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The BS defeatism on Iraq has started

Posted by: ST on November 8, 2006 at 11:21 pm » 13 Comments

Rep. Nancy Pelosi told Fox News this evening that Iraq is “not a war to be won, but a situation to be solved.” If you can stomach it, it’s the interview right after the clip of her segment with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. I think I’m officially going to throw up now. You wanted a “change”, [...]

 

Fox News is calling Webb the winner in VA

Posted by: ST on November 8, 2006 at 9:04 pm » 3 Comments

Ian has the screencap. Here are the latest counts coming out of Virginia.

 

Wednesday open thread

Posted by: ST on November 8, 2006 at 7:08 pm » 32 Comments

Pop open a cold one, and tell us your story

 

What the hell? Rummy resigns

Posted by: ST on November 8, 2006 at 1:20 pm » 86 Comments

Allah has the details. Is this a little concession Bush is offering to the newly-crowned Dems?? Update: Slublog made this point in the comments section at Hot Air: I think this had to be done, and quickly. I think Bush wants to get Gates confirmed before the new Senate is seated, because the WH knows [...]

 

Battle between the liberal and moderate wings of Dem party has already begun

Posted by: ST on November 8, 2006 at 12:26 pm » 21 Comments

Buried in this WaPo piece about how the election was a “rebuke” for Bush, the war, and Republicans, was this gem (emphasis added): The complexion of the Democratic presence in Congress will change as well. Party politics will be shaped by the resurgence of “Blue Dog” Democrats, who come mainly from the South and from [...]

 

Conservative base turned out – it was Independents who went the other way

Posted by: ST on November 8, 2006 at 9:11 am » 46 Comments

Just checking out some national exit poll numbers because I was curious to see the party affiliation breakdown of who voted: About the same number of independents showed up at the polls today as in the last presidential election. This swing-voting group, that both parties battled fiercely to capture, backed Democrats over Republicans by approximately [...]

 

Overnight election results (UPDATE: TESTER WINS)

Posted by: ST on November 8, 2006 at 7:04 am » 10 Comments

I’d felt pretty good about the Missouri race both on the Talent and Amendment 2 front, but it looks like Republicans who were worried about those outstanding votes from St. Louis and other areas were right. Not only does demagogue McCaskill win, but the fraudulent Amendment 2 passed. Fox is saying Montana is too close [...]