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I'll be honest, I wasn't in the camp expecting the Dems to pick up this many seats.
To the Republicans: You lost because you betrayed the people who elected you. You were a coalition party, and you forgot about fiscal restraint, and I think that this is your punishment. I don't think this was a referendum on Iraq, although you certainly haven't made an aggressive position there.
To the Democrats: Now that you're in power, we can watch you take advantage of the culture of corruption. Of course, now that Nancy Pelosi is going to be Speaker, we can see if you have an actual agenda, other than raise taxes, betray the Iraqi people, and increase entitlement spending. I hope you do, since we're stuck with you. It's still possible you'll sort of end up with the Senate, but only with Joe Lieberman. That's going to make the anti-Iraq agenda hard, especially since Chafee is out, who was the Republican switch-hitter.
In local news, mob fascism successfully defeated the free market. Licenses to sell alcohol - wine specifically - will remain locked up in the hands of a small number of enterprises. The police scare tactics won this one.
Well, it's going to be an interesting two years.
Gus van Horn is far more brutal on the Republicans for their failure to aggressively fight Islamic fascism. He's oh-so-right.
