Ace of Spades HQ

June 05, 2012

So, Why #AOSHQDD ?
— CAC

On an April night in 2011, I along with dozens of other morons watched the returns for Prosser V Klopp. An AP error did not show the actual totals from Waukesha. All night long we were wondering where the votes were coming from per county.

It was frustrating, but fun to watch.

But I knew we could do better than this.

Starting this year, I began to watch how the AP did with reporting results versus, well, us, just half-assing it. During the recall primary, we out-reported them for several key counties, in some cases an hour ahead. There WAS a way to report results faster.

But it required reliable people, designers, and a battle plan.

The first step was to keep the workload light per "reporter" - no more than 8 counties, or one if that county itself is massive. That way, in addition to reporting the results directly in a collective manner, any individual reporter could check and see WHERE these votes were coming from in their counties. Critical information if you are waiting for Milwaukee county to report and you wonder if the city is all in, or if you are watching Waukesha and waiting for Brookfield.

The next step was finding a way to compile the data in a MEANINGFUL way, which includes comparing results to previous elections. That was as easy as copy-paste, but getting everything to flow smoothly took a man with skill and speed. JohnE, our photoshop extraordinaire, was just such a guy, and has developed the page you will soon be refreshing like a pack of rabid dogs.

The final step? Reporting as thoroughly as possible. We have "reporters" on the state senate races and the Lt Governor race as well, all exchanging information behind the scenes to keep the data flowing.

Big props to Ace for encouraging what may very well be the future of election night reporting: where bloggers can out-report the dinosaurs.

A year ago, I swore there had to be a better way.

In 30 minutes, you will see just that.

Posted by: CAC at 03:26 PM | Comments (223)
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1 BREITBART IS HERE

Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 05, 2012 03:27 PM (hO8IJ)

2
DO IT NOW!

Posted by: Burn the Witch at June 05, 2012 03:27 PM (rX1N2)

3 Speaking of Prosser v Klopp, can we go through that thread and find some of the best examples of gloom and doom? How union thugs were stuffing ballot boxes and so on?

Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at June 05, 2012 03:27 PM (QxSug)

4 *buys popcorn futures*

Posted by: Drumwaster at June 05, 2012 03:27 PM (5tg+w)

5 And it couldn't be done without gubmint help.

Posted by: Joe Fuckin' Biden at June 05, 2012 03:28 PM (I/Xad)

6
Gentlemen, a new post.

Posted by: Dr. Werid at June 05, 2012 03:28 PM (qkbGP)

7 As goes The People's Banana Republic of Madison, so goes the nation.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 05, 2012 03:29 PM (04fgZ)

8 Excellent, trying to get up to date information from state election sites is a royal pain.

Should be fun.

Posted by: mesablue at June 05, 2012 03:29 PM (+31WT)

9 Really fucking excited about this. Wish I could have participated, actually, but you were only using local guys and I'm no longer local. (Besides I'm sure you already had several Dane County morons on call as is.)

Will be a lot more exciting when/if all goes well tonight.

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 05, 2012 03:29 PM (ogWsV)

10 I am ready to go with snappy witticisms and other stupidities, for your dancing and dining pleasure.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 05, 2012 03:30 PM (MCDCp)

11 Quixotic or Chaotic?

Posted by: Marlee Matilin at June 05, 2012 03:30 PM (0SL6O)

12 Finish Him!

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at June 05, 2012 03:30 PM (Qxdfp)

13 I voted in Wisconsin today....so there!!!!!!!

Posted by: Mary Blabberstein from Claptrap, VT at June 05, 2012 03:30 PM (WX6M1)

14 Hilariously, I found the link to the AOSHQDD on Google by searching "ace of spades prosser".

It's already up and out there, people!

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 05, 2012 03:31 PM (ogWsV)

15 Historic, history making night here at AOSHQ.

Posted by: Sanmon at June 05, 2012 03:31 PM (1VIyB)

16
This election is gonna last 4 hours. Call your doctor.

Posted by: sickinmass at June 05, 2012 03:31 PM (bcNec)

17 Kewl. Continuing thanks for all you have done CAC.

Posted by: eureka! at June 05, 2012 03:31 PM (xCpfo)

18 Can't wait!

Posted by: Drunk Minnesotan at June 05, 2012 03:31 PM (19Xnd)

19 13 I voted in Wisconsin today....so there!!!!!!! Posted by: Mary Blabberstein from Claptrap, VT at June 05, 2012 07:30 PM (WX6M1) For whom?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 05, 2012 03:31 PM (MCDCp)

20 Where's the Big Ass Map?

They said there'd be a Big Ass Map.

Posted by: John P. Squibob at June 05, 2012 03:31 PM (kqqGm)

21 Thanks CAC and JohnE for all the time and effort you guys put in. Hope it all works. I will be refreshing.

Posted by: MostlyRight at June 05, 2012 03:31 PM (ZG8Ti)

22 And some humor from another site: "We now have proof that Osama Bin Laden is actually dead. He voted in Madison for Barret." Good Luck Governor Walker!

Posted by: Marlowe at June 05, 2012 03:32 PM (J9p3k)

23 *buys preparation H stock*

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at June 05, 2012 03:32 PM (Qxdfp)

24 Love you guys. Now let's rock. (I thought we had to wait till 9pm est for any results)?

Posted by: Dagny at June 05, 2012 03:32 PM (WCAIB)

25 I'd hit it...Oh, sorry!

Posted by: MoJoTee at June 05, 2012 03:32 PM (e1kfW)

In 30 minutes,

***puts on sunglasses***

You will see just that.

YYYEEEEEAAAAAHHHH...!!!

