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Real Clear Politics - TIME.com —
... " (Michael Crittenden, Wall Street Journal ) - Increasingly restive lawmakers greeted Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke with a wave of criticism Tuesday, questioning their efforts to implement the financial-rescue package and assailing Treasury's reluctance to be more aggressive on preventing foreclosures. " Stevens ousted, Dems eye power of 60 " (Josh Kraushaar, The Politico ) - The Democratic pursuit of 60 Senate seats received new life Tuesday night after Alaska Democrat Mark Begich was declared the winner against Ted Stevens, the ...
Unusual Recounts On Verge Of Giving Senate Democrats The Holy Grail: Supermajority
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
How do you spell “recount”? Haven’t heard any reason it couldn’t be A-C-O-R-N.
Politico:
The Democratic pursuit of 60 Senate seats received new life Tuesday night after Alaska Democrat Mark Begich was declared the winner against Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate.
Begich defeated the Senate giant by a 3,724-vote margin after absentee and early votes were counted, a stunning end to a 40-year Senate career marred by Stevens’ conviction on corruption charges a week before the election. ...
And then there were 58
Political Animal —
... to be counted, it is apparent the election has been decided and Mayor Begich has been elected," Stevens said in a statement." Stevens' concession officially makes Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich a senator-elect, and officially brings the Senate Democratic caucus to 58. There are, of course, two remaining races that are unresolved: Minnesota (where a statewide recount began today) and Georgia (where there will be a runoff election on Dec. 2). The resolution in Alaska has, of course, renewed discussion of a possible 60-seat majority -- in theory, filibuster-proof -- pending the ...
Aye — There Be Pirates
The Democratic Daily —
... D.C. and ate smoked quail and rack of lamb, washed down with $500-a-bottle wine.
Oh, you thought I was talking about the Somali pirates.
I was thinking about the bankers and the bundlers and the hedge fund managers who went after the cheap mortgage market, the check cashing places and pay day loan places (one of the biggest owned by Wells Fargo) and the automobile title loan companies. Not to mention the senators and congressmen. (And governors.)
Sorry if there was any mix-up. ...
