Congradulations on your win Dems, but how are things going to change?
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Immigration Reform\nRecommit to catching Osama Bin Laden and stopping Global Terrorism\nGive the Generals in Iraq what they need and not what Rummy says they need.\nKyoto Protocol - \nNOT RAISING TAXES to subsidize corporate losers.\nNOT outsourcing American Jobs.
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Now that the table is turned lets see what happens to the leadership of our Country. If we can restore some sanity in Government as a result of yesterday's voting it will be a good thing. Lets be optimistic!
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Probably nothing, unless there's a big push in Congress, or you become the president of Diebold.
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The truth has been spoken here tonight by you, my friend.  Indeed, had the Republicans won we would hear nothing but outcries about the Diebold machines and the like.  Seems Reps can handle defeat in a respectful way, but when Dems lose its lawsuits and conspiracy theories galore!  What a world
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they better not be, or the democrats who won yesterday will find themselves and their buddies out COME NEXT ELECTION.\n\nThe People are finally speaking. \n\nRepresent us, or you are out.
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I agree about the Senate. There has been a clear shift to the Reps the last few days. I also think Lieberman will join the Rep caucus. House is also getting closer, but I still think that odds favor the Dems. I've only recently learned how many ex reps are running as Dems. I'm not sure what this means. I think we will be in for a very long night.
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It's ending right now. If the Democrats don't take a majority in both houses as predicted, they will certainly make gains. The pendulum is starting to swing the other way. Now all the Democrats need to do is nominate a strong presidential candidate who won't let himself (or herself) be defined by the Republicans.
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Subtle. Let me guess. President Bush, Republican Party. Dems win the next election! Don't bet on it!
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It's all banal rhetoric. Democrats will enjoy their first 100-day 'honeymoon' with the American public, then things will settle into just another state of complicity. Nothing will get done. Nothing will change. Republicans and Democrats will fight like little ten-year-old kids until they start doing their real work: raising money for their re-election.                 -RKO-
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You probably would not expect to hear this from a Republican, but I think this may be a good thing for our party. Sometimes when ANY particular party has had success for several elections in a row in maintaining control of the House and Senate, they start pulling away from the middle, where the majority of Americans actually are. A wake up call such as this last election brings the party back into check, causing them to reassess their positions and moving more toward compromises to gain those borderline voters.\n\nI look to this event as being a catalyst to refocus the Republicans and have them more attuned to the will of the people so they will be stronger for 2008. Watch for moderate Republicans like McCain run for President.\n\nI see the Democrats as misinterpretting the will of the people thinking this is a hearty endorsement of their platform rather than a cry for change. They'll not have quite as strong a showing in 2008, and by 2012 control will revert back to the Republicans again. I predict an extreme left-winger to run for President. I don't think it'll be Hillary but she may be added to the ticket for VP.\n\nAs far as real change in the next 2 years, don't count on it. Bush is still in charge and although the Dems gained control, many of the seats they won were from moderate Dems like Lieberman, Casey, Webb, and Tester which will not support a retreat/defeat in Iraq.
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The reaction is just as many of us predicted. Al-Queda in Iraq is now claiming they are winning the war because of the democrat victory. Iran will now step up it's own rhetoric. People we are in for a bumpy ride. Are the democrats up for this challenge? Think of Murtha, Kerry, Clinton and Kennedy.....do they inspire trust with you in the realm of National Security?
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Democrats victorious in both houses, Rumsfeld resigns.  You were saying?
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It will depend a lot on who wins the next presidency. If a democrat wins, more than likely a lot of bills will be passed but if a republican wins in 2008, there will probably be a lot of stalemate and a lot of the use of line item veto or just veto power.\n\nPersonally I hope that foreign affairs will take a positive turn. With all of the turmoil in the middle east I hope the next president will be strong in foreign affairs and help build confidence back in the US, our allies and the UN.  \n\nThe economy I think has been terrible with this last presidency but I do feel it cannot all be blamed on the president or the republicans due to the fall of big corporations such as Enron, the stock market crashing, and 9/11.  I think it is very sad when college graduates are not able to find employment upon graduating. My husband and I both graduated within a year of each other and I luckily found a job, but my husband had to wait a year before he found his first professional job because the job market crashed. I laughed every time the president said the economy was good and jobs are up. If it is so good, then where are all these jobs? oh...in retail...where we do not qualify because we are over-educated....\n\n\nI feel if credit cards were not used in the US, we would be in a depression. In my hometown, bankruptcy and foreclosures are up 50%.  \n\nSomething needs to be done regardless if it is a democrat or republican president or democrat or republican controlled congress. I think a lot of people, especially young families are looking for a positive change.
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YAWN, you won, the election is over, now do try to act like an adult and shut up.  \n\nDemocrats, sore losers, sore winners, what will make you clowns happy?
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I think it will ultimately not be fatal that democrats won.\n\nI disagree with the rest of your  premise, however.  Our system has built in checks and balances, as well as regular elections.  It is unnecessary to seek to create an artificial balance.\n\nJust continue to vote your conscience.
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A change in the power structure. When Democrats take control of either the House or Senate, it will be a whole new ballgame.
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I think Democrats are starting to get over the euphoria of their win and are realizing what actually happened. Voter samples show that voters were not really voting for the Democrats, but rather against the Republicans. What the voters have done is actually create a stalemate situation. This because while Democrats control the congress, the president controls veto power and the Democrats do not have the majority required to override. So while Democrats have indeed made the president a lame duck, they have also imposed the same on the congress. It does not have to be this way though. If Democrats reach across the aisle to craft bi-partisan legislation which benefits all Americans they can still accomplish many things. However, if they fall back on the liberal agenda nothing of substance will get done in government for the next 2 years. The biggest problem for Democrats is now they have the power and they must produce. Just calling the other side evil is not going to do it anymore. The Democrats say they wanted change for all Americans, the coming days, weeks, and months will show if they were honest, or if they just wanted power again and were willing to say whatever it took to get elected.