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  1. MarkB

    US Mid-Term Elections - a very bad day for the republicans. A good day for the world?

    Thanks Jamie :) Left-field question here, could there be another (but different) Clinton / Gore pairing? (Clinton / Gore, or Gore / Clinton) Gore's from Tennessee, Clinton's ex Arkansas and now NY. It would appear to be a fairly potent combination. As I understand it Al Gore isn't...
  2. MarkB

    US Mid-Term Elections - a very bad day for the republicans. A good day for the world?

    You know Dave, I called it a good 12 hrs before Jamie did. /me sighs Jamie - you're a political animal - do you have any thoughts on who will emerge in 2008? Senator Clinton? Colin Powell? Condoleezza Rice? Senator McCain? Senator Kerry? A Governor from an otherwise obscure...
  3. MarkB

    US Mid-Term Elections - a very bad day for the republicans. A good day for the world?

    They have lost control of the Senate. The party balance in the Senate now stands at 51-49 (including two independent senators, Joe Lieberman and Bernie Sanders, who have pledged to caucus with the Democrats). Does this mean that Bush could be impeached over the Iraq War, on the grounds...
  4. MarkB

    US Mid-Term Elections - a very bad day for the republicans. A good day for the world?

    I can say with almost absolute certainly that Tony Blair will not win the next British election. Primarily because he has already indicated that he wont be contesting it. Tony Blair to Resign Within a Year I don't expect Johnny will be feeling nervous right now. Sure, he backed a...
  5. MarkB

    US Mid-Term Elections - a very bad day for the republicans. A good day for the world?

    Trying to trick me up Geoffrey? :) No, I am not predicting a depression in California, or anywhere else for that matter, in 2011. Governor Arnie's term expires on 4 January 2011. As it currently stands (and as I understand it) California law prevents him from seeking another term of...
  6. MarkB

    US Mid-Term Elections - a very bad day for the republicans. A good day for the world?

    Peter I think Arnie was in real trouble until a few months back when he made 3 major changes. 1. He become a major supporter of policies to combat climate change 2. He hired George W Bush's former spin-doctor 3. He began to avoid George W Bush like the plague You can see here that...
  7. MarkB

    US Mid-Term Elections - a very bad day for the republicans. A good day for the world?

    In the Mid-Term Elections, the Republicans have lost control of the House of Representatives in Congress and there is a chance that they'll lose control of the Senate. To appease his new political masters Dubya threw his daddy's old mate Donald Rumsfeld, a 30+ year veteran of Washington posts...
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