Tsunami
Bob Morris @ Nov 7th 2006 22:37 - Category: Unfiled ;
Webb just declared victory in Virginia
Missouri and Montana are heading Democratic too.
That means the Dems take the Senate too.
Archive for November 7th, 2006
Election thoughts
Bob Morris @ Nov 7th 2006 22:23 - Category: Unfiled ;
The Dems are winning big but their leaders are still clueless and gutless.
There will be huge pressure on Joe Lieberman and Bernie Sanders, both elected as independents to the Senate, to switch to being Democrats, thus giving the Democrats the Senate (if they don’t win it outright).
The neocon agenda was destroyed tonight. Yes, there will be vicious battles ahead. But their back is broken. Slowly at first, but then faster, their neo-fascist excesses will be rolled back. In a few years Americans will view Gitmo and the neocons the way they view medieval torture chambers now, as an unspeakable barbarity from a demented era.
The People spoke tonight. Loudly.
And Lady Liberty no longer needs to worry about being waterboarded.
Historic turnouts in CT and VA
Bob Morris @ Nov 7th 2006 14:22 - Category: Unfiled ;
Big turnouts generally favor Democrats.
Election results links
Bob Morris @ Nov 7th 2006 10:29 - Category: Unfiled ;
An important election
Bob Morris @ Nov 7th 2006 00:23 - Category: Unfiled ;
There was a burst of media over the weekend saying the election races were tightening. Well, duh. Races always tighten towards the end as the undecideds make their choice. This is normal. However not even the most die-hard of Republicans believe they will keep the House. Plus, recent polls show the Democrats have a reasonable chance of taking the Senate too. We are seeing a historic shift of public opinion. The pendulum is (finally) swinging back.
The polls generally are of “likely voters.” However this time young voters, who usually don’t vote, are planning to vote, and they favor the Democrats, something that I’m guessing is not being tracked in likely voter polls. Not to mention that many young live by their cell phone, not their home phone, and might not even get polled at all since pollsters don’t call cell phones. Thus,, the Dem vote could be bigger than expected.
Does it matter which of the “Twin Parties of Militarism” rules? Yes. In terms of the war(s), only a few Congressional Democrats genuinely want to stop them. But the people want the wars ended, and thus Democrats will be forced to act whether they want to or not because the tide that is sweeping them back into power is strongly antiwar. This is precisely what happened during the Civil Rights era when Democrats in the Senate first opposed then finally backed that movement.
If the Democrats take the House (an apparent given), then John Conyers becomes head of the Judicial Committee. He’s already called for the impeachment of Bush, and as chair will have subpoena power and the power to start investigations. Expect serious fireworks.
Greg Palast is saying Rethuglicans operatives are stealing votes and a big turnout is needed to offset this. Me, I think we’ll see a big Democratic vote today.
If the Dems allow an invasion of Iran after being swept into office on antiwar sentiment (and they might) then we need to get into the streets in massive numbers. But one or both houses going Democratic will mean mean the end of the neocon agenda and a rollback of neo-fascist freedom-hating Republican excesses. And that’s worth supporting.
“This is the most important vote that you’ll probably ever cast. Because should this gang of thugs continue in the two houses of Congress, there isn’t any chance of getting the Constitution back…”
– Gore Vidal
Vote Democratic and hold their feet to the fire after the election. Then frog-march the neocon war criminals to prison.
Another reason to leave L.A.
Bob Morris @ Nov 7th 2006 00:07 - Category: Climate change ;
It’s been about 90 for three days now and will be 90 tomorrow. Then, allegedly, it will drop back to rational November temperatures. Yes, I know there will be Feb. mornings in Connecticut (where we are moving to) that will be minus 10. I don’t care!
Global warming is happening, and it impacts all of us in multiple ways. I’ll be posting lots about it after the elections.
And of course the huge number of cars in L.A. coupled with the absence of adequate mass transit, guarantees that global warming and gridlock will continue to worsen in southern California.
