump Frist.
Vote him down!

[karynnj]

15. Kerry at 20

[globalvillage]

16. Sen Kerry at 15

:patriot:

And Stevens has dropped to 99.

:rofl:

[FreedomAngel82]

17. Thanks

I even did my senator Frist. Of course he got all one's with me. Heh heh. I can't wait till he's gone next year!

[rosesaylavee]

18. Kerry at 18

He needs to update that photo. Hmmmmmm.

[karynnj]

19. Kerry at 17

[Blaukraut]

20. Done

Still at 17. What is this preoccupation of people with Barack Obama? Yes, he seems to be a decent senator so far. However, he is still an unknown quantity and hasn't impressed me all that much up to now. Just wondering... :shrug:

[rosesaylavee]

21. I think if we tthink of this as a game and not a poll,

it would work better. I was able to move Arlen Spector up a space by doing a round of 'ones' for those Repugs in front of him.

I like Barack, as he is my junior senator and all - but if we really want to have JK to move up, we need to 'one-hit' the senators in front of him - as undeserving they may be. That is if we really want to take this seriously.

[globalvillage]

22. I am only voting Kerry up

and Santorum and Stevens down.

That's my plan. Everyone else is on their own.

[karynnj]

24. I was just rating Kerry all 7 , because there were so

many ahead of him - it actually was a better strategy than giving lots of people 1s. I did rate the Hawaii guy down when Kerry was right behind him - but he deserved it because of the agreement to vote with Stevens on Alaska things- even when they were the difference on ANWR. (Then I felt really guilty and stopped - oddly I felt worse rating someone else down than by cheating and voting early and often. )

But you're right that it would be nearly impossible to get Kerry as number 1 without 1 rating the top ones.

[rosesaylavee]

25. Once we get him to the top slot

then we can more fairly rate the others. We have ten months of playing with this. It won't mean anything (whatever that is) until September anyway.

I guess I am just a tad competitive... its a problem. :)

[karynnj]

26. Just from playing with it and looking at the graphics

it looks like the very top ones are pretty close to 7, and it takes a lot of 7s to move up one place - and it will take more and more to change the score (as the denominator gets bigger and bigger). Competitive here too. I think the main thing is to be high enough to be in the top 20 - so he gets a chance in step 2.

[rosesaylavee]

23. Now at 16.

[globalvillage]

27. Sen Kerry at 13

:applause:

[globalvillage]

28. Still at 13

Don't forget to vote!

[beachmom]

29. Done, still at 13

[globalvillage]

30. #12

:patriot:

[globalvillage]

31. Wow. Check it out.

[sandrakae]

34. Can you beleive Santorum is at 76. He needs to be sandwiched

between Stevens and Frist.

[globalvillage]

37. Santorum at 78 now

Vote him down!



Sen Kerry at #6! Yay!

[ginnyinWI]

32. He's at #10 now

Top Ten! :woohoo:

[karynnj]

33. Number 7

[wisteria]

35. Yep, number 7-and moving on up!!! n/t

[ProSense]

36. Sixth now! n/t

[karynnj]

38. Number 5 - Top Row !

[MH1]

39. #4 now

think I'll screen print that.

[karynnj]

40. Right between Kennedy and Harkins

There is a thread on the survey on GD-P so we may need to watch it - though it's interesting that Kerry went up again.

[globalvillage]

41. Boxer bumped Obama out of the #1 spot.

JK still at #4.

[sandrakae]

42. Sorry guys but I just can't stand that John is behind Ted.

Please lets get him up where he belongs. Also I would like Santorum sandwiched between Stevens and Frist if at all possible.

[Luftmensch067]

43. Just cast my vote for this week!

JK holding steady at 4.

[whometense]

44. Just voted again.

Kick!! Holding at number 4.

[ProSense]

45. Um.. still 4th n/t

[globalvillage]

46. Sen Kerry still at #4

BUT Santorum has dropped to #89!!!

We're almost there!

