Wednesday, November 08, 2006
09:00
It ius unclear what exactly is going on in Montana and Virginia, though it seems at least provisionally the Democrats won both. This will, if im not mistaken, leave the Senate with a 49 - 49 tie (2 independents). Im not sure what that will mean for appointing chairs and so forth (it seems likely that president of the senate - Dick Cheney - will get to choose), but in everyday workings this will allow the Democrat's to pursue their agenda, since both independents are left of centre (Bernie Sanders of Vermont is in fact positively socialist)
To recap: The Democrats have also won the House. CNN now projects a 22 seat majority. It seems many Republican's worst nightmare has happened: Speaker Nancy Pelosi, representative of that well known bastion of social conservatism and 'moral values'... San Francisco.
Later on, when the dust has settled, I will clarify loose ends, and then try to provide some analysis of what this result means for America - and in terms of foreign policy and the War in Iraq - the world
To recap: The Democrats have also won the House. CNN now projects a 22 seat majority. It seems many Republican's worst nightmare has happened: Speaker Nancy Pelosi, representative of that well known bastion of social conservatism and 'moral values'... San Francisco.
Later on, when the dust has settled, I will clarify loose ends, and then try to provide some analysis of what this result means for America - and in terms of foreign policy and the War in Iraq - the world
# posted by Chris Hughes @ 8:50 am 
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If the democrats win Virginia they will control the Senate as both of the Independents have declared their intentions to work with them.
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