<p>News called Deval Patrick for MA governor as soon as the polls closed at eight. Am going back to watch election returns as soon as S finishes the rerun of “The Wire”</p>
<p>O.K… Folks. Did everyone fall asleep? Looks like the House is ours but do we get to count Bernie and Joe in the Senate ;)?</p>
<p>In my Central Texas district , Congressman Edwards beat back another carpetbagger big bucks Republican . Stomped him into a mudhole to be exact, in a district that went 70% for GWB and it’s GWB’s home district to boot!! Boo-yah!</p>
<p>YES. Joe’s already said he’ll be caucusing with the Dems, and how often is Bernie likely to vote with the elephants?</p>
<p>It may come down to the recount in VA. (Unfortunately, Katherine Harris is looking for a job, let’s hope she doesn’t hop a plane up to VA tonight…) </p>
<p>And say hello to Speaker Pelosi. :)</p>
<p>Yeah, I heard the comment supposedly from Joe’s ma. Something to the effect that she’ll take care of that. LOL. I don’t like the way Mo. and Va. are looking, not to mention the dirtiest “race” race in America -the Tennessee senate race.</p>
<p>Yeesh: the NPR election blog just reported, “The band at the Bob Corker party just got done playing Wild Cherry’s ‘Play that Funky Music White Boy.’ Maybe not the best choice in a race tainted by racial issues. Or maybe it was.” Good grief.</p>
<p>MO is looking increasingly Democratic. MT is a big question mark still. With the closeness in VA, may be like 2000 again…</p>
<p>To Rick Santorum: So long, and thanks for all the fish.</p>
<p>Speaker PE<em>LO</em>SI. It just trips off the tongue.</p>
<p>Now let’s just hope she does all those wonderful things the Republicans said she’d do.</p>
<p>Stay the course.</p>
<p>:) 
:)</p>
<p>Hey calmom, you keep editing to add smileys! :D</p>
<p>I believe I heard that Hillary took no less than 50% in any area of New York including the Republican strongholds, and nearly 2/3 of the white male vote. Looks like she is well positioned for a 2008 run.</p>
<p>3 of the most powerful women in the WORLD come from the BAY!!!</p>
<p>yeppers…</p>
<p>I’m really surprised. The Democrats managed to win something? Weird.</p>
<p>On the bright side, I still get the Governator’s signature on my grad school diploma as well as undergrad. All’s well in California.</p>
<p>The Governator won by doing his best to portray a Democrat. Not a bad acting job.</p>
<p>Hey, he beat Angelides, didn’t he? </p>
<p>Oh wait…it didn’t take much.</p>
<p>OK, Mootmom, here are 3 big smilies for Missouri, Virginia & Montana:
:D</p>
<p>(As I write, Talent has now conceded to McGaskill… I’m feeling that those 3 hours I spent making phone calls to Missouri on Sunday were kinda worth it.)</p>
<p>At this hour, there’s a chance that the Dems could take the Senate, but may involve a recount in VA. A recount, yikes.</p>
<p>If the lead going into a recount is greater than 15,000 votes, the leader is likely to prevail, regardless of party.</p>
<p>come on montana…like 300,000 people vote in Montana, and I used to live there</p>
<p>Tester has a 6000 vote lead with 73% of the Montana vote counted. :)</p>
<p>Well, I know two things are happening in the next 2 years:</p>
<p>Bush isn’t getting fast track authority, and we’re gonna have TONS of hearings on Iraq.</p>