The New Electorate: What's In Store For Bluer America

Now that Barack Obama and the Democrats will be in control, the party plans to pursue an aggressive agenda. See what's in store for the Democratic Congress and read below for more info and a slideshow on Obama's potential administration:

Flush with victory built on incursions in the South and West, Congressional Democratic leaders promised to use their new power to join President-elect Barack Obama in pursuing an aggressive agenda that puts top priority on the economy, health care, energy and ending the Iraq war.

By reaching deep into traditionally Republican turf, the Democrats in Tuesday's elections expanded their majorities in both the House and the Senate. They picked up at least five Senate seats, in Colorado, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina and Virginia. And they picked up at least 19 House seats, with new Democrats coming from Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina and Virginia.

Obama's Administration: Who Will Get Picked? See the slideshow:

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Rahm Emanuel, who has accepted the job of President-elect Obama's chief of staff, is the first major pick of the new administration. Emanuel, 49, the fourth-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, is widely credited with masterminding the Democratic resumption of power in Congress in 2006.

Comments

[Simple-Intellectual]

Your prediction please.

[PT6]

Pelosi said, in 2006, after the Cheney manufactured documents for a "Fake" war in Iraq but before the clear violations of public trust by the Bush Administration that lead to the worst financial CRISIS in a lifetime:

"I have said it before and I will say it again: Impeachment is off the table," Pelosi, D-Calif., said during a news conference.

Pelosi also said Democrats, despite complaining about years of unfair treatment by the majority GOP, "are not about getting even" with Republicans.

Pelosi should reconsider: With all the revelations Bush administration not "Enforcing Laws" which allowed, for example, corrupt use of "illegal leveraging" of OIL PRICES and "illegal naked shorting" that drove Lehman and many others into or near bankrupcy and the worst crisis since the Great Depression.

It was not that long ago we had the Savings and Loan Crisis and that is similar to this on a smaller scale.

While I realize Obama wants a peaceful and harmonious transition, Pelosi has the obligation to follow up with an investigation. The goal is prevention of a recurrence in the future!

[PT6]

The Bush Administration that has violated the Constitution:

The President "shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed" and clearly that includes all laws including regulations!

[koulflo]

Bluer america might still get bluer yet. Stay tuned for final senate counts
http://koulflo.wordpress.com/2008/11/06/senate-still-in-play-for-dem-control/

[Questinia]

To TiffHussBan, re Tavis bitterness toward Obama: I heard it is because Obama did not address poverty during his campaign. But who knows.

[TiffanyHusseinBanned]

I hope Rahm did something about his big mouth.

[rich misty]

His job is to provide muscle, not talk in public

[thatsitfortheother1]

I thought you had a new name?

[Questinia]

Palin was an opportunistic sle.azebag. End of story.

[MNmommy]

20-40k on clothes for the secessionist and 30k on clothes for the kids.

[rich misty]

Todd got some nice Italian suits

[Questinia]

Taking advantage of aides' credit cards? Is that true? If so, and she's in contention for election in 2012 the war cry should be "Remember the Master Card!". What an awful personality.

[MIMom]

Rahm will take job:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/06/emanuel.profile/index.html


Also - CNN reporting that Ob.ama will meet with Bush Mon. afternoon.

[SCG]

Yep. A CNN reporter asked him about it , and he teared up saying in effect, it's an honor to serve a historic president.

[SLBD]

I see the stock market is back on track

Celibrating 8 years of Dubya Ekonomiks.

I wish to thank the GOP for leaving such wonderful

Presents under the tree.

I think it will take at least 4 years to get over this disaster.

[jaylee2008]

Franken said: "Candidates don"t get to decide when the election"s over or who won. The voters do."

Exactly. That is why I vote Democrat. Democrats want Democracy.

[MIMom]

Why would anyone vote for Coleman or Bachman? Politics aside, their tactics were atro.cious.

