AP: Democrats take control of the Senate
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http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=elections&id=4743894
AP: Democrats take control of the Senate
Democrats have majorities in Congress for the first time since 1994
By Dave Evans
(New York-WABC, November 8, 2006) - The Associated Press reports that Democrats have won control of the U.S. Senate with a Jim Webb victory in Virginia.
On Wednesday night, Democrat Jim Webb won Virginia's pivotal U.S. Senate race Wednesday, unseating Republican George Allen and giving the Democrats total control of Congress.
The Virginia race was the last undecided Senate race in the country after Republican Senator Conrad Burns' loss to Democrat John Tester in Montana. Webb's victory gave the Democrats 51 Senate seats and ultimately majorities in both the House and Senate for the first time since 1994.
The Associated Press says they contacted election officials in all 134 localities in Virginia where voting occurred, obtaining updated numbers Wednesday. About half the localities said they had completed their post-election 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.
Moving swiftly to establish himself as the winner, Webb had appointed his first three transition team members by afternoon, just hours after he claimed victory around 1:30 a.m.
Webb Spokeswoman Kristian Denny Tood: "The vote's been counted and Jim won."
Meanwhile, Democrats are also celebrating their new majority in the House.
In New York, Republicans lost three congressional seats, including John Sweeney Upstate. Democrat Christine Gillibrand made this election about Bush and the war in Iraq and she won.
It was the same story with John Hall who stunned Republican lawmaker Sue Kelly of Westchester.
San Francisco's Nancy Pelosi, likely becomes the nations first female speaker of the House.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi: "Today the American people voted for change and they voted for Democrats to take our country in a new direction."
While the House became a decisive win for Democrats.
AP: Democrats take control of the Senate
Democrats have majorities in Congress for the first time since 1994
By Dave Evans
(New York-WABC, November 8, 2006) - The Associated Press reports that Democrats have won control of the U.S. Senate with a Jim Webb victory in Virginia.
On Wednesday night, Democrat Jim Webb won Virginia's pivotal U.S. Senate race Wednesday, unseating Republican George Allen and giving the Democrats total control of Congress.
The Virginia race was the last undecided Senate race in the country after Republican Senator Conrad Burns' loss to Democrat John Tester in Montana. Webb's victory gave the Democrats 51 Senate seats and ultimately majorities in both the House and Senate for the first time since 1994.
The Associated Press says they contacted election officials in all 134 localities in Virginia where voting occurred, obtaining updated numbers Wednesday. About half the localities said they had completed their post-election 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.
Moving swiftly to establish himself as the winner, Webb had appointed his first three transition team members by afternoon, just hours after he claimed victory around 1:30 a.m.
Webb Spokeswoman Kristian Denny Tood: "The vote's been counted and Jim won."
Meanwhile, Democrats are also celebrating their new majority in the House.
In New York, Republicans lost three congressional seats, including John Sweeney Upstate. Democrat Christine Gillibrand made this election about Bush and the war in Iraq and she won.
It was the same story with John Hall who stunned Republican lawmaker Sue Kelly of Westchester.
San Francisco's Nancy Pelosi, likely becomes the nations first female speaker of the House.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi: "Today the American people voted for change and they voted for Democrats to take our country in a new direction."
While the House became a decisive win for Democrats.
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Thanks ek.
Urs,
I think in Virginia, these recounts are voluntary, rather than compulsory?
Now the work begins.
dem leaders are already promising to work together in a bipartisan manner, which is a good step. the dems had been pretty much bullied the past 12 years and they are wanting the healing to begin and are promising to reach across the aisle. nothing happens in a polarized partisan environment, which is what we have had for a long time, so i believe something good will come out of it. new congressmen means new ideas....hell, its already better than the congress we had on monday.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
"What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact."
Camden 5-28-06
Washington, D.C. 6-22-08
Sammi: Wanna just break up?
will you give them a little time? god they won the house less than 20 hours ago and the senate 90 minutes ago.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
we all know where this country stands ideologically, and that should really piss you off. these midterms dealt liberalism another crushing defeat. something tells me you wouldn't agree with webb, tester, heath shuler and all the rest on very much.
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
I'm basing my conclusions on the fact that they haven't presented any ideas the previous two elections and only won this election because of general discontent the American public had with the Republican party. And narrowly at that.
There are still no ideas on the table. I've been waiting 4 years for that.
"What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact."
Camden 5-28-06
Washington, D.C. 6-22-08
My favorite Tester quote: "I'm the only person in this race who's made his living with a gun...."
