But of course it isn't really one party rule, given the Blue Dogs.
kathykattenburg
· 5 months ago
Oh my god, I thought this day would never come. Hallelujah lord.
DLS
· 5 months ago
I hope Al Franken isn't going to become the next Michael Jackson on this "moderate" [sic] non-partisan [?] site in the next day, or two, or more. How many threads will there be on this tiny news item, that is the question...
D. E.Rodriguez
· 5 months ago
UPDATE: Norm Coleman has just conceced. Congratulations, U.S. Senator Al Franken!
It’s now 60!
tidbits
· 5 months ago
Congratulations, Senator Franken.
But, that isn't a tingle going up my leg; it's a chill running down my spine at the thought of one party rule.
D. E.Rodriguez
· 5 months ago
"it's a chill running down my spine at the thought of one party rule."
I wonder if Republicans felt the same chill running down their spines when their party experienced "one party rule"?
DaGoat
· 5 months ago
I wonder if Republicans felt the same chill running down their spines when their party experienced "one party rule"?
Some of us did, now we're not Republicans any more.
tidbits
· 5 months ago
"I wonder if Republicans felt the same chill running down their spines when their party experienced 'one party rule'?"
DER - I can't speak for Republicans since I am not one. I feel a chill run down my spine whenever either party achieves one party rule.
polsarecrooks
· 5 months ago
Lol@the Blue Dogs!!!
Oh yeah an 52 member caucus in the House which usually splits its votes between progressive drivel, toeing the party line, and conservative hyperventilating constitutes a bi-partisan Congress.
Lol, you cannot be that dumb so you must be smoking some good stuff.
D. E.Rodriguez
· 5 months ago
DG and TidBits:
Since I don't remember the last time Democrats had a "one party rule," I am really curious as to whether I'll experience a tingle going up my leg or a chill running down my spine...will let you know
Dorian
keelaay
· 5 months ago
Not that long ago sir -- under President Clinton as a matter for fact. Coming from this yellow dog Democrat, the only tingling I expect to feel his Messers Reid and Pelosi reaching for my grandchildren's wallets. Not that the last one party ruler, W, didn't already steal them.
kritt12
· 5 months ago
Dorian----
I do remember, and it was in the late 70's. Carter was president and got a lot of grief from Ted Kennedy in the Senate. He was not successful in getting many of his initiatives through- even though there was one party rule.
Also, in the 60's many Democrats bucked LBJ--- liberal ones because of the Vietnam war and southern ones because of his civil rights and poverty programs which aimed to end the subjugation of blacks.
DaGoat
· 5 months ago
Well DE, for me it was initially a tingle going up my leg and over the years it developed into a chill running down my spine.
MudEngineer
· 5 months ago
Typically, the initial count is more accurate than any most likely biased recount could possibly be. Based on that, I am wondering how a new count of showing a winner by 312 votes outweighs the original count of Coleman winning by over 700 votes. In a recount, the challenger should have to win by at least as many votes as the original count. Can you imagine the outrage if Franken won by only one vote and the original count difference was over 700?
AustinRoth
· 5 months ago
I actually have the same viewpoint I did about Bush/Gore in Florida - it was a tie.
All vote counts, all recounts, were so far inside the margin of error as to make any pronouncement of the 'actual winner' by vote count as statistically relevant as a coin flip.
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It’s now 60!
But, that isn't a tingle going up my leg; it's a chill running down my spine at the thought of one party rule.
I wonder if Republicans felt the same chill running down their spines when their party experienced "one party rule"?
Some of us did, now we're not Republicans any more.
DER - I can't speak for Republicans since I am not one. I feel a chill run down my spine whenever either party achieves one party rule.
Oh yeah an 52 member caucus in the House which usually splits its votes between progressive drivel, toeing the party line, and conservative hyperventilating constitutes a bi-partisan Congress.
Lol, you cannot be that dumb so you must be smoking some good stuff.
Since I don't remember the last time Democrats had a "one party rule," I am really curious as to whether I'll experience a tingle going up my leg or a chill running down my spine...will let you know
Dorian
I do remember, and it was in the late 70's. Carter was president and got a lot of grief from Ted Kennedy in the Senate. He was not successful in getting many of his initiatives through- even though there was one party rule.
Also, in the 60's many Democrats bucked LBJ--- liberal ones because of the Vietnam war and southern ones because of his civil rights and poverty programs which aimed to end the subjugation of blacks.
All vote counts, all recounts, were so far inside the margin of error as to make any pronouncement of the 'actual winner' by vote count as statistically relevant as a coin flip.