[karynnj]

47. Lieberman and Hillary are moving up significantly - but they're

still in the 30s.

[ProSense]

48. Time for some love. n/t

[karynnj]

49. Kerry at 3!

Just traded places with Kennedy - lots of 7s, cause how can you give Kennedy low mars?

Hillary is now at 17 - having been aroud 45 two weeks ago and in the 30s last week. Must have a group of people voting her up - so I guess there's a Hillary counterpart to us somewhere. But we must have been more persistant as it took us only 3 days to move Kerry to the top 20.

[whometense]

50. Damn!

He's back at 4. Must be right on the line!!

[karynnj]

52. IT'S NOT THE RIGHT

notice Kennedy is not being touched. Look at number 14 - Mrs Clinton, Mr Biden,B. Nelson and Lieberman have moved up enormously.

They may be voting Kerry down, but the line thing didn't change much.

[Island Blue]

51. WTF? He slipped to 5th.

Tom Harkin moved ahead of him? Not to diss Tom, but why?

[karynnj]

53. Back to 3

[karynnj]

54. 5 again - but Obama is 4

Hillary is up to 12 and Biden 16. Feingold is down to 10. Nelson is 7. Harkin is 2.

The only thing I can think of is that the ups have people who found this recently and they're giving them lots of 7s. (Which is fair- as we've done that too)

[_dynamicdems]

55. I hope people take into account how they voted today. What is with the

steady climb of Lieberman?

[karynnj]

57. He has a fan club obviously

but we're doing the same.

[globalvillage]

56. #3 n/t

[karynnj]

58. NUMBER 2 - but Boxer seems pretty far ahead

I think we've given Kerry so many 7s he is asymptotically approaching 7.

[Vektor]

59. LOOKING GOOD!

Voted again today. #2!

[whometense]

60. I'm wondering

where all of Harkin's votes are coming from?

And why is Durbin so low? I've been trying to push him up.

[karynnj]

61. See post 9 it could even be a small number of people

I have no idea what happened to Durbin. Others who fell at the same time were Feingold and Stabenow. Oddly, Hillary, Biden, Nelson (why ???) and Lieberman really moved up. There was nothing Biden did inthe last few weeks that would logically give him any momentum. (Maybe some centrist publication or blog highlighted the contest.)

It seems that Kennedy has a lot of people moving him up. Obama moved down this week - but it might just be all the Kerry (who could they be), Kennedy and Harkin voters.

[WildEyedLiberal]

62. WTF Menendez moved into the 2 spot!

Did Corzine's votes carry over to him, or does he have all new votes? If he's just getting 7s that might explain it.

[globalvillage]

63. That's impossible.

He's only been a senator for...what time is it?

[karynnj]

65. But he hasn't done anything bad yet.

[karynnj]

64. They likely started him at zero and their are very few votes

almost all 7s. He has had a good start. On the other hand, if mean people wanted to knock him down, it would be easy.

[karynnj]

66. Kerry back at 2

[_dynamicdems]

67. Number ONE!

The voting has changed though. You can only vote up to 6 points max now...and a lot of nasty repugs are moving up steadily. Frist is no longer at the bottom of the heap.

[karynnj]

68. It looks like someone has really hacked the whole thing though

All the Senators now have very very high scores - so there is almost no difference between the top and bottom. Changing the scale in the middle is also very weird because if say Kerry's average is 6.5 (due to a lot of obsessive people giving him 7s), does a 6, lower the score.

[Island Blue]

69. I agree, there's something screwy going on.

You can give someone all 1's and bump them down about six spots.

Also, for the record, one of my Senators (Richard Burr) is currently sitting at #100. Now while I basically feel that he is a * suck-up and not much of a Senator, there is NO WAY he should be ranked 100, behind the likes of Senator Man-on-Dog, Senator Barfbag, Senator Hulk and so many others. So there. That's my one and only defense of the man. Please don't ever ask me to do it again!