"I'm just deeply disappointed that once again we may have to settle for the lesser of two evils."
And I thought Bush was the dolt.
"What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact."
Camden 5-28-06
Washington, D.C. 6-22-08
I'm not so intrested in a Bush-centered world, or a Democrat vs. Republican world. I'm more interested in core beliefs, and it's clear where we are as a nation. And this election has completely demonstrated where we are ideologically.
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
18 of the house races Democrats won were by 5,000 votes of less. That's hardly radical. It's not what it seems. It's certainly not another '94.
It's general public discontent with the party in power. It's a reoccuring theme during the midterms of each 6th year of an administration. 'Normal' may be a better word.
"What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact."
Camden 5-28-06
Washington, D.C. 6-22-08
no, i agree with you...
my point is...is look at all the demcrats that won...you have heath shuler, tester, and webb...these guys are CONSERVATIVE. 94 was an election for conservatism, as was 2006. liberals know that this country rejects their ideology. and they cannot succeed longterm.
i totally agree with you, republicans had some infighting, and were not very unified. i want some leadership though...leadership that will call out the distortions of the left. notice how threads around here become suddenly silent when liberals have to debate facts instead of emotion? hell, notice how the posts by liberals decline once they have to talk about facts instead of emotion?
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Most of what we hear now (and usually) is just talk. I doubt they will work together beyond minimum wage and No Child Left Behind (which under the GOP House and Senate left A LOT of kids behind). Both parties will look for a political face lift. The Dems just have a head start.
But really, all of this is political theater.
None of this will affect Iraq or Domestic policies until long after Jan. 1.
But I will say, to think that the Dems will play nice after 12 years of being kicked around...that's a bit naive. Bush dropped Rumsfeld because they would have had a field day with him if he had stayed.
Postive thinking is the key, Postive doing is the door...
That's what I had your post pegged as, but just making sure.
I've stated what you just did in other threads. That's exactly what happend here. By the numbers, there was no difference between Webb and Allen. Allen had an R beside his name at the wrong time. Once again, I think it inherently odd that these "centrist" Democrats will be giving us Pelosi and Ried as their leadership.
"What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact."
Camden 5-28-06
Washington, D.C. 6-22-08
Those are broad strokes you paint on liberals. You make it sound as if you have jousted with all of them and won every time. Who's emotional?
Many liberals I know look to Science and logic and common sense, not ideaology for their positions.
Postive thinking is the key, Postive doing is the door...
Who are you to judge how people form their opinions? Talk about painting broad strokes.
"What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact."
Camden 5-28-06
Washington, D.C. 6-22-08
That didn't even make sense...
Postive thinking is the key, Postive doing is the door...
no, liberals only look to science when convenient. they have no interest in science or the truth. look at any embryonic stem cell research debate here. liberals cannot win on the issues. and this was demonstrated in this campaign. the democrats ran a bunch of conservatives against incumbents and won and all the big time libs went into hiding.
i'm telling you, the libs can gloat all they want about this election, but this election has proved the far left is really nothing in this country....look at ned lement. you people cannot win elections if you state your beliefs. so good luck in the future.
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
the reaching is hilarious. conservative how, exactly? are pro-choice people considered conservative? before the final dem wins were counted, here is something showing the gains for pro-choicers in Congress:
http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/choice-composition.html
so the house gained 20 pro-choicers and the senate at least one.
and hey, i never knew ted kennedy and hillary clinton were conservatives.
cross the river to the eastside
However, I think the subject of the Environment and global warming, is THE issue at hand today (next to anti-american extremists, here and abroad). It's the one issue "liberals" have been spot on about for quite some time, and even some moderates.
Postive thinking is the key, Postive doing is the door...
why are you so obsessed with that issue? i could really give a shit about it. I'm more interested in winning Iraq, and almost ALL of your candidates disagree with losing (i.e. redeployment). is the guy who won tom delay's seat a lib? how about heath shuler? how about the moron that won foley's seat? how about webb? how about tester? seriously, you are pointing towards clinton and kennedy as big pickups? THEY are why the dems won? seriously? who's reaching? dems won in key races b/c they retreated and didn't talk about the issues.
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Did ya know Ted Kennedy is a murderer? And Hillary, well, she's a girl! Ewwwwww!
"What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact."
Camden 5-28-06
Washington, D.C. 6-22-08
um, you totally avoided the issue here. i'm just saying your conservative theory is laughable, using reproductive choice an a glowing example.
cross the river to the eastside