when republicans loose the senate, how will the conservatives feel about loosing power?
815005
They'll be bitter, angry, and resentfull. But they're that way anyway.
692110
In the long term, they'll gain full and equal rights. In the short term, they'll lose some battles.\n\nThe GOP was never serious about passing any amendment. Look how quickly the discussion dropped after the elections passed. There are some amendments passed in states, and there will be more. Eventually, they'll be struck down under the Full Faith & Credit clause, or some other constitutional provision.
952465
LMAO!!  The criminal republicans will go back to sexual harassment (ie Bill O'reilly) or Drug abuse (ie Bush and Limbaugh), they may resort to plagiarism (ie Ann Coulter) or blatant disregad of the Constituion (ie Bush and his criminal administration), or perhaps attempted murder (ie Dick Cheney shooting his friend in the face).  The bottom line is they will resort to some sort of unethical and hypocritical behavior.\n\nhttp://www.internetweekly.org/images/bush_walmart.jpg
699049
because they're scared.  Their own party has tried to scare the pants out of people to get votes and they succeeded...for a while anway.  Until about a couple weeks ago when dems took control of the house and senate.  Next, the presidency!!  I'm conservative but I am also a dem.  In fact there are a lot of people like me who don't necessarily agree with republicans but aren't godless liberals like republicans say we are.
1132869
It all depends on how badly the current republican guard performs.  If it gets bad enough, people will just vote for change REGARDLESS of what the alternative appears to be.
986406
Will the mainstream press characterize the shift in power as the "voters having a temper tantrum" as they did back in 1994?\n\nWill the looney left finally admit that the GOP hasn't been stealing elections and that the Dems really have been losing elections the last 12 years?
342432
If the GOP loses either the House or the Senate, the ball on impeachment can get rolling and a host of investigations and hearings on the abuses of his administration won't be blocked or stalled by Republicans.  Its obvious they can not handle all this power, so the first step is to take it away from them.  We will still have the 33 percent of die-hard adherants who will go to their graves defending\nBush, but most Americans are sick of him and his policies.
784631
This is their last arena. If they were to stop speaking as a Republican, where could they draw power from? It's going to take some prominent members of the republican party calling them out to make it happen. They hurt not only republicans, but all Americans.
816023
They have lost the Senate too.  Yes, I think we should impeach Bush.\n\nhttp://www.impeachbush.org
792535
I don't recall republicans crying when they loose like you saw happen with gore and kerry. When the Republicans swept to power in 94 the media wrote it off as a voter "Temper Tantrum". Republicans normally step down if they are involved in controversy. Dem's on the other hand have really got some brass ones though. My personal favorite is Marion Barry, who was caught on video tape smoking crack at the No Tell Motel\nwith some hooker and the maniac has the audacity to run again. Why not? His constituency voted him back in proving once again the Democrat mentality of, He might be a corrupt dirt bag, but, he's our corrupt dirt bag. The list goes on and on. I have seen it in NJ for ages.
648220
Personally I think this elections many incumbents will be ousted out of office,many of the senators that voted for this immigration bill will not make it public,instead will blame it to the other side of the aisle,senators that have seen the polls lately are already spinning their side saying their immigration bill is good for the country,they do not tell the public that they practically gave the country to  foreigners,any person that votes for these traitors should not complain that this country was sold by our senate and president with the blood of every american that died defending it
534354
Its getting harder to tell the difference. Republicans are going to get creamed this fall so they should enjoy it while they can.
868627
The democrats and ACLU are against an American identity, pure and simple. This is why they have fought so hard in the courts, and in Congress to either change or do completely away with anything that defines and identifies us as The United States of America.\n\nI have a strong feeling that tomorrow the republicans are going to take a big one on the chin. I am not, contrary to popular belief, nervous about this. Republicans will still control the White House, and ultimately, the final word. Democrats may get at least one of the Houses of Congress back, but will not get enough of a majority to be a threat to over ride a Presidential veto, or to over ride the republicans on any taxes, or anything else for that matter.\nWe will once again have a stale mate in Congress. A stale mate is not necessarily a bad thing, then not only will nothing get done, but nothing will be made a mess of either. All in all, we should all be happy.
827025
I think the Reps can take a loss better.  Especially amongst us older folk that remember the Dems had Congress for 20 years prior to the 1994 turn over.
711028
definitly, the democrats will regain the house and the senate will stay republican by a narrow margin ,that is until the next election and then they will lose the senate and the presidency...
1149594
Conservatives will always lean on non political issues(like gay marriage) whenever their feet are to the fire.  Bush is a lame duck.  His own party is turning against him, and he is pulling out all the stops to keep their loyalty.
883141
Well, on the surface things look pretty bleak for Republicans. Historically speaking, this is no surprise. However, it is not as bad as it seems!\n\nHistory of mid-term elections: Any time the United States has been at war during a mid-term election, there has been a shift in power. The deaths from the war are never easy to take and as a whole, Americans do not have the stomach nor heart to endure continued losses, even for a good cause. This election's shift in power is no big surprise. However, there's a silver lining...\n\nSeveral of the gains made by Democrats were by conservative democrats. Joe Lieberman, a registered and caucased Dem, ran against his own party's nominee as an independant... and WON! Joe is a conservative Dem that supports the cause of fighting terror. So if the war in Iraq is the cause for the shift in power, why were conservatives elected? While a majority of Americans feel things are going wrong in Iraq, they still understand the reason we are there. We are NOT supporting the Dem's idea of passing the baton of victory to the terrorists, but instead, want to be open-minded that we need a new strategy that will better ensure victory.\n\nAnother gleeming hope for Republicans is the fact that referendums this election tend to favor conservatism. Several states banned same sex marriage. One state banned abortion. Basically, while there was a cry for change in power, a majority of Americans still cling to conservative views. \n\nWatch for Joe Lieberman to rally other Conservative Dems in the Senate. Should the VA seat fold to a Dem, the control they hoped for is still not locked. Joe and a handfull of Conservative Dems will still swing a good deal of power to the President on issues of the war on terrorism.\n\nAs far as Iraq goes, look for a change in strategy from the Bush admin. Bush will not cave to withdraw the troops totally but the Dems in the House will control the purse-strings, so Bush may make some concessions. With so much divide in Iraq amongst it's own people, there may be more talk of dividing Iraq. Keep in mind Iraq was actually three seperately governed territories until the fall of the Ottoman Empire after WW I; Vilayet of Mosul, Vilayet of Bagdad, & Vilayet of Basra. These could be carved out again, allowing the Kurds, Sunnis, and Shiites to have some sort of atonomy which may bring about peace.