That link sums up the new leadership very well.
I had been praying for Allen to somehow win, but since that didn't happen, maybe some miracle will occur where Lieberman will jump over to the Republicans, or somehow some dem will have to step down for whatever reason. I simply hate the fact that losing the Senate will mean we won't get good people like John Bolton or conservative Supreme Court nominees confirmed.
I'm still in shock. Not so much that the Republicans in general lost control, but that good people like Santorum and Allen were voted out of office.
UN nominations are one thing. The Supreme Court is another. Thomas got through a more Liberal Senate than this (although many of the same committee members).
We don't know that it was a long term shift as some have been saying.
But it means that we need to stand together for the short list of items that we think are important and sell the case to the voters.
It's hard work, but it can be done.
You know, what good would it do, really, if the Senate was 51 R and 49D? When the Senate was firmly in the hands of Republicans, what difference did it make? The Democrats are just way better and have had far more practice at every obstructionist strategy on the books. In fact, they've pretty much written the book. If the Republicans couldn't get their agenda passed while holding a majority in both Houses, they have absolutely no hope now.