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Topic started on 8-11-2006 @ 07:55 PM by Hellmutt
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I just heard it on the radio. Looking for links...
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reply posted on 8-11-2006 @ 07:57 PM by djohnsto77
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Hmm...yeah I think some news organizations have called Virginia for Webb, but there will be an automatic recount whose results may not be known until
around Christmas.
So it ain't over yet!
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reply posted on 8-11-2006 @ 08:03 PM by intrepid
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Sources that I read today said the same. The Dem's have both houses. God forbid that a Dem get's voted in as Prez in 2008. We've seen the disaster
that can happen without the checks and balances in place.
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reply posted on 8-11-2006 @ 08:03 PM by Black_Fox
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Acording to ABC news and the AP reports,its over and Webb has won.Also Geroge Allen is going to concede the election sometime tommorow.In other words
no recount,as Allen isnt asking for one.
News on this is currently on MSNBC and CNN as well.
Dems control House and Senate.
Now,does happy dance.
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reply posted on 8-11-2006 @ 08:06 PM by groingrinder
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It's just too bad that the American people did not win control of the Senate.     As long as Americans need politcal parties to tell
them what to think and how to vote, the high and the mighty minority will retain control of the majority of WE THE PEOPLE. The powers that be
continue to shove two parties down our throats so that we will think that we actually have a choice. We do not have a choice because the Republicans
and Democrats are two sides of the SAME COIN. It is time that Americans rose up and took that coin and threw it into the river with the King's tea
and pulled a shiny new coin out of our pockets to represent us. The old coin is tarnished and dull and no longer will purchase what WE THE PEOPLE
need. It is too filled with graft and corruption and politcal backroom deals that benefit a few mighty and rich men at the expense of WE THE
PEOPLE.
[edit on 11-8-2006 by groingrinder]
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reply posted on 8-11-2006 @ 08:07 PM by djohnsto77
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Originally posted by Black_Fox
Also Geroge Allen is going to concede the election sometime tommorow.In other words no recount,as Allen isnt asking for one. 
If true this is something I haven't heard yet, apparently the margin is within the area where under Virginia state law the state is required to
conduct and pay for a recount, and I thought the Republicans were going to persue that route.
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reply posted on 8-11-2006 @ 08:15 PM by Hellmutt
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I guess you're right, dj. The final result could remain unclear for weeks...
BBC: Democrats 'win control of Senate'
Breaking News
The Democrats have taken control of the US Senate after winning the last undecided seat in the state of Virginia, US media are reporting.
The margin of victory is so small that a recount is possible, and the final result of the election could yet remain unclear for weeks. Please visit the link provided for the complete story.
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reply posted on 8-11-2006 @ 08:16 PM by iori_komei
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You know, this would normally make me happy, as I'll choose
a liberal Democrat over a conservative Rpeublican anyday..
But with there seems to be (atleast for my taste) to many
conservative Democrats wh are really only Democrat in name,
and are no better than the Republicans they replaced.
Atleast maybe something good will come of having the lady
from San Fran. as speaker of the house.
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reply posted on 9-11-2006 @ 02:18 PM by djohnsto77
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Ok, well I guess you're right
He's giving his concession speech right now as I type this.
The Senate is gone...
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reply posted on 9-11-2006 @ 05:07 PM by dgtempe
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The senate and the house are split now, as it should be in order to control things.
Looks like Bush's luck may have run out.
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reply posted on 9-11-2006 @ 05:58 PM by elaine
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From looking at Bush on televison, he does'nt look like a happy camper. I'm thinking that the dem's victory was a total shock to him. Last week
he was so confident that the republicans would win the majority.
But I don't understand why it would be a shock. I guess he did'nt listen to anything the polls were saying.
I can't wait to see if he really means what he says about "working with the democrats". I mean they called him a liar, a warmonger, a criminal,
etc. How's that going to work out?
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