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 05, 2012 03:32 PM (BatdI)

27 Could you add a little video window streaming the looks on the faces at MSNBC?

Posted by: MostlyRight at June 05, 2012 03:32 PM (ZG8Ti)

A year ago, I swore there had to be a better way.>>>>>>>>

If you post a picture of large, jugular boobehs, no one will honestly give a damn how you report the results. Just an FYI...

Posted by: joejm65 at June 05, 2012 03:32 PM (UZuc4)

29 So this involves Ace and double-D's? I'm in!

Posted by: HoundOfDoom at June 05, 2012 03:32 PM (KhioZ)

30 Happy to see you CAC! The panic at Hot air is so thick you could cut it with a knife. EEyore Allah at his best.. I pray it turns out better than he thinks it will

Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at June 05, 2012 03:32 PM (ZHge+)

31 What other kind of Ass is there but a Big Ass?

Do you really need a map?
Damn, that must be one BIG ASS.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at June 05, 2012 03:33 PM (Qxdfp)

32 Go hard and go deep . It's the moron way .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at June 05, 2012 03:33 PM (npr0X)

33 20 Where's the Big Ass Map? They said there'd be a Big Ass Map. Posted by: John P. Squibob at June 05, 2012 07:31 PM (kqqGm) Can we make it look like the RISK game board? Madison seems the natural capital of Kamchatka.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 05, 2012 03:33 PM (MCDCp)

34 Got Pudding?

Posted by: MoJoTee at June 05, 2012 03:33 PM (e1kfW)

35 I don't understand. Was this project funded by the Koch brothers? Without a government grant or similar federal funding, how could this be possible?

Posted by: Julia at June 05, 2012 03:34 PM (ZG8Ti)

36 I'm rooting for you, CAC. I actually love all of the polls/maps.

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 05, 2012 03:34 PM (HethX)

37 Has Jeff B. stopped yelling? Did someone medicate him? Yes? OK. Let's go...

Posted by: Dagny at June 05, 2012 03:34 PM (WCAIB)

38 Results will be reported by a cat-daddying Kate Upton. That's all I need.

Posted by: nickless at June 05, 2012 03:35 PM (MMC8r)

39 Are sunglasses needed for the map?

Posted by: macintx at June 05, 2012 03:35 PM (ucs8Y)

40 New to Wisconsin and just gave Scott Walker two more votes. On the way out some guy acted like we knew each other and started explaining why everyone was voting for Barrett. I told him to go ahead and vote and then walked on. It felt like electioneering but who knows. Thanks for all your work CAC.

Posted by: Locus Ceruleus at June 05, 2012 03:35 PM (GMzH2)

41 30 Happy to see you CAC! The panic at Hot air is so thick you could cut it with a knife. EEyore Allah at his best.. I pray it turns out better than he thinks it will

Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at June 05, 2012 07:32 PM (ZHge+)

That's okay, he'll just make a post about some random atheism study to cheer himself up.

Posted by: tdpwells at June 05, 2012 03:35 PM (7vA7k)

42 Lez Be On Our Way.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 05, 2012 03:36 PM (MCDCp)

43 Thanks CAC for doing this. I remember very well the 2000 election watching the VNS returns on the internets for Florida where Bush was beating Gore the whole night and yet the state was still "called" for Gore before the polls were even closed in western FL, the more conservative part of the state.

Posted by: NC Ref at June 05, 2012 03:36 PM (/izg2)

Don't pimp it, just do it, CAC!

;;;

He's making it bigger, isn't he? That's the delay.

....

While we wait, in other news...Abu Yahya al Libi, also know as Ceiling Spackle, has been taken out by the murderous Obama in a drone strike. somebody at AQ HQ forgot to get their Yahyas out.

;;;;

Sheryl Crow has a brain tumor. I could make several cruel jokes about this but I'm going to be nice. Wishing you a swift and full recovery, Ms. Crow.

;;;;

Spain is toast, burnt toast.

Posted by: Meremortal at June 05, 2012 03:36 PM (Usk3+)

45 "A year ago, I swore there had to be a better way. In 30 minutes, you will see just that."

This sounds like something a mad scientist might say, right before his creation got out of hand and turned him into a super-villain.

Posted by: sandy burger at June 05, 2012 03:36 PM (y15sM)

46 It's a hundred and six miles to Chicago (metaphorically), we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.

Posted by: Dagny at June 05, 2012 03:36 PM (WCAIB)

47 19...for my new Lord and Savior...Mister Barrett!!!!!!!

Posted by: Mary Blabberstein from Claptrap, VT at June 05, 2012 03:36 PM (JP1Pf)

Big Ass Map?

You've seen Michelle's tattoo, haven't you?

Posted by: Barack Obama at June 05, 2012 03:37 PM (ZMtia)

49 My loins are girded. My pudding is chilled. My young japanese nurse is ready to scrupulously bathe me after a dip.

Hey, 2 outa 3...

Posted by: Contemplative Lobster at June 05, 2012 03:37 PM (dKWiU)

50
Plaid maps?

I'm going to be annoying until I get my plaid maps, brother.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 05, 2012 03:37 PM (xDqit)

51 Lord, please let this not fuck up. Amen

Posted by: Andy at June 05, 2012 03:37 PM (UjSt7)

52 As long as no tanks get stuck in the mud...

Posted by: mesablue at June 05, 2012 03:37 PM (+31WT)

53 Fuck Allah. Both of them.

Posted by: Dagny at June 05, 2012 03:37 PM (WCAIB)

All this hype and a pre-post about it?

This had better not suck.

Just sayin'.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at June 05, 2012 03:37 PM (rX1N2)

55 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at June 05, 2012 03:38 PM (Xb3hu)

56 Sheryl Crow has a brain tumor.

Karma is a bitch.

