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After having the House and Senate wrested from its clutching hands in 2006, on Tuesday night, the GOP was forced to watch its control of the executive branch evaporate as well, as a triumphant Barack Obama stood before thousands of jubilant supporters in Grant Park and proclaimed that change had come...
...close race). There's been no discussion of punishing Inouye yet. "Having Inouye campaigning for Ted Stevens complicates matters some," says Charlie Cook, publisher of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, which tracks congressional races. "Besides, Lieberman votes with the party over half the time." (Read "Congressional Races to Watch...
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...time when the electorate is heading the other way. But the Democrats did not come close to their dream of a 60-seat, filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, which suggests that people's hunger for change is tempered by their faith in restraint.(Read "Congressional Races to Watch...
...rumbling started before the votes even came in: there was House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank talking about cutting military spending 25% and taxing "a lot of very rich people out there." Amnesty International set a deadline for closing Gitmo; the ACLU wants a complete review of watch lists within 100 days...