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Originally Posted by t walgamuth
i was looking at the propositions for laws in various states and found a curious mix of liberalism and conservatism.
every initiative to allow same sex marriages failed.
every proposal to raise minimum wage passed
every proposal to legalize marajuana in some form passed.
it looks like the senate will be tied if you count lieberman as a dem. (?). allen of virginia's race (maccacca man) is ahead by 7000 votes out of 2.2mil. with 98% of the vote in. (that is really close). if he loses the dems have control of the senate, it appears, if all go as cnn is reporting at this time.
oh yeah, the dems need 51 to control since the vice pres can break ties.
it looks like the dems take control of the house.
it seems to me that the most key issue was the war.
tom w
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Excellent synopsis.
To me it this election is the 2nd-best outcome.
The best outcome would be for close elections to go to neither Repo nor Demo but to go to 3rd party candidates. Second best is a divided gov with at least one house in the opposition to the Executive.
I was just watching Charlie Rose and one of the talking heads made an excellent point, IMO. The Democrats need to restrain themselves from over-reaching in their newly-acquired oversight capacity. Look for legitimate grievances but for goodness sakes at least appear to avoid using the power for crass political purposes (this is the Repo transgression vs Clinton--Repos went too far).
Conversely, the Repos should remember that they gained power by being the reform party, a central point they have suppressed in the past 3-6 years in power. In the 1990's they were the cure for the problem and they stupidly became that which they sought to reform.
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