Last night, the AP called Virginia’s Senate race for Jim [tag]Webb[/tag] (D) and all indications are Dems will be able to officially declare a Senate majority sometime today. The question of which party will control the Senate could be cleared up as early as Thursday, with an ongoing canvass of votes in Virginia showing no […]
First, a quick housekeeping note. As thrilled as I am with the election results, today is easily my most frustrating day I’ve had in nearly four years of blogging. A series of unforeseen tech problems, which are hard to identify and even harder to explain, have caused massive server problems for the last seven hours. […]
Just a week ago, in an Oval Office interview with the AP, the president was unambiguous. Asked about Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney, Bush said he wants both of them to remain with him until the end of his presidency. “Both those men are doing fantastic jobs and I strongly support them,” Bush said. Today, […]
The Republican establishment deserves a great deal of credit for its ability to spin just about any disaster, but sometimes, facts are just hard to get around. Just as the GOP thought it was in the midst of building a “permanent majority,” Dems take back the House, the Senate, a majority of the nation’s governors, […]
Dems won a House majority, probably a Senate majority, a gubernatorial majority, and a majority in state legislatures. But one of the more common far-right arguments I’ve seen quite a bit today is that the electorate was rejecting the Republican Party, but not conservative ideas. The GOP got corrupted, the argument goes, but the inherent […]
In Montana this morning, Jon Tester (D) declared victory in the closely-watched Senate race, and the AP agrees. Democrats won a cliffhanger race in Montana on Wednesday that brought them to the brink of control of the Senate, after Americans sick of scandal and weary of war ended the Republican majority in the House. With […]
Maybe the old saying is right, elections do have consequences. Defense Secretary Donald H. [tag]Rumsfeld[/tag], a key target of Iraq war critics, is stepping down, Republican officials said on Wednesday. Former CIA Director Robert [tag]Gates[/tag] will replace him, Republican officials said. Earlier today, a spokesman for Rumsfeld said he’d given no indication that he would […]
The 2008 presidential campaign effectively started long before yesterday’s elections shook up Congress, and it’s only natural that that every likely candidate wants to use the results to boost their respective chances. Some, like Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), have a very tough pitch to make today. Meanwhile, four Republican governors who’ve been thinking about the ’08 […]
I’m afraid I have no choice but to shut down the comments section temporarily. It pains me to do so, and we’ve tried everything else first, but at this point, it may be the only thing I can do to keep the site online right now. I had really hoped to avoid this and I’ll […]
It’s a little disconcerting to see some progressive voices starting to address internal divisions within the Democratic Party. I don’t doubt for a moment that we’ll have some challenging details to work out in terms of agenda, leadership, and direction, but given the results, today is a day to enjoy a job well done. And […]