[karynnj]

70. I put someone more deserving there

possibly not the worse - but he was very mean and didn't let Kerry have 10 minutes to complete his excellent speech. Mitch McConnell.

[_dynamicdems]

71. There must be a group of people voting up the neocons like

Santorum, Frist, Stevens, etc. Methinks the Freepers have finally found this poll.

[Vektor]

80. It is really weird!

Probably freepers using scripting programs.

[globalvillage]

72. Kerry #1, McCain #100

As it should be.

[sandrakae]

73. I love this. Its Perfect. McCain is such a hypocrite.

[karynnj]

74. In fact the whole bottom row deserve to be where they are

McCain - for stabbing Kerry in the back and being a nasty person
Frist - too many reasons to name
Chambliss - for smearing Clealand
McConnell - general nastiness, but he was also the jerk that refused to give Kerry 10 minutes
Stevens - Nastiness over ANWR

The whole top row are great.

[_dynamicdems]

78. I saw that! It made my day! WooHoo! n/t

[globalvillage]

75. I just bumped Santorum from 98 to 99

It's been the best part of my day so far.

(I've had a rotten day, BTW, but still...)

:-)

[Island Blue]

76. Sorry you've had a rotten day GV.

:hug:

At the moment, the top five and the bottom five in this poll are like a mirror image of each other. Just as it should be!

[globalvillage]

77. See, now your post has been the best thing...

My day is getting better by the minute.

[_dynamicdems]

79. I'm sorry you had a bad day. A little good Kerry news goes a long way

though. And your're here now, which should help a bit. :)

And we've passed 70K posts! That's cool!

[globalvillage]

81. Thanks, DD

I'm a little concerned about the Russell Bldg thing. I doubt Sen Kerry was there. Only dem names I've heard are Dodd and Byrd.

I'm praying for a false alarm.

[_dynamicdems]

82. Me too. I always worry about JK...he's always out on a limb and it

really terrifies me. Remember that attack that killed those civilians in Pakistan? The timing was kinda frightening. Thank God JK'd already left, but still...

I wonder where exactly they got the reading.

[Kerry fan]

83. He's still Number 1.

[karynnj]

84. Yay,

Did you see Lieberman is down at 95. I guess that's what happens when a Democrat accepts a Hannity endorsement.

[FreedomAngel82]

85. Kerry's number one!!!!

YAY!!! Oh gosh!

[globalvillage]

86. Don't forget to vote

for your favorite Senator on Valentine's day!

Still #1
As it should be.

[Kerry fan]

87. Mary Landrieu has taken 100th place?

[globalvillage]

88. Still the 1

Don't forget to vote.
:patriot:

[Kerry fan]

89. Russ Feingold has taken the #1 spot.

How did that happen?

[globalvillage]

90. Well, that's just wrong.

Nothing against Russ, but he doesn't belong there.

Santorum, on the other hand, is in exactly the right spot.

[wisteria]

94. I was just on there a little while ago and Kerry was #1. n/t

[globalvillage]

91. That's better. n/t.

[Vektor]

92. :-)

Indeed.

[sandrakae]

93. Somebody must have hacked this thing.

[Vektor]

95. Needs a bit of ATTENTION....

:-)

[wisteria]

96. Kerry is # 1,

but we all knew that already.

[Kerry fan]

97. needs attention again - badly.

[karynnj]

98. Kerry # 1 again

[globalvillage]

99. #4!!!

That won't do.

[nolies32fouettes]

100. number 3

but I like Barbara Boxer and Russ too.

[wisteria]

101. This has been hacked big time. Feigold can go from 1-3, but

Kerry is unable to overtake him at 4. Kerry can't move ahead. The more you vote for Kerry the more you elevate Feingold.
If Feingold has so much support and is such a good senator, why was it necessary to go to this extreme to cheat?

[Mass]

102. Kerry 1 - Boxer 2 - Kennedy 3 - Feingold 4 - Durbin 5

Dont panic over that.

[wisteria]

103. No panic, it appears to be running more fairly now.

I do realize it is a silly thing.