Posted by: Lance Armstrong at June 05, 2012 03:38 PM (E1JyF)

57 Kick ass CAC and thanks for all the hard work

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at June 05, 2012 03:38 PM (mFxQX)

58 Mah orders are to bomb on thaht thar blue spot on the map on aoshqdd.com, and that's a-what I'm a-gonna do!

Posted by: Maj. 'King' Kong at June 05, 2012 03:38 PM (KhioZ)

59 57 That's what you get for wiping with your hands.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 05, 2012 03:38 PM (MCDCp)

60 #AOSHQDD Say I like DD's but not Lindsay Lohans, her DD's, not that interested in Katry Perry has some fine DD's but her ex husband contaminated her with an ick factor with a 3,000 year halflife

Posted by: part time wine snob, full time moron at June 05, 2012 03:39 PM (RQjPS)

61 You've seen Michelle's tattoo, haven't you?

Posted by: Barack Obama at June 05, 2012 07:37 PM (ZMtia)

So "tattoo" is code for 'vericose veins' right?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at June 05, 2012 03:39 PM (rX1N2)

62 BZ, CAC......

Posted by: FU52 at June 05, 2012 03:39 PM (EaimS)

63 It felt like electioneering but who knows.

****

Just be thankful it didn't feel like crowbar.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 05, 2012 03:39 PM (04fgZ)

CAC -

I hope the map will be painted on a nice pair of titties.

Posted by: garrett at June 05, 2012 03:39 PM (ZMtia)

65 My nads are so retracted from the suspense it's gonna be hard to pull them out for a pudding dip.

Posted by: Where're my ping pong balls? at June 05, 2012 03:39 PM (cNp04)

66 Thanks for all the hard work, CAC.

Posted by: osoloco at June 05, 2012 03:40 PM (4DKt+)

67 Katry Perry has some fine DD's but her ex husband contaminated her with an ick factor with a 3,000 year halflife

There's a reason she was in the water so much in that video she did with the Marines.

Posted by: Meiczyslaw at June 05, 2012 03:40 PM (bjRNS)

68 Karma is a bitch.

Posted by: Lance Armstrong at June 05, 2012 07:38 PM (E1JyF)

Don't speak too soon. Ol' Prancy Lancy is on board with gouging smokers in Cali to research cancer caused by performance enhancing drugs.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 05, 2012 03:40 PM (X3lox)

69 Sheryl Crow has a brain tumor.

Karma is a bitch.

Posted by: Lance Armstrong at June 05, 2012 07:38 PM (E1JyF)

;;;;

Weakling! Couldn't resist, could you Bicycle Drug-Boy?

;;;

I keed, I keed!

Posted by: Meremortal at June 05, 2012 03:40 PM (Usk3+)

Big Ass Map!

Bag Iss Mop!

Posted by: Honey Badger at June 05, 2012 03:41 PM (tHbeB)

71 Don't speak too soon. Ol' Prancy Lancy is on board with gouging smokers in Cali to research cancer caused by performance enhancing drugs.

A reminder to fellow California morons: we have an election today, too, dudes and dudettes.

Posted by: Meiczyslaw at June 05, 2012 03:41 PM (bjRNS)

72 "...where bloggers can out-report the dinosaurs."

First of all, bloggers and dinosaurs never coexisted. Second, dinosaurs didn't have computers or understand Photoshop. Third, they didn't appreciate the nuance of politics; they roamed and ate.

Sheesh. Whatareya, a moron?

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at June 05, 2012 03:42 PM (eHIJJ)

Here's your 3 ounce soda, fatso!

Posted by: Mayor Bloombutt at June 05, 2012 03:42 PM (Usk3+)

46....While we wait, in other news...Abu Yahya al Libi, also know as Ceiling Spackle,has been taken out by the murderous Obama in a drone strike. somebody at AQ HQ forgot to get their Yahyas out.

No, there were Yahyas....there is a thread about the Yahyas.

Posted by: wheatie at June 05, 2012 03:43 PM (BmcaR)

75 I don't know which feeling is worse: the asshole-sucking-buttermilk suspense of the panic attack set off by the previous thread, or this CAC-tease waiting game.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at June 05, 2012 03:43 PM (rX1N2)

76 Sheryl Crow has a brain?

Posted by: nickless at June 05, 2012 03:43 PM (MMC8r)

77 CAC - I know you are busy but I hope you read this.

I am at least a 5 year daily lurker here. I bet I have commented less than 10 times in all that time. I just wanted to say thanks for all the analysis and posting on Wisconsin. You are 2 things that I value highly and regularly hire: rigorous and quantitative. I would like to extend two offers to you.

1. A lifetime exemption from being required to get off my lawn.

2. An offer to buy all the adult beverages you can hold any time
you come to NW Wisconsin. For all you morons that think you can impersonate CAC and get a free ride - there will be a verification math test prior to imbibing. As if.

However it turns out tonight, you did far more than good. You. Da. Man.

Posted by: Muad'dib at June 05, 2012 03:43 PM (0a8xu)

78 Thanks for all of your hard work.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Lithuanian by mistake of publisher at June 05, 2012 03:43 PM (baL2B)

79 Trying to get the judges to keep the polls open later...only in Dane and Milwaukee counties though, of course. If you want to vote so bad, get your ass up early. It's not that difficult.

Posted by: Dave S. at June 05, 2012 03:43 PM (UvR6d)

80 CAC - You magnificent bastard!!!!

Posted by: Satan's Barbed Schnitzengruber at June 05, 2012 03:43 PM (Jls4P)

81 Anyone up for a pool on the final count of votes shown to be fraudulent?

I'm going with 20,000

Posted by: Vote Fraud Inc at June 05, 2012 03:43 PM (2UOJZ)

82 >Here's your 3 ounce soda, fatso!

Gimme that! I need it to glaze the spam.

Posted by: Gordon Ramsay at June 05, 2012 03:44 PM (dBvlk)

83 "Sheryl Crow has a brain tumor."

