Quote: “It’s not just committees — our influence within the House Democratic caucus will grow enormously,” Mr. Rangel said in an interview. To that end, he sketched out an expansive federal agenda: Teaming up with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on gun control, passing new tax incentives for urban job programs, and redirecting federal money to New York in return for the outsize tax collections that the federal government makes here. “Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who the hell wants to live in Mississippi?” Mr. Rangel said.
Intresting post on the washington Monthly blog... I find the chart fascinating... http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/
I don't know. On the whole, there is only like a five percent difference between voters who side with Republicans and voters who go for Democrats. That's one in 20 people. Every two years, that theoretical person (maybe two if one party is especially corrupt) decides who represents us. That one person may change every election, but this country is fundamentally pretty evenly split Republicans ignored this and continued their pillaging of the Constitution, our self-respect and liberties. They lost the election because the five percent who determine the outcomes of elections were tired of corruption. This isn't an indication of a sweeping trend. Only a slight swing back toward the middle. If Democrats screw up this term, it'll swing back again. Let's just hope Democrats don't blow it.
rimrockster, I saw a map in the Times that had the entire country in shades of color. Blue, through shades of purple, to red. Very cool. Won't let me show it, though. The difference, when you look at it that way, between the two elections is striking, and the country is a hell of a lot less Republican than a lot of people think, and in regions conventional wisdom says are heavily GOP. We've seen a watershed event. D&D... Did You Pet Your Dog Today?
Ain't it groovy? Look at the West. Look at states in the South. Look at Ohio, for example. The trend is striking.
rim do you have any vote count breakdowns? nationally, total number of votes cast? % dems, repubs? state breakdowns? % changes, that sort of thing?
