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11-08-2006, 06:48 PM
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Angling in the Deep
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Democrats Complete Election Sweep of Congress
This gives Democrats complete control of all committees and any investigations going forward now.
---------------------------------------------------- Dems complete election sweep of Congress By LIZ SIDOTI 13 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Democrats completed an improbable double-barreled election sweep of Congress on Wednesday, taking control of the Senate with a victory in Virginia as they padded their day-old majority in the House. Jim Webb's victory over Sen. George Allen (news, bio, voting record) in Virginia assured Democrats of 51 seats when the Senate convenes in January. That marked a gain of six in midterm elections in which the war in Iraq and President Bush were major issues. Earlier, State Sen. Jon Tester triumphed over Republican Sen. Conrad Burns (news, bio, voting record) in a long, late count in Montana. With a handful of House races too close to call, Democrats had gained 28 seats, enough to regain the majority after 12 years of Republican rule and place Rep. Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record) of California in line to become the first female speaker in history. "It was a thumping," Bush conceded at the White House. "It's clear the Democrat Party had a good night." Allen's campaign issued a statement noting that state officials are conducting a canvass of the votes cast in Tuesday's balloting. "At the conclusion of those efforts, Senator George Allen plans to make a statement regarding the outcome," it said. The Senate had teetered at 50 Democrats, 49 Republicans for most of Wednesday, with Virginia hanging in the balance. The Democratic total includes two independents, Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who vote with the party. Webb's victory ended Republican hopes of eking out a 50-50 split, with Vice President Dick Cheney wielding tie-breaking authority. The Associated Press contacted election officials in all 134 localities where voting occurred, obtaining updated numbers Wednesday. About half the localities said they had completed their postelection canvassing and nearly all had counted outstanding absentees. Most were expected to be finished by Friday. The new AP count showed Webb with 1,172,538 votes and Allen with 1,165,302, a difference of 7,236. Virginia has had two statewide vote recounts in modern history, but both resulted in vote changes of no more than a few hundred votes. It had been clear for weeks leading up to the election that Democrats were strongly positioned to challenge Republicans for House control. But Democrats began the year with fewer seats than at any time since Herbert Hoover occupied the White House. Even the party leader, Sen. Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record) of Nevada, mused aloud at one point that it might take a miracle to capture Senate control. Webb's win capped a banner election year for Democrats, who benefited from the voters' desire issue a searing rebuke of the status quo. The president, who spoke of spending his political capital after his successful re-election two years ago, acknowledged, "As the head of the Republican Party, I share a large part of the responsibility." With power on Capitol Hill tilting, Bush faced the reality of at least half of Congress in the opposition's hands for the final two years of his presidency. He announced that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld would step down as Democrats have demanded. The war in Iraq, scandals in Congress and declining support for Bush and Republicans on Capitol Hill defined the battle for House and Senate control, with the public embracing the Democrats' call for change to end a decade of one-party rule in Washington. "This new Democratic majority has heard the voices of the American people," said Pelosi, the California Democrat in line to become the nation's first female House speaker, adding that Americans placed their trust in Democrats. "We will honor that trust. We will not disappoint." With the GOP booted from power, lame-duck Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., announced he will not run for leader of House Republicans when Democrats take control in January. "Obviously I wish my party had won," Hastert said in a statement that added he intends to return to the "full-time task" of representing his Illinois constituents. http://tinyurl.com/y47oa2 |
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11-08-2006, 06:53 PM
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11-08-2006, 06:55 PM
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Angling in the Deep
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World welcomes shift in U.S. politics
By PAUL HAVEN, Associated Press Writer 7 minutes ago MADRID, Spain - The electoral rebuke for President Bush and the resignation of his defense secretary, both deeply unpopular away from American shores over the Iraq war, was celebrated throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Still, there was concern Wednesday that a Washington power split and a severely weakened Bush might mean uncertainty in crucial areas like global trade talks. On Iraq, some worried that Democrats will force a too-rapid retreat, leaving the country and the region in chaos. Others said they doubted the congressional turnover would have a dramatic impact on Iraq policy any time soon, largely because the Democrats have yet to define the course they want to take. But from Paris to Pakistan, politicians, analysts and ordinary citizens said Wednesday they hoped the Democratic takeover of both Houses of Congress would force Bush to adopt a more conciliatory approach to global crises, and teach a president many see as a "cowboy" a lesson in humility. In an extraordinary joint statement, more than 200 Socialist members of the European Parliament hailed the American election results as "the beginning of the end of a six-year nightmare for the world." Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has consistently railed against the Bush administration, called the election "a reprisal vote." CONT |
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11-08-2006, 07:00 PM
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------------------------------------------------------- Democrats take U.S. Senate: media WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats have won enough seats to take control of the U.S. Senate from President George W. Bush's Republican Party and hold both houses of Congress for the first time in 12 years, according to media reports on Wednesday. NBC television and the Associated Press reported that Democrat James Webb defeated Republican Sen. George Allen (news, bio, voting record) in the closely contested Virginia Senate race. The Democrats had already won a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in Tuesday's elections. Webb's seat was the sixth pickup Democrats needed for a majority in the 100-seat Senate. Webb led Allen by about 7,000 votes out of 2.3 million cast. The final vote count could take a week, with a winner certified on November 27. Any recount could stretch into December. Allen's camp has refused to concede defeat, with adviser Ed Gillespie telling reporters in Richmond, Virginia, earlier on Wednesday, "We'll see where the official tally stands on November 27 and we'll come back and visit with you then." http://tinyurl.com/yzkzmy |
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11-08-2006, 07:01 PM
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But it's not official yet.
