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Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Democrats win

AP Photo. A view of the White House from Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006
WASHINGTON - Democrats won control of the House early Wednesday after a dozen years of Republican rule in a resounding repudiation of a war, a president and a scandal-scarred Congress. [1]
Bush keeps head up despite loss of House

WASHINGTON - President Bush struck a businesslike tone Tuesday night as the Republicans lost control of the House ...

Bush, unaccustomed to political defeat, planned a morning phone call to Democratic minority leader Nancy Pelosi and made plans to give his take on the midterm election results at an afternoon news conference.
[2]

We shouldn't be really surprised of the loss of the Republicans, after September 11 Bush was fighting Terrorism, he had a good cause, a justified one. But apparently the Americans have recently changed their minds concerning the republicans policy, and voted for change.

[1]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061108/ap_on_el_ho/eln_house
[2]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061108/ap_on_el_ge/eln_bush_11

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