election debriefing
Thoughts?
posted by erdecker @ 10:36 PM
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Tuesday, November 07, 2006
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally, a national election I can be pround of.
Nationally:
-Dems took the US House (MN-01: Walz (DFL) beating Gutknecht (R) 53% to 47%). Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) will now be the first Madame Speaker of the House EVER. Dems took the majority of Governorships. Dems are on their way to taking the Senate (MN: Klobuchar (DFL) beating Kennedy (R) 58% to 38%). We are just waiting on Montana and Virginia, where Dems are leading by small margains in both races.
Locally:
-Dems took the MN House and Senate (Pawlenty (R) was re-elected as our governor beating Hatch (DFL) 47% to 46%...he is now in the same predicament as Bush right now: how to carry out his own agendas with the other party ruling congress). Local DFL candidate Kim Norton beat Republican Rich Decker by only 99 votes in District 29B! This was a party switch. DFLers Leibling (30A) and Welti (30B) both won reelection, as did Republicans Sviggum (28B) and Demmer (29A). Minnesotans also voted DFLers Murphy (28) Lynch (30) to the state senate.
Very exciting...Americans finally have had enough.
I forgot that Senjem (R) won reelection to the MN Senate in District 30.
Its confirmed.
The Associated Press has now called Virginia for Webb (D), giving the Dems control of the House and Senate.
If I may:
Eww.
Well, it's the republican's fault. If they wanted to avoid this, they should have gotten off their backsides and voted.
Yay for being the minority of 40%.
Yet, some good things happened, like the riddence of some lackluster career politicians.
I have to disagree. All polls showed Independent voters leaning towards the Dems 2 to 1. This wasn't a matter of turnout. It was a matter of Americans tired of the current leadership and their corruption, "stay the course" policy in Iraq, and an economy that is dragging the middle class down. These three issues were all named important in deciding who to vote for according to CNN Exit Polls.
Sorry, this doesn't really count, but I found it morbidly amusing.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15622299/?GT1=8717
I have to agree with Paul. Voter turnout isn't what affected this race -- it's the American people and their changing opinions of our leadership.
On a slightly different note, looks like now that this round of elections is coming to a close, we're starting to focus in on the 2008 presidential campaigns. Check it out:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/09/vilsack.president.ap/index.html
Oh, and Kirsten, that made me laugh. Thanks for that amusement.
I don't know why it's not showing that entire link...
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/09/vilsack.
president.ap/index.html
Just a word to the wise on politics. It is a wonderful thing when your candidates win and it feels terrible when your candidates lose. But even more terrible is the feeling you have when you realize that you are in the minority in a particular circumstance. I will show my age by sharing this..
In the 1988 Presidential election, George(the father) was running and my husband and I were at an election party. The hosts had a huge map with all the states and as each candidate won a state, it was filled in and the cheers or jeers followed.
Even though most of the people at the party were the same age as us, and most worked with my husband, we soon realized that we were the ONLY Democrats at the party. It made for a lonely evening.
Well, my dad is very politically savvy, and he provided me with some excellent resources for you guys. :)
Here's a great article about youth voting:
http://elections.us.reuters.com/top/news/
usnN08342322.html
And for those of you who are so artistically inclined (like me) and wonder what this past election has done for arts funding:
The Americans for the Arts Action Fund PAC (haha, remember those?) put out a "Congressional Report Card" prior to the election to inform voters on the candidates' voting records on arts and arts education. It's a bit of reading, but very interestng to look at. You can view it here:
http://www.artsactionfund.org/pdf/special_reports/
2006/congressional_report_card.pdf
Looks like the new House speaker Nancy Pelosi has a pretty good record, meriting an "A" grade. Meanwhile, our defeated rep Gil Gutknecht's grade was an "F." We'll have to see where Walz stands on it. I'm planning on delving deeper into it and dissecting what the future of arts looks like for America now that we have a "blue" congress.
That's all for now!
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