I hope she allows the surgeon more than one piece of gauze.

Posted by: I Denounce Myself at June 05, 2012 03:44 PM (eHIJJ)

84 Okay, I'm officially ready for this thing to fucking get started now.

C'MON!! SPEED UP, SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM!!

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 05, 2012 03:44 PM (ogWsV)

85 Truth in reporting? Never heard about it.

Posted by: Charles Gibson at June 05, 2012 03:44 PM (xCpfo)

*channels Flounder*

This is gonna be GREAT!!!!!

Years from now, we'll be able to tell our grandchildren that we were there for the first great Ace of Spades election report and pudding dip.....

I'm so proud.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at June 05, 2012 03:45 PM (0xqzf)

87 CAC - You magnificent bastard!!!!
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^^^ This ^^^

Posted by: Contemplative Lobster at June 05, 2012 03:45 PM (dKWiU)

88 Not a big fan of software patents, but if this is as newfangled and novel as you're putting on, I hope you have (or soon put) a patent together on it. Make the old dinosaurs pay to use it in the future.

Posted by: f2000 at June 05, 2012 03:45 PM (FcMtg)

89 First of all, bloggers and dinosaurs never coexisted.

My ancestors hunted dinosaurs for food. My great-great-great-great-great-great-great-granny's sister's husband took down a T-Rex with a Colt 45.

Posted by: Fauxcahontas at June 05, 2012 03:45 PM (X3lox)

90 So when does the hot map-on-map action start?

Posted by: nickless at June 05, 2012 03:45 PM (MMC8r)

91 CAC, you're a single-minded, dog-in-the-mangerish SOB.

I think I love you.

Posted by: creeper at June 05, 2012 03:45 PM (gre5a)

Nicely done EoJ....very nicely done.

Posted by: Lurking Canuck at June 05, 2012 03:45 PM (V4JUZ)

93 BTW - I shaved my junk to be Brazilian Porn star smooth just for tonight's events!!!

Posted by: Satan's Barbed Schnitzengruber at June 05, 2012 03:46 PM (Jls4P)

94 My God I love the smell of returns in the morning.......errr......late afternoon....ummmmm.....evening! Yeah, evening....it smells like.....VICTORY!!!! Good luck Govenor.

Posted by: David at June 05, 2012 03:46 PM (c7JL0)

95 Oh shit,I have no pudding in the house!

Posted by: steevy at June 05, 2012 03:46 PM (Xb3hu)

96 Trying to get the judges to keep the polls open later...only in Dane and Milwaukee counties though, of course. If you want to vote so bad, get your ass up early. It's not that difficult.

It's all bull shit. If you're in line when the poll closes you still get to vote. And there are laws that say you get time off to vote.

Worse yet they're trying to keep only some (read Democrat) counties open late. There's a 14th Amendment violation right there.

Posted by: John P. Squibob at June 05, 2012 03:46 PM (kqqGm)

97 Lots of hype but I see nothing else.
How 'bout an URL?
I'm counting on you. I have CNN child blocked and can't find the password. So I won't be able to watch their faces get longer and longer as the night goes on.
Polls close at 20:00. What's the over/under on starting the re-count? 20:10?

Posted by: stoicheion at June 05, 2012 03:47 PM (Ft4ej)

98 @robertcostaNRO A pro-Barrett volunteer, kid from 'burbs, tells me he's making $25/hour to get voters to the polls here on MLK

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at June 05, 2012 03:47 PM (d6QMz)

99 It's almost 01.00 Wed here. Have taken tomorrow off and can't wait to sit up with you all and watch Walker win. CAC, thanks for all your updates. Hope your project tonight shines.

Posted by: GuyinLondon at June 05, 2012 03:47 PM (dniUc)

100
>>80 Trying to get the judges to keep the polls open later...

Speaking of judges: As you know...On Tuesday, Wisconsin judge, David Flanagan, issued an injunction, halting the implementation of voter I.D. laws in the state....
Four months ago, a Wisconsin judge, name of David Flanagan, SIGNED A PETITION to recall Scott Walker.

How low will they go?

Posted by: sickinmass at June 05, 2012 03:47 PM (bcNec)

101 Not to be a jerk, but people...try entering "aoshqdd.com" into your browser window and see what happens.

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 05, 2012 03:48 PM (ogWsV)

102 I'm looking at it now. It's mappy.

Posted by: nickless at June 05, 2012 03:48 PM (MMC8r)

103 Wow this is just like waiting for the new cars to come out when I was a kid or the sears christmas toy catalog.

Posted by: robtr2 at June 05, 2012 03:48 PM (MtwBb)

104 took down a T-Rex with a Colt 45. Posted by: Fauxcahontas at June 05, 2012 07:45 PM (X3lox) That was the registerd one and not an assualt weapon, right?

Posted by: part time wine snob, full time moron at June 05, 2012 03:48 PM (RQjPS)

105 12 Finish Him!

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at June 05, 2012 07:30 PM (Qxdfp)

Fap, fap, fap, fap, fap...I'm trying!

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at June 05, 2012 03:48 PM (gre5a)

106 #AOSHQDD Two D's, for a double-dose of the pimpin'.

Posted by: Upgrayedd at June 05, 2012 03:48 PM (2jQGY)

107 Pudding! I. AM OUT. OF. PUDDING!!

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 05, 2012 03:49 PM (5Qh0x)

108 Not to be a jerk, but people...try entering "aoshqdd.com" into your browser window and see what happens.

Hey, that's pretty cool.

Posted by: Meiczyslaw at June 05, 2012 03:49 PM (bjRNS)

109 Im so jazzed up I voted for Romney today in a meaningless primary just to get the feel for November. It was goooood!

Posted by: dananjcon at June 05, 2012 03:49 PM (GpHUN)

110 98 Oh shit,I have no pudding in the house!

