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Army_of_One · #11 (**permalink**) 11-09-2006, 07:30 AM

OOD is correct on that a lot of the Dems running moved to the center to be elected....and by them moving to the center and giving power to the Dems we not have the far left at the helm of the House and Congress. Pelosi and her crew are NOT the moderate's that the majority voted for.

Detector · #12 (**permalink**) 11-09-2006, 08:09 AM

That Pelosi has me worried. It's not like San Fransisco is a good model for America.

TexKan · #13 (**permalink**) 11-09-2006, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Outofdodge

Are you saying most states don't register voters ahead of the election? As I was builind my career my first employer promoted me every four to five years. I've voted in Indiana, Kansas, Illinois, Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida. Not once could I walk up on election day and vote without being registered before hand.

I understand some states have provisional voting in the case when someone presents they're eligible to vote but the information does not jive with the rolls, but those votes are not supposed to be counted unless things get matched up. If you are implying some precints in Texas and elsewhere count the provisional ballots anyway then that's a state issue. In the case of Texas, a solid red state issue and not a democratic trick as was implied.

Lurker got it right, the time to prove eligibility to vote is at registration and registration drives at the local store is just too fraught with potential for abuse.

No NO...... I typed it wrong or you took it wrong. DL alone doesn't get you into a voting booth........ you get registared when you get your DL....... lots of unqualified folks have DL........... meaning lots of non citizens have DL - also I just wonder about the legality of our votersand yours as well...... not the legality of the voting booths. I think don't thinkTHAT kind of voter fraud is happening ( Look still had to edit cause I still can't type right!!), I don't think votes get bought or strong armed. I think we are victims of our own demise when it comes to voting. Sorry for the confusion

Outofdodge · #14 (**permalink**) 11-09-2006, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Army_of_One

the moderate's that the majority voted for.

Two days after the fact and you still don't get it.

As much as I would like to think otherwise, the democrat's didn't *win* this election as much as the present administration made the republicans lose it. Some in the Republican party started to realize the issues this past summer but obviously were two slow or too late to make the change.

For example: The Republican Senator from Rhode Island was a republican in party name only, had a 60+% approval rating in his state, and either him or his father had held that seat for much of recent history. He lost the election. The guy was known, had no obvious character issue, and rarely voted with a Bush position but still lost! With the executive branch not up for election, being a Republican became a scarlet "R".

Highwayman was right, there was no cohesive message from the Democrats beside the "there needs to be a change." I think enough moderates got elected that If Pelossi heeds the lessons of Clinton and runs to her base but governs' from the middle then perhaps decent legislation can come from this, and if Bush heeds the lesson from this election he'll move to a concillatory position and things will get done. If they don't then it's a stalemate and at least, no worse legislation gets passed. This is not a veto-proof congress like Ford dealt with after 1974.

It won't suprise me to see a Democrat capture the white house in 2008 and control of one or both houses revert back to the republicans.

And how come no one has mentioned to best thing from this election? It's gonna be 18 months or so before you have to hear "I'm so and so-and I approved this message"

Outofdodge · #15 (**permalink**) 11-09-2006, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by TexKan

No NO...... I typed it wrong or you took it wrong. DL alone doesn't get you into a voting booth....

Thanks for clarifying, whichever one of us reading/writing it wrong is not important in the scheme of things.

Peace

Detector · #16 (**permalink**) 11-09-2006, 04:32 PM

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And how come no one has mentioned to best thing from this election? It's gonna be 18 months or so before you have to hear "I'm so and so-and I approved this message"

Now that I can agree with!

Highwayman · #17 (**permalink**) 11-09-2006, 07:23 PM

OoD and I disagree on many things but he has made several good observations. For anyone that’s interested in viewing the exit poll data used by all the networks here’s a link. There’s a noticeable division along party lines on how various issues are perceived.

http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/ushouse.pdf

I’m Highwayman and I approved this message.