The Killing Floor

As was expected, the Democrats retook the House last night. Needing only 15 new seats, along with keeping their own, the picked up at least 29 as of Wednesday afternoon.  The issues have been mounting up against the Republicans all year, ranging from the Mark Foley scandal to the War in Iraq and let us not forget about George Bush’s 34% approval rating. While the take over wasen’t a tidal wave, it was a slow flood.

By 11:00 oclock it was appreant the Democrats and regained control over the House for the first time in twelve years.  The states fell into place one by one, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, New Jersey and so on and so on.  There were several nail bitters and a few losses but, all in all things went as predicted. In many ways it was not for the reasons given by the mainstream press. The economy was also a major factor.

While George Bush touts the statics that state of the unemployment rate has lowered. What Bush and most economists on the right forget to mention is that, when one is unemployed for over a year, he or she is no longer counted. They become lost, nolonger even a stat. Most of the time it is more important to look at why numbers work out the way they do than looking at the surface of the issue itself.  Unfortunatly this was an issue that was widely ignored.

So now that the Democrats are kings of the Hill again, and possibly the Senate, the Dems also received another present Rumsfeld is gone.

 Until next time.

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