Democrats will retake control of the House of Representatives and possibly the Senate too as voters across the United States sent a message to lawmakers in every corner of the nation. In what will rightly be seen as a referendum on the Bush Administration and the culture of corruption that permeates the Republican party, this was an election when the people put national interest ahead of their own local concerns.
With 62% of voters in exit polls saying that this election was about national issues, one has to assume that the people have finally chosen to wake up and smell the burning of our constitution and our tradition of freedom. With 42% saying that political corruption was a prime factor in their votes Tuesday, one has to assume that the people are fed up with the horseshit that passes for political leadership.
57% said that the war in Iraq was a key concern, while only 40% cited terrorism. These numbers clearly show that Americans no longer trust George Bush or the Republican party to guide the helm of our nation.
But that doesn’t mean they trust Democrats either. Overall, 62% of voters disapproved of Congress as a whole, hardly a rounding show of support for the Democrats. Again, it was the lesser of two evils for many voters.
But now the Democrats will have a House majority- at the very least. To which I can only say thank goodness. So today I rejoice at what has been halted, or at least seriously slowed down- a Republican juggernaut hell bent on destroying American honor, integrity, justice, and might. Tomorrow the work can begin.
(cross posted at Bring It On!)
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November 9th, 2006 at 5:11 am
In the words of the immortal bard, “Woo Hoo” – Shakespeare, “All’s Well That Ends Well.”
November 9th, 2006 at 6:36 am
Most people here in Australia are overjoyed at the slap in the face delivered to a man who has turned the US into an object of ridicule and contempt. Welcome back America!
November 9th, 2006 at 11:51 pm
Amen, Ken. Amen.
My only disappointment in this hazy afterglow of triumph is that you’re not one of those headed to Washington to reclaim our floundering nation. I’m crossing my fingers that you’ll give it another go in ’08.
Best wishes!
November 10th, 2006 at 5:10 am
Nothing but joy here. So pleased to see Bush getting kicked in the face with reality.
Like you say, “Tomorrow the work can begin.” And we have no time to dilly dally. The Democrats must get crackin’ as soon as possible.
November 15th, 2006 at 12:51 am
The country has been in trouble for the last six years or so, and the voters awakened enough from the post-“9-11” stupor to realize this and vote accordingly. The left’s win is not a mandate for getting a liberal agenda pushed through, but I think it is a plea for changes in our country’s politics. I think the voters were tired of the Karl Rove “divide and conquer” way of doing things. I also believe responsibility and accountability were on the minds of voters, enough so that while America may not need impeachment hearings, Iraq oversight hearings led by an independent counsel might be acceptable and useful to help us learn to not get into bad straits again (as I feel we currently are in Iraq…)
I don’t think the elections were a general referendum on the “religious right”, because large numbers of them still came out to vote. However, I think the election results should send a signal to the evangelical leaders that the harder they push for oppressive or restrictive legislation, the harder the rest of us will push back. Those political views are still not in the majority in the U.S., for the most part. The evangelical vote makes GOP wins possible, and without those voters the GOP would be in sorry shape. Nonetheless, the views of the fundamentalists are the minority view, and the leaders of that movement need to realize this, that is, that trying to legislate their morality on the rest of us is probably not going to fly (at least I hope it never flies!)
The Dems DO need to get workin’. The next two years won’t be easy, and the next couple of months may be especially tough, as the right wingers try to pass as much bad legistlation as they can while they still have complete control in D.C.!