Last week it looked like Republicans would still have some say in government, but not so now.

GA final results Chambliss wins with 49.75% of the vote meaning there will be a runoff and Obama already has a team of lawyers down there. This seat is headed Democrat.

MN Coleman's win by 126 votes triggers automatic recount, does anyone really think he wins the recount?

AK absentee ballot counting begins with half counted Stevens lead is now 3 votes with 46,000 ballots to count, another Democrat pickup.

Basically the Republicans don't need to show up for the next four years since they can not stop anything if they can't keep Coleman's seat. I suspect the markets are reacting to the realization of what is to come.

THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:Last week it looked like Republicans would still have some say in government, but not so now.

GA final results Chambliss wins with 49.75% of the vote meaning there will be a runoff and Obama already has a team of lawyers down there. This seat is headed Democrat.

MN Coleman's win by 126 votes triggers automatic recount, does anyone really think he wins the recount?

AK absentee ballot counting begins with half counted Stevens lead is now 3 votes with 46,000 ballots to count, another Democrat pickup.

Basically the Republicans don't need to show up for the next four years since they can not stop anything if they can't keep Coleman's seat. I suspect the markets are reacting to the realization of what is to come.

Republicans don't need to show up any way. Haven't you guys screwed things up enough? Plus you had your chance to rule without democrats getting in the way. Do you see where that got us?

funny how everytime they find new votes to count, it always ends up favoring the Democrat.

that county in Minn. that suddenly found 100 new votes, all 100 being for Franken is sick. I swear if that idiot steals that seat...

cb4029 Wrote:Republicans don't need to show up any way. Haven't you guys screwed things up enough? Plus you had your chance to rule without democrats getting in the way. Do you see where that got us?

Actually the republicans didn't have the chance to rule without democrats getting in the way because they didn't have the filibuster-proof majority that they are now on the verge of handing to the democrats.

That's okay, now the democrats will have to run things instead of blaming someone else. Unfortunately, they typically do a much better job of blaiming someone else than of actually running anything.

Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:

cb4029 Wrote:Republicans don't need to show up any way. Haven't you guys screwed things up enough? Plus you had your chance to rule without democrats getting in the way. Do you see where that got us?

Actually the republicans didn't have the chance to rule without democrats getting in the way because they didn't have the filibuster-proof majority that they are now on the verge of handing to the democrats.

That's okay, now the democrats will have to run things instead of blaming someone else. Unfortunately, they typically do a much better job of blaiming someone else than of actually running anything.

Yep...Be careful what you wish for.....

I have no optimism that the blue gang will do any better than the red gang....both are incompetent failures.

point is the 'red gang' wasn't able to do everything they'd ideally like to do(take privatizing Social Security or Regulating Fannie/Freddie) because the 'blue gang' had fillbuster powers. so you end up compromising and negotiating, picking and choosing your battles.

plus the RINO's elected in blue states don't help.

anyway, the Dems can do alot more of what they really want to do the next 2 yrs if GOP can't filibuster. Will be a complete and utter disaster. They will tax and Regulate everything they have the time to tax and regulate in 2 yrs time.

GGniner Wrote:funny how everytime they find new votes to count, it always ends up favoring the Democrat.

Interesting observation, isn't it? Where are the investigative reporters when there's a real story to look into?

GGniner Wrote:point is the 'red gang' wasn't able to do everything they'd ideally like to do(take privatizing Social Security or Regulating Fannie/Freddie) because the 'blue gang' had fillbuster powers. so you end up compromising and negotiating, picking and choosing your battles.

plus the RINO's elected in blue states don't help.

anyway, the Dems can do alot more of what they really want to do the next 2 yrs if GOP can't filibuster. Will be a complete and utter disaster. They will tax and Regulate everything they have the time to tax and regulate in 2 yrs time.

You make a case for the futility of our current gang war.

Georgia won't go Dem. There were a TON of people that voted Buckley due to Chambliss's bailout vote but will be voting Chambliss in the runoff.

Not to mention the A.A. vote that came out for Obama won't be there to vote straight ticket Dem.

Chambliss should win convincingly.

And Privatizing Social Security might be the right thing to do. But if it had passed, Republicans would be eating even more s&!# than they are now with the stock market collapse.

say Franken gets away with stealing the Minn. seat(they have a radical Dem Sec. of State), and the Democrat in Alaska edges out Stevens, but GOP holds the Ga. seat.

thats 59 seats, still basically filibusterproof for most if not all Dem legislation. although Lieberman may be itching to have a radical change of heart in political philosophy.

Rino's like Spector(up for re-election), Snowe, Collins...they aren't going to oppose alot of the crap the Dems will try to do, even if they wanted to personally they can't politically.

GGniner Wrote:funny how everytime they find new votes to count, it always ends up favoring the Democrat.

that county in Minn. that suddenly found 100 new votes, all 100 being for Franken is sick. I swear if that idiot steals that seat...

You will do what? Send Katherine Harris up there?

RobertN Wrote:

GGniner Wrote:funny how everytime they find new votes to count, it always ends up favoring the Democrat.

that county in Minn. that suddenly found 100 new votes, all 100 being for Franken is sick. I swear if that idiot steals that seat...

You will do what? Send Katherine Harris up there?

You know if you're going to attempt to make a funny..why don't you try to at least make it historically accurate. Harris never found brand new votes for Bush. All she did was certify the results. Results which I might add that after multiple recounts, still yielded a GWB victory.