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| Republicans retain control of Senate |
| 2004-11-03 |
| Republicans renewed their grip on the Senate Tuesday night and reached out for more, capturing a string of Democratic seats across the South. Democratic leader Tom Daschle faced a strong challenge in South Dakota. Democratic State Sen. Barack Obama, a political star in the making, easily captured a seat formerly in Republican hands in Illinois, and will be the only black among 100 senators when the new Congress convenes in January. "I am fired up," he told cheering supporters in Illinois. But Republicans did most of the celebrating in the Senate as well as the House, where they marched steadily toward renewed control. Rep. Johnny Isakson claimed Georgia for the Republicans, and Rep. Jim DeMint took South Carolina. Rep. Richard Burr soon followed suit in North Carolina. In each case, Democratic retirements induced ambitious lawmakers to give up safe House seats to risk a run for the Senate. GOP candidates mounted strong challenges in two more southern states where Democrats stepped down. In Florida, former HUD Secretary Mel Martinez held a narrow lead over Betty Castor, a former state legislator, with votes counted in more than 90 percent of the precincts. In Louisiana, Republican Rep. David Vitter led several Democratic rivals comfortably with more than 90 percent of the precincts counted, and flirted with an outright majority that would allow him to avoid a Dec. 4 runoff. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 I don't know about Tancredo, but he is a voice in the wilderness and he really deserves our support. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-11-03 7:52:57 AM |
| #11 Word AP. When we've got Chechens crossing that border in strength, we're still peein' into the wind. Time to turn up the heat. Any word on how Tancredo is doin'? |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2004-11-03 3:48:38 AM |
| #10 If Bush is finally declared the winner, all is not wine and roses. I have a serious bone to pick with President Bush and the Republicans for not patching up our southern border and dealing with the waves of illegal aliens. If we do not deal with this issue, we will lose the country on the installment plan by demographics. I am not kidding. I am going to start with our Alaska congressional delegation. They need some pointed letters. Anyone else? |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-11-03 3:03:27 AM |
| #9 i'll bet a paycheck that rove registered, and turned out, twice as many conservative evangelicals as dems did urban african-american new registrants |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-03 2:38:06 AM |
| #8 Think you are mostly right lex, but black turn out in my area was huge, I look forward to seeing if maybe W got 18 that percentum.... |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-11-03 2:32:26 AM |
| #7 yeah, yeah. where were these idiots' comrades when the polls were open? They promised, as always, a MASSIVE turnout from lefty kids and impoverished african-americans. As usual, these two groups were no-shows. Voting requires a bit more effort than posting rants on a chatboard or firing up a bowl, dudes. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-03 2:22:08 AM |
| #6 You have to check out the fever swamp at DU. They are mobilizing to march on Ohio. I am hoping for a big snow storm that will remove them from the gene pool. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2004-11-03 2:18:11 AM |
| #5 With 87% counted in SDak, John Thune has an almost 7000 vote lead. Daschle underperformed in Minnehaha county, a place he needed to win HUGE. (Hat tip: Daschle v. Thune) |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-11-03 1:36:59 AM |
| #4 Obama deserved it. He's a sensible guy for a liberal Dem. I voted for him right after voting for Bush. Keyes is a nut-case. I'm really happy that the GOP padded the Senate margin. It should make the game-playing by the Dems (and their new minority leader, heh) less palatable, since they'll lose more often. I think Bush can get most of his judicial picks through in the next two years, as long as he doesn't antagonize the farm-state Dems. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-11-03 1:05:02 AM |
| #3 I am sitting here looking at my thank you letter from John Thune for sending him a contibution. Man that was money well spent! Can't see Daschle making up the votes now and I am LOVING IT! I am glad that we have flushed that turd out of the Senate! |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2004-11-03 12:31:07 AM |
| #2 Damn double-post. Please fix... ::blush:: |
| Posted by: Sheik Abu Bin Ali Al-Yahood 2004-11-03 12:14:14 AM |
| #1 As Homer Simpson would say, "Woo Hoo!" |
| Posted by: Sheik Abu Bin Ali Al-Yahood 2004-11-03 12:13:32 AM |