now that republicans are finally losing their grip on power..?
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
821568
If they don't lose at least one of the 2 houses I will be personally convinced that Diebold (Republican) voting machines are running the country and that democracy as we know it is dead.  We need a third party to keep the Dems and the Republicans honest and answering to the people instead of their own selfish interests.  Absolute power corrupts and I don't think it matters who is in that power seat - bring on a third party that really cares about things that matter like the environment.  We need bold, new leadership.
248123
As long as the Republicans have a lock on the House and Senate, not much is going to happen in the way of Congressional oversight, hearings , committees and investagatory proceedures...but WHEN the GoP no longer can block things...It wil be an entirely different situation.  Wait until they lose power...things will start to unravel.
805980
i agree, but it's been a while since democrats have had control of congress. and don't forget they only control the house right now, it'll still be a while before all the votes for senate are counted and sorted out. here's to hoping for the senate!
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.
1019884
Keep the Republicans in Congress. The last thing those donkeys (democrats) need is their power back
951862
Right now the republicans are using scare tactics to try and hold their position.\n" If Democrats take over, they will withdraw from the war and make every American citizen a target or terror!!!"\nGive me a break.\nRegardless the political agenda, Americans will vote by what they want from the government, not what the government wants from them, even though it may not make a difference.\nJust watch what happens, and maybe you will agree it is time to change ALL of government, not just the persons in it.
765125
It's just another Republican talking point.  They've lost power, now they're seeking to apply pressure to the Democrats to force them to make nice.  I think the rationale is, if they can spin the Democrat's efforts to reverse some of the harm that's been done as partisanship, they can hobble them to a degree.  Public opinion lost them this election, now they're going to try and use it to make the Dems appear to be every bit as bad for the country as 12 years of Republican dominance.\n\nAnd no, people may not realize how ridiculous it sounds.  The reason those tactics work as well as they do is because the general public has chronic memory loss, and is far too easily led.  If the Republicans embark on a sustained effort to hinder and deride Democrats for the next 2 years, they may well be able to use public opinion to regain some territory in 2008.  That's what they're aiming for. \n\n'Unity,' now that power has changed hands, is a nice, convenient sentiment, but I for one don't feel sentimental about my country's political landscape.  I can't afford to, and whether they know it or not, neither can anyone else.
983666
The Democrat party has come back with Conservative Democrats as I am. Corruption of the GOP has ruined their chances for quite some time with the immoral values and scandals that will have to be sorted out to bring back any trust in them. That is why the bi-partisanship vote came out November 7th, and Congress is now majority Democrat. Ultimate power corrupts, and those you have named are the victimizers of the corruption.
1125204
Not any more , they are all in bed with large Corporations . Let's see how fast can we change the laws to suite them . Don't step on Corp toes , they might not fund our reelection !!!!!!!
741932
It still looks like we're going to take the House, and at the very least get a closer deficit in the Senate.\n\nIts about to get a lot harder for you Republicans to **** up the country like you have been doing.
746602
Very interesting point.  The only reason dems got control was because of the blue-dog conservative democrats who were elected this time around.  America hasn't gone less conservative...only less republican.  Now, the dem leadership isn't taking the hint.  Instead, they're reeling to the left once again.  Should be interesting.  I personally think it will open the door for a sweeping Repub victory in '08 - if they get back to their conservative roots.  Great point.
890420
I love your title!!! Winner twice, I only wished it could say Winner thrice! Oh aren't those demo's just giddy with delight? Don't worry it's only going to be short lived cause for the past 6 yrs they've put all their focus, heart and soul, along with all their energy into their whining whimpering bashing and not into any real plans. Look how miserable Kerry failed because of it. Now they are going to actually function, come up with some real life plan and a way to carry them out. Thats going to be a big switch from just running off at the mouth. If they screw up the next 2 yrs and they will we will have our Republican party back! But we'll be the better person and not gloat!
629860
"Will it be a landslide to the Democrats to teach the Republicans a lesson?"\n\nI SURELY HOPE SO!!!
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?
823794
Probably. The Republicans should just give it up and admit defeat.
773587
I believe they've been keeping them artificially low to try to give the American voter the warm fuzzies for the Republican party. . . any day now the CEO's will be starting to tweak things back to welcome the Dems into power.