How It All Turned Out
Well, you all know that Lieberman retained his Senate seat by approximately 100,000 votes (10%). Not only do we have 6 more years of that smug, arrogant asshole, but he's got more clout than ever. Both sides will try to woo him with offers of committee chairs. The only thing that will prevent that from happening is if the remaining contested Senate seats go one way or the other. Then both parties might just ignore him.
Rell won the right to stay as governor for a full term. Apparently CT voters don't blame her for Rowland's corruption. My choice, Cliff Thornton finished 3rd with 0.85% of the vote, not much better than the Concerned Citizens (Constitutional Theocracy) Party with 0.5%.
The big surprise was that Chris Murphy beat 12-term champ Nancy Johnson by a respectable margin (approx. 55%-45%). Will the 71-year old Johnson retire to a quiet life of grandmotherhood? Will the 33-year old Congressman-elect not suck? I don't know the answer to these questions but I'll be watching.
In the state races, Judith Freedman won re-election to her Senate seat by a 56-44 margin. No surprise there.
The surprise came in the House. Bartlett beat Gallagher, 54%-46% (588 votes), so now the seat swings to the Democrats. It's amazing to me because Gallagher won the lawn sign race by at least a 2:1 margin. I'm happy for Bartlett as he's a nice guy. Although I didn't vote for him, it was because of his party, not anything about him personally. I hope that his presence in Hartford will be a positive one, though being a freshman, I'm not sure if he'll have much pull.
In the national races, the Democrats made big gains in the House and the Senate is too close to call. While I'm glad that Hastert will no longer be the SotH, I really hope that Pelosi doesn't get the nod to be the next one, though everyone says she will. I'm not sold on her effectiveness as a leader (though Californians are) and I worry that her reign will be marked by a backlash in '08 that'll send us back to the right. Guess we'll have to wait and see.
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DED
Rell won the right to stay as governor for a full term. Apparently CT voters don't blame her for Rowland's corruption. My choice, Cliff Thornton finished 3rd with 0.85% of the vote, not much better than the Concerned Citizens (Constitutional Theocracy) Party with 0.5%.
The big surprise was that Chris Murphy beat 12-term champ Nancy Johnson by a respectable margin (approx. 55%-45%). Will the 71-year old Johnson retire to a quiet life of grandmotherhood? Will the 33-year old Congressman-elect not suck? I don't know the answer to these questions but I'll be watching.
In the state races, Judith Freedman won re-election to her Senate seat by a 56-44 margin. No surprise there.
The surprise came in the House. Bartlett beat Gallagher, 54%-46% (588 votes), so now the seat swings to the Democrats. It's amazing to me because Gallagher won the lawn sign race by at least a 2:1 margin. I'm happy for Bartlett as he's a nice guy. Although I didn't vote for him, it was because of his party, not anything about him personally. I hope that his presence in Hartford will be a positive one, though being a freshman, I'm not sure if he'll have much pull.
In the national races, the Democrats made big gains in the House and the Senate is too close to call. While I'm glad that Hastert will no longer be the SotH, I really hope that Pelosi doesn't get the nod to be the next one, though everyone says she will. I'm not sold on her effectiveness as a leader (though Californians are) and I worry that her reign will be marked by a backlash in '08 that'll send us back to the right. Guess we'll have to wait and see.
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DED
Labels: politics
posted by DED at 10:35 AM
4 Comments:
I honestly know nothing about Pelosi exept that all the 'wingers hate her.
And it's never been clear that they have any real reason.
She doesn't bug me as much as Hastert. Here's an intro to her:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi
And you hate Lieberman. That's a trifecta.
LOL!
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