You will, young Skywalker. You will/

Posted by: Yoda at June 05, 2012 03:50 PM (Qxdfp)

111 First of all, bloggers and dinosaurs never coexisted.

****

Go read the Daily Kos then tell me that.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 05, 2012 03:50 PM (04fgZ)

112 It's pink.

Posted by: macintx at June 05, 2012 03:50 PM (ucs8Y)

113 Not to be a jerk, but people...try entering "aoshqdd.com" into your browser window and see what happens.

So that's where the Big Ass Map is at.

Posted by: John P. Squibob at June 05, 2012 03:50 PM (kqqGm)

114 ...no pudding in the house...

Go with the strawberry jello. Just don't put in the fridge and let it harden.

Posted by: Vote Fraud Inc at June 05, 2012 03:50 PM (2UOJZ)

115 I'm pro this.

Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2012 03:51 PM (p39GY)

116 Release the Mappen!!!!!!

Posted by: Honey Badger at June 05, 2012 03:51 PM (tHbeB)

117 Do we all get matching tattoos?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 05, 2012 03:51 PM (ltdV/)

118 So do the totals update from that very database?

Posted by: nickless at June 05, 2012 03:51 PM (MMC8r)

119 For those who don't know, the interactive map is at aoshqdd.com, not here at AoSHQ.

Posted by: mapster at June 05, 2012 03:51 PM (0SL6O)

120 How low will they go?

****

I don't know but they ain't there yet.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 05, 2012 03:51 PM (04fgZ)

121 104 Not to be a jerk, but people...try entering "aoshqdd.com" into your browser window and see what happens.

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 05, 2012 07:48 PM (ogWsV)

That's pretty badass.

Posted by: tdpwells at June 05, 2012 03:51 PM (7vA7k)

122 Nice site, there. Good job, John E. Maybe you can fix the text entry on these pages next?

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 05, 2012 03:51 PM (X3lox)

123 It's full of pink!

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at June 05, 2012 03:51 PM (Qxdfp)

124 So, the moron hordes have descended on Wisconsin. That explains why plus sized Ukrainian hookers are so hard to find.

Posted by: HoundOfDoom at June 05, 2012 03:52 PM (KhioZ)

125 "He's making it bigger, isn't he?" Shaving those balls for the pudding dipping.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at June 05, 2012 03:52 PM (i330i)

126 Not to be a jerk, but people...try entering "aoshqdd.com" into your browser window and see what happens.
Posted by: Jeff B. at June 05, 2012 07:48 PM
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Looks cool to me. Can't wait for the results to start to heat up.

Posted by: Contemplative Lobster at June 05, 2012 03:52 PM (dKWiU)

127 Posted by: HoundOfDoom at June 05, 2012 07:32 PM (KhioZ)

You misread it: it's ace's double "D"s.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 05, 2012 03:52 PM (nEUpB)

128 I guess an Ass Map should be pink, yes?

Marvelous!

Posted by: Zombie Paul Lynde at June 05, 2012 03:53 PM (Qxdfp)

129 The stats need to include expected and actual fraud data.

Posted by: Vote Fraud Inc at June 05, 2012 03:53 PM (2UOJZ)

130

By the way, help me out here. Obama killed the Sunni Bin Laden, trashed the Sunni Gaddafi, had no problem with wiping out the Sunni resistance in Iraq, and took out Yahya, who I bet is Sunni also, along with many Sunni in Pakistan.

;;;;

But there's one guy who never gets touched.....Zawahiri.

''''''''

Don't tell me he's Shia. Like Al Sadr, another guy Obama left alone. Like Iran, an entire Shia terrorist mob that Obama leaves alone. Like Hezbollah, another Shia terrorist mob that Obama coddles.

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Hmmmm

Posted by: Mayor Bloombutt at June 05, 2012 03:53 PM (Usk3+)

131 This is exciting!

Posted by: Travis at June 05, 2012 03:53 PM (9WkMB)

132 Stephen Hayes says Democrats are filing lawsuits to keep polls open longer in Dane and Milwaukee. GOP is fighting. amerpundit on June 5, 2012 at 7:38 PM from hotair

Posted by: the planets are aligning for Walker! at June 05, 2012 03:53 PM (HOOye)

133 Got maps. Need graphs.

Posted by: nickless at June 05, 2012 03:53 PM (MMC8r)

134 I have a stuffed potato, a jar of pickled herring, and a box of Good and Plenty. I am ready to go.

Posted by: mama winger at June 05, 2012 03:54 PM (P6QsQ)

135 Jeeves?

We need more butter for our popcorn Jeeves.

Posted by: Zombie Queen Victoria at June 05, 2012 03:54 PM (Qxdfp)

136 So Burnett County is already voting?

Posted by: John P. Squibob at June 05, 2012 03:54 PM (kqqGm)

137
>>106 Wow this is just like waiting for the new cars to come out when I was a kid or the sears Christmas toy catalog.

RECALL SANTA CLAUSE!
I did not get what I wanted...

Posted by: sickinmass at June 05, 2012 03:54 PM (bcNec)

138 'm pro this. Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2012 07:51 PM (p39GY) Sifty, how is the Idaho treating you? settling in ok?

Posted by: part time wine snob, full time moron at June 05, 2012 03:54 PM (RQjPS)

139 aoshqdd.com is an internet website run by morons that is one of the signs of endtimes. Please continue.

Posted by: Soledad O'Brien's Earpiece at June 05, 2012 03:54 PM (eHIJJ)

140 You can see even in the early returns that Barrett is showing surprising strength in even the red counties. Walker will probably lose at least a few % becuse of his rabid union bashing, so the polls that I have been citing are correct: it's Walker with a solid win.

