Bush braced for a bleak future

[lovuian]

http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1637842006
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Republican party chairman Ken Mehlman admitted as much at a Washington fund-raiser this week. Though he was duty bound to express confidence that Republicans would do better than the polls predict, he acknowledged the mood of the electorate is "throw the bums out" and admitted that "we have more bums" than the Democrats.
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Across America, voters express a preference for Democratic victory by 55% to 39%, but the nature of Congressional constituencies is such that picking up an extra 30 seats in the 435-member House of Representatives will constitute a landslide victory for Democrats. But that may happen. Some political handicappers forecast that the Democrats will pick up as many as 40 seats, winning seats from Connecticut to Florida, Pennsylvania to Texas and Indiana. In the Senate the arithmetic is a little more difficult for Democrats if they are to pick up the six seats they need to regain control of the upper chamber. Ohio, Rhode Island, Montana and Pennsylvania should be solid Democrat gains but the party would still need two of the three remaining too-close-to-call races in Virginia, Missouri and Tennessee to prevail.

Michigan Democrat John Dingell was first elected to Congress in 1955 and is the second-longest serving member of the House of Representatives in American history. Twenty-five years ago Dingell enjoyed a reputation as one of Capitol Hill's most inveterate investigators, scrutinising every aspect of the federal government's behaviour that fell into the remit of the Commerce Committee he chaired. If Democrats take the House on Tuesday, Dingell will have his old job back.

He means to use it, too. Among the areas Dingell says he will investigate: "Privacy. Social Security number protection. Outsourcing protection. Unfair trade practices. Currency manipulation. Air quality.

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Oh this sounds so wonderful to my ears

[EST]

1. Yeah! (sigh)

[renate]

2. seriously, we really need a "na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye"

smiley for Tuesday.

In the meantime, a combination of

:nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity:

and

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

will have to do.

[niceypoo]

3. Lets hope Pelosi doesnt do a "It's time for healing" trip when she gets the helm

We need to hammer the shit out of Bush for crimes against humanity.

[Erika]

4. Yes, crimes against humanity to include our environment

He would sell us all down the river to put an extra buck into his friends pockets and see nothing wrong with it.

[neilepi]

5. Alas, does not mean that everyone else's future automatically rosy

The new, unique, 2007 Anti-Bush Graffiti Calendar and related items

[LunaC]

6. "we have more bums"

No shit, Sherlock!

[soothsayer]

8. agreed, and I'm going with the English version of bum

Ok, British slang, fer you sticklers!

[cornermouse]

7. I hope so.

He's earned it.