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AP: SEN. GEORGE ALLEN TO CONCEDE DEFEAT
NewsMax ^ | 11/8/06

Posted on 11/09/2006 5:56:19 AM PST by areafiftyone

WASHINGTON -- Democrats wrested control of the Senate from Republicans Wednesday with an upset victory in Virginia, giving the party complete domination of Capitol Hill for the first time since 1994.

Jim Webb's squeaker win over incumbent Sen. George Allen gave Democrats their 51st seat in the Senate, an astonishing turnabout at the hands of voters unhappy with Republican scandal and unabated violence in Iraq. Allen was the sixth Republican incumbent senator defeated in Tuesday's elections.

The Senate had teetered at 50 Democrats, 49 Republicans for most of Wednesday, with Virginia hanging in the balance. Webb's victory ended Republican hopes of eking out a 50-50 split, with Vice President Dick Cheney wielding tie-breaking authority.

The Associated Press contacted election officials in all 134 localities where voting occurred, obtaining updated numbers Wednesday. About half the localities said they had completed their postelection canvassing and nearly all had counted outstanding absentees. Most were expected to be finished by Friday.

The new AP count showed Webb with 1,172,538 votes and Allen with 1,165,302, a difference of 7,236. Virginia has had two statewide vote recounts in modern history, but both resulted in vote changes of no more than a few hundred votes.

An adviser to Allen, speaking on condition of anonymity because his boss had not formally decided to end the campaign, said the senator wanted to wait until most of canvassing was completed before announcing his decision, possibly as early as Thursday evening.

The adviser said that Allen was disinclined to request a recount if the final vote spread was similar to that of election night.


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To: SDGOP
Nothing personal against Allen but I think he Burns, DeWine and epecially W....symbolized the era of "big government conservatism" or "compassionate conservatism" or whatever you want to call it is now over...and I am happy about that. It was killing us as a movement and our country as a whole. Our forward deficits went from 20 trillion to 40 trillion in just 4 years. This wipe-out needed to be done...better now then 08.

Denny Hastert will now be replaced by Pence ....Hallelujah!

And if any presidential candidate for the Repub nominee even talks about "comprehensive immigration policy" without a fence being built will be toast without a plate.
101 posted on 11/09/2006 8:15:28 AM PST by Blackirish
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To: Corin Stormhands
I'm still puzzled over Mark Warner's drop out. There's more than wanting to spend time with family. That's for certain.

If I were a complete cynic, my thought would be that there's some really nasty stuff in his past that he's afraid would come out in a Presidential campaign, so he's not going to take the chance.

He's still relatively young, isn't he? Because my next thought would be that someone (Hillary) has told him it's in his best interest to sit this one out and wait a bit.

105 posted on 11/09/2006 8:23:34 AM PST by CFC__VRWC (AIDS, abortion, euthanasia - Don't liberals just kill ya?)
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To: Blackirish

Is that for certain about Pence? I was never in favor of his run for the W.H. (yet anyway). But so far, he does appear to be one of the uncorrupted ones.


106 posted on 11/09/2006 8:26:21 AM PST by Corin Stormhands
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To: Koronin

And you're an outward troll who just signed up today.


107 posted on 11/09/2006 8:27:32 AM PST by Corin Stormhands
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To: CFC__VRWC

Warner's pretty young. And yeah, it's plausible that Hillary told him to wait his turn. And in reality, his daughthers will be adults if he waits for the next cycle.


108 posted on 11/09/2006 8:28:43 AM PST by Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands; CFC__VRWC; areafiftyone
I'm still puzzled over Mark Warner's drop out. There's more than wanting to spend time with family. That's for certain.

I won't claim to know his motive. But AFAIK, he has not denied the rumors that are all over the place.

109 posted on 11/09/2006 8:30:37 AM PST by freespirited (The MSM is the root of all evil.)
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To: Corin Stormhands
The Republican party as a whole lost the House and the Senate because we've lost our way. After our win in 1994 we never learned to govern. We've abandoned our princples, tried to run from the squishy middle. And now we've seen our President abandon us.