[Kerry fan]

104. Something is wrong...#5?

[karynnj]

105. Not any more!

Number 1 - all in the top 5 seem very close - it doesn't take much to move them. But just wait - maybe this isn't what it appears, but a test of who has the most aggresively supportive followers -

[Kerry fan]

106. I hope so Karyn.

I just can't imagine anyone have as much support as Kerry...LOL

[ginnyinWI]

107. That top row is looking mighty fine today--

Kerry-Kennedy-Boxer-Durbin-Feingold! :loveya:

[ProSense]

108. Giving

JK love.

[Kerry fan]

109. Hope no one minds.

I don't want this to fall off the page. I vote in this every day and it's easier to come here and click it rather than paste in browser.

[ProSense]

110. Still #1 n/t

[globalvillage]

111. Still #1

:-)

But Frist has replaced Santorum for the bottom spot.

:-(

[karynnj]

112. Santorum's back in his proper place

and Kerry is in his, where he has stayed (for most of the time) since Feb 7 - from our posts.

[globalvillage]

113. Thank you, karyn.

I feel better now.

:-)

[karynnj]

114. It ony took one set of "ones", all richly deserved.

[karynnj]

115. Kerry still number 1

Realized the topic last seen a week and a half ago - but Kerry's still number 1.

[Vektor]

116. Kick!

Good times.

[JohnKleeb]

117. how the hell is a liberal republican like lincoln chafee

in an Enzi and Craig sandwhich, those guys are solid right wing and dont have any character to my knowledge.

[karynnj]

118. Voted against Allard

He doesn't deserve to be at 66, he was at 65. But, there are so many bad Republicans - they can't all be at 100. (Moving him down, moved Roberts up. :puke: )

[whometense]

119. me too.

Plus, I always make a point of voting down Saxby Chambliss - an act of vengeance in honor of Max Cleland.

[Vektor]

120. I had to put the smack down on "Cat Killer Frist"

He deserves the death penalty for being an animal torturer, so I like to vote him down as often as I can.

May he suffer a violent, gory demise after being hog tied, covered in sardines and raw steak, then released into a cage of lions.

[Inuca]

121. I loathe...

... that guy, so I just dropped him down another notch :-)

[globalvillage]

122. Allard is still way too high on the list

Although Santorum is exactly where he should be.

As is Senator Kerry.
:patriot:

[wisteria]

123. Thanks for reminding me to vote up Senator Kerry. n/t

[globalvillage]

124. I almost forgot.

n/t

[ginnyinWI]

125. Done, plus a little extra "attention" to Allard this time--

My vote made him go down one place! ;)

[Kerry fan]

126. URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED!

[ProSense]

127. Attention! n/t

[jenndar]

128. Thanks for the heads up n/t

[karynnj]

129. Done but still needs help

[demdiva]

130. Mine ranking just put him back at #1!

[karynnj]

131. still #1

[karynnj]

132. Needs help - Russ is ahead

[wisteria]

133. Kerry's #1!!! n/t

[zann725]

134. Done! What fun! Let's keep him #1. (Note Feingold runs a close VP-2nd)

Kick!

[Kerry fan]

135. Needs attention

[globalvillage]

136. McCain is at 98

Can we vote him down to 99, please?

[ginnyinWI]

137. done

But the ranking didn't move. :( Once more into the breach, dear friends...

[karynnj]

138. Syill number 1 !

[Island Blue]

139. Thanks for bumpin'.

I looked for this the other day but couldn't find it.

[Kerry fan]

140. OOPS!

[ginnyinWI]

141. Lieberman, Frist and Santorum bring up the rear!

Oh if only this ranking reflected our latest and future election results.

And Biden's pic is at least 20 years old--LOL.

[demdiva]

142. Still in first, followed by Feingold, Wyden, Boxer and Kennedy

[WildEyedLiberal]

143. KICK - this is in the final stage!!

The top 20 Senators have been chosen - 10 Dems and 10 Repukes (I think they chose the 10 highest ranked Repukes because they were all ranked 40 and below), and the rankings have been reset.

