WTF?
“I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,” he said. “I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”
So, what... most mainstream African-Americans aren't clean and don't know how to speak?!? DUDE ( Read more... )

There's a run-off House election in Louisiana today. Hopefully the incumbent William Jefferson (D-he of the icebox loot fame) will be defeated by State Rep. Karen Carter (D-not known to store bribes in the freezer).

Cynthia McKinney introduced articles of impeachment yesterday. *blink* How did I miss that? I almost hope it doesn't go anywhere ( Read more... )

According to Mark Crispin Miller, NYU professor and author of Fooled Again:

This new report is crucial reading for all those concerned about election fraud--which, last Tuesday, was, again, a massive problem, notwithstanding all the blithe post-mortems issued by the US press from Tuesday night on through the week ( Read more... )

There are still nine House races yet to be decided. Many seem to be leaning R at the moment, but if the Democrat who's ahead in the Georgia 12th goes on to win, Republicans will have officially made no pick-ups this year.

You may have heard about the Florida 13th... it was Katherine Harris' old district, which makes it particularly fitting that ( Read more... )

++ First off, everyone should go Freep this poll on MSNBC, asking Should Bush be impeached?. Right now 87% say yes. Mwah ha ha.

++ Relief suffuses world views of US vote. The money quote:
The seismic political shift in the United States was greeted in many places less with jubilation than with a sense of relief that Americans had at long last ( Read more... )

... and the rest of the media finally recognizes Senator-Elect Webb and the new Democratic Senatorial majority.
Virginia Sen. George Allen (R) today conceded the election to Democrat James Webb, cementing Democratic control of the Senate.


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No links yet, but on the Main MSNBC Politics stie there's a headline screaming:
BREAKING NEWS: Associated Press projects Jim Webb the winner in Virginia Senate race

::hypervenilates::

ETA: Okay, here's a link:
WASHINGTON - Democrats wrested control of the Senate from Republicans Wednesday with an upset victory in Virginia, giving the party ( Read more... )

From Hotline:
Republicans Will Pressure Allen... SoonTop Republicans in Washington will give Sen. George Allen a few days to take stock of his legal and political options before beginning to pressure him to concede to James Webb. Senior Republican officials and White House aides believe that Webb won the race. Several outside advisers to Allen want ( Read more... )

With 99.84% of precincts reporting, Webb is ahead by about 7,000 votes, and has declared himself winner.
RICHMOND, Nov. 8 -- Virginia Democratic Senate candidate James Webb claimed the title of "Senator-elect" today even as Republican incumbent Sen. George Allen declined to concede a race he was losing by 7,146 votes ( Read more... )

When you see the pundits and politicos pulling spin out their asses, just remember: We won. And I don't just mean Democrats, although the picture is impressive:

It looks like Democrats will take the House with a bigger majority than the Republicans did in their "Revolution" in 1994. Meanwhile, the Republicans didn't win a single new House seat, ( Read more... )