Someone at eurotrib.com says Berlusconi will win the Senate in Italy...

[sonicx]

http://www.eurotrib.com/story/2006/4/10/45546/8946

I am sorry to report, but this is pseudo-oficial.
With 9 million votes to go and conservative areas undereported Berlusconi has won the senate. Berlusconi leads by 20 kvotes even when some areas are udnerreported. given the regional distribution we woudl need around 250 kvotes more even with conservative regions still lacking.The chances to win back the senate in the next hour are very low.
We can only hope to win the Camera by winning the total vote, and this looks increasingly difficult. Right now Prodi will probably lose the total vote but it is not at all certain.

Excuse me while I dunk my head in water...

[Julius Civitatus]

1. Does Berlusco own the count voting machines too?

[Roland99]

2. Read this thread >>>>>>>>>

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x895686

[ananda]

3. sad days...

I'm so bummed. Earlier I was so excited because
I thought Prodi had won.

Sigh... this is so ominous.

[cliss]

4. I just read this on the Swedish online newspapers.

It says that "Berlusconi has won, against all odds". "An unbelivably narrow victory", even though the exit polls show that Prodi was favored.

Hmmm where have I seen this before?

[ECH1969]

5. Where?

[ninkasi]

6. Why is it that when these machines are used...

even when the liberal is favored in poll after poll...the right-wingers win every time. Seriously, have computer "glitches" ever favored liberal candidates? I'd like for somebody who knows how to do a statistical analysis take the disputed black box elections, and tell us what the odds would be for the Republican candidate always benefiting from errors.