brianbibbly [email] said at 12:31 PM 11-08-2006: I can't even express how happy I am that the Republicans are getting the boot. Not that I am in love with the Dems, but damnit, we need a change.
brandonA [email] said at 1:08 PM 11-08-2006: It's not done yet - both of those races will probably be contested, but it's a lot better to start out on top with these things...
katie [email] said at 3:16 PM 11-08-2006: unless you assume that both independents will side with the democrats, which they likely will ... lieberman at least has pledged to do so, for whatever that's worth. it's more about who gets to chair the committees and make the rules.
rick [email] said at 3:17 PM 11-08-2006: I would not be surprised if the pachyderms are already offering Lieberman some kind of committee chair position in return for a defection.
craig [email] said at 12:49 PM 11-08-2006: This is the only fucking thing that makes me happy this morning as I have been so busy at work that I haven't even had time wo watch the return results last night. I didm't know the dems took over until this morning.
myriam [email] said at 2:06 PM 11-08-2006: Dude, Rumsfeld's head is rolling, too! Ha! You guys should have bet on that one.
What a weird time to give up, after staying the course so damn long. Guess he wanted to wait till after the election...but you'd think he'd wait a week or so, make it look less political.
rick [email] said at 3:04 PM 11-08-2006: I would have lost that one too; as late as last night, I was talking about it and we both agreed that Rummy was a kind of heat shield for the cockpit that Dubyuh and Dick are in and the last thing they will do is let him go and expose themselves to even more criticism.
rick [email] said at 2:42 PM 11-08-2006: Election Quotes
-compiled by Slate
"We got a lot of I told you so moments right now because polls are tightening and people are thinking about issues." —Tony Snow to Rush Limbaugh Monday about coming Republican successes.
" 'I feel like I'm in ninth grade going in for a chemistry test I knew I didn't study for. I'm going to fail, and there's nothing I can do about it.' "—Senior Republican aide on the Hill to CNN's Dana Bash.
"I am God fearing second amendment supporting and as I said before I like girls and I like football…You don't have to worry about me e-mailing little boy pages on the Senate floor…Politics is way to puny for the Jesus I serve and Love… The real guiding force in this race is my Lord and Savior. I serve a big God. I serve an enormously big God."—TN Senate candidate Harold Ford on various MSNBC interviews.
"We're also joined from around the country by a couple more webcams and bloggers who couldn't make it."—CNN host of "Blogger Party."
"She's going to have enough money to burn a wet mule."—Haley Barbour on Hillary Clinton's 2008 run.
"Casey's campaign style was sleep apnea—periods of breathless gasping interrupted by occasional incoherent snorts."—Time's Joe Klein on Bob Casey beating Rick Santorum.
"Guys, this is a football."—J.C. Watts's sports analogy to explain how Republicans will have to focus on basics again.
"He completed something."—Keith Olberman on Heath Shuler the former professional football quarterback winning in North Carolina.
craig [email] said at 4:36 PM 11-08-2006: In other words, Bush doesn't know shit. I can't believe this asshole actually didn't think people would vote against his ignorant and arrogant policies in Iraq.
art [email] said at 4:43 PM 11-08-2006: I can't believe this asshole actually didn't think people would vote against his ignorant and arrogant policies in Iraq
Surely you can believe it. It is readily apparent that he is so convinced that he is right that he simply dismisses all dissent as so much naysaying