[What? it's too early? The polls haven't closed? Mom...the clock in the basement is wrong again!]

Posted by: Gregg at June 05, 2012 03:55 PM (nEUpB)

141 sinus infection in the indianhead region

Posted by: mapster at June 05, 2012 03:55 PM (0SL6O)

142 We have our first two votes! It's a 100%-0% Walker blowout based on partial returns from Burnett County!

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 05, 2012 03:55 PM (ogWsV)

143 Stephen Hayes says Democrats are filing lawsuits to keep polls open longer in Dane and Milwaukee. GOP is fighting.

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They have 13 bloody hours. Same as the rest of us.

Posted by: mama winger at June 05, 2012 03:55 PM (P6QsQ)

144 According to the map at aoshqdd.com, Walker up 2 votes to zero!!!

Posted by: MostlyRight at June 05, 2012 03:55 PM (ZG8Ti)

145 Bloombutt sock off. So, if Z-man is Sunni, start the dead pool. If he's Shia, he's looking safe.

Posted by: Meremortal at June 05, 2012 03:55 PM (Usk3+)

146 took down a T-Rex with a Colt 45.
Posted by: Fauxcahontas at June 05, 2012 07:45 PM (X3lox)

That was the registerd one and not an assualt weapon, right?
Posted by: part time wine snob, full time moron at June 05, 2012 07:48 PM (RQjPS)

It was in a glass bottle. You know I had Indian ancestors, right?

Posted by: Fauxcahontas at June 05, 2012 03:56 PM (X3lox)

147 Outboard personnel, stand up! Inboard personnel, stand up! Hook up! Inspect Equipment! Inspect Static Lines!

Posted by: Horace Philpot at June 05, 2012 03:56 PM (a4CUi)

148 Stephen Hayes says Democrats are filing lawsuits to keep polls open longer in Dane and Milwaukee.

That's not really about getting more votes, its about disrupting ballot transport/delivery schedules to better enable shenanigans while in transit.

Posted by: Vote Fraud Inc at June 05, 2012 03:56 PM (2UOJZ)

149 Posted by: mama winger at June 05, 2012 07:54 PM It's Wisconsin so the potato is clearly stuffed with cheese

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 05, 2012 03:56 PM (5Qh0x)

150 Posted by: mama winger at June 05, 2012 07:54 PM (P6QsQ)

Did you lose a bet?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 05, 2012 03:56 PM (nEUpB)

151 Thanks to CAC for all you do. Thanks to the morons who help him do what he does.

Posted by: MikeCFL at June 05, 2012 03:56 PM (motsG)

152 Did that imbecile Kos pick another winner for the recall? Isn't like 1 for 1,000,000 on his wonderful election prognostication skills?

Posted by: Satan's Barbed Schnitzengruber at June 05, 2012 03:56 PM (Jls4P)

153 @philipaklein For reference: 2010 Wisconsin Gov. exits http://bit.ly/L8Ubqr and county results: http://bit.ly/L8UbXq

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at June 05, 2012 03:56 PM (d6QMz)

154 Has anyone ever suspected that Shepard Smith might be just a tad... You know, what's the word? Strange? Odd? Somehow not right, queerly so?

Posted by: CoolCzech at June 05, 2012 03:56 PM (niZvt)

155 Let's do this shit!

Posted by: Drunk Minnesotan at June 05, 2012 03:56 PM (19Xnd)

156 The map is overlaying state results on my iPad, bummer. Very cool tool though.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 05, 2012 03:57 PM (Why44)

157 I'm calling it for Walker. According to the AOSHQ Decision desk, he has TWICE as many votes as Barrett.

Done.

Posted by: Tami at June 05, 2012 03:57 PM (X6akg)

158 Posted by: MostlyRight at June 05, 2012 07:55 PM (ZG8Ti)

Based on our exhaustive analysis of the returns, we are calling the 2012 Wisconsin recall election for Barrett.

Posted by: NBC News at June 05, 2012 03:58 PM (nEUpB)

159 Posted by: Horace Philpot at June 05, 2012 07:56 PM (a4CUi) ALL OK PUDDINGMASTER!!

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 05, 2012 03:58 PM (5Qh0x)

160 Walker holding steady at +2.

Posted by: nickless at June 05, 2012 03:58 PM (MMC8r)

161 158 Has anyone ever suspected that Shepard Smith might be just a tad... You know, what's the word? Strange? Odd? Somehow not right, queerly so?

Posted by: CoolCzech at June 05, 2012 07:56 PM (niZvt)

Sending love note texts to Anderson Cooper during breaks.

Posted by: buzzion at June 05, 2012 03:58 PM (GULKT)

162 Walker's two votes have disappeared! Damn those meddling Democrats!

Posted by: Standard Scooby-Doo villain...who's obviously Republican at June 05, 2012 03:59 PM (V4JUZ)

163 Oh no! Due to a clerical error, Walker's 100%-0% lead has been reduced to a statistical 0%-0% tie with Barrett!

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 05, 2012 03:59 PM (ogWsV)

164 It was as if a million voices cried out and then were suddenly silenced.

Bwahahahahhahaa!

Posted by: Spock at June 05, 2012 03:59 PM (Qxdfp)

165 The map is overlaying state results on my iPad, bummer. Very cool tool though.

Yeah. Somebody didn't test his code by varying screen size.

(Not a knock, JohnE. I'd rather you have this problem than locking the size of the window.)

Posted by: Meiczyslaw at June 05, 2012 03:59 PM (bjRNS)

166 Idaho is terrific! beautiful and clean and English-speaking and cheaper by far.

Found three jobs in 8 days. Had to pick one.

Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2012 03:59 PM (p39GY)

167 1 minute!......................................... 30 seconds!...................................... Number one jumper, stand in the door!!!! Green light, GO!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Horace Philpot at June 05, 2012 03:59 PM (a4CUi)

168

We will be live in 2 minutes ahem, one minute less and we are a go.

CAC take it away.

Posted by: Journolist at June 05, 2012 03:59 PM (QWOh7)

169 Oh, for Pete's sake. This post was stomped on this early?

Posted by: Contemplative Lobster at June 05, 2012 04:00 PM (dKWiU)

170 @robertcostaNRO Here in Milwaukee, they're getting dozens of people registered--an hour before the polls close

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at June 05, 2012 04:00 PM (d6QMz)

171 Stephen Hayes says Democrats are filing lawsuits to keep polls open longer in Dane and Milwaukee.

Why are they dicking around the edges with poll cheating? Why not just sue for Barrett's victory? "It's un-Constitutional to let Scott Walker win!"

They'd have a decent chance of winning that case.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at June 05, 2012 04:00 PM (X3lox)

172 Is there an app for this?

Posted by: nickless at June 05, 2012 04:00 PM (MMC8r)

173

ok, it's 8

kick this thing

Posted by: Burn the Witch at June 05, 2012 04:00 PM (rX1N2)

174 40 New to Wisconsin and just gave Scott Walker two more votes. On the way out some guy acted like we knew each other and started explaining why everyone was voting for Barrett. I told him to go ahead and vote and then walked on. It felt like electioneering but who knows. Thanks for all your work CAC. Posted by: Locus Ceruleus at June 05, 2012 07:35 PM (GMzH2) ======= these ppl will pull out all the stops and stop at nothing so sick of their slimeball tactics shows you just how low they really are - acting

Posted by: the planets are aligning for Walker! at June 05, 2012 04:00 PM (HOOye)

175 I submit all dipping this evening be done with Cheese Whiz.

Posted by: MostlyRight at June 05, 2012 04:00 PM (ZG8Ti)

176 Shepard Smith is as queer as a bean pizza.

Posted by: Jimbo at June 05, 2012 04:01 PM (O3R/2)

177 Whenever a vote is cast for Walker, a kitten faps to a nekid picture of Lady Liberty.

Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2012 04:01 PM (p39GY)

178 Idaho is terrific! beautiful and clean and English-speaking and cheaper by far. Found three jobs in 8 days. Had to pick one. Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2012 07:59 PM (p39GY) cool

Posted by: part time wine snob, full time moron at June 05, 2012 04:01 PM (RQjPS)

179 158 Has anyone ever suspected that Shepard Smith might be just a tad... You know, what's the word? Strange? Odd? Somehow not right, queerly so?

He looks like those creepy apple dolls my Gramma used to make. Except without the dress ~~and white wig.~~

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at June 05, 2012 04:01 PM (Qxdfp)

180 Here in Milwaukee, they're getting dozens of people registered--an hour before the polls close

Multiple voting is a big logistics problem due to the physical distances involved.

Posted by: Vote Fraud Inc at June 05, 2012 04:02 PM (2UOJZ)

181 An offer to buy all the adult beverages you can hold any time
you come to NW Wisconsin. For all you morons that think you can impersonate CAC and get a free ride - there will be a verification math test prior to imbibing. As if.

However it turns out tonight, you did far more than good. You. Da. Man.

Posted by: Muad'dib at June 05, 2012 07:43 PM (0a8xu)

Hey! well Cac likes breasts as you know. and i have two of them!

see i know my math.

Posted by: willow at June 05, 2012 04:02 PM (TomZ9)

182 Oh! I saw DD in the thingy and got scared.

Posted by: ErikW at June 05, 2012 04:02 PM (oYLjW)

183 173 Oh, for Pete's sake. This post was stomped on this early?

Posted by: Contemplative Lobster at June 05, 2012 08:00 PM (dKWiU)

Don't worry the stomping post has itself just been stomped.

Posted by: buzzion at June 05, 2012 04:02 PM (GULKT)

184 Fraudsters.

http://tinyurl.com/7ygj3ze

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 05, 2012 04:02 PM (0VxrB)

185 This is why I love this place... thanks for all your effort!

Posted by: massideas at June 05, 2012 04:02 PM (qF3P2)

186 180 Shepard Smith is as queer as a bean pizza.

Posted by: Jimbo at June 05, 2012 08:01 PM (O3R/2)

Legit question - is he ill? My mom thinks he's got cancer or something. Looks really gaunt the past several months. I don't watch him, so haven't paid attention.

Posted by: tdpwells at June 05, 2012 04:03 PM (7vA7k)

187 Why does it say this: Projected State Winner: Scott Walker over at the CNN results site when below it, most precincts have not even posted results

Posted by: the planets are aligning for Walker! at June 05, 2012 04:03 PM (HOOye)

188 i think i'm really going to be proud of wisconsonians(sp)

Posted by: willow at June 05, 2012 04:03 PM (TomZ9)

189 He has bothered me for sometime now. Tonight's gem was his report on Venus and the sun. "You gotta run outside and check it out!" "Won't happen again for over a century!" "And that's the news." I Wonder how many people he made blind today.

Posted by: Riding Through The Desert On A Sock With No Name at June 05, 2012 04:04 PM (MG6Y6)

190 Hey! well Cac likes breasts as you know. and i have two of them! see i know my math. Hey, you know the rules at AoSHQ. Photographic proof is required.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 05, 2012 04:04 PM (5Qh0x)

191 My guess is teh AIDS.

Posted by: Jimbo at June 05, 2012 04:04 PM (O3R/2)

192 sifty, for goodness sakes where have you been, i miss your nic.

Posted by: willow at June 05, 2012 04:05 PM (TomZ9)

193 I find the pudding sets better when Lib tears are substituted for water.

Posted by: ChampionCapua at June 05, 2012 04:05 PM (KZi9D)

194

173 Oh, for Pete's sake. This post was stomped on this early?
Posted by: Contemplative Lobster

Sweet, sweet karma.