HELP JK WIN!

[karynnj]

144. You're right! Let's help Kerry win!

He was number 1 is the first phase far more than anyone else.

[globalvillage]

145. Yes! Keep this kicked!

Geez, I keep forgetting to vote.
Not fair re the repukes. The entire top 20 was Dem!

[karynnj]

146. Needs some help -

Kerry is only 1 "6" higher than the next - needs lots of 6s.

[Island Blue]

148. This may be a stupid question

but how do you tell how many "6s" someone has? (Or any other number for that matter.) I've yet to figure that one out.

[karynnj]

147. Still #1 - kick

[Island Blue]

149. EMERGENCY BUMP!

Barbara Boxer and Uncle Teddy have now pulled ahead of Senator Kerry! Not that there is anything wrong with either of those two fine Senators, but we need to make sure JK returns to his rightful place at #1.


:kick:

[karynnj]

150. Needs help Kerry is #2

I like Boxer so I couldn't rate her low so I only moved Kerry up - he was a little behind Kennedy.

[globalvillage]

151. I can't vote Boxer down, either.

I think she's great. But we've got to get Sen Kerry back in the #1 spot!

[karynnj]

152. kick

[WildEyedLiberal]

153. He's number ONE now, let's keep him there!

KICK! :kick:

[Island Blue]

154. Bump.

:bounce:

[karynnj]

155. kick - still number 1

There seems to be very little change in the positions.

[karynnj]

156. kick

[Kerry fan]

157. OMG! WTF Happened????

I go on vacation for a few days and come home to a "crisis".

[blm]

158. I'd guess Cantwell supporters are making with some mischief and doing it

at Kerry's expense. The only way that could have happened is if her supporters were also rating Kerry down. That is not too cool, since no Dem should rate ANY other Dem down and I am certain no Kerry supporter treats other Dems like that.

[Mass]

159. It seems that somebody is pushing Kerry down.

[karynnj]

161. There had to be many many "1" votes

The bars on the others didn't get bigger but Kerry's shrunk. He's number 1 now he needs lots and lots of "6" tomake it harder to do this. (There mey be some more moderate/DLC/centrist Democrats voting - Feingold has been in the bottom half for at least a week - so it may just have been harder to counter Kerry's good ones.

[wisteria]

160. Wow, what happened here?

From #1 to # 9 in a couple of days. It is time for some "fun" of our own to correct this mistake.

[blm]

162. We're not the types to freep anything. If people want to be larcenous

for their senator and against Kerry, then that is something the site will have to deal with.

Notify the site and tell them that someone has been fooling with their poll. They will see it.

[wisteria]

163. The site is easily freeped. The owners have to know this. it may

just be a battle of the most devoted and diligent supporters. At this point one would have to question all the standings and might even suggest that some were not legitimate. Personally, I see nothing wrong with voting up a particular Senator as many times as possible- as long as other good Senators aren't voted down just to enhance another's chances.

[Island Blue]

164. According to this letter writer

(Click on "Letters") it's us who are doing the freeping. We are apparently the "pulse of America" and we didn't even know it. I'm with you Wisteria, I've never voted down a good (read Democratic) Senator. I've mainly just voted for JK up and Senators like Santorum and Allen (among others) down.

Truth in Polls

I have set here, voted time after time, proving these "polls?" can and are being rigged. I have sent you e-mails, showing where Kerry "fans" are deliberty voting time after time, to rig this in Kerry's favor. My question is, when you know what is going on can you honestly publish this as real are you telling me that a few people from Democratic Underground hitting the Kerry button over and over, are the pulse of America, No, why are you allowing this?

