AP: Democrats win control of Senate

AP ^ | November 8, 2006

[West Coast Conservative]

Democrats win control of Senate with Jim Webb victory in Virginia.

[diamond6]

"I was angry enough to stay home."

Great! Your family must be proud to have a cut and runner in their midst. As far as I am concerned, people like you put power into very very evil peoples' hands, and emboldened all of our enemies.

I am furious too with the GOP, but I still voted.

[silentknight]

No my words will stand in the morning. Pride always comes before a fall. I am sorry but President Bush needs to learn some humility. He has cost ALL of us a GREAT price. The damage is done. REPUBLICANS had better WAKE UP before we LOSE everything in 2008. THIS IS OUR WARNING SHOT.

[Chena]

PING

[Rezod21]

Can someone explain how all of a sudden the AP is counting Independant Senators as Democrats to give them a majority? Lieberman and Sanders were running under an independant party which does not give the Dems a party majority for positions.

49 Rep.
49 Dem.
2 Ind.

More lies and stretching the truth by AP.

[katieanna]

Seems you and I were typing at the same time!

OK, I concede that the GOP departed from some core principles. I will not argue with you on that. I will argue that we need good judges, we need the Bush tax cuts to become permanent (which I contend they would have with a GOP majority), and you and I both know the dems will not fight terror the way the GOP will. Given all that you cited, I contend the issues i pointed to are urgent indeed. I will say one more thing: the GOP's faults are many, however, I cannot hand the legislature over to people who, while holding positions of power in govt, have spoken so atrociously (sp) of a sitting president. The American people have done so and it is shameful.

[uncbob]

If we lose Iraq, a defeat will now be on the Dems' shoulders.Youoptimists never learn

Bush will be blamed by the DEMs and the MSM will do they PR work

[Lovebloggers]

"Unofficial tallies - which don't yet include absentee ballots - had Webb leading U.S. Sen. George Allen, R-Va., by 185,441 votes to 126,783 among Fairfax voters. Glenda Gail Parker, the Independent Green Party candidate, had 3,039 votes."

http://www.sungazette.net/articles/2006/11/07/fairfax/news/ffx843b.txt

They weren't counted as of midnight last night.

[Lonely Bull]

I agree. It's the nation and our future that's being "punished."

But even though I voted Democrat, I support the troops!

(OK, I didn't really vote Democrat, vote protest in a partisan contest, or sit at home and do nothing. You can guess what I actually did. The peanut gallery may throw their spitballs at me now.)

[uncbob]

hope Bush got the message that many like-minded conservatives sent.

You really think that is what he will see

[Captain Peter Blood]

Bush has never been real Conservative I think we all know that now. But to be fair I like many of you out there have supported Bush mainly because of the War on Terrorism which I feel he has prosecuted very well.
Now what have we to look forward to with the Democrats in charge. Most certainly a lot of useless investigations of the Bush Administration, pushing their Socialist Agenda including more Entitlements. No doubt Tax Increases if they push them and of course no more extensions of the Tax Cuts.
It absolutely amazing that the Democrats won with no agenda for the country, they won entirely on their Hatred for Bush, their opposition to the War in Iraq and by extension the War on Terror.
With control of both houses we have a stalemate, but will Bush have the guts to Veto the Bills that will come down the pike that will be terrible for all of us?
If the past is any indication Bush will roll over and try to placate the Democrats and is for all purposes A Lame Duck now.
The clock on 2008 is ticking now and we need to pull things together and find the right standard bearer. Big question is who and it can't be McCain or Rudy.

[napscoordinator]

Sorry, the RINOs in Congress have only themselves to blame.


Too bad it was the conservatives who paid (except Chafee).

[Roy Tucker]

It's 7.600 votes. If it were a few hundred, he'd have a case. He should concede gracefully. Al Gore, by refusing to do so, raised the political temperature in this country to levels not seen since the Civil War.

George Allen should bow out and look to do something else.

[kellynla]

It ain't just the Supremes it is a slew of Federal judgeships

yep, when you're right, you're right...

and lets not forget the "D" governorships that were added yesterday...can you say "gerrymander"

[beezdotcom]

We in Yorktown fill in circles with a pen, we don't draw lines. But either way, it's paper.

[babygene]

"Mr. President, warm up that pen."

I doubt that he'll be using it. He turned out to be the problem, not the solution...

[diamond6]

You are partly right, they have themselves to blame and the Repubs who stayed home are too blame as well.

[deep]

The GOP didn't lose because of democratic "opposition" to the Iraq war. We lost because of the Iraq War. If the war continues the way it has been, democrats will win the White House with a margin to spare.

[uncbob]

With Bush's weak-spined Republicanism I get a losing strategy in Iraq, a socialist prescription drug plan, run-away Federal spending, amnesty, etc. With Democrats I get a losing strategy in Iraq, a socialist prescription drug plan, run-away Federal spending, amnesty, etc. I was angry enough to stay home, and I hope Bush got the message that many like-minded conservatives sent.

Bush wasn't running

What was your congressman's record on those issues and or senators if he was running

[NinoFan]

Uh, wrong. Nice try though at blaming the base. Conservatives who lost were running against Democrats who were portraying themselves as conservatives. Way more RINOs lost in Congress than just Chaffee. Conservatism did not lose in this election.

[EQAndyBuzz]

"Bad news for the unborn."

Bad news for the Supreme Court.