What do you think of the outcome for the election of 2006?
918678
It felt like spring after a very long winter. Like the renaissance after the dark ages. The 2006 mid-terms gave me back hope for my country. After 12 years of domination by right wing religious conservative zealots, we are back to sanity.\nNow we can get to work on our problems at home and regain our respect in the world.\nYippee!!!
877743
I couldn't stop cheering last night! I think he's an awful person, in general, and he surely doesn't represent me or my values, so yes, I was quite happy he lost his job. In addition, I really like Bob Casey. His family is from my hometown, and they really are good people, so I feel like we got a double blessing. We ousted a total jerk, and elected not the lesser of 2 evils, but a really decent man who I think will work hard for us.\n\nI loved how huge the margin of victory was, too! 60%-40%
636771
probably after the election.
583583
Yes. I believe though that this issue will have a big impact on the next election and that some of the current politicians will be removed from office.
196896
RETURN Domocracy to our government where the PEOPLE have a say in how things go. NOT what we have presently where BIG BROTHER runs everything and people don't really have a say anymore. Such as ELECTORAL Votes. What happened to PEOPPLE saying who got elected and who didn't.
933489
Reelected by a landslide.
703224
it is the up comming election, when the democrats find out that the nation is still voting republician.  And of course another time they can sue and claim they really won but the election was stolen from them again.\n\nBut all jokinig aside, it is just another mid term election,  the party that is in power may or may not change.  But nothing really will change,  Bush is going into the last 2 years, which is his lame duck years so little should be expected at best anyway.
708118
I'm pretty optimistic....as long as we don't get another Bush in the office....\n\nIf we do get another Bush in the office....God help us all....
957123
Some Republicans in this forum just fooled themselves claiming they were gonna win.\n\nDems won, neocons need to get over it.\n\nR.I.P. Republican Party 1860-2006.
759195
No. \n\nAnd just a comment...I can't wait until these elections are over. I'm tired of the meaningless political questions where people think that their opinion is the only correct one.
306525
Hillary should win but with a population that elected Bush once (he stole one election) anything is possible. I'm hoping Bush's debacle as president (especially this term) and unethical behaviors on the part of his colleagues will "wake America up", elect Hillary into office, clean up Bush's mess, and begin the healing process in America.
397861
Yes I did vote for him, to bad it wasn't an honest election  and Bushit didn't win fair and square, we need an honest election in 08 to restore validity to the process.
886188
I hear you loud and clear. I don't think you should be so quick to pass a pessimistic judgment just yet. The democrats did win, but with fiscally and socially conservative democrats. I think Shumer and all of the other usual suspects will find a lot of in fighting and power struggles with these newly elected conservative democrats. As for Conyers, he will make an obviously politically charged, yet unsuccessful attempt to impeach Bush. All this man wants is revenge for Clinton's impeachment. He is forgetting one major component, Clinton unlike Bush, actually violated the law and told fantastic lies that no one in their right mind could believe.
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.
124688
This is a good subject I would love to see some debate on.  My first thought is we should elimnate electoral vote and go with the majority vote. But that would mean the east and west coast would pretty much decide who/what gets elected.  With the elctoral vote every state has a say.  Id love to see some answers on this question.
725537
Oh, I'm disappointed, but not shocked. We know that the tides of power shift in this country, for better or worse, but at no time should anyone give up hope that we can as a whole be better. I don't agree with Dem policies and initiatives 95% of the time, but the American people who voted have asked that these people be given a chance again. I think domestically this will mean... a new social program here, gridlock over it there, etc, etc. But all things to debate in the near future (at least we are not shooting each other over the results!)\n\nRegardless of the situation, all should remember, we are a country about peaceful exchanges of power. And as I mentioned in other posts, we needn't forget that is a blessing in itself.\n\nOf course, it's time to start working on that next election....! ;-)
1159137
Did he win? I thought he stold the election!