Linda Sedro Woolley, WA

We are aware that people can clear their cookies and vote more than once a day. The only way to prevent people from voting more than once is to require registration with a user name and password in order to vote. We don't want to force people to register so unfortunately that makes our poll susceptible to "Freepers." "Freeping" is a term coined by the right-wing site FreeRepublic.com. It is when a Web site or blog calls to flood a site with votes in order to shift results in a certain direction. Although Freeping is a result of a certain group's bias, our poll is open to Freeping by all sides of the political spectrum. It is also a reflection of one side's motivation and tenacity to show their side.

[wisteria]

166. I thought they had to know what was going on.

Can we help it if we enthusiastically support Senator Kerry on this forum along with many others across the country?

[blm]

167. Well, Ms. Woolley, many of us refuse to vote more than once, as we are

honest and determined not to freep ANY poll.

Those who do have done it on their own, and are not reflective of most Kerry supporters who eschew that type voting.

We are also not the types to vote DOWN any other Dem senator.

Why Ms. Woolley targets Kerry supporters is a curious thing, though.

[fedupinBushcountry]

169. I suspect

Ms. Woolley is a DU'er who happens to read what we have posted in the Kerry group and saw this post and then assumes we are freepers, how else could she mention DU. Well to Ms. Woolley there are more of us then you think.

[karynnj]

170. I think you have to be right

Her letter says she's from WA - could she be freeping Cantwell.

[karynnj]

168. I like the honesty of their response

"It is also a reflection of one side's motivation and tenacity to show their side. " I'm sure it's not just us.

(Also makes me wonder if they enjoy that intensity as it increases the number of times people come to their site.)

[blm]

165. How about reposting for a shorter thread.

That way the dialup folks won't have a long wait.

[karynnj]

171. kick

[karynnj]

172. kick

[Island Blue]

173. We're in the home stretch now!

:kick: :kick::kick: :kick: :kick:

[karynnj]

174. Still #1

[Island Blue]

175. Just one more month to go!

[WildEyedLiberal]

186. OH MY GOD IS THAT REAL???

WHERE CAN I BUY ONE???

[Island Blue]

187. I found it on Ebay a week or so ago.

I just checked, but it's not there any more. :-( If I should see another one, I'll be sure to let you know! (I didn't buy it btw.)

[WildEyedLiberal]

188. Oh please do. I NEED THAT.

My life is not complete until I own one.

[_dynamicdems]

176. Like Highlander, there can be only ONE.

While it might be honorable to rate each Democrat according to what we honestly believe, the bottom line is that there will be only one winner. This isn't a horse race with first, place and show. Everybody is going to sprint for the finish line at the end of this thing so a good lead now will increase our favorite senator's chances.

Right now the margin is still fairly slim and there could be a concerted effort at the end that would drastically change the results we are now seeing.

Just an FYI to consider:

If you right click on the red status bars and check the image properties, you will see the image size. While I can't tell how many in either number or percentages each pixel represents, there is a ratio that can be seen by comparing the status bar sizes for each senator. Senator Kerry is only 2 pixels away from those closest and 4 away from those (democrats) furthest away. (All bars are 6 pixels high and the length is what I'm referring to.)

In other words: the lead is deceptive so don't forget to place your weekly vote!

[globalvillage]

177. Highlander I was excellent.

the second one, not so much.

Great point. Thanks for the reminder.

[_dynamicdems]

179. It started to get silly the more they tried to explain the plot.

The first one left just enough unstated so that it was easier to suspend disbelief. And didn't Christopher Lambert get kinda creepy looking as the saga progressed? He was kinda cute in the first movie.

[globalvillage]

181. He was way cute in the first movie.

I've seen it a half dozen times. It was agonizing to even watch the second once.

[karynnj]

178. You are so right - we need to vote Kerry (and just Kerry up)

We also need to be sure to be there on the last day - I am sure - especially given the letter on the site - referenced up thread - that the site doesn't exactly discourage aggressive voting.

Kerry is pretty far ahead - Kennedy had 12 pixels, Kerry 15 (now 3 ahead) - but that means Kerry is 25% higher than Kennedy. The danger is people voting him down - which was clearly what happened when he went from 1 to last and Cantwell went from the second row to first. (from memory - they were the only ones with huge changes.)