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11-08-2006, 07:12 PM
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Youth turnout in election biggest in 20 years
By Jason Szep BOSTON (Reuters) - Young Americans voted in the largest numbers in at least 20 years in congressional elections, energized by the Iraq war and giving a boost to Democrats, pollsters said on Wednesday. About 24 percent of Americans under the age of 30, or at least 10 million young voters, cast ballots in Tuesday's elections that saw Democrats make big gains in Congress. That was up 4 percentage points from the last mid-term elections in 2002. "This looks like the highest in 20 years," said Mark Lopez, research director of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, which compiled the data based on exit polls. "Unfortunately, we can't say if it's a record because don't have good comparable data before 1986." Rock the Vote, a youth-and-civics group, said young voters favored Democrats by a 22-point margin, nearly three times the margin Democrats earned among other age groups and dealing a potentially decisive blow to Republicans in tight races. "The turnout was awesome," said 21-year-old Katryn Fraher, a political science major at the University of New Mexico who helped build a giant map of local polling stations for her school and was among a group of students walking the campus on Tuesday with a blackboard that counted down the time to vote. Quote:
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11-08-2006, 07:18 PM
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By Thomas Ferraro Wed Nov 8, 6:55 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Triumphant U.S. congressional Democratic leaders began to flex their new political muscle on Wednesday by urgingPresident George W. Bush to host a bipartisan summit on the Iraq war and find common ground with them on such domestic issues as education and health care. CONT |
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11-08-2006, 07:24 PM
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Mo' holla fo' yo' dolla!
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The boy king has been de-throned!
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11-08-2006, 07:46 PM
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11-08-2006, 07:58 PM
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11-08-2006, 08:41 PM
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its enough to force a born again christian to the bottle....with a little luck
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11-08-2006, 08:51 PM
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Republican National Convention Schedule
06:00 pm - Opening Prayer led by the Reverend Jerry Falwell 06:30 pm - Pledge of Allegiance 06:35 pm - Burning of Bill of Rights (excluding 2nd amendment) 06:45 pm - Salute to the Coalition of the Willing 06:46 pm - Seminar #1: "Getting your kid a military deferment" 07:30 pm - First Presidential Beer Bash for Bush 07:35 pm - Serve Freedom Fries 07:40 pm - EPA Address #1: "Mercury: how to ignore the 14 states litigating against the U.S. government" 07:50 pm - William Safire on the dangers of non-Protestant religion 08:00 pm - Vote on which country to invade next 08:05 pm - Trent Lott recognizes/salutes the KKK contingent 08:10 pm - Call EMTs to revive Rush Limbaugh 08:15 pm - John Ashcroft Lecture: "The Homos are after your children" 08:30 pm - Roundtable discussion on reproductive rights (MEN only) 08:50 pm - Seminar #2: "Corporations: the government of the future" 09:00 pm - Condi Rice sings "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" 09:05 pm - Second Presidential Beer Bash for Bush 09:10 pm - EPA Address #2:" Trees: the real cause of forest fires" 09:15 pm - Roundtable discussion on the best way to bankrupt the federal government. 09:30 pm - Break for secret meetings 09:35 pm - Dick Cheney on why we must invade Canada and find their weapons of mass destruction. 10:00 pm - Second prayer led by Pat Robertson 10:15 pm - Lecture by Karl Rove: "Doublespeak made easy" 10:30 pm - Rumsfeld demonstration of how to squint and talk macho 10:35 pm - Bush demonstration of his trademark "deer in the headlights" stare 10:40 pm - John Ashcroft demonstrates new mandatory kevlar chastity belt 10:45 pm - Clarence Thomas takes a minute to read the list of black republicans 10:46 pm - Third Presidential Beer Bash for Bush 10:50 pm - Seminar #3: "Education: a drain on our nation's economy" 11:10 pm - Hillary Clinton Piņata 11:20 pm - Second Lecture by John Ashcroft: "Evolutionists -- the dangerous new cult" 11:30 pm - Call EMTs to revive Rush Limbaugh again 11:35 pm - Blame Clinton 11:40 pm - Laura serves milk and cookies 11:45 pm - Pass the hat for the "Kenny Lay Defense Fund" 11:50 pm - Closing Prayer led by Jesus Himself 12:00 am - Nomination of George W. Bush as Holy Supreme Planetary Leader |
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11-08-2006, 09:05 PM
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Mo' holla fo' yo' dolla!
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11-09-2006, 12:31 AM
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