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Originally Posted by Fast_Eddie
It's not the end of the world. We're only one country, soon to be added to the ash-heap of history. Progress will continue to progress with our without America. We'll fall further and further behind every year until we're entirely irrelevant. Ah, but our taxes will be low.
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I wonder whether my daughter would like a permanent house guest in Italy.
Actually, I'm not sure how much this election will change. Perhaps the health care bill won't pass but perhaps, through reconciliation, it will. Beyond that, I don't see it really mattering.
So, we have 59 seats now to the Republican's 41. We now officially have less than a veto-proof majority but in the practical sense we never really did have it. What with Lieberman and the Blue Dogs we had a secure 60 vote majority on precisely nothing.
Let's forget about that pipe dream and get down to business. We need to get a new Leader in the Senate NOW and we need to give Lieberman the old heave ho right after that.
Having 58 seats is plenty if the Democrats learn how to play hardball. The last time the Republicans had 60 seats was 1923. We all know how impotent they've been since then.
John