[_dynamicdems]

180. You're right!

We do need to be there right up to the finish. It wouldn't surprise me to see some Republicans come from behind due to extreme freeping.

[karynnj]

182. kick

[globalvillage]

183. Still ahead n/t

[Island Blue]

184. The top four are in perfect order,

don't you think?

[globalvillage]

185. Why, you are absolutely correct.

You have wonderful taste in Senators, IB.

:-)

[karynnj]

189. The greatest Senator is still number 1 - kick!

[zann725]

194. ...as it is clear many 'see' instinctively...who should lead.

May he remain #1 through '08...and beyond! He's the Man! Now 'show us the Presidency!"

[Island Blue]

190. Just a few more weeks.

Vote early, vote late, vote often.

[_dynamicdems]

192. Watch closely in case they pick top 10 and reset counter like they

did when they narrowed it down previously.

If this happens and we are not on top of it, it could get ugly.

They might not do this, but I'm just trying to anticipate what might happen.

[karynnj]

193. I agree

Thanks to you telling us how to see it - Kerry's bar is 17 pixels compared to Kennedy's at 12 - so he's way ahead.

[_dynamicdems]

195. I figured you'd pick up on the mathematical significance once the visual

difference between the graphics was mentioned. I'm a bit rusty on my math. Is this as huge a lead as it appears to be?

I'm still concerned because twice they have changed the poll (dropping from 7 to 6 for the maximum rating and narrowing the field to the top 20). I really don't think they will lower the rating numbers again because (at this point) that would give an advantage to the frontrunners.

[karynnj]

196. The lead is huge

Kerry is over 41% higher than Durbin and Kennedy. They told us at the beginning that they would reduce it to the top 20 at the end - but I don't get the rescaling in the middle or fact that the bars in that middle time period were completely mixed up - though the Senators selected for this last phase followed the order in the charts - not the strange bar length.

I do agree that someone might do a lot of freeping at the end - and as you said a huge lead is our best protection.

[sandrakae]

191. Arlen Specter deserves to be last place. Can you guys help me out?

[_dynamicdems]

197. Huge overnight change: Feingold now in second place.

This was really fast. In less than 24 hours, he jumped from 7th place to 2nd.

edit: don't get me wrong, I like Feingold and am kinda happy to see he hasn't been forgotten after that criticism he got a while back for speaking his mind. This does show that a concerted finish line effort can be effective.

[karynnj]

198. It's amazing how close second place likely is

Kerry's at 17 pixels, All the other except Reid and Levin are at 11 pixels - Kennedy and Boxer are down from 12 last week. Kerry is now slightly over 50% higher than the second place group - and there are only 10 days to go! We need to keep vote!

[karynnj]

199. Still way ahead - and after his Senate speech and Hardball

interview - he deserves to be where he is - far ahead. (Too bad Gregg is not here, no way to vote him down.)

[_dynamicdems]

200. They ended the 2006 poll and have started the 2007 poll!

And guess who won the 2006 poll?

John Kerry of course!

:woohoo:

[ProSense]

201. Woo Hoo!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

[Island Blue]

202. Whew!

I clicked on the link before looking at the bottom of the thread. I also didn't read the top part of the survey where it said JK was the 2006 winner (yeah!) and all of the sudden, Conrad Burns (R-Crazytown) was #2 behind JK. I thought I had entered the Twilight Zone!

[karynnj]

203. I did the same thing

It's great Kerry won! But at least I got to vote Gregg and Sessions down for their bad behavior.

[ginnyinWI]

204. who votes for starting a new threat for this year's contest?

I mean, 203+ posts is getting to be a bit much...:yoiks:

[karynnj]

205. Very good idea

[ginnyinWI]

206. of course I meant "thread" (proofread, proofread!) n/t

[karynnj]

207. I was so dumb - I read it as thread -

I really don't want new threats!

[globalvillage]

208. He won!!!

As he should. It's the best news I've heard all day!