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Nov. 8th, 2006 12:10 pmFilleann an feall ar an bhfeallaire.
The treachery returns to the betrayer.
It's interesting to hear the Republicans saying "Count every vote" now. Funny that they didn't think it needed to happen in 2000. For the time being, though, it's Senator-elect Jim Webb in Virginia until evidence to the contrary is presented, and the US Senate is 49 Republicans, 49 Democrats, 1 Independent who self-describes as a Democratic Socialist (Bernie Sanders in Vermont)— which i think qualifies him as fairly equivalent to Canada's NDP, and the Senator from the Connecticut for Lieberman party. Both of the non-aligned members have caucused with the Democrats.
Now for the press- could one of the New England liberal Republicans- the recently re-elected Olympia Snowe of Maine or her junior Senatorial counterpart Susan Collins or New Hampshire's Judd Gregg be enticed to switch? Collins is probably the most likely- she's currently the most liberal Republican (as per the National Journal and her voting record is to the left of Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska. Could make for interesting machinations.
The treachery returns to the betrayer.
It's interesting to hear the Republicans saying "Count every vote" now. Funny that they didn't think it needed to happen in 2000. For the time being, though, it's Senator-elect Jim Webb in Virginia until evidence to the contrary is presented, and the US Senate is 49 Republicans, 49 Democrats, 1 Independent who self-describes as a Democratic Socialist (Bernie Sanders in Vermont)— which i think qualifies him as fairly equivalent to Canada's NDP, and the Senator from the Connecticut for Lieberman party. Both of the non-aligned members have caucused with the Democrats.
Now for the press- could one of the New England liberal Republicans- the recently re-elected Olympia Snowe of Maine or her junior Senatorial counterpart Susan Collins or New Hampshire's Judd Gregg be enticed to switch? Collins is probably the most likely- she's currently the most liberal Republican (as per the National Journal and her voting record is to the left of Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska. Could make for interesting machinations.
