Day November 8, 2006

Rumsfeld resignation an admission of defeat in Iraq

Anti-war activists in Sydney, Australia, today welcomed the news that US Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld has resigned. â┚¬Å“Rumsfeld’s resignation follows a resounding defeat of the Republican Party at the US mid-term elections and is an admission of defeat by…

Breaking: Democrats take control of the Senate

AP calls it for Webb. Allen will concede soon. There will be no recount. Moderates, liberals, progressives, and radicals; those who worked within the system and those who organized in the streets – we all played a part in this…

Virginia and Montana

It looks like Democratic Senate race margins will hold in Virginia and Montana, which means the Dems will take the Senate too.

Sea change

In a triple setback for conservatives, South Dakotans rejected a law that would have banned virtually all abortions, Arizona became the first state to defeat an amendment to ban gay marriage and Missouri approved a measure backing stem cell research.…