IMHO we lost the Senate the day Coleman lost out to Dole as head of NRSC and our leadership in the Senate did not stand with Dr. Coburn on cutting pork and were spineless when it came to Dem attacks. Cannot believe we lost Allen and still have Warner.

110 posted on 11/09/2006 8:53:55 AM PST by PhiKapMom ( Go Sooners! Thanks Aggies for your 12th Man!)
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To: nascarnation

so did Richard Nixon in California


111 posted on 11/09/2006 9:03:54 AM PST by Froggie
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To: SheLion
It just seems that our absentee ballots aren't counting for anything.

This is why I will crawl over broken glass to get to the polls ON ELECTION DAY.

112 posted on 11/09/2006 9:20:44 AM PST by nina0113
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To: Made in USA
We need a "jumper jeffers" turn coat to give the Senate back to the GOP. Why is it the dems only get one of them?

They got TWO this time. Control of the Senate SHOULD be 49-49-2,with ties broken by Cheney, but Sanders and Lieberman, though they both ran as Independents, are now counting themselves as Democrats so as to seize control.

113 posted on 11/09/2006 9:23:11 AM PST by nina0113
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To: PhiKapMom

The Dole's are the beltway country club senate weaklings that CONSISTENTLY screw the Republican party.

The Doles have a minority party mentality. It is the same with trent lott.

With so many RINO's out, how many republicans will be able to stand up and filibuster? Will they shut down government?

Will they just rolle over on AMNESTY!?

Amnesty with form work, is still amnesty.


114 posted on 11/09/2006 9:38:30 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: longtermmemmory

You have Senators Inhofe and Coburn from OK who can filibuster with the best of them along with Cornyn, Chambliss, Shelby, Sessions, Coleman, and others who can talk for hours if they had to as I have seen Senator Inhofe do just that. Our Conservative Senators will come through because the group I just mentioned are not weak kneed conservatives -- they have spines.


115 posted on 11/09/2006 9:49:41 AM PST by PhiKapMom ( Go Sooners! Thanks Aggies for your 12th Man!)
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To: itsahoot

Some thoughts and musings:

- When the (R) first took over the Senate, how long did it take the MSM to start questioning them and begin putting them on the defensive? Anyone care to take a guess on how long it's going to take the MSM to do likewise to (D) this time around?

- Like Clinton (for actually 6 of the 8 years he 'reigned', with the Senate R-55/D-45, House R-230/D-205), will Bush take on the 'very powerful' Democrat majorities in the Senate (51-49) and House (232-203) this time around?

- Will Bush 'dust-off' his M.O. from the Texas years as Governor when he happily 'worked with' a Texas (D) controlled House and Senate?

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116 posted on 11/09/2006 11:37:18 AM PST by The Bronze Titan
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To: Blackirish

I think Allen comes across as a buffoon. A sort of caricature of the "Southern" man. We dont need that in 2008.


117 posted on 11/09/2006 1:32:34 PM PST by LongsforReagan ("I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism."- Ronald Reagan)
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To: areafiftyone; Gabz; Coop; iceskater; Flora McDonald; onyx; Howlin; ReagansRaiders; mrsmith; ...
YEEEEAAAAARRRGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!

I'm livid! George Allen gives a very gracious conscesion speech. What do we hear from Jim Webb?

He says from the outset he made a promise to not run a negative campaign and he actually had the stones to call on the PRESIDENT to put a stop to negative campaigning.

Damn him. He could have been most gracious, but he's a first class clymer.

I have GOT to take a vacation!!!!!!

118 posted on 11/09/2006 1:55:11 PM PST by Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands

LOL Don't let the Larry Flint body double get to you.


119 posted on 11/09/2006 1:56:23 PM PST by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
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To: Corin Stormhands

He's a complete and total A$$.

Don't worry; now George will have more time to run for POTUS!!!


120 posted on 11/09/2006 1:57:48 PM PST by Howlin
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