That's less than half of the 57 . . . oh, wait.
And 2008 was the end of conservatism.
NEWS FLASH: The reason that calendar ends with 2012? They came to the end of the rock they were chiseling on and called it quits.
“Looming on the election calendar is the possibility of a second wave that will end the Democrats’ world as they know it for a long time.”
Yes - If the conservatives reduce spending, attempt to reduce taxes, and act responsibly.
No - If the conservatives spend like drunken sailors (remember the last time they took control of the House and Senate), and forget why they were elected.
He is going to do this regardless.. besides all it takes is a few Whimsy Flimsy Repubes, to go along with him on something, and then zero will claim, "Bi-partisanship".
the GOP’s failure to take Senate control is a blessing in disguise.
Full control of Congress would have let Obama run against Republicans and blame them for obstructionism and failure of the economy to recover. As it is, we still have Harry Reid to kick around.”
Very true, control of the Senate would have been more a symbolic victory than anything else. We’re not going to do much legislatively with 0 still around but at least we can now stop a lot of the nonsense and I’d much rather have Reid to deal with as opposed to Schumer. Control of the Senate and a real president comes in 2 more years
Is there not a calendar somewhere that forecasts doom every year? Eventually one of them will be correct.
A stellar analysis.
That would be the Mayan calendar.
Oh, and that one doesn't predict any gloom at all. It is just the end of a long Galactic cycle that (drum roll, please) just starts over again.
Ping
It doesn't "forecast doom", its numbering system hits its limit. Much like many computer programs did in 2K and more will in 2033 or something like that. I'm sure we'll survive.
>>Republicans took control of at least 19 legislative bodies,<<
How many legislative bodies is there?