[medici]

And republicans want a plutocracy.

[SCG]

It's state law, as it is in many states, when the results are that close to have a recount. I see no reason to concede. There have been plenty of Republican candidates which have availed themselves of the right to a recount, in recent years.

It's pathetic of Coleman to try and portray this otherwise.

[SLBD]

I was just musing as is my want.

Why do 96% of Mc-Cain voters think that Palin is qualified to be president.

well at least she will drag the GOP down for the next four years at least.

[SCG]

Speaks volumes. They are intellectually inbred, she is just the off spring.

[NatteringNabob]

People who know that Africa is a continent are elitists, dont'cha know!

[JamesR.]

Hey MnMom, did you see this?

http://wcco.com/seenon/voter.irregularities.allegations.2.857437.html

[SupremeIdiot]

Wow, interesting.

[JamesR.]

Hiya woogie! :D I see you are keeping your minions at bay. hehe

[SLBD]

Lost in translation

Hi JR

[JamesR.]

Hey hiya luv. :D

[MNmommy]

Yes, I linked to a similar story yesterday in the Franken thread.

[ThunderclapNewman]

Very interesting.

And entirely in character for Coleman, unfortunately.

[Pronto]

Joe Biden, Rahm Emanuel, Lawrence Summers - all Washington insiders. And this is "Change"?

[SupremeIdiot]

Ummmm, the change comes from policies enacted not who the personel are that do the enacting.

This is really easy stuff if you think it through.

[rich misty]

Pronto has a blowup wife

[RantingTommy]

lol, you said Pronto and 'think it through' in the same sentence

that's hilarious!

lol

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[SCG]

Glad you're on board with continuity.

[milo h minderbinder]

Yes, it is.

Do you really think Sarah Palin, with her millions in earmarks, hiring a lobbyist to maximize them, hiring a PR firm to get herself noticed in DC, regular trips to washington, was an "outsider"? If so, I have this nice bridge in Alaska to sell you...

[GaBu]

I heard that by 6am yesterday morning, McCain's secret service detail was pulled off.

I thought he said he would campaign without a secret service detail?

[RantingTommy]

He said a lot of things that were not true.

One of the main reasons he lost by such a HUGE margin

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[RobertaInCT]

Yup, he came down stairs to ride in his motorcade to SB for his morning cup of java to find them gone.........so he drove and Miss Lindsey rode sh-otgun..........

[milo h minderbinder]

And when Palin and family went to the airport, it was in a motorcade of twelve cars. Plus an additional twelve police motorcycles escorting them.

Just amazing the money that woman can waste.

[milo h minderbinder]

I doubt they would allow a candidate to go without one, imagine the mayhem if something happened to one candidate.

[LemonMeringue]

I would like a new Speaker of the House.

I would like for it to be Dennis Kucinich.

[CBS]

Agreed! He knows what should be on the table.

[JDJase]

Kucinich is an opportunistic lune

[ThunderclapNewman]

Kucinich lacks every quality necessary for a successful Speaker----the ability to compromise, a power base in the House, and seniority, just for starters.

The Speaker is chosen by the majority party caucus---they've chosen Pelosi, and there is no effort underway to choose someone else.

[jaylee2008]

Sarah Palin clearly was not qualified to be Vice President no matter how much the Christian Right idolized her. No matter of fear mongering, distortion, and imaginative invention about Obama's economics plan will change the fact that she falsely defined the Vice President's role as "in charge of the Senate" and she didn't give that response once, but twice. Now we can read further about how her and her husband's Christian faith didn't stop them from going on clothing spending sprees that cost far more than $150,000 and it was neither with the permission of the political donors nor McCain's campaign aides. Welcome to the reality-based community, kicking and screaming.

[SupremeIdiot]

Reports are that it was even more than $150,000 and included clothing for the whole family.

[medici]

Sarah Palin is not even qualified to be a dog catcher, except maybe in Alaska.