[mwl8787]

Has anyone seen how close the national popular vote is - 50 to 49

The polls were totally bogus, even if BO wins 51-48

BO just got his margins where he needed them in blue states.

The closeness of the popular vote will limit BO’s legislative aggressiveness

Keep praying for Norm Coleman (he is leading) and Gordon Smith.

If we can have 43 GOP senators plus have Lieberman caucus with the GOP, we can make the RATs life a nightmare.

[tanknetter]

The closeness of the popular vote will limit BO’s legislative aggressiveness

Doubtful. I remember people saying exactly the same thing when Bill Clinton won with 42% of the vote. He charged full-steam ahead with his big-city-pol payout, gays in the military, etc.

What stopped him cold was the cohesiveness of the GOP in the Congress. Newt had great leadership qualities and could hold a minority caucus together in the House. For all his faults as a Presidential candidate, Dole did pretty well in the Senate. Between Boehner and Mitch I don't see the GOP having the kind of leadership talent that's going to move back to a Congressional majority in two years ... especially since RINOS like Specter, Snowe and Collins can be expected to cross party lines to break filibusters.