The rest of us have been dealing with stomping by Wisconsin threads for fucking WEEKS.

Posted by: imp at June 05, 2012 04:05 PM (UaxA0)

195 Well, so much for seeing AoSHQDD on an iPad.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 05, 2012 04:05 PM (5Qh0x)

196 >>>Well, so much for seeing AoSHQDD on an iPad.

Serves you right for using Apple products, HIPSTER SCUM.

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 05, 2012 04:07 PM (ogWsV)

197 It looks as though Shepard Smith has aged 20 years in the past 3 years.

There is something bad going on.

Posted by: Jimbo at June 05, 2012 04:07 PM (O3R/2)

198 Idaho is terrific! beautiful and clean and English-speaking and cheaper by far.

Found three jobs in 8 days. Had to pick one.

Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2012 07:59 PM (p39GY)

++++

Racist!!! Aieee!!!

Posted by: Stu Pidlib at June 05, 2012 04:08 PM (Usk3+)

199 Jimbo, He looks very thin and ill.

Posted by: willow at June 05, 2012 04:09 PM (TomZ9)

200 the most abhorrent: Dane Milwaukee Menominee Iowa Douglas Ashland Bayfield

Posted by: the planets are aligning for Walker! at June 05, 2012 04:09 PM (HOOye)

201 Posted by: Jeff B. at June 05, 2012 08:07 PM (ogWsV) Jeff I assure you no one would mistake me for that. AT ALL

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 05, 2012 04:09 PM (5Qh0x)

202 The rest of us have been dealing with stomping by Wisconsin threads for fucking WEEKS.
Posted by: imp at June 05, 2012 08:05 PM
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Touche'

It kind of bugged me too but this is the day for goodness' sake

Posted by: Contemplative Lobster at June 05, 2012 04:09 PM (dKWiU)

203 It looks as though Shepard Smith has aged 20 years in the past 3 years.

There is something bad going on.

That's just the prevalence of HD.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 05, 2012 04:12 PM (B9nls)

204 Hey, Lobster...Still contemplating, I see.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at June 05, 2012 04:13 PM (gre5a)

205 Crap! Fluke that sock.

Posted by: creeper at June 05, 2012 04:14 PM (gre5a)

206 I've been busy learning my new job and spending time with the Goob. Also tweeting goofy shit and working on my memoirs.

Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2012 04:15 PM (p39GY)

207 According to a member of the GOP legal team, there will be no Dem lawsuit filed to keep polls open in Milwaukee.

Posted by: mama winger at June 05, 2012 04:15 PM (P6QsQ)

208 Hey, Lobster...Still contemplating, I see.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at June 05, 2012 08:13 PM
-----------------------
Yes. I was thinking of becoming "Pensive Lobster" but I need to contemplate it a bit.

Posted by: Contemplative Lobster at June 05, 2012 04:16 PM (dKWiU)

209 A reminder to fellow California morons: we have an election today, too, dudes and dudettes. Posted by: Meiczyslaw at June 05, 2012 07:41 PM (bjRNS) 24 candidates for one senate office. Maybe they *should* split the state in two. One half gets SF and LA (and a coastal strip between), the other half gets the rest, which would now be a Red state.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 05, 2012 04:16 PM (bxiXv)

210 I'm adding my voice to the mostly lurker/sometimes commenter crowd in saying thanks to CAC. I really look forward to checking this out. My happy to be employed by the 1%, nubile, young, Filipina serv...uhh assistant is standing by with a tray of delicasies, cigars, fine bourbon, and pudding.

Posted by: Big Zesty at June 05, 2012 04:18 PM (66pgZ)

211 Results thread with live commentary and genuine AOSHQ moronity up.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 05, 2012 04:19 PM (wszJL)

212 Sadly, I believe the only cure for California is named San Andreas and will hurt a lot of people.

Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2012 04:19 PM (p39GY)

213 213 A reminder to fellow California morons:

Voted this morning. Damn there's a buncha kooks running for Senate, on both sides. I love the one that's to the left of DiFi. Entertaining reading.

Then there's the Judges, cripes. We gots the ones endorsed by La Raza, or the ones endorsed by the newspapers and unions. Joy!

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at June 05, 2012 04:20 PM (Qxdfp)

214 Awesome, CAC. Kudos to you and your team.

Posted by: Mindy at June 05, 2012 04:33 PM (o2pRM)

215 Just catching back up. CAC is Awesome! ...in a bro' kind a way. And Ace, NONE of this takes place without you. AB would be proud; I hope you are too.

Posted by: dogfish at June 05, 2012 05:07 PM (N2yhW)

216 @CAC This reporter says that if you need a reporter in Dallas County for future elections, you can count on this reporter for any information you need. I'm a computer guy and all that, so I won't need much training.

Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at June 05, 2012 05:33 PM (hzV1U)

217 Great- Walker walked away with it! Let's start austerity measures all over the country. The man did what he said he was going to do when he was running. What a bunch of fools to force a recall. There should be no recall elections ever. Unless we can recall Obama because the idiots came out to vote for him.

Posted by: CarolT at June 05, 2012 08:29 PM (z4WKX)

218 t3st

Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at June 08, 2012 11:07 PM (oipCQ)

219 od

Posted by: Uncle Jed at June 09, 2012 12:12 AM (AVfT8)

220 great job, cac

Posted by: Uncle Jed at June 09, 2012 12:16 AM (AVfT8)

221 test.

Posted by: johnd01 at June 09, 2012 06:15 AM (js5jY)

222 testicles

Posted by: grease monkey at June 09, 2012 07:10 AM (VSWPU)

223 Wha happen ? Kimosabe ?